Prof. K.V. Venkatesh

Distinguished Professor and Infosys Visiting Chair

Prof. K.V. Venkatesh is a Distinguished Professor and Infosys Visiting Chair at IBAB, and a senior Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) since 1993. He has extensive research experience in the areas of Systems & Synthetic Biology and Biosystems Engineering. After a B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from IIT-Madras, he received his PhD from Purdue University in USA.

He has contributed significantly to research in the areas of quantification of biological networks including genetic signaling, metabolic pathways and drug discovery. He has about 160 journal articles and book chapter to his credit.

In recognition, he has won several national awards like the prestigious Swaranjayanti Fellowship from DST, INSA Young Scientist and INAE Young Engineers awards. He has served as a UGC Distinguished Fellow at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and is an Associate Editor of BMC Systems Biology. He is an elected Fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences, Bengaluru.