Dr. Mahendra Gaikwad is currently an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at JSPM, Narhe Technical Campus, Affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra, India. He has more than 10 years of teaching experience, including 5 years in various subjects of mechanical engineering. Hecompleted B.E in Mechanical Engineering, M.E in Mechanical Design Engineering from Walchand Institute of Technology, Solapur, Maharashtra, India and completed Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering from Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Dr. Arpana Parihar is a Scientist B under the DST Women Scientist B Scheme at the CSIR¿Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute (AMPRI), Bhopal (462026), MP, India. She did her Ph.D. at the Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore, under the aegis of HBNI, Mumbai. Her doctoral research work involved the evaluation of the tumor selectivity and photodynamic therapy (PDT) efficacy of chlorin p6 through receptor¿mediated targeted delivery. She has more than 9 years of research and teaching experience at various prestigious institutes. Her current research interests include the 3D bioprinting, micro/nano fabrications of biosensors for early diagnosis of diseases, viral infectious diseases, stem cell biology, tissue engineering, photodynamic therapy of cancer, receptor¿mediated targeting of tumors, 3D cell culture, expression of receptors and cytokines, molecular docking, molecular dynamic simulations, and immunoinformatics.
Dr Raju Khan is a Senior Principal Scientist and Professor at the CSIR¿Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute (AMPRI), Bhopal, India. His current research is on electrochemical biosensor point¿of¿care diagnostics integrated with microfluidics for clinical applications. He has more than 15 years of R&D experience in CSIR and other academic R&D institutes such as the Analytical Chemistry Group, CSIR¿NEIST, Jorhat, Assam, CSIR¿NPL, New Delhi, and CSIR¿AMPRI, Bhopal Govt. of India. He received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Jamia Millia Islamia, Central University, New Delhi, India.
