Dr. Ekta Gupta Professor and Head Department of Clinical Virology did her MD Microbiology from KGMC Lucknow, Senior Residency from AIIMS, New Delhi and Senior Research Associateship in Clinical Virology from AIIMS. She is FRC Path from Royal College of London. She was granted Gold Medal for her MD. She did post MD research work on Dengue virus for which she was awarded with “The Best Scientist Award” by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)”. Have more than 160 scientific publications in indexed National & International Journals and author of 13 chapters in books. She is the Nodal officer for WHO CC ,COVID-19 testing and Delhi State Viral Hepatitis Control program at our institute. She has to her credit several extramural research grants both at National and International level. She is a part of Technical resource group in the National Viral Hepatitis Control Program in India and also State Viral Hepatitis Control Program, Delhi. She is the overseeing NMC approved Basic Course of Medical Education (BCME) Programme for teaching faculty in our institute. She is the Coordinator for best practices adopted for the effective Implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) in Higher education institutions. She is National coordinator for Microbiology trainings conducted by NBEMS for Microbiology in the country. She has been instrumental in initiation of a unique PDCC courses in the Department like  Hepato-virology and Transplant Virology for MD Microbiology students ,and introduction of DM Virology under NMC for the first time in any Government Institute in the country.

MD : Microbiology K.G.M.C. Lucknow

MBBS : GSVM Medical College, Kanpur

• Dr. SC Agrawal oration award for 2025
• KGMU 38th foundation day Oration award.

• Delivered “Oration Award” lecture at the Foundation day event held on 24^th Dec 2024 at KGMU Lucknow.
• Delivered faculty lecture on “Antiviral Drug Resistance: Mechanism & Way Forward” at the 20th Annual Conference of the UP-UK Chapter of IAMM held on 14–15 February 2025 at LLRM Medical College, Meerut.
• Resource faculty in the CCILBS 2025 – 6th National Conference on Critical Care and Infections in Liver Diseases at ILBS, New Delhi held on 26th–27th April 2025.
• Delivered faculty lecture on “Lab markers of Viral Hepatitis” in the IMA conference , held at ILBS on 6^th April, 25.
• Delivered faculty lecture on “ Newer markers in HBV”  during the Annual conference of ID in Delhi.
• Delivered faculty lecture on “Antiviral stewardship” in the annual conference of ASPICON, at AIIMS Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh on 4^th September, 25.
• Delivered faculty lecture on “HDV infection in India: Is it time to plan a National Response”  in the, Annual Conf of IAMM , MICROCON 25, held in New Delhi on 02 November 2025.
• Delivered a talk on “Fast Pacing India's Fight against Viral Hepatitis” at the CME conducted by Abbott Healthcare at ILBS, on 03^rd November 2025.
• Delivered a talk on “Frontiers in Antimicrobial Resistance: Research, Policy, and Practice” at NCFAMR-2025 Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi from 6^th - 07^th November 2025.
• Delivered a lecture on “Post-transplant Viral Infections” in LTSICON held in New Delhi from 20^th -23^rd November 2025.

Total number of publications till date: 162

Details/List of publications in 2025: 11

Total number of Projects as PI (till date):14

Details/List of ongoing projects: 08