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Dr.BALDEV RAJ GULATI,
Designation: Director
Mail-id: director.nivedi@icar.gov.in |baldev.gulati@icar.gov.in
Office : 080 - 23093111 (Ext - 111)
Education Qualifications
: M.V.Sc. (Veterinary Microbiology), CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar
Ph.D. (Veterinary Microbiology), CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar
Post-doctoral Fellowship (Veterinary Virology), University of Minnesota, USA
Awards/Recognition
1. Fellow, Indian Association of Veterinary Microbiologists, Immunologists and Specialists in Infectious Diseases (2023).
2. Fellow, Indian Society for Veterinary Immunology & Biotechnology (2017).
3. Fellow, Indian Virological Society (2016).
4. Fellow, National Academy of Veterinary Sciences, India (2015).
Research Projects Handled
: Funding agencies||Project title
1. Penn state-DTRA, USA Risk estimation & prediction and Risk Mapping & Communication of Anthrax using Artificial Intelligence systems” under ‘One Health’ Approach for Molecular Epidemiology and Risk Assessment for Bacillus anthracis in India (OHAI)
2. Medical Research Council, UK “IndiaZooRisk+: Using One Health approaches to understand and co-develop interventions for zoonotic diseases affecting forest communities in India”
3. National Agricultural Science Fund, ICAR Epidemiology Studies and development of antiviral therapeutics against coronaviruses
4. Department of Biotechnology Validation and translation of the vaccines as well as diagnostic techniques developed in phase-1 of ADMaC
5. Indian Council of Medical Research Inter-sectoral Coordination for Prevention and Control of Zoonotic Diseases
6. Department of Biotechnology Molecular epidemiology of Japanese encephalitis virus in pigs and mosquitoes in the state of Assam
7. Science & Engineering Research Board Development and application of indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for serological survey of Japanese encephalitis virus infection in equines
8. Department of Biotechnology DBT-NER Centre for Advanced Animal Diagnostics and Services on Animal Health and Diseases (ADSAHD)
9. Department of Biotechnology Isolation and characterization of equine mesenchymal stem cells from amniotic fluid
10. Department of Biotechnology Isolation and characterization of animal adenoviruses for development of a novel viral vector for vaccine delivery
11. Pfizer Animal Health-CRP Studies on prevalence of bacterial (Escherichia coli and Salmonella) and viral (Corona and Rota) causes of calf scours amongst dairy cattle in India
12. ICAR || Characterization of equine herpesvirus isolates in India and documentation of their genetic diversity
13. ICAR || Investigations on neuropathogenic and non-neuropathogenic variants of equine herpes virus-1 (EHV-1) and associated latency among equines in India
14. ICAR || Development of diagnostics for Japanese encephalitis in equines
15. ICAR || Development of vaccine(s) against equine herpes virus-I infection
16. ICAR || Studies on high-level drug resistant bacteria in equines for search of sentinel microbes to use in predictive disease modeling and microbes with vector potential
17. ICAR || Development of sensitive & specific methods for diagnosis of equine rotavirus from diarrheic foals
18. ICAR Studies on the improvement of the diagnostics for differentiation between EHV-1 & 4 infections employing molecular techniques
19. ICAR Epidemiological studies on emerging and existing diseases of equines
Membership of Professional Societies
1. Secretary (Veterinary), Indian Virological Society 2020-23.
2. Life Member, World Society for Virology (WSV), 2018.
3. Founder Member, International Academy of Biosciences (IAB), UK, 10 July 2016.
4. Life Member, Society for Biosafety.
5. Life member, Indian Immunological Society (IIS).
6. Life member, Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI).
7. Life member, Indian Virological Society (IVS).
8. Life member, Indian Association of Veterinary Microbiologists, Immunologists and Specialists in Infectious Diseases (IAVMI).
9. Life member, Indian Society for Veterinary Immunology and Biotechnology (ISVIB).
10. Life Member, Indian Association of Veterinary Public Health Specialists.
11. Editor, VirusDisease, An official Journal of Indian Virological Society, 2020-23.
12. Editor, Indian Journal of Microbiology
Best Publications
1. 1. Sharma AK, Prashar P, Bharti OK, Riyesh T, Thakur R, Kumar N, Shanmugasundaram K, Singha H, Bhattacharya TK, Gulati BR, Isloor S, Panda AK, Sharma J, Hara M, Knobel D. 2023. Diagnosis of rabies by reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) on post-mortem skin tissue specimens of the nasolabial plate in a rabies suspected cow – A case study. The Journal of Veterinary Medical Science: Accepted.

