Dr. Ravi Shankar

Senior Principal Scientist
CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresources Technology
Palampur, Himachal Pardesh, India

Coordinator and PI,
The Himalayan Centre for High-throughput Computational Biology (HiCHiCoB),
A BIC, supported by DBT, Govt. of India
PI, Senior Principal Scientist and Group Leader
Coordinator, Bioinformatics Programme, AcSIR@CSIR-IHBT
Studio of Computational Biology & Bioinformatics
Division of Biotechnology,
CSIR-Institute of Himalyan Bioresources Technology
Palampur(Himachal Pradesh), India.
Email: ravish@ihbt.res.in ; ravish9@gmail.com

Mentors

Prof. Mitali Mukerji

Ph.D Guide Professor, IIT Jodhpur

Dr. Jerzy Jurka

at GIRI, California

Prof. Alok Bhattacharya

Teacher at JNU

Achivements

Education

  • Kendriya Vidyalaya, Kankerbaugh, Patna, 1994
  • Post Graduate Advanced Diploma in Bioinformatics, JNU, New Delhi, 2001
  • B.Sc from University of Delhi, 1997
  • Ph.D Bioinformatics/Biotechnology, IGIB, CSIR, Delhi, 2006
  • M.Sc Biochemistry, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, 1999

Fellowships and Recognitions

  • GATE qualified
  • CSIR-NET qualified
  • DBT fellowship
  • Hewlett-Packard fellowship
  • NIH, USA project fellow
  • DST/SERB Young Scientist Fast Track Grant Award.
  • Member, Board of Examiners, Central University of Bihar.
  • INSA-Australian Academy of Science Visiting Scientist Fellowship, 2012-13.
  • Visiting faculty and CDC committee member, Central University of Himachal Pradesh.
  • UGC ENCORE Faculty for University of Jammu.

Academic Referee/Reviewer for Journals/Publishers

  • FEBS
  • RNA (Cold Spring Harbor Lab Publication)
  • Nature Scientific Reports
  • BMC Bioinformatics
  • Bioinformatics
  • CRC Press
  • BMC Genomics
  • Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics
  • Genome
  • PLOS ONE
  • Genomics (Elsevier)
  • DATABASE (Oxford)
  • Plant Molecular Biology
  • Journal of Biosciences
  • Journal of Genetics
  • Molecular Breeding
  • PeerJ

Refree for National and International Grant Funding Agencies

Reviewer for Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India.

Course Director and Organizer

  • National Bioinformatics Workshop on "The Bioinformatics of Next Generation Sequencing", June 17-18, 2010, IHBT, CSIR, Palampur. (~~The first DBT, Government of India Sponsored Workshop on NGS in India~~)
  • National Bioinformatics Workshop on "Deep Bioinformatics Boot Camp", 28th - 30th August, 2023, IHBT, CSIR, Palampur.

Professional and Research Experience

  • Researcher at Genetic Information Research Institute (GIRI), Mountain View, California, USA, 2007.
  • Main Bioinformatician, BIOBASE International (Transfac fame), Bangalore, 2008.
  • Faculty in Bioinformatics, Indian Institute of Advanced Research, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 2009.
  • Scientist, Division of Biotechnology, CSIR-Institute of Himalyan Bioresources Technology, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India, 2010-2014.
  • Senior Scientist, Division of Biotechnology, CSIR-Institute of Himalyan Bioresources Technology, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India, 2014-2018.
  • Principal Scientist, Division of Biotechnology, CSIR-Institute of Himalyan Bioresources Technology, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India, 2018-2024.
  • Senior Principal Scientist, Division of Biotechnology, CSIR-Institute of Himalyan Bioresources Technology, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India, Since 2024.

Projects and Publications

Funded Project Grants Attracted As PI


  • Project titled "Computation investigation into the role of alternative splicing in cellular differentiation, tissue regeneration, diseases and evaluation", sanctioned for funding by the DBT, Government of India.
  • Project titled "National Network Project of CSIR-IHBT, Palampur " , sanctioned for funding by the DBT, Government of India.
  • Project titled "The Himalayan Centre for High-throughput Computational Biology (HiCHiCoB)", sanctioned for funding by the DBT, Government of India.
  • Project titled "iPRESS: Integrated Plant REgulomics Software & Server", sanctioned for funding by the CSIR, India.
  • Project titled" Exploration of RBP-RNA interactions to reveal the post-transcriptional regulatory impact and development of related tools and resource server", sanctioned for funding by the Department of Biotechnology.
  • Project titled "Epigenetic and transcriptional regulation by small RNAs: a computational approach", sanctioned for funding by the Department of Science and Technology.
  • Project titled "Identification of De novo non-coding transcripts in Human Brain [HUNT]", Project Funded under "Encouraging and Motivating Pursuit of World Class Exploratory Research " [EMPOWER] CSIR, India.
  • Project titled "Regulatory system Analysis with respect to microRNAs and development of related softwares and Servers", anctioned for funding by DBT.
  • Project titled "Understanding plant-nematode interaction: Identification of plant and nematode genes involved in disease development", sanctioned for funding by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).
  • Project titled "Profiling and characterization of early phase differential mi-RNA(s) responsible for downstream development of insulin resistance in hMSC derived adipocytes", sanctioned for funding by DBT.
  • National 12th Five Year Plan Project for Computational Biology,"GENESIS" (2012-2017).
  • National 12th Five Year Plan Project for Epigenetics,"EpiHED" (2012-2017).

Publications

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