Invited Talk List- Speakers of Eminence Prof. P.S. Bisen Ex. Vice Chancellor Jiwaji University, Gwalior (MP) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Prakash_Bisen

Dr. Piyush Pandey Professor & Head, Department of Biotechnology, Central University, Silchar, Assam https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Piyush_Pandey20 http://www.aus.ac.in/microbiology-department/

Dr. P. K. Shukla Department of Biological Sciences SHUATS, Prayagraj http://ald.shuats.edu.in/webwapp//fac_profile_new.asp?txtOpt=1709 &strColl=1709

Dr. Pavan Jutur Group Leader, Biofuels International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New . https://www.icgeb.org/pavan-jutur/

Dr. Vivekanand Coordinator, Centre for Energy and Environment Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur Jaipur-302 017, Rajasthan http://mnit.ac.in/faculty/profile.php?fid=- WCeebqdjuHZneWDRTz3HBAhhOxnQOuKilul1zzPs9Q

Dr. Kishor Shende Information Officer Department of Biotechnology Barkatullah University, Bhopal https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kishor_Shende2

Dr. C. P. Updhayay Professor, Department of Biotechnology Dr. HS Gour Central University, Sagar (MP) http://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=tIChHAsAAAAJ&hl=en

Dr. Nidhi Pareek Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Central University of Rajasthan, Bandarsindri, N.H. 8, Kishangarh, Ajmer (Raj.) 305801, https://curaj.ac.in/faculty/nidhi-pareek

Dr. Sachindra Pandey Senior Patent Attorney K&S Partner, New Delhi https://www.knspartners.com/people-details/dr-shachindra-kumar- pandey-partner/63

Dr. Nibedita Lenka Scientist, Stem Cell Biology National Centre for Cell Sciences (NCCS), Pune, India https://www.nccs.res.in/index.php/TeamMembersC/nlenka

Dr. Pragti Mishra Coordinator, Plant Tissue Culture Centre, Department of Molecular & Cellular Engineering, SHUATS, Prayagraj http://ald.shuats.edu.in/webwapp//fac_profile_new.asp?txtOpt=1508 &strColl=1508

Dr. Anita Tilwari Sr. Scientist, Centre of Excellence in Biotechnology MP Council of Science & Technology, Bhopal (MP) http://www.mpcost.gov.in/dr-anita-tilwari-0

Dr. Hifzur Rahman International Centre for Biosaline Agriculture, UAE https://www.biosaline.org/staff/dr-hifzur-rahman

Dr. Thanga Suja Srinivasan Centre for Climate Change Studies, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai- 600 119 http://www.centreforclimatechangestudies.com/people.html https://thangasujacccs.wixsite.com/sujasrinivasanlabs

Dr. Kshirod K. Jena Professor Emeritus, School of Biotechnology, KIIT Deemed to be University, Institute of Eminence, Bhubaneswar - 751024 Odisha, India https://biotech.kiit.ac.in/faculties/Kshirod-Kumar-Jena.html

Dr. Reena Pandit Associate Professor DBT-ICT-Centre for Energy Biosciences, Institute of Chemical Technology, Matunga, Mumbai 400 019 https://www.ictmumbai.edu.in/emp_profiledetail.aspx?nDeptID=cig https://www.ictmumbai.edu.in/EMPBiodata.aspx#collapseOne

Dr. O.N. Tiwari Senior Scientist, Centre for Conservation and Utilisation of Blue Green Algae (CCUBGA), Division of Microbiology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Onkar_Tiwari

Dr. G.N. Nikhil Department of Biotechnology Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar (Punjab), India - 144 011 https://www.nitj.ac.in/index.php/nitj_cinfo/Faculty/114

Dr. Vineet K. Sharma Associate Professor Department of Biological Sciences, IISER Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India https://bio.iiserb.ac.in/faculty_profile.php?id=MTM=&lname=dmluZ WV0a3M=

Prof. Pradyumna Kumar Mishra Head (Molecular Biology) at ICMR-National Institute for Research in Environmental Health, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India https://nireh.icmr.org.in/molecular.php https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=XHOsqoIAAAAJ&hl=en

Dr. A. K. Panda Director, National Institute of Immunology New Delhi http://www.nii.res.in/research/amulya-k-panda

Dr. Anand Kar Professor School of Life Sciences Devi Ahilya University, Indore http://www.sls.dauniv.ac.in/dr%20kar/index.html

Dr. Mahaveer Shama Principal Scientist ICAR-Indian Institute of Soybean Research Khandwa Road, Indore (M.P) https://iisrindore.icar.gov.in/pdfdoc/mppubnew.pdf

D Dr. Rajeev Kumar Sukumaran Principal Scientist and Head CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Thiruvananthapuram, India tps://niist.irins.org/profile/64944

Dr. S.K. Khare Dean R&D & Institute Chair Professor of Biochemistry Enzyme and Microbial Biochemistry Lab Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Technology Delhi New Delhi-110016 http://web.iitd.ac.in/~skkhare/

Dr. Aradhana Misra Principal Scientist Lab 324, Division of Microbial Technology, CSIR- National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, -226001 https://nbri.res.in/ecology-scientists/drmrs-aradhana-misra/

