Biosketch of Prof. D. Sundar
Work Experience
| Period | Position | Institution |
2024 - present |
Director and Biocon Chair | Institute of Bioinformatics & Applied Biotechnology (IBAB) (from June 05, 2024 - on lien from IIT Delhi) |
2019 - 2022 |
Head of the Department | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi Department of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology |
2008 - present |
Professor (HAG) Institute Chair Professor Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor |
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi Department of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology |
Training / Experience
| Position | Institution |
| Postdoctoral Fellowship | Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and Bloomberg School of Public Health |
Adjunct Appointments
| Period | Position | Institution |
| 2024 - present | Nominee Director | Bangalore Bioinnovation Centre Helix Biotech Park, Bengaluru |
2018 - present | Adjunct Professor | Regional Center for Biotechnology (RCB), Faridabad (An institution of DBT, Govt. of India – under the auspices of UNESCO) |
2015 - present | Principal Fellow and Invited Guest Researcher |
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology (AIST) DAILAB, Biomedical Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan |
2006 |
Visiting Scientist | Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA Bloomberg School of Public Health |
Other positions @ IIT Delhi
| Period | Position | Program / Scheme at IIT Delhi |
| 2022 - 2024 | Coordinator | High Performance Computing (HPC) Supercomputer @ IITD : The Central Hybrid Supercomputing Cluster |
| 2020 - present | Associate Faculty | Yardi School of Artificial Intelligence (ScAI) |
| 2015 - 2022 | Coordinator | DAILAB (DBT-AIST International Laboratory for Advanced Biomedicine) Sponsored by Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India |
2008 - 2021 | Coordinator | Bioinformatics Centre Sponsored by Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India |
Service @ IIT Delhi
| Position | Institute-level Committee | Year | Head | Head of the Department of Biochemical Engineering & Biotechnology Handover document |
2019 - 2022 | Warden | Girnar Hostel | 2013 - 2019 | House Master | Zanskar Hostel | 2021 - 2024 | Chairperson | Steering Committee for High Performance Computing (HPC) facility | 2022 - 2024 | Chairperson | Institute-Level Standing Committee for Prevention / Investigation of Plagiarism-related Matters | 2021 - 2023 | Chairperson | Committee to examine and propose enhancement of power to write-off / disposal | 2023 | Member | Ranking Committee - to carry out the activities related to the International/National ranking agencies | 2023 - 2024 | Chairperson | Institute-Level Committee for exploring options for Online Degrees and Diplomas | 2022 | Chairperson | Tryst-2019 (Annual Science and Technology Student Festival) | 2019 | Chairperson | Tryst-2018 (Annual Science and Technology Student Festival) | 2018 | Chairperson | Committee for evaluation of performance Appraisal Reports of Faculty from the Department of Chemistry, IIT Delhi, for the academic years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 | 2021 - 2023 | Member | Committee for evaluation of performance Appraisal Reports of Faculty from the Kusuma School of Biological Sciences, IIT Delhi, for the academic years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 | 2021 - 2023 | Member | Committee for Central Record Repository (CRR) of the Institute | 2022 - 2024 | Member | Committee to recommended Convocation Awards and Prizes | 2022, 2023 | Member | Committee to look into and follow up with ISTE and TIFAC for the transfer of space to IIT Delhi | 2022 | Member | Space Planning and Allocation Committee | 2021 - 2024 | Member | Standing Committee for Academic Outreach Activities | 2021 - 2022 | Member | Committee to pilot rollout of the PhD life cycle ERP | 2021 | Member | Committee of Professors (CoP) of the Yardi School of Artificial Intelligence | 2020 - 2023 | Member | Committee to select students for Foreign Exchange Program | 2020 - 2021 | Member | Committee for framing the assessment policy for Joint Faculty Members of the Institute | 2020 | Member | Committee for developing a policy for naming of academic entities | 2020 | Member | Committee for rationalizing M.Tech programs in the Institute, seat allocation in M.Tech programs and seat allocation in PhD & MSR Programs | 2020 | Member | Committee for proposing a process for time-bound review of PhD theses | 2020 | Member | Committee for selecting students for FITT award for the Best Industry relevant PhD and MTech/MSR/MDes/MBA/MTech (dual degree) projects during convocation | 2019 - 2022 | Member | Committee to evaluate all Diploma proposals including Joint and Sponsored Diploma Programs for compliance with the Senate/BoG approved policies/guidelines | 2019 - 2021 | Returning Officer | Elections for Co-curricular and Academic Interaction Council (CAIC) | 2019 - 2020 | Member | Institute Website Content Committee | 2019 - 2020 | Member | Selection Committee, Selection of foreign nationals postgraduate programs under self-financing and ADB scholarships | 2019 - 2020 | Member | Committee to review modalities of seeking, receiving and utilizing funds from external sources of Extra- and Co-Curricular