Javed Agrewala

Javed Naim Agrewala (born 14 May 1961) is an Indian immunologist, the prof. at Indian Institute of Technology Ropar and the chief scientist and professor at the Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh.

Known for his research on Tuberculosis, Agrewala is an elected fellow of all the three major Indian science academies viz.

[1][note 1] He is also a recipient of the National Bioscience Award for Career Development of the Department of Biotechnology.

Javed N. Agrewala, born on 14 May 1961 in Agra in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, graduated in science from Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University in 1980 and earned a master's degree from the same institution in 1982 after which he did his doctoral studies at Sarojini Naidu Medical College to secure a PhD in 1986.

[5] and he received the National Bioscience Award for Career Development of the Department of Biotechnology in 2006.