Dr. Anju Shukla
Professor and Head, Department of Medical Genetics
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal-576104, India
Email: anju.shukla@manipal.edu | Phone: +91 820 2922636
Current Post and Responsibilities
I am currently a Professor of Medical Genetics at Kasturba Medical College, Manipal. I provide clinical services for all families with possible genetic disorders which includes genetic counseling, genetic testing, management of genetic disorders and prenatal diagnosis. I am actively involved in training of doctoral students, clinical geneticists and genetic counsellors. My focus of research is discovery of novel phenotypes and the underlying genetics and mechanisms rare neurodevelopmental disorders.
Education and Training
- MBBS | Gandhi Medical College, 1998-2004
- MD (Pediatrics) | NSCB Medical College, 2006-2009
- DM (Medical Genetics) | Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, 2010-2013
Memberships
- Member and previous executive committee member of Society for Indian Academy of Medical Genetics
- Member of Indian Academy of Pediatrics
- Life member of Association of Child Neurology
Scientific Activities & Achievements
- Recipient of Start-up grant for Young Scientists, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India
- Recipient of Dr S S Agrawal Young Scientist Award, 2018
- DHR/ICMR International fellowship, 2025
- Lead PI for Clinical and Public Health Research Centre “Centre for rare disease diagnosis, research and training’ funded by the DBT/IA
- PI: Collaborating Centre of Excellence (ICMR) for pediatric rare genetic disorders
Research Projects
- ‘Centre for rare disease diagnosis, research and training’ funded by Indian alliance/ DBT Wellcome Trust (PI, ongoing)
- ‘Genetic diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorders in India’ R01 grant funded by National Institute of Health, USA (PI, completed)
- ‘Clinical and molecular characterization of leukodystrophies in Indian children’ sanctioned by Department of Health Research, Indian Council of Medical Research, Government of India (PI, completed)
- ‘Comprehensive analysis of genetic diversity in Waardenburg syndrome’ sanctioned by Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India (PI, completed)
Research Indices & Publications
- Total Publications: 173
- h-index: 27
- Citation Count: 2509
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 1.09
- Bibliography: NCBI Publication List