Autor: Krishna Pramanik

Dr. (Mrs.) Krishna Pramanik is presently working as the Professor & Head, Department of Biotechnology & Medical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, India. She has completed her M. Tech. (Petrochemicals & Petroleum Refinery Engineering) from Calcutta University, West Bengal, India in 1986 and Ph D.in 1995 from the same University. She has more than 20 years of experience in chemical industry and teaching at Under-graduate and Post-Graduate level in the field of Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Biomedical Engineering. She has supervised a number of Ph.D. students and currently about ten students are working in the field of Tissue Engineering and Environmental Biotechnology. She has more than 100 publications in International and National Journals/conference proceedings and 10 book chapters of International publications. She has completed more than five research projects and six are continuing. She is the Vice-chairman of CAFET-INNOVA Technical Society and reviewer of many International and National Journals of repute. She has been received a number award like the prestigious Women Scientist Award for in the area of Biofuel research by Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources, Govt. of India; the”Sir Ganga Ram Memorial Award” by the Institution of Engineers ( India) and others. She is acting as the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Biological Sciences and Engineering and Editorial board member of the International Journal of Engineering Students. She has visited many countries like USA, UK, Germany, Austria, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand and Romania. Dr. Jayanta Kumar Patra was working as Research associate in Department of Biotechnology & Medical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, India. He has completed his M.Sc. (Biotechnology) from North Orissa University, Baripada, Odisha, India in2006 and Ph D. (Life Sciences) in 2011 from the same university. Dr. Patra is presently working as Post doctoral researcher in Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, School of Biotechnology, Yeungnam University, South Korea. He has about seven years of research and teaching experience in the field of Environmental and Pharmacological Biotechnology. He has guided four students for their M.Sc. dissertation work. He has undergone many professional training in the field of Biotechnology from various organizations of nationaland international repute. To his credit he has published thirty papers in International and National reputed journals and five book chapters. He is working as assistant editor for the scientific monthly magazine „Emerging Science” and member of editorial board for the journal „World Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences; International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences; Frontiers in Agroecology and Land Use Systems.”