12 Facts About Debasis Dash

Debasis Dash is an Indian computational biologist and chief scientist at the Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology.

Debasis Dash was appointed as the director of Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar on 18 May 2023.

Debasis Dash, born on 17 June 1972 in Bhubaneswar, completed his master's degree in chemistry at Delhi University before securing a PhD in 1998.

Debasis Dash joined IGIB as scientist in 2000 where he now serves as professor and head for Big Data and AI decision Unit.

Debasis Dash's contributions have led to the establishment of a thriving school in the realm of genome, proteome and health care informatics.

Debasis Dash has been part of renowned Open Source Drug Discovery project and Indian Genome Variation Consortium, the largest study conducted on healthy individuals in India to catalog basal genomic variation across diverse populations.

Additionally, Dr Debasis Dash played a crucial role in establishing the GN Ramachandran Knowledge Centre for Genome Informatics at IGIB.

In last 5 years, Dr Debasis Dash has made notable contributions to the development of AI-based medical imaging tools.

Debasis Dash has worked on projects such as CovBaseAI project, focusing on the detection and diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia from chest X-rays.

Debasis Dash has been involved in the RAPID-CT, aiming to reduce turnaround time and prioritize patients based on their condition using automated triage of medical images.

Furthermore, Dr Debasis Dash has worked on the identification and classification of Interstitial Lung Diseases from CT scans, aiming to develop a system for texture-based analysis and quantification.

Debasis Dash's contributions have not only led to scientific breakthroughs but fostered the growth of bioinformatics research in India.