Dr. Kashmir Singh is presently working as Professor and Head of the Department at the Department of Biotechnology, Panjab University, India. He carried out his PhD studies in India (CSIR-IHBT), where he specialized in biotechnology and plant genomics. He did his Postdoctoral Research at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland, Missouri State University, USA and McGill University, Canada. His research is focused on the exploration of genomics for the better understanding of stress tolerance mechanisms in plants. He is credited with more than 100 research papers, 8 book chapters and 6 patents.Email: kashmirbio@pu.ac.in Prof. Nirmala Dr. Nirmala Chongtham is Professor in the Department of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh and was the former Coordinator, DST- Centre for Policy Research, Panjab University, Chandigarh. She pursued her post doc. from Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Hannover, Germany where she worked in Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering. She has been awarded research grants from UGC, DST, DBT and Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Govt. of India and has published more than 100 papers in National and International journals. In recognition of her work in bamboos, she was selected as the World Bamboo Ambassador from India by the World Bamboo Organization, USA in 2015 and is continuing in the same capacity till date. She has published a book titled “Bamboo shoots: Superfood for Nutrition, Health and Medicine” by CRC Press, London.Email: cnirmala10@gmail.com Dr. Radhika Trikha Dr Trikha is a Chief Operating Officer at IIT Ropar Technology and Innovation Foundation - Agriculture and Water Technology Development Hub (AWaDH). With a strong background in policy research and system interconnectedness for science, technology, and innovation, she has been fortunate to work on India's 5th National STI policy and national mission on interdisciplinary Cyber physical Systems. Previously, she served as a Senior Policy Fellow enrolled at DST-Centre for Policy Research at the Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc), Bangalore, jointly hosted by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, and Panjab University, Chandigarh. She has also served as Senior Scientist and a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the domains of Science, Technology, and Innovation at DST-CPR@PU, Chd.Email: radhikatrikha26@gmail.com Er. Mamta Bhardwaj, Worked as a Sr. Scientist-C at DST-Centre for Policy Research at Panjab University, Chandigarh from April 2015 to June 2023. Currently she works as Chief Operating Officer at STPI Neuton Centre of Entrepreneurship at Mohali. She has been working in the domain of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), S&T Policy and Science Diplomacy of India and other countries. She is a graduate in Engineering with specialization in Electronics and Communication from the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE), New Delhi and a postgraduate in the same field from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi. She also has certifications in various IPR courses offered by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). She is credited with many research publications in national and international journals and co-author of three books.Email: mamta.bhardwaj1984@gmail.com Dr Sukhdeep Kaur is at work in DST-Centre for Policy Research at Panjab University, Chandigarh holding the position of Scientific Officer. Her expertise is an interdisciplinary mixture of fields: Physics, Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management etc. Currently, she is exploring the research and development executed in India in conjunction with climate variability and its effect. Further working on advocacy in strengthening the industry-academia linkages by exploring various dimensions of STI interventions. She has worked with noted R & D organisations in India as well as abroad to develop innovative products which put her knowledge to practical use. She has 03 ECTS (European Credit Transfer System), 08 publications and 05 book chapters to her credits.Email: deep.gurna.49@gmail.com
