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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Vijay Kumar
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| caption = August 2014
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|11|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Sasaram]], [[Bihar]], India
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| fields = {{ublist | [[Molecular biology]] }}
| workplaces = {{ublist | [[AIIMS Delhi]] | [[International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology]] }}
| alma_mater = {{ublist | [[Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University]] | [[Magadh University]] | [[AIIMS Delhi]] | [[Louis Pasteur University]] }}
| doctoral_advisor =
| doctoral_students =
| known_for = Studies on [[reproductive immunology]]
| awards = {{ublist| 1997 [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] }}
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'''Vijay Kumar''' (born 7 November 1954) is an Indian molecular biologist, [[virologist]] and an honorary scientist at the [[International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology]]. Known for his research in [[hepatology]], Kumar is an elected fellow of [[National Academy of Sciences, India]], [[National Academy of Medical Sciences]], and [[National Academy of Agricultural Sciences]] as well as a J. C. Bose National Fellow of the [[Department of Biotechnology]]. The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], one of the highest Indian science awards for his contributions to Medical Sciences in 1997.<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/AwardeeList.aspx | title=View Bhatnagar Awardees | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | access-date=12 November 2016}}</ref>{{Refn|group=note|Long link – please select award year to see details}}

== Biography ==
[[File:AIIMS central lawn.jpg|thumb|235px|left|AIIMS Delhi]]
Vijay Kumar was born on 7 November 1954 at [[Sasaram]], a place known for its [[quarries]], in [[Rohtas district]] in the Indian state of [[Bihar]].<ref name="Profile on NAAS">{{Cite web |url=http://naasindia.org/detail.php?id=259 |title=Profile on NAAS |date=2017 |publisher=National Academy of Agricultural Sciences}}</ref> His early college education was at Sahibganj College of [[Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University]] from where he completed his BSc (Hons) in zoology in 1972 and earned an MSc from [[Magadh University]] in 1975. Subsequently, he joined the [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi]] as a junior research fellow and continued there for his doctoral studies as a Lady Tata Senior Research Scholar to secure a PhD in 1984 for his thesis, ''Molecular interactions of progesterone with its receptor in human uterus''.<ref name="Ex PhDs of the department with year of award & thesis titles">{{Cite web |url=http://www.aiims.edu/en/notices/120-reproductive-biology.html |title=Ex PhDs of the department with year of award & thesis titles |date=2017 |publisher=AIIMS, Delhi}}</ref> He started his career the same year by joining AIIMS faculty as a junior research officer at the department of biophysics but took a sabbatical to move to ''Institut de Chimie Biologique'', [[Strasbourg]] as an exchange scholar of [[Louis Pasteur University]] and did his post-doctoral studies till 1988. Returning to India, he joined [[International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology]] (ICGEB), New Delhi as a research scientist where he served out his regular career till his superannuation in 2014. During this period, he held various positions such as senior research scientist (1998–2001), staff research scientist (2002–13), staff scientist (2013–14) and headed the Virology Group from 2013 to 2014. Post-retirement, he continues his association with ICGEB as an emeritus scientist and as J. C. Bose National Fellow.<ref name="Faculty profile">{{Cite web |url=https://icgeb.academia.edu/VijayKumar/CurriculumVitae |title=Faculty profile |date=2017 |publisher=International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology}}</ref>

