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AWARDS/ SCHOLARSHIPS /MEMBERSHIPS/SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS

 Membership of Societies

Ø      Member, Bioinformatics Society of India, Affiliated Regional Group ISCB, La Jola, USA, http://www.inbios.org/,  http://biotechsimplified.com/inbios  since 20.02.2008.

Ø      Member, Genome India International, since 18.2.2008, http://genome-india-intl.org/

Ø      Associate Member, Bioinformatics Organization (ID : 35661) 09.01.2008

Ø      Life Member, Indian Science Congress Association, 2007 onwards.

Ø      Life Member, Gwalior Academy of Mathematical Sciences, Gwalior. 2007 onwards.

Ø      Member, American Chemical Society, Chem Centre 1999-present

Ø      Member, Nature Science Reviews. 1999-present

Ø      Member, Indian Society for Analytical Scientists (ISAS) 1988-2004

Peer/Editorial Review Boards.

Ø      Member, Editorial Review Board, Scientific Journals International, Saint Cloud, MN, USA, www.scientificjournals.org since 17.03.2008.

Awards

Ø      Hindi Award for publishing maximum number of Hindi Sanctions, DBT 2007

Ø      Qualified G.A.T.E., Joint CSIR‑UGC Entrance for JRF, IISc. Bangalore Entrance ‑All 1988.

Ø      Stood first in Zonal Science Fair ‑1981 and State Science Fair ‑ 1981‑82.  Use of chloromycetin in elongating the shelf life of milk.

Special Assignments/Positions held

Ø      Associate Member Secretary in Innovative Young Biologist Award, DBT, DBT 2005-present.

Ø      Information Officer, Apex Bioinformatics Centre, BTISnet, DBT, 1998 – present.

Ø      Member Secretary, Studentship Selection Committee, BTIC, DBT, 1998- present.

Ø      Associate Member Secretary in Task force in Bioinformatics 1998-present.

Ø      Member/DBT Representative, Executive Committee of 65 Bioinformatics Centres  & 76 BIFs all over India, of BTISnet, DBT,

Ø      Member Secretary, Newsletter Committee, DBT, 1999-2005

Ø      Programme Officer, Biotechnology Parent Facilitating Cell, DBT, 1999-2005

Ø      Member Secretary, Biotechnology Patent Screening Committee, DBT, 1999-2002

Ø      Member Secretary, Internal Screening Committee, DBT, 1999-2001

Ø      Member Secretary, Internal Screening Committee on Patents, DBT, 1999-2002

Ø      Member, Local Project Advisory Committee on a project on “Commercialization of Patents in India”, 2001-2002