Rajiv Saxena,Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, SLS, AIIMS, All India Institute of Medical Sciences,New Delhi,Delhi University, Delhi,Visiting Professor,National Research Council (NRC),National Academy of Science of USA,US Environmental Protection Agency,Research Triangle Park, North Carolina,USA

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Career

Academic Qualifications

Ph.D.	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, (1977)ï¿½
M.Sc.	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. (1973)ï¿½
B.Sc. (Hons)	Delhi University , Delhi (1970) First rank in Delhi University in all three years. Distinction in Physics.
Pre-University	Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi (1967) Distinctions in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics.

Experience And Appointments

Sept. 2005 to Sept. 2007	Visiting Professor National Research Council (NRC) National Academy of Science of USA US Environmental Protection Agency Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
Jan 1992 to date	Professor, School of Life Sciences JNU, New Delhi
July 2002 to June 2005	Rector (Pro-Vice chancellor / Vice President) Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) New Delhi
Jan 2001 to July 2002	Dean, School of Life Sciences (SLS) JNU, New Delhi 110 067
Nov.1999 to Dec. 2000 & April-July 2001	Visiting Professor National Research Council (NRC) National Academy of Science, USA at National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health Center of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Morgantown, WV, USA
Jan 1990 to Jan 1992	Visiting Professor Department of Pathology University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
April 1985 to Jan 1990	Associate Professor School of Life Sciences Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi 110 067
Feb 1984 to April 1985	Senior Research Officer National Institute of Immunology New Delhi.ï¿½
Sept 1981 to Feb 1984	Visiting Research Associate at NIA, National Institutes of Health,ï¿½ USA
July 1978 to Sept 1981	Visiting Fellow at NIA, National Institutes of Health, USA
May 1976 to June 1978	Tutor of Biochemistry AIIMS, New Delhi
July 1967 to May 1976	National Science Talent Scholar Obtained B.Sc. (Hons), M.Sc. and Ph.D. Degrees during this period