== Legacy ==
[[File:HBV Genome.svg|thumb|The genome organisation of HBV; the genes overlap. ORF X, in yellow, encodes HBx.]]
Vijay Kumar focused his research on the assembly, [[gene cloning|cloning]] and [[Gene expression|expression]] of genes and on the role played by steroid hormone receptors as well as [[oncogenic]] viruses in producing cancer cells.<ref name="Faculty profile" /> He has done pioneering research on [[Hepatitis B virus]]<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{Cite web |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=164 |title=Brief Profile of the Awardee |date=2017 |publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize}}</ref> and his studies widened the understanding of the [[trans-activating domain]] of the [[HBx]] protein.<ref name="Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners">{{cite web | url=http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf | title=Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners | publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research |page=71 |date=1999}}</ref> He contributed in developing a protocol for assembling [[Epitope|multiepitope]] protein gene which assisted in the studies of the [[immunobiology]] of the virus. His research collaboration with [[Debi Prasad Sarkar]] assisted him to demonstrate for the first time that [[HBx]] protein stimulated [[Mitogen-activated protein kinase|Mitogen-activated]] [[Mitogen-activated protein kinase#Signaling cascades|signaling cascades]] ''[[in vivo]]''.<ref name="BurmaChakravorty2011">{{cite book|author1=D. P. Burma|author2=Maharani Chakravorty|title=From Physiology and Chemistry to Biochemistry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4CaQ3-x3LXMC&pg=PA146|year=2011|publisher=Pearson Education India|isbn=978-81-317-3220-5|pages=146–}}</ref> His research has been documented and cited in texts and articles<ref name="On ResearchGate">{{Cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vijay_Kumar91 |title=On ResearchGate |date=2017 }}</ref><ref name="A DIRECT GRASS ROOT EXPERIENCE FROM BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE TO APPLIED POTENTIAL LEADING TO PATENTING/COMMERCIALIZATION">{{Cite web |url=http://www.sristi.org/material/mdpipr2003/MDPIPR2003CD/pres4%20IIM_PDF.PDF |title=A DIRECT GRASS ROOT EXPERIENCE FROM BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE TO APPLIED POTENTIAL LEADING TO PATENTING/COMMERCIALIZATION |date=2017 |publisher=IIM Ahmedabad |access-date=20 March 2017 |archive-date=21 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321081918/http://www.sristi.org/material/mdpipr2003/MDPIPR2003CD/pres4%20IIM_PDF.PDF |url-status=dead }}</ref>
{{Refn|group=note|Please see ''Selected bibliography'' section}} and he has contributed chapters to books published by others.<ref name="GossenKaufmann2012">{{cite book|author1=Manfred Gossen|author2=Jörg Kaufmann|author3=Steven J. Triezenberg|title=Transcription Factors|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6DLtCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA377|date=6 December 2012|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-3-642-18932-6|pages=377–}}</ref><ref name="JameelVillareal2000">{{cite book|author1=Dr. Shahid Jameel|author2=Luis Villareal|title=Advances in Animal Virology: Papers Presented at the Second ICGEB-UCI Virology Symposium, New Delhi, November 1998|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BqkVAQAAMAAJ|date=1 January 2000|publisher=Science Publishers|isbn=978-1-57808-094-6}}</ref>

Kumar is a member of the Institutional Ethics Review Board (IERB-JNU) of the [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]]<ref name="Institutional Ethics Review Board">{{Cite web |url=http://beta.jnu.ac.in/ierb |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321085058/http://beta.jnu.ac.in/ierb |url-status=dead |archive-date=2017-03-21 |title=Institutional Ethics Review Board |date=2017 |publisher=Jawaharlal Nehru University }}</ref> and was a member of the Advisory Committee for [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] for the years, 2005, 2011 and 2014.<ref name="Faculty profile" /> He served as a principal investigator for a number of projects by [[Department of Science and Technology (India)|Department of Science and Technology]]<ref name="List of Approved Projects during year 2010-11">{{Cite web |url=http://www.dst.gov.in/sites/default/files/int-10-11.pdf |title=List of Approved Projects during year 2010–11 |date=2011 |publisher=Department of Science and Technology}}</ref> and [[Department of Biotechnology]].<ref name="Studies on the molecular mechanisms of deregulation of mammalian DNA replication by viral oncoproteins">{{Cite web |url=http://www.helpbiotech.co.in/2012/10/molecular-virology-icgeb-research.html |title=Studies on the molecular mechanisms of deregulation of mammalian DNA replication by viral oncoproteins |date=2012 |publisher=Help Biotech}}</ref><ref name="Evaluation of the oncogenic potential of signal transduction domains of the Hepatitis-B virus X protein in a transgenic environment">{{Cite web |url=http://www.incredb.org/dbt_completed_project.html |title=Evaluation of the oncogenic potential of signal transduction domains of the Hepatitis-B virus X protein in a transgenic environment |date=2017 |publisher=Department of Biotechnology |access-date=20 March 2017 |archive-date=13 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513040937/http://www.incredb.org/dbt_completed_project.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The invited lectures or key note addresses delivered by him include the presentation on ''Epigenetic control of origin licensing during mammalian DNA replication'' at the [[Indian Science Congress]] of 2012<ref name="Indian Science Congress of 2012">{{Cite web |url=http://www.isc2012.com/pdf/sections/new_biology.pdf |title=Indian Science Congress of 2012 |date=2012 |publisher=Indian Science Congress |access-date=20 March 2017 |archive-date=4 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204141306/https://isc2012.com/pdf/sections/new_biology.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> among others.<ref name="Events of the Faculty of Life Sciences & Biotechnology">{{Cite web |url=http://www.sau.int/academics/faculties/faculty-of-life-sciences-biotechnology/10-faculties/flsb.html |title=Events of the Faculty of Life Sciences & Biotechnology |date=2017 |publisher=South Asian University}}</ref><ref name="First National Conference on Mapping the “Materials Genome”">{{Cite web |url=http://snu.edu.in/pdf/SNU-NC-on-Materials-Genome-poster.pdf |title=First National Conference on Mapping the "Materials Genome" |date=2013 |publisher=Shiv Nadar University |access-date=20 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519041627/http://snu.edu.in/pdf/SNU-NC-on-Materials-Genome-poster.pdf |archive-date=19 May 2017 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

