Biotechnology

Biography

Suman Kapur is the Dean, International Programmes and Collaboration Division (University wide), Senior Professor, Biological Sciences Department ,Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, India. She completed her Ph.D from AIIMS, New Delhi, 1986. She is the Editor and reviewer for peer-reviewed international & National Journals like: Editorial board member for Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science (JTAS), Member Board of Editors, Internet Journal of forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Reviewer for International journals such as Eye (Nature Publications), BiOMARKERS (Taylor & Francis), USA and National journals such as IJBB, IJCB, Cell and Tissue Research, etc . She has published more than 80 paper in various repute journals and given more than 150 invited talks. She is the life time member of Association of Clinical Biochemists of India (ACBI), Indian Immunology Society (IIS), Indian Academy of Neuro Sciences (IANS), Society of Biological Chemists (SBC), Indian Psychiatry Society (IPS), Research Society for Studies in Diabetes in India (RSSDI) and Society for DNA fingerprinting. Research Society for Alcoholism (RSA), International Society for Biomedical Research in Alcoholism (ISBRA), European Society for Biomedical Research in Alcoholism (ESBRA), Society for Neuroscience (SFN) and Asian Society for Biomedical Research in Alcoholism (ASBRA). She has applied for 2 patents i.e. Anti diabetic herbal extract from Chlorophytum borivilianum, Patent application No. 961/DEL/2008 and An automatic apparatus, kit and a method for rapid detection of urinary pathogens and susceptibility thereof to antimicrobial agents in a biological sample, Patent application No. 2783/DEL/2013.

Research Interest

Genetic markers for vulnerability to chronic human diseases, Screening strategies for low-cost settings, Medical devices for field deployment in low resource settings, Prevention of diseases through herbal/natural products