Awards / Distinctions / Honors / Memberships

[1]	National Science Talent Scholarship Award Government of India, 1967.ï¿½
[2]	Science Exhibition Award, for first rank, Delhi University, 1967.ï¿½
[3]	Science Exhibition Award, for first rank, Delhi University, 1968.ï¿½
[4]	Science Exhibition Award, for first rank, Delhi University, 1969.ï¿½
[5]	Professor T.R. Seshadri Award, for first rank, Delhi University, 1970.ï¿½
[6]	NIH Visiting Fellowship, NIA, NIH, USA, July 1978.ï¿½
[7]	NIH Visiting Associateship, NIA, NIH, USA, September 1981.
[8]	Membership, American Association of Immunology, April 1982.ï¿½
[9]	Membership, New York Academy of Science, 1983.ï¿½
[10]	Membership, American Society of Microbiology, January 1984.ï¿½
[11]	Life Membership, Indian Society of Immunology, 1984.
[12]	Consultant to Immunology Section NIH, NIH, Baltimore, Md. May 15 to July 16, 1987.
[13]	Member, Research Advisory Panel, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, 1987.
[14]	Member, Research Advisory Committee, Malaria Research Center, Delhi, 1987.
[15]	Invited Charter Member, Society of Natural Immunity (USA), 1987.
[16]	Consultant to Immunology Section, NIA, NIH, Baltimore, Md., USA, June 23 to July 23, 1989.
[17]	Visiting Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pa., USA. Two years starting from Jan 1990.
[18]	Elected Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, January 1993.
[19]	Consultant to Immunology Section, NIA, NIH, Baltimore, MD, USA, 21 May 1993 to 22 June 1993.
[20]	Member Academic Committee, Naval College of Engineering, Locale, Nominated for a two years term, April 1993.
[21]	Member, Academic Committee, Biochemistry Department, Hamdard University, New Delhi, 1993.
[22]	Life Member, Indian Society of Cell Biology, 1993.
[23]	Appointed Secretary of the 10th International Congress of Immunology, New Delhi (to be held in 1998), Dec. 1993.ï¿½
[24]	Elected Treasurer, Indian Society of Immunology, Dec. 1993.
[25]	Invited member, ICMR Task Force on Parameters related to immune-surveillance in Indian population, May 1994.
[26]	Visiting Scientist, NIA, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, USA. May-July 1995.
[27]	Guest Editor for a special issue of the Journal of Biosciences (Indian Academy of Sciences), devoted to Immunology in India (1995 / 1996).
[28]	Elected Secretary, Indian Immunology Society, Dec. 1995.
[29]	Awarded, NII Senior Scientist Oration Award by Indian Immunology Society in its XXII Annual Conference held at JNU, New Delhi, Dec. 15-17, 1995.
[30]	Visiting Scientist, under Indo-US VAP program, Department of Microbiology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA. April 21, 1996 to May 4 , 1996.
[31]	Member Academic Committee, Military College of Telecommunication and Engineering, Mhow, Nominated for a two years term. April 1997.
[32]	Member, Panel on Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University Grants Commission, April 1997.
[33]	Elected Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad, July 1997.ï¿½
[34]	Member, JNU Planning and Perspective Group, 1997
[35]	Visiting Scientist, under Indo-US VAP program, Department of Microbiology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA. August 25, 1997 to Sept. 8 1997.
[36]	Convener, International Continuing Education Workshop in Immunology course SLS, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Oct. 30, to Nov. 1, 1998
[37]	Chairman, Education Committee and Member Program Committee, 10th International Congress of Immunology, New Delhi Nov. 1998
[38]	Chairman, Institutional Animals Ethics Committee for Jawaharlal Nehru University. Feb 1999
[39]	Senior NRC Award by the National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, USA, for a period of one year four months to work at the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Center of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Morgantown, West Virginia, USA. Dec. 1999 July 2001
[40]	Appointed Dean, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Jan 2001 June 2002.
[41]	Member, Program Advisory Committee on Health Sciences, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi. 2001 -2004.
[42]	Member, Society for Scientific Values, Delhi Jan. 2002.
[43]	Member, ICMR Task Force in Immunology, April 2002.
[44]	Appointed Rector, JNU, July 2002.
[45]	Elected Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, Dec. 2002.
[46]	Member Selection Committee VII (Animal Sciences), Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi. Nov 2003.
[47]	Member, Advisory Committee, Department of Biotechnology, Calicut University, Kerala, 2003.
[48]	Member, Advisory Committee, Department of Biotechnology, GJ University, Hisar, 2004.
[49]	Member, DST Expert Committee on etting up of Center for Biomedical and Bioseparation Technology within Vellore Institute of Technology. 2004.
[50]	Member, University Grants Commission (UGC) committee on Intellectual Property Rights in Indian Universities, UGC, New Delhi 2004.
[51]	Member, Editorial board, UGC Handbook on Research Output in Indian Universities, UGC, New Delhi 2004.
[52]	Member Industrial Research and Development Board, Indian Institute of Technology, (IIT), Delhi 2004-05.
[53]	Member, Higher education panel for collaboration between the University Grants Commission and NASSCOM, Feb 2005.
[54]	Member, UGC committee for evolving the Intellectual Property Right (IPR) Cells in Indian Universities, Feb. 2005.
[55]	Senior NRC Award by the National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, USA, for a period of two years to work at the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Sept 2005-August 2007.

