Your gut is home to trillions of bacteria that impact everything from digestion to mood. When that balance is thrown off—by stress, antibiotics, or poor diet—your health suffers.

1. ABOUT
Gut Microbiota and Probiotic Science Foundation (India)
The Gut Microbiota and Probiotic Science Foundation (India) was registered as a society on 9th November 2011 by a
group of scientists under the Societies Registration Act XX1 of 1860. The objective of the Foundation is to provide a
thrust to the science of Gut Microbiota and Probiotics in the country, channelize International knowledge and expertise
in the field and promote collaborative research in the development of probiotics as well as foster and maintain research
links with scientists of similar interest.
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OBJECTIVE
The objective of the Foundation is to provide a thrust to
the science of Gut Microbiota and Probiotics in the
country, channelize International knowledge and
expertise in the field and promote collaborative research
in the development of probiotics as well as foster and
maintain research links with scientists of similar interest.

2. PROBIOTICS
ARE HERE TO STAY
Human
GUT CONTAINS
AROUND
100 trillion
BACTERIA -
good & bad.
The Gut Bacteria
INFLUENCES
THE DIGESTIVE
SYSTEM,
Immunity
& Metabolism
2014 – 2024 –
approx. 53,450
publications
ON THE GUT
MICROBIOME.
2024 – over
10,000 publications
ON BIOTICS AND FERMENTED
FOODS.
30,000 papers
ON THE MICROBIOME.
13,000 specifically
ON THE GUT MICROBIOME.

3. WEB CAST
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GLOSSARY
All you Need to Know
Microbiota
The collection of microbial
organisms inhabiting a defined
environment, such as a specific body site.
Microbiome
The collection of genes and
genomes within the microbiota.
Metagenomics
The study of the collective
genomic content from an
environment.
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PUBLICATIONS
Publication and Meeting Reports
Nutrition Gut Microbiome & Probiotics – The Triple
Connection
Editors: Nirmal Kumar Ganguly, Osamu
Chonan, Neerja Hajela
Publisher: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers
(P) Ltd
Gut
Microbiome
Probiotics &
Good Health -
The Evidence
Gets Stronger
Publisher:
Jaypee
Brothers
Medical
Publishers
(P) Ltd
Probiotics -
From Bench to
Community
Publisher:
Elsevier, a
division of
Reed Elsevier
India Private
Limited
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LATEST EVENT
Stay Updated
Role Of Gut Microbiome In Triggering
Appropriate Immune Responses To
Enteric Infections And Vaccines
Dr. Firdausi Qadri
Senior Scientist, and Head,
Mucosal Immunology and Vaccinology Unit,
Infectious Diseases Division, ICDDR B, Dhaka,
Bangladesh
Understanding The Tolerance Of
Lacticaseibacillus Paracasei Strain
Shirota In The Digestive Tract
Mr. Kosuke Kato
Associate Senior Researcher
Yakult Central Institute, Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd.,
Tokyo, Japan
Exploring The Gut Microbiome: A Link
Between Obesity And Cancer
Vulnerability
Dr. Wong Hei Sunny
Associate Professor of Nutrition, Digestion
and Metabolism, Assistant Dean, Academic
Medicine
Lee Kong School of Medicine, Singapore

4. AWARDS
22 & 23 February 2025
15 INDIA PROBIOTIC SYMPOSIUM
"The Gut Microbiota and Probiotic Science Foundation (India)"
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nd rd
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LATEST
SCIENCE
Gut Microbiota & Probiotic Science; Where we Stand Today?
Gut microbiota and obesity: An
opportunity to alter obesity through Fecal
Microbiota Transplant (FMT).
Lee P et al. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2018 Oct 17. doi:
10.1111/dom.13561.
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PAST SCIENTIFIC
SYMPOSIA
22nd-23rd February 2025,
BHARGAVA
AUDITORIUM,PGIMER,
CHANDIGARH
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3rd and 4th March 2024,
Rajiv Gandhi Center for
Biotechnology (RGCB),
Thiruvananthapuram
read more
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5. LIFETIME
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Gut Microbiota and Probiotic
Science Foundation (India) instituted
the Lifetime Achievement Award to
recognize the outstanding
contribution of stalwarts to the
science and profession of Probiotics
and Gut Microbiota.
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YOUNG INVESTIGATOR
AWARDS
1st Prize - SUCHETA GULERIA
Postgraduate Institute of Medical
Education and Research (PGIMER),
Chandigarh, India
“Giardia Infection is Associated with
Altered Community Structure of
Murine Gut Microbiome Post
Antibiotic and Probiotic Treatment“
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EXPERT
SPEAKS
In a short captivating film, the experts draw on the
knowledge on latest science of probiotics and delve
into what the future may hold to utilize the science
for impacting human health.
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It was an exciting moment when the Gut Microbiota and Probiotic Science
Foundation (India) was registered as a society on 9th November 2011 under the
Societies Registration Act XX1 of 1860. Established by eminent scientists, the
Foundation has been created to perpetuate the science of Gut Microbiota and
Probiotics in the country.
Prof. N. K. Ganguly
President

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Nair
Vice President
Dr. Neerja Hajela
General Secretary