activities of students | 2019 | Member | Seat re-appropriation Committee for JEE entry starting 2019-2010 onwards | 2018 - 2019 | Member | Committee to streamline the procedure for allocating and verifying the CV points of all students for Training and Placement | 2017 - 2019 | Member-Convener | First School’s Research Committee (SRC) of the newly formed School of Inter-Disciplinary Research (SIRe) | 2017 - 2018 | Member | Core Committee for Midterm review of UG Curriculum | 2017 - 2018 | Member | JNU-IIT Delhi Academic Collaboration Committee | 2016 - 2019 | Member | Commitee to Review and Rationalize all Academic (UG and PG) Rules of the Institute and make recommendations for consideration of the Board of Academic Programs (BAP) and the Senate | 2013 - 2016 | Member | New UG Curriculum Implementation Committee | 2012 - 2016 | Member | Committee to prepare a comprehensive proposal for the orientation program to be conducted for all first year UG students | 2011 | Member | Central Team for Media Coordination (I2Tech OPEN HOUSE - 2011) | 2011 | Member | Central Team for Printing and Coordination (I2Tech OPEN HOUSE - 2010) | 2010 | Member-Convener | Faculty Board and Research Committee of the National Resource Centre for Value Education Centre in Engineering (NCRVEE) | 2009 - 2018 | Member | Committee to organize the orientation program for all first year UG students | 2009 - 2015 | Member | Coordination Committee for Students Exchange Program (Credit equivalence Committee | 2009 - 2013 | Coordinator | Biotechnology discipline of the National Program on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) Phase 2 at IIT Delhi | 2009 - 2010 | Member | Committee to look into the issues related to the Direct Research Associateship/Postdoctoral Fellowships sponsored by various funding agencies and operated through IRD | 2009 |
Advisory Board/Panel @ National/International level
| Position | Committee | Year | Member | Reviewer, School Science, Department of Education in Science and Mathematics (DESM), National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), New Delhi | 2026 - present | Member | Expert Panel Member of State-wide Deep Tech Skilling Initiative, Govt. of Karnataka | 2026 - present | Member | Advisory Committee for Precision Medicine and Bioinformatics, Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research University, New Delhi | 2025 - present | Member | Working Group Member, Nipuna Karnataka Initiative, Govt. of Karnataka | 2025 - present | Member | Program Monitoring Committee, Technology Business Incubator [Dharwad Research & Ecospace for Advancing Minds - DREAM-TBI] at Dharwad Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (DIMHANS), Directorate of Medical Education, Govt. of Karnataka, Dharwad | 2025 - present | Member | Board of Directors, CoE in Health-Tech and Med-Tech, Govt. of Karnataka | 2025 - present | Member | Research Advisory Council (RAC), Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra | 2025 - present | Member | Research Advisory Committee (RAC), Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre, Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt. of Gujarat | 2024 - present | Member | Vision Group on Biotechnology, Govt. of Karnataka | 2024 - present | Member | Review Committee, Khorana Program for Scholars, Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) | 2024 | Member | Asia Pacific Biochemical Technology and Drug Discovery (BT&D2) Alliance [APBA] | 2024 - present | Member | Organizing Committee, Bengaluru Tech Summit (BTS), Govt. of Karnataka | 2024 - present | Member | Review Committee, ELEVATE - the Idea2PoC Grant-in-Aid scheme to identify and nurture most innovative startups, Govt. of Karnataka | 2024 - present | Member | Committee to review progress of BioBank of Bangalore Bioinnovation Centre (BBC), Govt. of Karnataka | 2024 - present | Member | Committee to review Biotech policy assignment awarded to Association of Biotechnology Led Enterprises (ABLE), Govt. of Karnataka | 2024 - present | Member | State Expert Advisory Committee for Technology Business Incubators (Phase-II), Govt. of Karnataka | 2024 - present | Member | Review Committee to monitor the progress and development of Biotech Park (Labzone) on PPP mode, Govt. of Karnataka | 2024 - present | Member | Program Management Committee, Karnataka Start-up Advancement Program (K-SAP) at C-CAMP | 2024 - present | Member | Selection cum Review and Monitoring (SRM) Committee, Synthetic Biology Program at Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology (IBAB) Bengaluru, Govt. of Karnataka | 2024 - present | Member | Steering-cum-Monitoring Committee, Bio-IT Centre at Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology (IBAB) Bengaluru, Govt. of Karnataka | 2024 - present | Member | Advisory Committee, Venom Institute for Snakebite and Health and Advanced Medicine (VISHAM) at Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology (IBAB) Bengaluru, Govt. of Karnataka | 2024 - present | Member | Technical Advisory Research Group (TARG), Bangalore Bioinnovation Centre | 2024 - present | Member | Steering Committee, Bangalore Biobank Initiative, Bangalore Bioinnovation Centre | 2024 - present | Member | Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBSC), Bangalore Bioinnovation Centre | 2024 - present | Member | Expert Data Management Group for