2. Kumar N, Barua S, Kumar R, Khandelwal N, Kumar A, Verma A, Singh L, Godara B, Chander Y, Kumar G, Riyesh T, Sharma DK, Pathak A, Kumar S, Dedar RK, Mehta V, Gaur M, Bhardwaj B, Vyas V, Chaudhary S, Yadav V, Bhati A, Kaul R, Bashir A, Andrabi A, Yousuf RW, Koul A, Kachhawaha S, Gurav A, Gautam S, Tiwari HA, Munjal VK, Gupta MK, Kumar R, Gulati BR, Misri J, Kumar A, Mohanty AK, Nandi S, Singh KP, Pal Y, Dutt T, Tripathi BN. Evaluation of the safety, immunogenicity and efficacy of a new live-attenuated lumpy skin disease vaccine in India. Virulence. 2023 Dec;14(1):2190647. doi: 10.1080/21505594.2023.2190647. PMID: 36919498; PMCID: PMC10038050.

3. Pegu SR, Das PJ, Sonowal J, Sengar GS, Deb R, Yadav AK, Rajkhowa S, Choudhury M, Gulati BR, Gupta VK. 2023. Japanese Encephalitis Virus Genotype III Strains Detection and Genome Sequencing from Indian Pig and Mosquito Vector. Vaccines (Basel) 11(1):150. doi: 10.3390/vaccines11010150. PMID: 36679995; PMCID: PMC9862938.

4. Pathak A, Gulati BR, Maan S, Mor S, Kumar D, Soman R, Punia S, Chaudhary D, Khurana SK. 2022. Complete Genome Sequencing Reveals Unusual Equine Rotavirus A of Bat Origin from India. J Virol. 96(20):e0140822. doi: 10.1128/jvi.01408-22.

5. Thukral H, Shanmugasundaram K, Riyesh T, Kumar N, Singha H, Gambhir D, Laura A, Tiwari S, Gulati BR. 2023. Multisectoral prioritization of zoonotic diseases in Haryana (India) using one health approach. Prev Vet Med. 212:105835. doi: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2022.105835.

6. Sahu A, Dhanze H, Singh V, Mehta D, Gupta M, Singh M, Gulati BR. 2022. Development of IgM ELISA for diagnosis of recent infection of Japanese encephalitis virus in equines. Biologicals 75: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biologicals.2022.01.001.

7. Kapdi A, Dhanze H, Sahu A, Singh V, Kumar MS, Bhilegoonkar KN, Gulati BR. 2022. Sero-positivity of Japanese encephalitis virus in equine population of India using IgG ELISA: Unravelling the need for vaccination. J Equine Vet Sci 108: 103809.

8. Kumar R, Khandelwal N, Chander Y, Nagori H, Verma A, Barua A, Godara B, Pal Y, Gulati BR, Tripathi BN, Barua S, Kumar N. 2022. S-adenosylmethionine-dependent methyltransferase inhibitor DZNep blocks transcription and translation of SARS-CoV-2 genome with a low tendency to select for drug-resistant viral variants. Antiviral Research: 105232.

9. Khandelwal N, Chander Y, Kumar R, Nagori H, Verma A, Mittal P, Riyesh T, Kamboj S, Verma SS, Khatreja S, Pal Y, Gulati BR, Tripathi BN, Barua S, Kumar N. 2021. Studies on growth characteristics and cross neutralization of wild type and Delta SARS-CoV-2 from Hisar (India). Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 11: 771524.

10. Kumar R, Khandelwal N, Chander Y, Riyesh T, Gulati BR, Tripathi BN, Barua S, Kumar N. 2021. Emetine suppresses SARS-CoV-2 replication by inhibiting interaction of viral mRNA with eIF4E. Antiviral Research: 105056.

