Dr. Bibhas Kar, PhD

Consultant Department of Genetics & Molecular Medicine at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Mumbai, India.

Dr. Bibhas Kar is currently working as the Consultant in Laboratory Medicine and heading the Department of Genetics & Molecular Medicine at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Mumbai. He has an exemplary research and professional experience of more than 25 years in the field of human genetics and is highly respected medical geneticist and genetic counselor who has over two decades of working on many different aspects of genetics in Indian population.
He has been honoured with several prestigious international and national fellowships and awards which includes Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) Young Scientist Award from India in 1992; Stevens Shapiro Memorial Fellowship from the UK in 1992; the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB) Young Scientist Award from the US in 1994 and AMP International Membership Grant Award from the Association of Molecular Pathology, USA in 2018.

He has authored over 70 original research and review articles in peer-reviewed journals and chapters in books. He has made more than 100 oral and poster presentations in various national and International Conferences. He has served on the editorial boards of several journals. He is a life member in several scientific societies and has been serving as the Executive Committee Member of Indian Society of Human Genetics (ISHG), Indian Society for Prenatal Diagnosis and Therapy (ISPAT) and Molecular Pathology Association of India (MPAI).
He has organized several conferences, symposia and workshops as Organizing Secretary, Convener and Course Director. He is serving as a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Pentagrit Zebrafish CRO and GeneAura Pvt Ltd., Chennai. He has earlier worked at Sankara Netralaya (Vision Research Foundation) as Genetic Scientist; Apollo Hospitals Department of Medical Genetics as Consultant & Head and The Madras Medical Mission Center for Genetic Studies and Research, Chennai as Consultant & Head.