Dr. K.C. Gupta,  Acting  Director,  Institute  of  Genomics  and  Integrative Biology (IGIB), New Delhi took over charge as Director, Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow on March 27, 2009. The areas of specialization of Dr. Gupta are "Bioorganic chemistry, nucleic acid synthesis & design". His recent work relates to development of nano-particle aided transfection reagents for delivery of genes and their toxicity assessment and oligonucleotide based biochips as diagnostic tools for detection of genetic diseases. 

He has published over 80 publications in national and international peer reviewed journals. He also has to his credit 15 patents both national and international and has been instrumental in transferring two technologies in the area of nucleic acid chemistry. Dr. Gupta is a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences (Allahabad). He has guided over 12 students for their Ph.D. programme and an equal number are pursuing their doctoral programme under his guidance.