== Awards and honors ==
Kumar won a number of prizes during his academic studies which included the Kul Prize for Best Science graduate of [[Bhagalpur University]] (1972), DPI Merit Scholarship during 1973–75 and the Gold Medal of Magadh University in 1977 for standing first in MSc examination.<ref name="Faculty profile" /> The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]] awarded him [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]], one of the highest Indian science awards in 1997.<ref name="Medical Sciences">{{Cite web |url=http://www.csir.res.in/external/heads/career/award/BPRIZE/Medical_SCIENCES.htm |title=Medical Sciences |date=2017 |publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130224074105/http://www.csir.res.in/External/Heads/career/award/BPRIZE/Medical_SCIENCES.htm |archive-date=24 February 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The list of research fellowships held by him features Lady Tata Senior Research Scholarship of Lady Tata Memorial Trust (1982–84), Indo-French Scientific and Cultural Exchange Fellowship (1984–85) and the J. C. Bose National Fellowship of the Department of Biotechnology in 2013.<ref name="Ex PhDs of the department with year of award & thesis titles" /> He received the Gold Medal of the Zoological Society of India in 1998.<ref name="Faculty profile" /> In 2002 he was elected as a fellow by the [[National Academy of Sciences, India]].<ref name="NASI fellows">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=K |title=NASI fellows |date=2017 |publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India |access-date=20 March 2017 |archive-date=15 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315081652/http://nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=K |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[National Academy of Agricultural Sciences]] elected him as a fellow in 2004<ref name="NAAS Fellows">{{Cite web |url=http://naasindia.org/page.php?pageid=29 |title=NAAS Fellows |date=2017 |publisher=National Academy of Agricultural Sciences}}</ref> and he became a fellow of the [[National Academy of Medical Sciences]] in 2013.<ref name="NAMS Fellows">{{Cite web |url=http://nams-india.in/downloads/fellowsmembers/ZZ.pdf |title=NAMS Fellows |date=2017 |publisher=National Academy of Medical Sciences}}</ref> The award orations delivered by him include the 2013 Ramniklal J. Kinarivala Oration Award of Gujarat Cancer Society.<ref name="Faculty profile" />

== Selected bibliography ==
* {{Cite journal |last=Grace Fatima, Ganeshan Mathan, Vijay Kumar |title=The HBx protein of hepatitis B virus regulates the expression, intracellular distribution and functions of ribosomal protein S27a |journal=Journal of General Virology |date=2012 |volume=93 |issue=4 |pages=706–715 |doi=10.1099/vir.0.035691-0|pmid=22158882 |doi-access=free }}
* {{Cite journal |last=Nagisa Nosrati, Neetu R. Kapoor, Vijay Kumar |title=Combinatorial action of transcription factors orchestrates cell cycle-dependent expression of the ribosomal protein genes and ribosome biogenesis |journal=The FEBS Journal |date=2014 |volume=281 |issue=10 |pages=2339–2352 |doi=10.1111/febs.12786|pmid=24646001 |s2cid=205134793 }}
* {{Cite journal |last=Kaveri Sidhu, Vijay Kumar |title=c-ETS transcription factors play an essential role in the licensing of human MCM4 origin of replication |journal=Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms |year=2015 |publication-date=2015 |volume=1849 |issue=11 |pages=1319–1328 |doi=10.1016/j.bbagrm.2015.09.005|pmid=26365772 }}
* {{Cite journal |last=Pallavi Rajput, Surendra K Shukla, Vijay Kumar |title=The HBx oncoprotein of hepatitis B virus potentiates cell transformation by inducing c-Myc-dependent expression of the RNA polymerase I transcription factor UBF |journal=Virology Journal |date=2015 |volume=12 |issue=1 |pages=62 |doi=10.1186/s12985-015-0293-5|pmid=25890091 |pmc=4424551 |doi-access=free }}
* {{Cite journal |last=Richa Ahuja, Neetu Rohit Kapoor, Vijay Kumar |title=The HBx oncoprotein of Hepatitis B virus engages Nucleophosmin to promote rDNA transcription and cellular proliferation |journal=Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research |year=2015 |publication-date=2015 |volume=1853 |issue=8 |pages=1783–1795 |doi=10.1016/j.bbamcr.2015.04.012|pmid=25918010 |doi-access=free }}

== See also ==
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* [[Epitope mapping]]
* [[Viral protein]]
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== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Cite journal |title=Epigenetic control in DNA replication |journal=Nature India |date=30 July 2012 |publisher=Nature Asia|doi=10.1038/nindia.2012.113 }}

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