University Administrative Experience

[1]	Warden of Sutlej Hostel at JNU: May 1988 to Dec. 1989.
[2]	Chairman, Admission Committee, School of Life Sciences, JNU, 1994.
[3]	Adviser, Research Project Cell, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 1997.
[4]	Chairman, House Allotment Committee (research scientists), 1998.
[5]	Member, Committee for Planning and Perspective for next 25 years, JNU (1998).
[6]	Chairman, Institutional Animal Ethics Committee, JNU (Feb. 1999).
[7]	Acting Dean, School of Life Sciences, JNU, April 1, 1999 to June 30, 1999.
[8]	Dean, School of Life Sciences, JNU. Jan 4, 2001 to Jan 3, 2003.
[9]	Member, Executive Council, JNU, New Delhi. July 2001.
[10]	Member, Committee to draft 10th Plan document for JNU, Nov. 2001.
[11]	Rector / Pro-Vice chancellor Jawaharlal Nehru University, July 2002-June 2005.
[12]	Member Finance Committee, JNU, July 2002.
[13]	In-charge, UGC University with Potential of Excellence (UPOE) 30 Crore Rupees grant to JNU.
[14]	Chairman, University Resource Mobilization Committee, 2003.
[15]	Chairman, Computational Facilities and Campus Networking Committee, 2003.
[16]	Chairman, University Buildings, Works and Infrastructure Committee, 2003.
[17]	Chairman, University Library Advisory committee, 2003.
[18]	Chairman, University level Equipment Advisory Committee, 2003.
[19]	Chairman, JNU Convention center committee, 2003.
[20]	Chairman, JNU Knowledge park committee, 2003.
[21]	Chairman, University animal house development committee, 2003.
[22]	Chairman, JNU Intellectual Property Management (IPM) Committee, 2003.
[23]	Chairman, Editorial Committee, Integrated Publication Cell, JNU, 2003.
[24]	Chairman, Committee to prepare a vision document for academic growth of JNU over next 20 years, 2004.
[25]	Chairman, NAAC Committee, JNU for NAAC accreditation of the University, 2004.
[26]	Chairman, E. Governance Committee, JNU for introducing E. Governance in all functions of the University, 2004.

Research Grants

[1]	Principal Investigator: DST grant on "Establishment and Study of T-helper, T-cytotoxic and Natural Killer Lymphocyte Cell Lines" Rs. 28 Lacs (2.8 millions); Jan. 1986 to Dec. 1989.
[2]	Principal Investigator: CSIR grant on "Purification and Characterization of a Natural Killer - Lysis Resistance Factor (NK-LRIF) and Studies on its Role in Modulating Leukocyte and Tumor Cell Membrane Antigens". Rs. 6.5 Lacs; Sept. 1989 to Sept. 1992.
[3]	Principal Investigator: CSIR grant on "Properties and Characterization of a non-Interleukin-2 Proliferation Inducing Activity Released by Mouse Spleen Cells Undergoing Mixed Lymphocyte Reaction". Rs. 3.5 Lacs; July 1993 to June 1996. Principal Investigator:
[4]	DBT grant on "Major Histocompatibility Complex I Antigen Expression Augmenting Factor (MEAF), A New Immunomodulatory Cytokine: Purification, Characterization and Sequencing". Rs. 73 Lacs (7.3 Millions); Jan. 1994 to Jan. 1997.
[5]	Principal Investigator: Indo-US Vaccine Action Program (VAP) grant on "Bio-chemical and Immunological Characterization of Antigens Secreted by Indian Isolates of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis and Their Derivatives" (With Dr. Ian Orme, University of Colorado, CO, USA, as US counterpart). Under consideration of funding. VAP program is jointly run by DBT in India and NIH in USA. Rs. 30 Lacs (3.0 millions); May 1995 - May 1998.
[6]	ICMR task-force project (Under AIDS Coordinating Unit of ICMR) entitled, "To study normal ranges of the important lymphocyte sub-populations in Indian population", Rs. 10 Lacs (1 million); Feb. 1996 - Feb. 1998.ï¿½
[7]	DST project entitled, "Role of lymphocytes in erythrocyte destruction", Rs. 14 Lacs (1.4 million); June 1997 to June 2000.ï¿½
[8]	WHO Grant, Development of an immunodiagnostic test for tuberculosis based upon detection of secretory antigens of M. tuberculosis, Jan. 1998. Rs. 10 Lacs (1 million); Jan 1998 to Jan 2000.
[9]	Potts Memorial Foundation (USA) Grant on a urine antigen detection assay for tuberculosis. US $ 18,000; Jan. 1998 to Dec 2000.
[10]	CSIR Grant on Modulation of Natural Killer Cell activation by Tumor Cells and Tumor derived Products. Rs. 10 Lacs; Jan . 1999 to Jan. 2002.
[11]	DST project entitled, "Mechanism and patho-physiological relevance of cell mediated lysis of erythrocytes", Rs. 16 Lacs; Sept. 2001 to Sept. 2004.
[12]	UGC project entitled, "Tuberculosis antigen detection in urine; role of antibody affinity in sensitivity of the assay", Rs. 7.0 Lacs, July 2001 June 2003.
[13]	UGC University of Excellence project Modulation of toll like receptor (TLR) expression on leukocytes involved with localized innate and adaptive immune response in lungs, and its functional implications, Rs. 15 Lacs. March 2002 to March 2007.
[14]	CDC, (Center of Disease Control and Prevention, USA) Research Contract on Innate local immunity in lungs and its modulation by air-borne particulate. US $ 25,000; April . 2002 to Oct. 2002.
[15]	ICMR project entitled, "Influence of diesel exhaust particulate material on disease susceptibility and local immune responses in lungs", Feb 2003-Feb. 2006.
[16]	Indo-US Task Force project (ICMR) Response to PAMPs and Cytokines in Silica Exposure: Relation to the Development of Silico-tuberculosis. March 2007 to March 2010.

