Defence Science Journal

Vijay Kumar Singh
Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences,
India

Mr Vijay Kumar Singh is working in Nutrition Division of Defence Institute of Physiology of Allied Science (DIPAS) as STA ‘C’ and has contributed in various research projects related to nutrition and high altitude. He has participated in many  field studies under different climatic extremes. He has published 16 research papers in national and international journals and 10 technical reports.

Amitabh Chauhan
Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences,
India

Mr Amitabh is MSc in Chemistry and acquired excellence in physiological monitoring at DIPAS and currently working as STA ‘C’. He was involved in various studies related to nutrition, appetite regulation at high altitude, etc. He has published 10 research papers in national and international journals and 10 technical reports.

Arkadeb Dutta
Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences,

Dr Arkadeb Dutta after obtaining MSc from University of Calcutta, in Physiology and joined DIPAS, Delhi as a Junior Research Fellow. At DIPAS he pursued his PhD in physiology while working on the metabolic aspect at hypobaric hypoxia. Currently, he is Research Associate at National Brain Research Centre, Manesar.

Vasudha Shukla
Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences,
India

Dr Vasudha Shukla joined DIPAS as Research Fellow after completing her MSc in Food & Nutrition from University of Calcutta. She was awarded PhD by University of Delhi in 2008. Her areas of interest are energy expenditure and measurement of nutritional status. She is recipient of Young Scientist Award of Nutrition Society of India in 2006.

Praveen Vats
Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences,
India

Dr Praveen Vats is working as Scientist ‘D’ at DIPAS, Delhi. His areas of specialisation are human nutrition, biochemistry and role of herbal adaptogens in extreme of environmental conditions. He has published 24 research papers in national and international journals and 16 technical reports. He participated in the 20th Indian Antarctic Expedition (2000-01) to evaluate nutritional status of the members of the expeditions and visited Kyrgyzstan (2011) to study the effect of ethnic variation in acclimatisation during high altitude exposure under Indo-Kyrgyz Project.

Som Nath Singh
Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences,
India

Dr Som Nath Singh is Scientist ‘E’ and Head of Nutrition and Biochemistry Divisions at DIPAS. His area of research is nutritional requirements and nutritional adequacy of Army Rations. He has published 67 research papers, 11 review articles in field of nutrition, metabolism and infectious diseases.