Faculty at School of Natural Sciences

Naga Suresh Veerapu

Naga Suresh Veerapu

Associate Professor

School of Natural Sciences


Contact Information

  • Understanding the life cycle of single-strand positive sense RNA viruses.
  • Developing cell culture systems for RNA viruses
  • Host-pathogen interactions.

Ph.D, All India Institute of Medical Sciences M.Sc, Andhra University

07/20 ? Present Associate Professor, Department of Life Sciences, Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR

08/13 - 06/20 Assistant Professor, Department of Life Sciences, Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR

02/11 - 05/13 Post-doctoral Associate, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, USA

12/05 - 11/10 Visiting Fellow, Natonal Institutes of Health, USA

Indian Council of Medical Research's J.B. Srivastav Oration Award - 2013: Virology (Awarded in year 2017)

Travel Fellowship to attend 17th International Conference on HCV and Related Viruses, Yokahama, Japan, 2010.

5-year Visiting Fellowship (2006-2011) from US Government, NIDDK, NIH

  1. Pooja Bhatia, Aas Mohd., Ishika Agrawal, Harshita Katiyar, Amit Goel, Meghali Aich, Debojyoti Chakraborty, Naga Suresh Veerapu.Rapid and Efficient Generation of Viral Genome Knock-in Cell Lines Using The CRISPR-Cas9 System to Produce Infectious Virus. Journal of Virological Methods, 338, 2025.
  1. Pooja Bhatia, Aas Mohd., Harshita Katiyar, Amit Goel, Rakesh Aggarwal, Naga Suresh Veerapu. Longitudinal Profiles of Cytokines and Chemokines in Self-limiting Hepatitis E. Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 32 (10), 2025.
  1. S Khan, S Aggarwal, P Bhatia, AK Yadav, Y Kumar, NS Veerapu. Glucose and glutamine drive hepatitis E virus replication. Archives of Virology 2024, 169 (11), 1-12
  1. A Singh, A Kumar, S Mukherjee, NS Veerapu. Automatic Detection of Virus Infection Patterns in Foci Images Using Switchable Convolutions. IEEE Access. 2024.
  1. Shaheen Khan, Yashwant Kumar, Charu Sharma, Sonu Kumar Gupta, Amit Goel, Rakesh Aggarwal, Naga Suresh Veerapu. Dysregulated Metabolites and Lipids in Serum of Patients with Acute Hepatitis E: A Longitudinal Study, Journal of Viral Hepatitis, Sept 11, 2023.
  1. Soni S, Agarwal S, Aggarwal R, Veerapu NS. Reverse Genetics to Engineer Positive-sense RNA Virus Variants. Journal of Visual Experiments, 2022 Jun 9;(184). 
  1. Soni S, Singh D, Aggarwal R, Veerapu NS. Enhanced Replication Capacity of Hepatitis C Virus Increases Resistance to Direct-Acting Antivirals. Journal of General Virology, 2022, 103, no. 2: 001699.
  1. Khan S, Soni S, Veerapu NS. HCV Replicon Systems: Workhorses of Drug Discovery and Resistance. Frontiers Cellular and Infection Microbiology, June 2020. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2020.00325.
  1. Singh D, Soni S, Khan S, Sarangi AN, Yennamalli RM, Aggarwal R, Veerapu NS. Genome-wide mutagenesis of hepatitis C virus reveals genome ability to overcome detrimental mutations. Journal of Virology, 2020; 94. pii: e01327-19.
  1. Agarwal S, Baccam P, Aggarwal R, Veerapu NS. Novel Synthesis and Phenotypic Analysis of Mutant Clouds for Hepatitis E Virus Genotype 1. Journal of Virology, 2018, 92(4).