International / National Meetings / Workshops / Conferences Organized

[1]	Convener, Indo-French Workshop on Recent Advances in Immunodiagnostic Techniques. National institute of Immunology, New Delhi. Dec. 2-21, 1985. 50 participants.
[2]	Organizing secretary, 22nd Annual meeting of the Indian Immunology Society, at School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi, Dec.15-17, 1995. 300 participants.
[3]	Convener, International Continuing Education Workshop in Immunology, School of Life Sciences, JNU, New Delhi 30 Oct. to 1 Nov. 1998. 150 participants.

Selected Invitations / Workshops / Seminars / Guest Lectures

[1]	Invited speaker, 4th International Workshop on Natural Killer Cells, Queens University, Kingston, Canada, July 3-6, 1986.
[2]	Invited speaker, Symposium on Immunology and Genetics of Natural Resistance to Malignancies, 6th International Congress of Immunology, Toronto, Canada, 8 July 1986.
[3]	Invited Talk, Lymphocyte Culture, 7th National Congress of Parasitology, Ravishankar University, Raipur. Dec. 26-28, 1986.
[4]	Expert Invitee, National Workshop on Traditional Medicine and Immunology, Organized by the Technology Mission of Govt. of India, Ahmedabad. Sept. 16-18, 1988.
[5]	Invited Faculty for Lecture and Demonstration, Indo-US Workshop on Cell Mediated Immunity in Relation to Tropical Diseases, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, Oct.10-14, 1988.
[6]	Invited to, DST National Seminar on Thrust Areas in Life Sciences (Review and Update), Department of science and Technology, Govt. of India, Lucknow, Dec.6-8, 1988.
[7]	Invited Talk, Role of MHC Antigen in NK Cell Mediated Target Lysis, Indo-French Colloquium on "Recent Advances in Life Sciences and Vaccinology" NII , New Delhi, Feb. 5-10, 1989.
[8]	Guest Lecture, Natural Killer - Lysis Resistance Inducing Factor : Current Status. Pittsburgh Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, March, 1989.
[9]	Invitation for participation, Sixth International NK Workshop, Goslar, West Germany, July 26-29, 1989.
[10]	Invited Faculty, International Union of Immunological Societies - World Health Organization Advanced Course in Immunology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. Nov. 1989.
[11]	Invited Speaker, XIII All India Cell Biology Conference and Cell Biology Symposia, Center of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad. Dec.27-2, 1989.
[12]	Invited Talk, Regulation of tumor MHC class I antigen expression by a protein factor released by mitogen activated lymphocytes. National Cancer Institute, NIH, USA. Dec. 1991.
[13]	Invited Talk, Modulation of membrane expression of MHC class I antigens on tumor cells by a spleen derived factor. National Institute of Aging, NIH, USA. Dec. 1991.
[14]	Invited faculty, delivered two lectures on "Cells in Immune response" and "Histocompatibility antigens and transplantation immunology", in Refresher course in Biochemistry with special emphasis on Immunology, Center for Professional Development in Higher Education, University of Delhi, Sept. 1992.
[15]	Invited Speaker, Evidence for a novel human cytokine that augments the expression of MHC I antigens on tumor cells, Brainstorming session on Molecular Immunology, University of Delhi South Campus, Jan. 1993.
[16]	Invited as an Expert Member, "10th Group Monitoring Workshop on DST funded Young Scientists Projects", held at S.V. University, Tirupati, April 9-10, 1993.
[17]	Invited for a research presentation Mid year meeting of the Indian Academy of Sciences", I.I.Sc. Bangalore, July, 1993.
