Strengthening Research Capabilities Remotely

Prof. Sudhanshu Vrati is Executive Director of the Regional Centre for Biotechnology, an autonomous institute of Department of Biotechnology, in Faridabad. He is a virologist with an interest in the development of viral vaccines and antivirals. A PhD from the Australian National University in Canberra, he started his career as a scientist at the National Institute of Immunology in New Delhi. He was the first Dean of the Translational Health Science & Technology Institute.

 

Prof. Gagandeep Kang is the Executive Director at the Translational Health Science Technology Institute, an autonomous institute of the Department of Biotechnology. She has worked on programs of vaccine-preventable diseases including rotavirus, cholera, typhoid and dengue, for two decades, and has established a strong training program for students and young faculty in clinical translational medicine aiming to build a cadre of researchers studying relevant problems in India. 

Dr Alka Sharma is Adviser in the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India. She is dealing with research and policy issues in the emerging areas of medical biotechnology. Dr Sharma has made significant contributions in med-tech innovation with national and international partners; early and late translational research on stem cells & regenerative engineering

Dr Rituparna Chakrabarti is Scientific Editor, iScience - Cell Press, Elsevier. Dr Ritu did PhD in Neuroscience and a postdoctoral fellowship at the interface of Neuroscience and Structural biology at the University of Göttingen and Center for Biostructural Imaging of Neurodegeneration, Germany. Her research focuses on neuroscience, structural biology, imaging modality.