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{{Short description|Indian immunologist (born 1961)}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Javed Agrewala
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1961|5|14}}
| birth_place = [[Agra]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India
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| fields = {{ublist | [[Immunology]] }}
| workplaces = {{ublist |[[Indian Institute of Technology Ropar]] | [[Institute of Microbial Technology]] | [[Royal Postgraduate Medical School]] | [[Trudeau Institute]] }}
| education = [[Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University]],
[[Sarojini Naidu Medical College]]
| doctoral_advisor =
| doctoral_students =
| known_for = Studies on [[Tuberculosis]]
| awards = {{ublist| 2005 [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] | 2006 [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development|N-Bios Prize]] | New Idea Research Talent Award}}
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'''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. [[National Academy of Sciences, India]], [[Indian National Science Academy]] and [[Indian Academy of Sciences]]. The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], one of the highest Indian science awards for his contributions to Medical Sciences in 2005.<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/AwardeeList.aspx | title=View Bhatnagar Awardees | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | access-date=12 November 2016}}</ref>{{Refn|group=note|Long link – please select award year to see details}} He is also a recipient of the [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development]] of the [[Department of Biotechnology]].

== Biography ==
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.<ref name="215. Javed N Agrewala">{{Cite web |url=http://indianmuslimlegends.blogspot.ae/2011/08/215-javed-n-agrewala.html |title=215. Javed N Agrewala |date=2017 |publisher=Indian Muslim Legends}}</ref>

== Awards and honors ==
A Biotechnology Overseas Associate of the Department of Biotechnology and a member of the [[American Association of Immunologists]],<ref name="Faculty profile">{{Cite web |date=2017 |title=Faculty profile |url=http://www.imtech.res.in/index.php?option=com_chronocontact&chronoformname=scientists&task=detail&cf_id=29&filter=2 |publisher=Institute of Microbial Technology}}</ref> Agrewala was elected as a fellow of the [[National Academy of Sciences, India]] in 2004.<ref name="NASI Year Book 2015">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nasi.org.in/Year%20Book%202015.pdf |title=NASI Year Book 2015 |date=2017 |publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150806211716/http://www.nasi.org.in/Year%20Book%202015.pdf |archive-date=6 August 2015 }}</ref> The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research awarded him Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, one of the highest Indian science awards in 2005.<ref name="Medical Sciences">{{Cite web |url=http://www.csir.res.in/external/heads/career/award/BPRIZE/Medical_SCIENCES.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130224074105/http://www.csir.res.in/External/Heads/career/award/BPRIZE/Medical_SCIENCES.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 February 2013 |title=Medical Sciences |date=2017 |publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research }}</ref> and he received the [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development]] of the Department of Biotechnology in 2006.<ref name="Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development">{{cite web | url=http://dbtindia.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/list_of_bioscience_awardees.pdf | title=Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development | publisher=Department of Biotechnology | date=2017 | access-date=29 March 2017 | archive-date=4 March 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304191331/http://dbtindia.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/list_of_bioscience_awardees.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref> He became an elected fellow of the [[Indian National Science Academy]] in 2010<ref name="INSA Year Book 2016">{{Cite web |url=http://www.insaindia.res.in/pdf/YearBook_2016.pdf |title=INSA Year Book 2016 |date=2017 |publisher=Indian National Science Academy |access-date=29 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104001952/http://www.insaindia.res.in/pdf/YearBook_2016.pdf |archive-date=4 November 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] in 2015.<ref name="Fellow profile">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Agrewala,_Dr_Javed_Naim |title=Fellow profile |date=2017 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences}}</ref> He also is a recipient of the New Idea Research Talent Award of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.<ref name="National Bioscienceawards for Career Development 2006">{{Cite web |url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=25775 |title=National Bioscienceawards for Career Development 2006 |date=2006 |publisher=Public Information Bureau}}</ref>

==Notes==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{cite book|author=Manzoor Ahmad Mir|title=Developing Costimulatory Molecules for Immunotherapy of Diseases|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xeGoBAAAQBAJ&pg=PR19|date=25 May 2015|publisher=Elsevier Science|isbn=978-0-12-802675-5|pages=19–}}
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCANRScxp4M |title=Eureka with Javed Naim Agrewala |date=18 March 2016 |publisher=Rajya Sabha TV |work=[[YouTube]] video}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lsm/research/divisions/diiid/newsevents/eventrecords/2014/sep/DIIID-Seminar-Dr-Javed-N-Agrewala.aspx |title=Induction of the activation of innate and adaptive immunity by lipidated peptide vaccine: robust and enduring protective memory Th17 cells against Mycobacterium tuberculosis |date=30 September 2014 |publisher=King's College, London}}
* {{Cite web |url=https://vidwan.inflibnet.ac.in/profile/910 |title=Dr. Javed Naim Agrewala |date=2017 |publisher=Vidwan |page=Profile}}

{{SSBPST recipients in Medical Science}}
{{N-BIOS Laureates 1999–2009}}
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