Dr Subhajit Biswas specializes in animal and human virology. He earned his doctoral degree in virology from University of Cambridge, UK with a Nehru Fellowship & ORS Award, Universities UK. He made significant contributions to the pre-clinical development of herpes virus helicase-primase inhibitors; discovered novel mechanism of HBV occult infection genesis; linked a protozoan virus to Indian Kala-azar and recently proposed the “Dengue COVID” conundrum which received global attention. Webpage: https://iicb.res.in/faculty/subhajit-biswas