Biotechnology: Prospects and Applications

Dr. R. K. Salar, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Biotechnology, Chaudhary Devi Lal University, Sirsa, India. He received postdoctoral fellowship from the Ministry of Education, Slovak Republic, to pursue his post doctorate from Department of Biochemical Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia and visited several other countries including Japan, Norway, Austria, Hungary etc. His current interests are in fermentation technology and harnessing medicinal values of plants and microbes. Dr. Salar also received several research and development projects from UGC, New Delhi, HSCST, Chandigarh and International travel grant from DST, New Delhi. He is a reviewer of Journal of Basic Microbiology, Annals of Applied Biology (Wiley-VCH, Germany) and Frontiers in Life Sciences (Taylor & Francis, UK). Dr. S.K. Gahlawat, Ph.D., is a Professor at the Department of Biotechnology and Dean, Faculty of Life Sciences, Chaudhary Devi Lal University, Sirsa, India. He has been awarded Boyscast fellowship and DBT Overseas Associateship for doing postdoctoral research in FRS Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen, UK. He has received several R&D projects from UGC, ICAR and Haryana Govt. His research interests include development of molecular diagnostic methods for bacterial and viral diseases. He is a referee of International Journal of Aquaculture, The Netherlands and Journal of Applied Microbiology. Dr. P. Siwach, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at the Department of Biotechnology, Chaudhary Devi Lal University, Sirsa, India. She has received R&D projects from UGC, New Delhi. Her current research areas include molecular marker analysis for improvement of quality traits, micropropagation and biochemical characterization of medicinal plants. Dr. J.S. Duhan, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Biotechnology, Chaudhary Devi Lal University, Sirsa, India. He has received R&D projects from UGC and CSIR, New Delhi. His specialization includes microbial biotechnology and biological nitrogen fixation.