Principal Investigator

Dr. Vishal Acharya

Leading AI & Computational Biology Research at CSIR-IHBT

Dr. Vishal Acharya

Principal Scientist

Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)

CSIR-IHBT, Palampur

Professional Experience

Principal Scientist – AcSIR, CSIR-IHBT
Leading AI & Computational Biology Group

Academic Background

Scientist Fellow – CSIR-IHBT, Palampur (Oct 2011–Aug 2014)
Ph.D. (Computational Biology/Bioinformatics) – CDFD Hyderabad (2005–2011)
(Supervisor: Dr. H.A. Nagarajaram)
M.Sc (Biotechnology) – Madurai Kamaraj University (2003–2005)

Academic Achievements

All India Combined Examination for ICAR’s JRF, 2003–2004
DBT Fellow for M.Sc. through JNU Entrance Exam – 2003
Junior Research Fellow (DBT) for Ph.D. – 2005
Travel fellowship, European Science Foundation – 2010
ISCA Young Scientist Award – 2014
Young Scientist Award (SPBB) – 2014
BIRD-Award 2016 – Bioclues/ISCB (News Link)

Honours & Leadership

Joint Secretary/Co-Chair, Bioclues (ISCB affiliate) – 2017-18
Invited Speaker & Chairperson, Intl. Conf. Bioinformatics – 2019
Review Editor: Frontiers in Genetics, Plant Science, Bioeng. Biotech.
Co-coordinator, DBT-BTBI Bioinformatics Infrastructure
“Hansa” software selected in Human Mutation Virtual Issue – 2012 [link]
Recommended by NGRL, Manchester, UK [link]

Invited Talks

HUGO’s 13th Human Genome Meeting – Hyderabad, 2008
Indo-French Bioinformatics Meetings – Hyderabad, 2011
G.B. Pant University – Pantnagar, 2014
IARI, New Delhi – 2016
Central University of Himachal Pradesh – 2016
Abhilakshi University – National Science Day, 2017
Intl. Conf. Bioinformatics, Jalandhar – 2019
DPSRU, New Delhi – 2022
National workshop on Genome informatics, PU Chandigarh – 2023

Professional Membership

Life Member of The Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA)

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