Dr Binod Parameswaran Senior Scientist CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, India https://www.niist.res.in/english/scientists/binod-parameswaran- /professional-experience.html

Dr. Ragini Gothalwal Professor & Head Department of Biotechnology Barkatullah University, Bhopal - 462 026 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/R_Gothalwal Dr. Rohit Sharma M/s Tropilite Foods Pvt. Ltd. Davar Campus Tansen Rd, Railway Colony, Gwalior -474002 https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=RqIB_XIAAAAJ&hl=en

Dr S Venkata Mohan Principal Scientist, Bioengineering and Environmental Sciences (BEES) CSIR- Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT) Hyderabad-500 007, India https://www.iict.res.in/People/view?id=225

Dr. Amit Kumar Rai Scientist In-Charge Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development, Sikkim Centre, Tadong - 737102,Gangtok, Sikkim, India https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=vzBMKpEAAAAJ&hl=en

Dr. Sudhir Singh Scientist Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing (CIAB), Mohali https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=bdhNWFUAAAAJ&hl=en

Dr. Parthasarathi Ramakrishnan Principal Scientist Centre for Innovation & Translational Research CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research Vishvigyan Bhawan, 31, Mahatma Gandhi Marg Lucknow - 226 001. , India. http://iitrindia.org/En/StaffDetail.aspx?id=300

Dr. Onkar Tiwari Scientist `E’ Department of Biotechnology Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India New Delhi http://dbtindia.gov.in/whoswho/dr-onkar-nath-tiwari

Dr. Sangeeta Srivastava Executive Director Godavari Biorefineries Ltd. Somaiya Bhavan, 45-47, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Post Box No. 384, Fort, Mumbai 400 001. India. https://www.somaiya.com/leaderships

Dr Vivek Kumar Morya Adhita Biosciences Pvt Ltd, Jankipuram Ext., Near Central Academy, Lucknow https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=kHSGof4AAAAJ&hl=en

Dr S. K. Varshney Scientist-G & Head International Cooperation Technology Bhawan, , Department of Science and Technology Government of India, New Delhi https://aistic.gov.in/ASEAN/imrcTeam

Dr. Kutubuddin Ali Molla Scientist (Ag-Biotechnology) (Present Position- Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Pennsylvania State University, USA-16801) Scientist & Fullbright Fellow, ICAR-NRRI, Cuttack https://icar-nrri.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Kutub_New.pdf

Dr. Rajeev K. Varshney Research Program Director, Genetic Gains, ICRISAT, Hyderabad https://www.icrisat.org/team/rajeev-k-varshney/

Dr. Manoj Prasad Senior Scientist (Professor) National Institute of Plant Genome Research New Delhi http://www.nipgr.ac.in/research/dr_mprasad.php

Dr. Deepa Subramanyam Principal Investigator, Wellcome Trust DBT India Alliance Intermediate Fellow, National Centre for Cell Science, SP Pune University, Ganeshkhind, Pune-411007, https://sites.google.com/site/deepasubramanyamlab/ Dr. Anil Prakash Professor & Head Department of Biotechnology Barkatullah University, Bhopal https://sites.google.com/site/dranilprakash58/ https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=6zMX4nMAAAAJ&hl=en

Dr. Pramod Ramteke Professor Emeritus, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=en0rCgQAAAAJ&hl=en

Dr. Ramakrishna Wusirika School: Basic and Applied Sciences Central University of Punjab Bathinda‐ 151001 https://cup.irins.org/profile/60077

Dr. Sunita J. Varjani Department of Environmental Sciences School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology Indian Institute of Advanced Research (IIAR) Koba, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India http://www.iiar.res.in/?q=node/451

Dr. Manoj Kumar Scientist 'C', ICMR- National Institute for Research in Environmental Health, Govt. of India, Bhopal Madhya Pradesh, India https://nireh.icmr.org.in/manojkumar.php

Dr. Mithilesh Jaiswal M/s Tropilite Foods Pvt. Ltd. Davar Campus Tansen Rd, Railway Colony, Gwalior -474002 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mithilesh_Jaiswal2

Dr. Ankita Kumari Scientific Advisor Centyl Biotech Pvt. Ltd. Rudrapur-263153, Uttarakhand, India https://www.centylebiotech.com/scientific-advisor

Dr Rajshekhar Chatterjee Head- Applications Support Premas Life Sciences, New Delhi https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajshekhar-chatterjee-6600501a/

Dr. Akhilesh Rawat Head R & D (Molecular Diagnostics) 3B BlackBio Biotech India Limited, Bhopal https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-akhilesh-rawat- 56318529/?originalSubdomain=in

Dr. Rahul Solanki Deputy Manager- FAS Premas Life Sciences, New Delhi https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-s-9981297/

Ms. Gourja Bansal Sr Bioinformatics Specialist Premas Life Sciences, New Delhi https://www.linkedin.com/in/gourja-bansal-9868a823/

Mr. Rajavarman Kittu Clinical Bioinformatics Specialist Premas Life Sciences, New Delhi https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajavarma2014/