Dr. Kishore M. Paknikar, former Director and Professor Agharkar Chair, Agharkar Research Institute, Pune. Currently Distinguished Visiting Professor at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai and Visiting Professor at Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur and Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai.

Research area: applications of nanotechnology in biology, medicine, diagnostics, environment and agriculture.

PhD in Microbiology, University of Pune, Post-doctoral training, Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia and St. Andrews University, UK.

Visiting Professor, Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg, France and Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Detroit, USA; Advisor, National Nanotechnology Centre, Bangkok, Thailand; Member, Board of Directors, Nano Cutting Edge Technology Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai.

Chair and Expert member, various committees of Niti Ayog, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).

Recipient of Professor JV Bhat Memorial Oration award (Manipal University), Industrial Medal Award (Biotech Research Society), Fellow, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Association of Microbiologists of India, Biotech Research Society of India and Maharashtra Academy of Sciences.

Published >150 research papers 30 book chapters and 1 book (>10000 citations, ‘h’ index of 44). Inventor in 36 granted national/international patents. Supervised 39 PhD students.