[18]	Invited Faculty in IUIS-AIIMS Advanced Immunology Course. Talk on Natural Killer Cells. AIIMS, New Delhi, Oct. 1993.
[19]	Invited speaker, Workshop on Flowcytometry, Department of Biotechnology, AIIMS, New Delhi, Oct. 1993.
[20]	Invited speaker, Indo-French symposium on Trends in Cancer Research, organized by Cancer Research Institute, Bombay. Talk entitled "Role of major histocompatibility complex antigens in regulating tumor cell susceptibility to lysis by cytotoxic effector cells. Lonavla Dec. 8-13, 1993.
[21]	Invited speaker, 20th Annual Conference of Indian Immunology Society, Bhopal. Talk on "Evidence for two novel cytokine activities released by activated rodent spleen cells and human PBLs. Bhopal, Dec. 1993.
[22]	Invited Speaker, DST sponsored W/S on "Techniques in Flowcytometry". Talk on "Flowcytometry: an irreplaceable research tool with Immunologists". CRC, Bombay, June 1994.
[23]	Invited Faculty, CME Course in "Advances in Immunology", Delivered lectures on Natural Killer Cells, Cytokines and cytokine receptors and Immune-tolerance. Defense Research and Development Establishment, Gwalior Dec. 3-5, 1994.
[24]	Invite Faculty, UGC refresher course in Immunology, Department of Zoology, Meerut University. Jan 28, 1995.
[25]	Invited Speaker, meeting on "Teaching of Microbiology", by Association of Microbiologists of India, University of Delhi, South Campus, 20 September, 1995.
[26]	NII Senior Scientist Award Oration, "Missing of Self by Heterogeneous NK cells", XXII Annual Conference of the Indian Immunology Society, SLS, JNU, New Delhi, December, 1995.
[27]	Invited speaker, Molecular Immunology Forum, IMTECH Chandigarh. 2 Feb 1996.
[28]	Invited Faculty, in DBT sponsored Workshop on Cytokine profile in human health and Disease. Lecture on Cytokine Receptors. April 12, 1996.
[29]	Invited speaker, Flowcytometry users group meeting, Fas mediated lysis by young and old lymphocytes CCMB, Hyderabad, 12 Dec. 1996.
[30]	Invited speaker, Differential induction of cytotoxic cells killing through Fas mechanism, in mitogen activated young and old mouse spleen cells. 23rd Annual Conference of the Indian Immunology Society, Andhra University, Vishakapatnam 13-15 Dec. 1996.
[31]	Invited speaker, Indo-French symposium on Immunomodulation, at National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi. Talk entitled "NK cell modulation by tumor Dec. 2-6, 1997.
[32]	Invited speaker, DST, ICMR, EC, Indo-UK, Workshop on Tuberculosis. Tuberculosis Research Institute, Chennai. 3-5 Feb. 1998.
[33]	Invited speaker, DBT Expert group meeting on Tuberculosis.
[34]	Invited Speaker, Workshop on Mycobacterial Genome, Bio-informatics Center, JNU. August 25, 1998.
[35]	Invited faculty, talk on NK cells and their receptors. International CE Workshop in Immunology, JNU, 30 Oct to 1 Nov. 1998.
[36]	Co-Chairman, and invited speaker, Workshop on NK cells, 10th International Congress of Immunology, New Delhi 1-6 Nov. 1998.
[37]	Invited Course Faculty. IUIS sponsored Immunology Update Course. Talk on Antigen perception by T and B cells. International Congress of Veterinary Immunology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Nov. 8, 1998.
[38]	Invited Speaker, Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, AIIMS, to deliver a talk on NK cells and cancer. 2 Aug. 1999.
[39]	Invited Speaker, Workshop on Intercellular Pathogens, International Training and research in Emerging Infectious Diseases. School of Life Sciences, JNU, Dec 6-10, 1999.
