Profile of Dr. Arun Goyal

Arun  Goyal

Elected Fellow –2010

Basic Sciences:  Microbiology

DB: 02-06-1965

 

Birth place

Delhi, India

Education

Delhi University, Delhi, (B.Sc., 1986); IIT Delhi, New Delhi, (M.Sc. 1988; M.Tech. 1989); IIT Kanpur, Kanpur, (Ph.D., 1995).

Positions held 

Head, Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG), Assam, India, (2009 - to date); Professor, Department of Biotechnology, IITG, Assam, India (2009 - to date).  Associate Professor, Department of Biotechnology, IITG, Assam, India (2004-2009); Vice-Chairman, Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering, GATE-2006 (2005-2006), Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Biotechnology, IITG, Assam, India (2003- 2004); Post-doctoral Scholar at Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal (2000-2003); Scientist, Department of Biotechnology, Birla Institute of Scientific Research (BISR), Jaipur, India (2000-2000); Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA (1999-1999); Visiting Scholar, Neurobiotechnology Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA (1998-1999); Post-doctoral Research Associate, Department of Biochemistry, University College Dublin (UCD), Dublin, Ireland (1996-1998).

Research Area

Biotechnology – Microbial Biotechnology: Environmental microbiology, Biodegradation, Bioremediation, Fermentations

Awards and fellowships

J.V. Bhat Award (Cash prize Rs. 3000/-) for Best Paper published in Indian Journal of Microbiology a Springerpublication (2007); Rashtriya Gaurav Award and Certificate of Excellence for meritorious services and outstanding performance by India International Friendship Society, (2009); Dr. C.V. Raman Award (Citation and Cash Award of Rs. 11,000/-) for the 4th IES “National Young Teachers Excellence Award 2010” for excellence in the field of Engineering & Technology Education, by IES Group of Institutions, Bhopal, India (2010).

Portuguese Government National Scholarship, for 6 years awarded by Foundation of Science and Technology, Portugal (2001); Fellow of Association of Microbiologists of India (FAMI) (2006); Fellow, Biotech Research Society (FBRS) of India (2008); Elected member, The National Academy of Sciences, India (MNASc) (2008); Fellow, Association of Biotechnology and Pharmacy (FABAP), (2009. Fellow of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (FNAAS), India (2011).

Address

Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781039, Assam, India.

Residence

E-8, IIT Guwahati,Guwahati 781039, Assam, India

[O: 0361-2582208, 0361-2582249; R: 0361-258 4208; arungoyl@iitg.ernet.in]