Affiliation: School of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi

Dr. Amit Prasad is an Associate Professor at the School of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi, HP, India. He was awarded the prestigious Ramalinga Swami Fellowship from the Department of Biotechnology, Govt of India, and the Ramajunam Fellowship from the Dept of Science and Technology, Govt of India. He completed his PhD from Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences in 2008, followed by a six-year post-doctoral fellowship from Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. His lab is involved in understanding the biology of the common tapeworm, “Taenia solium”. His primary focus is deciphering the mechanism associated with cyst infection-associated epilepsy in humans. His other central area of interest is identifying new diagnostic tools and drugs. Grants from SERB, the Dept of Biotechnology, and other funding bodies of India support him, and he is a member of various academic bodies.