[40]	Invited Speaker, 27th Annual meeting of the Indian Immunology Society. Agra, 11-13 Dec. 2000.
[41]	Invited Speaker. Molecular Immunology Forum meeting, SGPI Medical Institute, Lucknow. Feb. 2001.
[42]	Invited Speaker, 28th Annual meeting of the Indian Immunology Society. AIIMS, New Delhi Oct 4-6, 2001.
[43]	Invited talk, Immunology and Biotechnology, DST, Health Sciences PAC meeting, Darjeeling. Nov. 2001.
[44]	Invited talk, International Symposium on Recent Trends in Cancer Research, School of Life Sciences, JNU, New Delhi. March 12-14, 2002.
[45]	Invited participant, Conference on Oxygen and Nitrogen radicals: Cell injury and disease, NIOSH, CDC, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA. June, 2002.
[46]	Invited Panel discussant, Session on ROS/RNS and gene expression in cancer and fibro-proliferative diseases, at the 3rd International Conference on Oxygen/Nitrogen redicals: Cell injury and disease, organized by NIOSH, CDC at Morgantown, WV, USA 1-5 June 2002.
[47]	Key note address, Indian Scientific Translators Association on International translators Day celebration, 1 Sept. 2003.
[48]	Guest Speaker, Forum for Literary Translations. School of Language, literature and Culture, JNU, New Delhi. 10 Nov. 2003.
[49]	Key-note address, Higher Education :Alternatives Available in Association of Indian Universities Round Table meeting of Vice Chancellors, Kurakshetra University, Kurakshetra (21-22 May 2004).
[50]	Invited Speaker: 4th AIU Standing Committee Meeting, and the Round Table Meeting of Vice Chancellors on Financing of Higher Education. Sri Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram. June 3-5, 2004.
[51]	Chairman, Session on Use of Edusat Satellite in Higher Education, in Edusat conference organized by ISRO and AIU. Bangalore, 23 July 2004.
[52]	Invited speaker, AIU All India Vice Chancellors Conference, University of West Bengal, Siliguri.
[53]	Invited expert in Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Kathmandu University, Kathmandu April 20-21, 2005.
[54]	Invited expert in Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Aassam University, Silcher, May 13,14, 2005.
[55]	Invited speaker, North Zone Vice-Chancellors Conference. Talk entitled Managing University Autonomy: A financial Perspective. MD University Rohtak, June 8-10, 2005.
[56]	Invited speaker, during the Duke University Visiting Pulmonary Scholar program. Talk entitled Accumulation and clearance of Diesel Exhaust Particles from lung epithelial cells, Durham, NC, USA.Nov 1, 2006.
[57]	Invited Work-in-progress Talk, Uptake of nano-sized carbonaceous particles by lung epithelila cells and attendant toxicity responses, US Environmental protection agency. Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA. Feb 20, 2007
[58]	Invited speaker. 5th US Environmental Protection agency -German Science Foundation â€“ Rochester Workshop on particle toxicity. Montreat, NorthCarolina, USA 16-18 May 2007
[59]	Invited speaker. Symposium on â€œAdvancing Nanotechnology and Its Implications in Biological Sciences, School of Life Sciences, JNU, New Delhi December 14, 2007
[60]	Plenary Talk. Nano-particles and their interaction with lung epithelial cells, during the 34th Annual conference of the Indian Immunology Society, National AIDS Research Institute, Pune. Dec. 16-18, 2007.
[61]	Invited speaker Role of phosphatidyl serine externalization in destruction of aging and stress damaged erythrocytes in vivo, Molecular Immunology Forum annual meeting, IMTECH, Chandigarh, March 14-16, 2008