 

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Shaheen Khan, Yashwant Kumar, Charu Sharma, Sonu Kumar Gupta, Amit Goel, Rakesh Aggarwal, Naga Suresh Veerapu. Dysregulated Metabolites and Lipids in Serum of Patients with Acute Hepatitis E: A Longitudinal Study

  • The 'Cicada' COVID Variant: A New Name, A Familiar Landscape. 14 April 2026. Times Now. https://www.healthandme.com/health-news/the-cicada-covid-variant-a-new-name-a-familiar-landscape-article-154073395
  • Why you're still getting cold and cough in summer: April illness explained. India Today on Seasonal Illness. 11 April 2025. https://www.indiatoday.in/information/story/why-youre-still-getting-cold-and-cough-in-summer-april-illness-explained-2706932-2025-04-10
  • No need for Covid booster doses in India at this stage, say experts. September 18, 2021. Times of India, The Week, The Print, Outlook, News18, CNBC TV18.
  • Covid boosters leading to positive HIV test? Experts debunk claim. Feb 21, 2022. Economic Times, The Print, The Week.
  • Is India's second Covid-19 wave over? Not completely, say experts. June 21, 2021. Hindustan Times, The Hindu Business Line, The Economic Times.
  • Unwarranted to think coronavirus will vanish down the summer, says Indian virologist. 11 May 2020. Times of India, Outlook, The Week, News18, Eenadu.
  • Are people with blood type A at higher risk for COVID-19? Here’s what a virologist says. Times Now. 20 April 2020.
  • कोरोनावायरस: मॉल, होटल जाने से पहले सावधान, रखें इन बातों का ध्यान. The Quint. 10 June 2020.
  • Hard to detect coronavirus from tell-tale signs. The Times of India. 25 March 2020.
  • COVID-19 | What Makes Someone a ‘Super-Spreader’ of Coronavirus? The Quint. 24 March 2020.
  • There is no doubt more testing should be done. The Hindu. 22 March 2020.
  • COVID-19 is not food-borne. Rediff. 20 March 2020.
  • Surveillance, testing key to identify silent COVID-19 infections. Outlook, Business Standard, Financial Express. 20 March 2020.
  • Social Distancing and ‘Flattening’ the Coronavirus Curve. The Quint. 18 March 2020.
  • The world is still at impending risk of emerging infections due to unknown viruses lurking in nature. The Hindu BusinessLine. 6 March 2020.
  • Repurposed Drugs for COVID-19: Anti-Inflammation Drug Gets the Nod. The Quint. 5 March 2020.
  • Coronavirus curbs on visitors from China. The Telegraph. 5 February 2020.

  1. Drug resistance in chronic hepatitis viruses: Does HCV adaptation play a role in resistance to direct-acting antivirals?
    National Conference titled Frontiers in Antimicrobial Resistance: Research, Policy, and Practice (NCFAMR-2025), organized by the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 6–7 November 2025.
  2. The Causal Relationships Between Viruses and Cancer
    Workshop titled Understanding Cancer: Current and Emerging Concepts, Shiv Nadar University, 24–29 March 2025.
  3. Distinct Metabolic Requirement of HEV Replication
    Invited Speaker, 7th Molecular Virology Meeting, IISc Bengaluru, 22–23 September 2023.
  4. Quasispecies Implications for Positive-Sense Single-Strand RNA Virus Replication and Adaptation
    Invited Speaker, 6th Molecular Virology Meeting, IIT Kharagpur, 28 February – 2 March 2019.
  5. ICMR’s J. B. Srivastava Oration Award Talk
    Department of Gastroenterology, SGPGI, Lucknow.

  • Project Title: Understanding the Replicative Space of Hepatitis B Virus
    Granting Agency: ANRF-ARG
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Co-PI: Biman Mondal, IIT Guwahati
    Duration: April 2026 – March 2029
  • Project Title: Phase II/III Clinical Trial of an Indigenously Developed Hepatitis E Vaccine and Evaluating Its Immune Correlate
    Granting Agency: BIRAC
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator (Consortium Project; Lead Institute: JIPMER)
    Duration: August 2021 – March 2025
  • Project Title: Systematic Assembly of SARS-CoV-2 Full-Length and Subgenome cDNA Clones
    Granting Agency: DBT
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Duration: 18 Months
  • Project Title: Host Determinants of Hepatitis E Disease Severity
    Granting Agency: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Duration: April 2019 – March 2022
  • Project Title: Exploring Robust In Vitro Hepatitis E Genotype-1 Replication System
    Granting Agency: Department of Biotechnology (DBT)
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Duration: December 2014 – June 2018
  • Project Title: Developing Novel Robust Genotype-3 Hepatitis C Virus In Vitro Culture System Through Bio-selection
    Granting Agency: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Duration: October 2015 – September 2018

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Committee member of MSc Molecular Virology program at Jamia Milia Islamia, 2020