Dr. Anil Kumar Verma M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D.

Scientist C

ICMR-National Institute of Research in Tribal Health


Profile

Dr. Anil Verma is interested in investigating various factors associated with asymptomatic malaria and characterisation of immune response in people having asymptomatic malaria in endemic areas. His future plan is to evaluate new, low-cost, point of care malaria diagnostic devices, which can be used in remote tribal areas with limited resources.

Research Interests

  1. Molecular Parasitology (Malaria)
  2. Human gut microbiology
  3. Maternal and Child health

Scientific Staff

  1. Sri Krishna, TA

Past Research students

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Ongoing research projects

  1. Sero-epidemiology and molecular characterization of scrub typhus, leptospirosis in Jabalpur.

Current research collaborators

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Past research collaborators

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Research in news

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Award/Recognition/Honours

  1. Awarded Dr. D.S. Kothari Post-doctoral Fellowship by University grants commission (UGC) for 2015-2017.
  2. Award of Travel grant from Indian council of medical research (ICMR), Department of Science & Technology (DST) and Department of Biotechnology (DBT) India for poster presentation in USA in 2011.
  3. Awarded Junior research fellowship (2007-2009) and Senior research fellowship (2009-2012 by Indian council of medical research (ICMR).
  4. Awarded the National Eligibility Test- Lectureship (NET-LS) conducted by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research & University Grants commission, Government of India (CSIR-NET) in 2006.
  5. Awarded Merit cum mean (MCM) scholarship by JNU

Workshop/Conference Organized

  1. Biosparks 2009: The 7th Annual research festival of School of life Sciences, JNU, on 6-7 march 2009.

Academic contributions

Supervisor of Ph. D. thesis: Nil

Masters dissertation: 1

Papers published: 5

Research Grants

Nil

Publications

  1. Nema S, Singh A ,Krishna S, Poriya R, Dubey S, Ali N A, Singh M P, Verma A K , Das A, Bharti P K (2022), Unreported mixed Plasmodium species infection may increase vivax malaria in India: a challenge for malaria elimination.
    Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg, PMID: 35088856, DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trac007, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35088856/
  2. Krishna S., Bhandari S., Vishwakarma A. K., Verma A K, Singh M. P., Sharma A., Singh N. & Bharti P. K. (2021). Genetic diversity and expression profile of Plasmodium falciparum Pf34 gene supports its immunogenicity.
    Curr Res Transl Med, 69(4), 103308.PMID: 34425378, DOI: 10.1016/j.retram.2021.103308 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34425378/
  3. Verma K, Lahariya A K, Dubey S,Verma A K,Das A,Schneider A K,Bharti P K.(2021) An integrated virtual screening and drug repurposing strategy for the discovery of new antimalarial drugs against Plasmodium falciparum phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase.
    Journal of cellular Biochemistry,https://doi.org/10.1002/jcb.29954
  4. Shrivastva S, Chakma T, Das A, Verma A K(2021),Digitisation and realtime sharing of unified surveillance tool and clinicopathological data for efficient management of disease outbreaks.
    Int J Health Plann Manage, doi: 10.1002/hpm.3163,PMID:33797151, https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.3163
  5. Kumar R, Verma A K, Shrivas S, Thota P, Singh MP, Rajasubramaniam S, et al.(2020) First successful field evaluation of new, one-minute haemozoin-based malaria diagnostic device.
    EClinicalMedicine doi.org/10.10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100347, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32490369/
  6. Hasan MN , Fraiwan A , An R , Alapan Y , Ung R , Akkus A , Xu JZ , Rezac AJ , Kocmich NJ , Creary MS , Oginni T , Olanipekun GM , Hassan-Hanga F, Jibir BW , Gambo S, Verma A K, Bharti PK , Riolueang S , Ngimhung T , Suksangpleng T , Thota P , Werner G , Shanmugam R , Das A , Viprakasit V , Piccone CM , Little JA , Obaro SK , Gurkan UA (2020) Paper-based microchip electrophoresis for point-of-care hemoglobin testing.
    Analyst: https://doi.org/10.1039/C9AN02250C
  7. Nema S, Verma AK, Bharti P.K. (2019) Strengthening diagnosis is key to eliminating malaria in India
    Lancet Infect Dis: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30544-4
  8. Ahemad A, Verma A K, Krishna S, Sharma A, Singh N, Bharti PK.(2019) Plasmodium falciparum glutamate dehydrogenase is genetically conserved across eight malaria endemic states of India:Exploring new avenues of malaria elimination
    PLoS One, PMID:31199842,PMCID:PMC6568416, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0218210,https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31199842/
  9. Iyer LR, Verma A K, Paul J,Bhattacharya A.(2019) Phagocytosis of gut bacteria by Entamoeba histolytica.
    Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology ,https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2019.00034
  10. Verma A K, Bharti PK, Das Aparup.(2018) HRP-2 deletion: a hole in the ship of malaria elimination.
    Lancet Infect Dis.Aug;18(8):826-827,PMID: 30064667, DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30420-1, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30064667/
  11. Kumari R, Verma N, Verma A K , Ahuja V, Paul J (2015) Diversity and abundance of lactobacilli during ulcerative colitis in North Indian patients: a case control study.
    Journal of Clinical Microbiology & case reports.View
  12. Verma A K, Ahuja V, Paul J (2014) The trend in distribution of Q223R mutation in leptin receptor gene of ALA patients of North India: A prospective study.
    Biomed Research International,PMID: 25114924, PMCID: PMC4121093, DOI: 10.1155/2014/847132,https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25114924/
  13. Iyer LR, Singh N,Verma A K, Paul J (2014) Diffrential expression and immunolocalization of antioxidant enzymes in Entamoeba histolytica isolates during Metronidazole stress.
    Biomed Research International,Article ID 704937,https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/704937
  14. Verma A K, Verma R, Ahuja V, Paul J (2012) Real-time analysis of gut flora in Entamoeba histolytica infected patients of Northern India
    BMC Microbiology : 12:183,https://bmcmicrobiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2180-12-183
  15. Verma R, Verma A K, Ahuja V, Paul J (2010) Real-Time Analysis of Mucosal Flora in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease in India
    Journal of Clinical Microbiologyhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3020854/