Dr Vishwa Katoch
MD
Nationality: Indian
Present positions
- Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, New Delhi
Areas of professional activity
- Development of molecular methods of rapid diagnosis of TB, leprosy, DNA chips
- DNA fingerprinting methods
- Viability determination methods like ATP bioluminescence
- Microbiology and molecular biology of mycobacterial diseases
Key publications
- 247 research papers (147 national and 100 European, American and other foreign journals)
Other information
- Member of Regional Technical Advisory Group (RTAG) for Leprosy Elimination for South East Asia, WHO
- Member of Working Group on Leprosy of WHO
- Member of TDR Scientific & Technical Advisory Committee