11. Khurana SK, Sehrawat A, Tiwari R, Minakshi P, Gulati BR, Shabbir Z, Chhabra R, Karthik K, Patel SK, Pathak M, Yatoo MI, Gupta VK, Dhama K, Sah S and Chaicumpa W. 2021 Bovine brucellosis – a comprehensive review, Veterinary Quarterly, 41:1, 61-88, DOI: 10.1080/01652176.2020.1868616.

12. Khandelwal N, Chander Y, Kumar R, , Riyesh T, Dedar RK, Kumar M, Gulati BR, Sharma S, Tripathi BN, Barua S, Kumar N. 2020. Antiviral activity of Apigenin against buffalopox: novel mechanistic insights and drug-resistance considerations. Antiviral Research 181: 104870.

13. Sharma H, Gulati BR, Kapoor S. 2020. Development of equine herpesvirus 1 persistently infected human lymphoblastoid cells expressing latency associated transcripts. Indian J Comp Microbiol Immunol Inf Dis: 41: 114-121.

14. Singha H, Shanmugasundaram K, Tripathi BN, Saini S, Khurana SK, Kanani A, Shah N, Mital A, Kanwar P, Bhat, L, Limaye V, Khasa V, Arora R, Gupta S, Sangha S, Sharma H, Agarwal SK, Tapase J, Parnam S, Dube P, Baalasundaram SK, Mandal BN, Virmani N, Gulati BR, Malik P. Serological surveillance and clinical investigation of glanders among indigenous equines in India from 2015 to 2018. Transbound Emerg Dis. 2020;00:1–13. https ://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.13475.

15. Singha H, Shanmugasundaram K, Malik P, Khurana SK, Virmani N, Gulati BR, Singh RK, Sharma Y and Tripathi BN. 2020. Surveillance of equine infectious anaemia (EIA) in India: moving towards freedom from EIAV infection. Indian J Comp Microbiol Immunol Inf Dis: 41: 146-152.

16. Singha H, Shanmugasundaram K, Malik P, Khurana SK, Virmani N, Gulati BR, Singh RK, Sharma Y and Tripathi BN. 2020.Glanders Status Report in India: Beginning of Eradicating the Dreaded Ancient Disease. Indian J Comp Microbiol Immunol Inf Dis: 41: 66-74.

17. Verma N, Kumar D, Tiwari A, Gulati BR and Dogra S. 2020. Clinical management of equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) infected newborn mule foals to prevent neonatal mortality – case studies. The J Rem Vet Corps 59 (1):80-95.

18. Grace MR, Dhanze H, Pantwane P, Sivakumar M, Gulati, BR and Kumar A. 2019. Latex agglutination test for rapid on-site serodiagnosis of Japanese encephalitis in pigs using recombinant NS1 antigen. J Vectorborne Dis. 56:105-110.

19. Sharma H, Kapoor S and Gulati BR. 2019. Comparison of nested and real-time PCR for detection of latent equine herpesvirus 1 infection. Vet Immunol Biotechnol 1(2): 37-43.

20. Dhanze H, Bhilegaonkar KN, Rawat S, Chethan Kumar HB, Kumar A, Gulati BR, Mishra BP, Singh RK. 2019. Development of recombinant nonstructural 1 protein based indirect enzyme linked immunosorbent assay for serosurveillance of Japanese encephalitis in swine, Journal of Virological Methods 272:113705. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jviromet.2019.113705.

21. Pegu SR, Choudhury M, Rajkhowa S, Sarma DK and Gulati BR. 2019. Molecular characterization and pathological studies of Japanese encephalitis virus in pigs of Assam. International Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 7: 874-878.

22. Kumar B, Manuja A, Gulati BR, Virmani N. and Tripathi BN. 2018. Zoonotic Viral Diseases of Equines and Their Impact on Human and Animal Health. The Open Virology Journal 12:80-98.

23. Baruah A, Hazarika RA, Barman NN, Islam S and Gulati BR. 2018. Mosquito abundance and pig sero-positivity as a correlate of Japanese encephalitis in human population in Assam, India. J Vectorborne Dis. 55:291-296.