implementation of DBT PRIDE (Promotion of Research and Innovation through Data Exchange) Guidelines, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India | 2024 - present | Member | Expert Group for designing the syllabus for Joint CSIR-DBT-JRF Exam of the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India | 2023 - present | Member | Organizing Committee, The 17th Annual International Biocuration Conference to be held in New Delhi during March 5-8, 2024 | 2023 - 2024 | Member | Advisory Committee, School of Computational and Integrative Sciences (SCIS), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi | 2022 - present | Member | Nominee of DBT, Govt of India in the Advisory Committee for monitoring of Postgraduate Teaching Programs in Institute of Chemical Technology (UICT), Mumbai | 2022 - present | Member | Task Force, TEC - Technical Evaluation Committee on the Indian Biological Data Centre (IBDC) of the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India | 2021 - present | Member | CII National Task Force on Science and Data (Genomics) | 2021 - present | Member | Review Panel, Global Core Biodata Resources (GCBRs) | 2021 - present | Member | Advisory Committee for Graduate Aptitude Test in Biotechnology (GAT-B) of the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India | 2020 - present | Member | Expert Committee to develop foresight analysis and framework for national policy on Synthetic Biology, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India | 2020 | Member | Task Force for BioCare Scheme (Biotechnology Career Advancement and Re-orientation Program for Women Scientists) of the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India | 2019 | Member | Task Force, TEC - Technical Evaluation Committee on Theoretical and Computational Biology (Bioinformatics, BTISNet, AI and Big Data) of the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India | 2018 - 2025 | Member | Advisory Committee for Biomedical Informatics, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, Wardha, Maharashtra | 2018 - 2020 | Member | Task Force, TEC - Technical Evaluation Committee on Healthcare of BIRAC, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India | 2018 - 2019 | Member | Task Force Sub Committee for Review of BTISnet Bioinformatics Centres of the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India | 2018 | Member | Task Force on Human Resource Development in Biotechnology of the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India | 2017 - 2020 | Member | Expert Committee for review/selection of proposals received for Indian Biological Engineering Competition (iBEC) – Pre-International Genetically Engineering Machine contest (Pre-iGEM), Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India | 2017 - 2020 | Member | Expert Committee for DBT-NER Atal Incubation Centres (DBT-NER AIC) Scheme launched by NITI Aayog, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India | 2017 - 2020 | Member | Task Force on Indo-Japan collaboration in Biotechnology of the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India | 2017 | Member | Task Force on Promotion and Popularization of Biotechnology of the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India | 2016 - 2017 | Member | Advisory Committee for Biotechnology Eligibility Test (BET) - JRF of the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India | 2015 - present | Member | Executive Committee and Bioinformatics Coordination Committee, DBT National Brain Research Centre (NBRC), Manesar | 2015 - 2018 | Member | External Review Committee, School of Biochemical Engineering, IIT BHU, Varanasi | 2015 | Member | Executive Committee of the Asia Pacific Bioinformatics Network (APBioNet) | 2013 - 2017 | Member | Organizing Committee, Asian Congress on Biotechnology 2013 held in New Delhi during Dec 15-19, 2013 | 2013 | Member | Program Committee for Indo-Japan Bilateral Meeting of the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India | 2010 | Member | Program Committee for Asian Young Researchers Conference on Computational and Omics Biology (AYRCOB) supported by Genome Big Bang Centre of Excellence of University of Tokyo | 2009 - 2011 | Member | Program Committee of the Asia Pacific Bioinformatics Network (APBioNet) – International Conference on Bioinformatics (InCoB) | 2007 - 2017 |
Other extramural positions
| Position | Committee | Year | Member | Faculty Selection Committee at IIT Kharagpur | 2026 | Member | Faculty Selection Committee at IIT Bombay | 2025 | Member | Selection Committee for Head, Indian Biological Data Centre (IBDC), RCB, Faridabad | 2025 | Member | Scrutiny/Selection Committee for Prime Minister Professorship, instituted by Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research University, New Delhi | 2025 | Member | Faculty Selection Committee at CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad | 2025 | Member | Faculty Selection Committee at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi | 2025 | Member | Faculty Selection Committee at CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB), Kolkata | 2025 | Member | Faculty Selection Committee at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad | 2024 | Member | Faculty Selection Committee at NIPER Mohali | 2024 | Member | Faculty Selection Committee at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi | 2024 | Member | Faculty Selection Committee at Birla Institute of Technology BIT Mesra | 2024 | Member | Expert, Assessment Committee, CSIR-Recruitment and Assessment Board (RAB), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Govt. of India | 2024 | Member | Expert Committee for selection of Senior Research Fellows (SRF) and Research Associates (RA), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Govt. of India | 2024 | Member | Committee to review performance of Managing Director, Bangalore Bioinnovation Centre (BBC), Govt. of Karnataka | 2024 | Member | Faculty Selection Committee at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi | 2023 | Member | Faculty Selection Committee at CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), New Delhi | 2023 | Member | Faculty Selection Committee at IIT Hyderabad | 2023 | Member | Faculty Selection Committee at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad | 2023 | Chairperson | Technical Staff Selection Committee, Indian Biological Data Centre (IBDC), DBT, Govt. of India | 2022 | Member | Invited to the Faculty Selection Committee at IIT Kharagpur | 2022 | Member | Invited to the Faculty Selection Committee at Goa University | 2022 | Member | Board of Studies, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore | 2021 - 2024 | Member-Reviewer | Ramalingaswami Re-entry Fellowship (DBT-RLS) | 2021 - 2022 | Reviewer | Selection of Outstanding Researcher and Young Researcher Awards, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, UP | 2021 | Member | Task Force to start new UG teaching program (Biomedical Engineering BME) at IIT Ropar | 2020 | Member | Expert Committee for setting up a ‘Liver Translational Centre’ at Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS), New Delhi to be funded by DST, Govt. of India | 2020 | Member | Convocation Awards Committee of the Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering at IIT Kanpur | 2020 | Member | Faculty Selection Committee at CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology (NEIST), Jorhat, Assam | 2020 | Member | Faculty Selection Committee at Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi | 2019 | Member | Faculty Selection Committee at Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida | 2019 | Member | Expert Committee to review the performance of ‘Advanced Centre for Bio-separator Technology (CBST)-Phase II’ funded by SERB, Govt. of India | 2019 | Member | Expert Committee for Selection of Companies for Biotech Industrial Training Programs (BITP), Biotechnology Consortium of India Limited (BCIL), DBT, Govt. of India | 2018 | Reviewer | UG Curriculum Revision of the Department of Bioscience and Bioengineering, IIT Guwahati | 2017 | Member | Selection Committee, Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) of DST, Govt of India | 2016 | Reviewer | Modules for e-PG Pathshala [an initiative of MHRD under its National Mission on Education through ICT (NME-ICT) being executed by the UGC] | 2015 | Reviewer | applications of faculty candidates from IISER Pune, IIIT Delhi, IIIT Una (HP), GNDU | 2013 - present | Member | Expert Committee for selection of Senior Reserch Fellows (SRF) and Research Associates (RA), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Govt. of India | 2013 - 2018 | Member | Expert Committee for selection of Trainees for Biotechnology Industrial Training Program (BITP), Biotechnology Consortium of India Limited (BCIL), DBT, Govt. of India | 2011 - 2018 | Member | Expert Committee for selection of Trainees for Bioinformatics Industrial Training Program (BIITP), Biotechnology Consortium of India Limited (BCIL), DBT, Govt. of India | 2011 - 2014 | Member | Expert Committee for selection of Junior Research Fellows (JRF), Senior Reserch Fellows (SRF) and Research Associates (RA), Lady Tata Memorial Trust (LTMT), Mumbai | 2011 | Member | Peer Team for monitoring companies hosting Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Industrial Training Program Trainees, Biotechnology Consortium of India Limited (BCIL), DBT, Govt. of India | 2010 - 2018 | Member | Selection Committee for admission to post graduate program at School of Biotechnology at Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai | 2007 | Member | Committee for conducting Bioinformatics National Certification Exam (BINC), Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India | 2006 - 2018 | Examiner | for PhD theses submitted to IISc, IIT Madras, IIT Bombay, IIT Jodhpur, IISER Bhopal, TIFR, IIIT Allahabad, ISI Kolkata, CSIR-IICT, CSIR-IICB, CSIR-IGIB, CSIR-CIMAP, CSIR-CLRI, JNU New Delhi, NIT Calicut, NIT Raipur, University of Hyderabad, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Anna University, SASTRA University, Pondicherry University, University of Calcutta, Macquarie University, Sydney (Australia), among others | 2009 - present | Reviewer | for some top inter-disciplinary journals in the broad area of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics | 2005 - present | Reviewer | for grant proposals submitted to national funding agencies (DBT, DST, MeitY, SERB, BIRAC, DAE), Lady Tata Memorial Trust, French National Alliance for Life and Health Sciences (AVIESA), INSERM France, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, Wellcome Trust, among others | 2005 - present |