Ajit Kumar Saxena
Biography
Ajit K. Saxena has received his Ph.D. (Genetics) from Institute of Medical Sciences, B.H.U. in the year of 1989/90. During his Ph.D. he studied how anticancer drugs cause interference with normal development of the foetus and with special reference to differentiation of male gonads which lead infertility including congenital anomalies. After receiving his Ph.D. degree he joined NIH funded Indo - US project at AIIMS New Delhi where he identified the role of novel antigen IL6 as a signal traducing agent in human glioblastoma. He also worked in various renowned Institutions of India and abroad. Currently, he is working as a Professor of Clinical Genetics & Head in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine in AIIMS Patna. He has successfully completed his administrative responsibilities as Head of the Department in prestigious institutions of India & abroad, in addition he also served his duties as a Scientific Advisor. His research interest includes study of Gene Polymorphism in Congenital Neural Tube Defects, Tumor Biology. Infertility and Cytokines gene expression in wounds . Currently, initiated research on stem cells biology for translational research. Of course, he has published more than 100 articles with high citations. Based on his research and fellowship training, he has received several awards and honours, such as Gold Medal Award, Confer ‘Vivek Ratan Award’ and Millennium Award from USA. Besides his research, teaching and administration he has also guided more than 36 students of different discipline including Medicine, Technology and Science. He is serving as an editorial member of reputed journals like Biomedical Research, International Journal of Infertility. He has also served as a reviewer for several government funded project. He also acquired and completed several Government funded research projects from a variety of funding agencies like INSA, ICMR, CSIR, DBT. He is also a “fellow” and “member” of various scientific organizations, National Academy of Sciences, USA, National Academy for Advancement of Science and Technology (USA), Member of National Academy of Medical Sciences, India. He is also a Fellow of Indian Association of Biomedical Scientist, Chennai, Fellow of Indian Association of Applied Biotechnology, Mysore. Currently he is engaged in the developing “clinical genetics” for diagnostic and research in the place like Bihar and adjoining newly established states like Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh. He has a special interest to develop “Centre for Stem Cell Research and Therapeutics” (CSCRT) with the aim to provide the best medical care for the management of multifactorial disorders such as NTD’s and trauma.
Research Interest
Clinical genetics, Stem Cell Research and Therapeutics
