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Ravi Tandon

Ravi Tandon

Ravi Tandon
Ravi Tandon
Assistant Professor (UGC)
Centre/School/Special Centre
School of Biotechnology
Room No
133
Off. Phone
011-26738894
Email
ravitandon@jnu.ac.in
Personal Webpage
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=YXeHNFAAAAAJ&view_op=list_works…
Qualifications

Ph.D. (Viral Immunology) : The Vetsuisse Faculty of the Universities Bern and Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland (2008)

M.Sc. (Biotechnology): Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India (2000)

B.Sc. (Zoology, Botany & Chemistry): Ewing Christian College, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, India (1998)

Areas of Interest/Specialization

HIV immunology, Gut microbiology, Mucosal immunity and inflammation, HIV-H.pylori co-infection, Aging and Immune exhaustion. 
Experience

* Assistant Professor: School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (June 2014- present).
* Immunology Staff Scientist at Hawaii Center for AIDS, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, USA (2011-2014).
* Postdoctoral fellowship in HIV-immunology from University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), USA (2008-2011). 
Awards & Honours
  1. Merit certificate in B.Sc. (1998).
  2. Fellowship award by Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India, New Delhi, India (1998-2000).
  3. Fellowship by Biotech Consortium India Ltd. (BCIL), New Delhi, India (2000-2001)
  4. Invited speaker in DST-Inspire Internship Science Camp-2015 on 6.11.2015 at the Botany Department, Allahabad University.
  5. Young Scientist Award by Association of Microbiologists of India (December 7-10, 2015)
  6. Successfully completed UGC sponsored orientation course at Human Resource Development Centre, Jawaharlal Nehru University, with “A” grade (16.11.2015-11.12.2015). 
  7. Life member of Indian Immunology Society (IIS).
  8. Life membership of Association of Microbiologist of India (AMI).
  9. Best Researcher Award (2023) by Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur in association with Microbiologists Society, India
Best Peer Reviewed Publications
  1. Singh U, Gandhi HA, Nikita, Bhattacharya J, Ravi Tandon, Tiwari GL, Tandon R. Cyanometabolites: molecules with immense antiviral potential. Arch Microbiol. 2023 Apr 3;205(5):164. doi: 10.1007/s00203-023-03514-y.
  2. Uttarilli A, Amalakanti S, Kommoju PR, Sharma S, Goyal P, Manjunath GK, Upadhayay V, Parveen A, Ravi Tandon, Prasad KS, Dakal TC, Ben Shlomo I, Yousef M, Neerathilingam M, Kumar A. Super-rapid race for saving lives by developing COVID-19 vaccines. J Integr Bioinform. 2021 Mar 25;18(1):27-43. doi: 10.1515/jib-2021-0002.
  3. Preeti Moar, Ravi Tandon*, “Galectin-9 as a biomarker of disease severity”. Cellular immunology. 2021 p.104287 doi: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2021.104287 (*Corresponding author)
  4. Kaur US, Oyeyemi BF, Shet A, Gopalan BP, Himanshu D, Bhavesh NS, Ravi Tandon*. “Plasma metabolomic study in perinatally HIV-infected children using 1H NMR spectroscopy reveals perturbed metabolites that sustain during therapy” PLoS One. 2020 Aug 31;15(8):e0238316. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0238316. (*Corresponding author)
  5. Preeti Moar, Kumari Sushmita, Suneel Kateriya, Ravi Tandon*, “Transcriptional profiling indicates cAMP-driven reversal of HIV latency in monocytes occurs via transcription factor SP-1”. Virology. 2020 Mar;542:40-53. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2020.01.006. (*Corresponding author)
  6. Vidhya Natarajan, Preeti Moar, Urvinder S. Kaur, Vimala Vemkatesh, Abhishek Kumar, Rupesh Chaturvedi, Himanshu D, Ravi Tandon*, “Helicobacter pylori reactivates Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 in latently infected monocytes with increased expression of IL- 1b and CXCL8”. Current Genomics. 2019 (20) December 8. doi: 10.2174/1389202921666191226091138 (* Corresponding author)
  7. Kaur US, Shet A, Rajnala N, Gopalan BP, Moar P, D H, Singh BP, Chaturvedi R, Ravi Tandon*, “High Abundance of genus Prevotella in the gut of perinatally HIV-infected children is associated with IP-10 levels despite therapy”. Scientific Reports. 2018 Dec 5;8(1):17679. (* Corresponding author)
  8. Abdel-Mohsen M, Chavez L, Ravi Tandon et. al., “Human Galectin-9 is a potent mediator of HIV transcription and reactivation”. PLoS Pathog. 2016 Jun 2: 12 (6): e1005677.
  9. A. Kumar*, A. Bhandari, Sandeep J Sarde, S. Muppavarapu, and Ravi Tandon*, “Understanding V(D)J recombination initiator RAG1 gene using molecular phylogenetic and genetic variant analyses and upgrading missense and non-coding   variants   of clinical importance” BBRC. 2015 (* Corresponding author)
  10. Ravi Tandon, Chew GM, Byron MM, Borrow P, Niki T, Hirashima M, Barbour J, Norris PJ, Martin J, Deeks S, Ndhlovu L. Galectin-9 is Rapidly Released during Acute HIV-1 Infection and Remains Sustained at High Levels Despite Viral Suppression Even In Elite Controllers. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2014, Apr 30.
  11. Ravi Tandon, Maria T. M. Giret, Sengupta D, York VA, Wiznia AA, Rosenberg MG, Kallas EG, Ndhlovu LC, Nixon DF. Age-related Expansion of Tim-3 Expressing T cells in Vertically HIV-1 Infected Children. PLoS One. 2012; 7 (9): e45733.
  12. Ravi Tandon, SenGupta D, Ndhlovu LC, Vieira RG, Jones RB, York VA, Vieira VA, Sharp ER, Wiznia AA, Ostrowski MA, Rosenberg MG, Nixon DF. Identification of Human Endogenous Retrovirus (HERV)-specific T cellresponses      in         vertically         HIV-1- infected subjects. J Virol. 2011 Aug 3.

 

Patents (if any)
  1. Reversal of latency of retroviruses with Galectin protein. US patent publication number: 20180153901; filed: March 10, 2016; Publication date: June 7, 2018. Inventors: Satish K. Pillai, Mohamed Abdel-Mohsen, , Leonard Chavez, Lishomwa Ndhlovu, Ravi Tandon, Toshiro Niki, Misuomi Harashima

A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.