Prime Minister Professor (PMP) Lab
Principal Investigator
Professor Vinod Kumar
Ph.D. (Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, UP, India)
Email: Email: drvkumar11@yahoo.com, drvkumar11@gmail.com, vinodkr@cusb.ac.in
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Academic positions held
1983 – 1995: Lecturer in Zoology
1996 – 1999: Reader in Zoology
2000 – 2018: Professor of Zoology
2018 – 2021: Senior Professor of Zoology
2021 – 2023: UGC BSR Fellow
2024 – 2026: INSA Senior Scientist
2026 – contd.: Prime Minister professor
Academic positions held abroad
2025 (July – August): Visiting Scientist, MaxPlanck Institute for Biological Intelligence,
Seewiesen, Germany
2023 (August – September: Visiting PI under IndoUS in different institutions in USA
2018 Visiting PI under IndoUS at Salk Institute for Biological Studies, USA
2015 Visiting PI under IndoUS at Salk Institute for Biological Studies, USA
2007 June-July: JSPS Visiting Fellow, Nagoya University, Japan.
2005 February: Visitor, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Andechs, Germany.
2003 Jan – 2004 August: Visiting Professor, Department of Biology, Texas A & M University, Texas, USA.
2002 May – 2002 June: Max-Planck Gesellschaft, Germany, Visiting Fellow. Worked with Professor Dr. E. Gwinner at Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Andechs, Germany.
1999, 2000, 2001 May/ June – August: Max-Planck Gesellschaft, Germany, Visiting Fellow. Worked with Professor Dr. E. Gwinner at Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Andechs, Germany.
1997 March -1998 February: Max-Planck Gesellschaft, Germany, Postdoctoral Fellow. Worked with Professor Dr. E. Gwinner at Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Andechs, Germany.
1995 March- 1996 March: CIDA-NSERC (Canadian International Developmental Agency – Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada) Associate. Worked with Professor B. Rusak FRSC at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
1992 March – 1993 March: European Economic Community (EC) Postdoctoral Fellow. Worked with Dr. Gerald A. Lincoln FRSE at Center for Reproductive Biology, Edinburgh, U.K.
1991 Feb – 1991 December: Indian National Science Academy – The Royal Society UK Exchange Fellow. Worked with Professor Sir Brian Follett FRS at Department of Zoology, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Awards and Honours:
2010 Platinum Jubilee Lecture Award, ISCA, SRM University, Chennai
2008 Vijay – Usha Sodha Scientific Research Prize, Lucknow University
2006 P. Govindarajulu Gold medal from the Society of Reproductive Biology and Comparative Endocrinology, India.
2000 Young Investigator Award Gordon Research Conference in Pineal Cell Biology (UK).
1986 Young Scientist Award from Indian Science Congress Association.
Research Interest: Avian circadian and seasonal Clocks; Neuroendocrinology; Reproduction; Cognitive Neuroscience
Prof. Vinod Kumar: Recipient of “Aschoff’s Ruler Prize 2022”
Current Research Team
Mr. Pradumna Pathak – Project Associate
Pradumna Pathak is Project Associate -I in Prime Minister Professorship project. He is initiating research on climate stress effects on the livestock from villages around the CUSB.
Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Yadav – Project attendant
Sanjeev Kumar is Project Attendant, and helps in carrying out the research in Prime Minister
Professorship project
Our PhD alumni and their Current position
Sanjay K. Bhardwaj (retired Professor, Department of Zoology, CCS University, Meerut)
Neelu J Gupta (Professor, Department of Zoology, CCS University, Meerut)
Bhanu P. Singh (Retired Scientist G, Department of Science and Technology)
Sangeeta Rani (retired Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow)
Shalie Malik (Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow)
Manju Mishra
Amit K Trivedi (Associate Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Mizoram, Aizwal)
Jyoti Singh (Associate Professor, Daulat Ram College, University of Delhi, Delhi)
Devraj Singh (Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA)
Gaurav Majumdar (Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad)
Surbhi Gahlot (Post-doctoral Researcher, UT Southwestern, Dallas, USA)
Neelu Anand Jha (Associate Professor, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana)
Ila Mishra (Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, USA)
SK Tahajjul Taufique (Post-doctoral Researcher, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA)
Abhilash Prabhat (Post-doctoral Researcher, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA
Aakansha Sharma (Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow)
Sayanta Sur (Research Associate, IIT Hyderabad)
Twinkle Batra
Khyati
Indu Malik
Amaan Buniyaadi (Assistant Professor (ad-hoc), Hindu College, University of Delhi, Delhi)
Nisha Singh (Assistant Professor – ad hoc; Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi)