Area Of Work

Defence Institute of Physiology & Allied Sciences (DIPAS) researches in the field of physiology, biochemistry and nutrition to improve the operational efficiency of soldiers with micro and macro environments.  Physiological adaptation to environmental stress and human engineering for an effective man-machine interface.

The prime Research Areas of DIPAS are: high and extreme altitude physiology; heat, cold and polar physiology; exercise physiology; neurophysiology; yoga and adaptogens for performance improvement; clinical and cellular biochemistry; anthropometric database of Indian soldiers; nutrition for armed forces; man-machine interface: ergonomics; occupation health and toxicology; herbal intervention – phytochemistry; immunomodulation and vaccine agents; genomics and proteomics: molecular markers; biomedical engineering and nanotechnology.