Yashpal Singh Malik (born 14 October 1973) is an Indian virologist. Currently, he is serving as the Deputy Director General (Agricultural Education) at the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) in New Delhi, India.
He has worked on coronaviruses, Japanese encephalitis virus, and rotavirus. Malik is serving the World Society for Virology as Secretary and Indian Virological Society as Secretary General.
Biography Born 14 October 1973, Malik completed his bachelor's degree in Veterinary and Animal Sciences from Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University in 1995 and post-graduate studies in the field of Virology in 1997 and PhD in 2000. He joined the Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) as National Fellow from 2014 to 2020.
Malik has two National patents and he has also authored several reference books of reputed publishers. He has published a number of scientific research articles.
Malik is involved in the boards of the following professional societies: Secretary General of the Indian Virological Society Secretary of the World Society for Virology Joint Secretary of the Indian Society of Veterinary Immunology and Biotechnology Joint Secretary of the Indian Association of Veterinary Microbiologists, Immunologists and Specialists of Infectious Diseases FAVA Sub-Committee Member
Awards and honours Malik is recipient of several awards/honours including
Young Scientist Award of the Association of Microbiologists of India (2000)
Young Scientist Award of the Uttarakhand Council of Science and Technology (2010)
Fellow of the National Academy of Biological Sciences (2016)
Fellow of the Academy of Microbiological Sciences(2020)
Associate Fellowship of the National Academy of Veterinary Sciences (2010)
Associate Fellowship of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (2010)
Selected bibliography
References
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