Dr. Ekta Gupta did her MD in Microbiology from KGMC, Lucknow and her Senior Residency from AIIMS, New Delhi as well as Senior Research Associateship in Clinical Virology. She was granted gold medal for her MD and did post MD research work in dengue viruses for which “the best scientist award for outstanding contribution in clinical research by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)” was given.

She is working in ILBS since 2009 and is heading department of clinical virology at ILBS. Her major research interests are in hepatitis viruses (HBV, HCV, and HEV), transplant viruses and dengue virus. She has more than 40 scientific publications indexed in national & international journals and author of 7 chapters in books. She is the nodal officer for integrated counseling and testing center for HIV at the institute through Delhi State Aids Control Society. She is actively involved in organizing various social level screening and vaccination camps for HBV, HCV & HIV in general public. Not only she is an active member of various institutional committees but also an executive member of Indian Association of Medical Microbiologist Association and various other committees outside the institute.

She is in charge of WHO collaborating center for viral hepatitis and liver diseases at ILBS. She has been instrumental in setting up of laboratory diagnostic support program for laboratory technicians at national level on viral hepatitis under project PRAKASH.