Areas of Interest/Specialization
Synthetic Biology and Policy

Experience

Administrative

1. Member, Governing Council, NIFTEM, Thanjavur (ongoing)
2. Member, Governing Council, Presidency University, Kolkata (ongoing)
3. Member , JNU-LBS NAA, Mussoorie Academic Committee (ongoing)
4. Member, DRDO, Recruitment Committee, New Delhi (completed)
5. Member, JNU-DIPAS (DRDO) Academic Committee New Delhi (ongoing)
6. Member, Advisory Committee, Hunt for Vaccine, Govt. of India & UK Govt. (ongoing)
7. Member, JNU-Indian Naval Academy Kerala Academic Committee (ongoing)
8. Member, JNU-Raman Research Institute, Bangaluru, Academic Committee (ongoing)
9. Member, JNU-CDRI Academic Committee, Lucknow (ongoing)
10. Member, IMTECH Research Council, Chandigarh (completed)
11. Member, JNU-THSTI Academic Committee, Faridabad (completed)
12. Member, JNU-NII Academic Committee, New Delhi (ongoing)
13. Member, Academic Advisory Council, CEC, IUAC, New Delhi (completed)
14. Member, JNU NIPGR Academic Committee, New Delhi (ongoing)
15. Member, DBT Task Force, Genome Engineering, New Delhi (completed)
16. Member, DBT Human Resource Development Program, New Delhi (completed)
17. Member, Indian Oil Company, Faridabad - Biosafety committee (ongoing)
18. Member, JNU-CCMB Hyderabad Academic Committee (completed)
19. Member, Board of Studies, Gujarat National Law University (ongoing)
20. Member, Board of Studies, Biotechnology, Central Univ of Kashmir (ongoing)
21. Member, Oversight Committee, DBT Bioenergy Centres (completed)
22. Member, MHRD, Selection Committee, Commonwealth Scholarship UK (completed)
23. Member, MHRD, Selection Committee, Scholarship, Japan (completed)
24. Member, DBT, Task Force, Marine Biotechnology, New Delhi (completed)
25. Member, NII, Faculty promotion Screening Committee, New Delhi (completed)
26. Chair Institute of Eminence Committee, Jawaharlal Nehru University (ongoing)
27. Member, Executive Council, (two terms), Jawaharlal Nehru University (completed)
28. Member, Academic Council (two terms) Jawaharlal Nehru University (completed)
29. Chair, Intellectual Property Cell, Jawaharlal Nehru University (completed)
30. Director, Internal Quality Assurance Cell, Jawaharlal Nehru University (ongoing)
31. Chair, Research Excellence Award Committee, Jawaharlal Nehru University (completed)
32. Member, Corpus Fund Committee, Jawaharlal Nehru University (completed)
33. Member, International Collaboration Standing Committee, Jawaharlal Nehru University (ongoing)
34. Dean, School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University (completed)
35. Head, RIKEN, Japan and Tata Consultancy Services, Hyderabad Project (completed)
36. Management Board, Bioinformatics Institute, A*STAR, Singapore (completed)