Editorial / Review Work

[1]	Reviewer of grants from DST, DBT, ICMR, DAE, Indo-French Center, Welcome Trust, UK.
[2]	Reviewer of manuscripts in the field of Immunology from several Indian and international journals like J. Immunology (USA), Natural Immunity (USA), J. Immunopharmacology (USA), International J. Tuberculosis and chest diseases (USA), IJBB, IJEB, IJMR, J. Biosciences. BBRC (USA), Experimental Lung Research (UK).
[3]	Member of the Editorial Board of "Natural Immunity", official journal of the Society of Natural Immunity, USA. (1994).
[4]	Guest Editor for a special issue of the Journal of Biosciences (Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore), devoted to Immunology in India (January 1997 issue).
[5]	Editor, Bulletin of the Indian Immunology Society, the official publication of the Indian Immunology Society, 1996, 1997.
[6]	Editorial board, JNU News. A bi-monthly magazine of Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (1998).
[7]	Member, NICHD, NIH research sub-committee for grant reviews. NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA, March 2000.
[8]	Member Editorial board. Journal of Biosciences, Indian Academy of Sciences. Bangalore. April 2001.
[9]	Guest Editor for a special issue of the Journal of Biosciences (Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore), as Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Oxygen/Nitrogen redicals: Cell injury and disease, held at Morgantown, West Virginia, June 1-5, 2002.
[10]	Member, Editorial board, JNU Sanskrit Jornal, JNU 2004.
[11]	Member, Editorial board, UGC Handbook on Research Output in Indian Universities, UGC, New Delhi 2004.

Patents And Consultancies

[1]	A system for the detection of mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens Application no. 1312/DEL/98 (NRDC) Filed 15-May-98.
[2]	Prepared on contract (along with five other colleagues of SLS) an advisory document on setting up a Biotechnology Park at Kochi, Karela. Consultancy from Tata Housing Development Co.
[3]	US Patent entitled â€œMeasurement of carbonaceous particles in biological samplesâ€ Filed through the US Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Filed Aug 29, 2007. Filing no. 11/856587

General Articles

[1]	Saxena, R.K. (1996). Research Funding in India. Some thoughts, some pipe dreams. Bulletin of the Indian Immunology Society, Sept. 1996 issue.
[2]	Saxena, R.K. (1997). Preface on research and teaching in Immunology in India, for Immunology Special issue. J. Biosciences, Jan. 1997 issue.
[3]	Saxena, R.K. (1997). Biomedical Research Funding in India: Time to wake up. (Editorial) National Medical Journal of India, 10, 105-106.
[4]	Saxena, R. K. (1997). Funding Higher Education: Urgent need for alternatives. JNU News, 15, 16-17.
[5]	Saxena, R.K. (1998) Continuing education in immunology. Immunology Today. 1998 19(10):437.
[6]	Saxena, R.K. (2003) Scientific Translations: New opportunities in the era of globalization. Journal of Indian Scientific Translators Association 29, 35-38.
[7]	Saxena, R.K. (2003) Biology, Morals and Dharma, article to be published in Samvit (Magazine of Rama Krishna Mission / Sharada Mission).
[8]	Saxena, R.K. (2005) The Concept of Samsakaras and Modern Biology, in __ Sashi Prabha Kumar (Ed).
[9]	Saxena, R.K. (2006) Spiritual Tradition and Scientific Innovation in India, book chapter in Science and Spirituality in India, M. Paranjape (Ed). In press.
[10]	Saxena, R.K. (2006) Scientific innovation in spiritual India. J. Intellectual Tradition in India, (University of Pune) Dec. 2006 issue (in press).