Pathogenic Viruses and Armamentarium Design

Dr. Awanish Kumar is currently an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Biotechnology at the National Institute of Technology, Raipur (CG), India. He has more than 16 years of research experience. He received his PhD in Biotechnology from the CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India, and Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India, and completed his postdoctoral studies at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. His research interests are infection biology, drug targeting, and drug discovery. He has served on various national and international organizations in different academic and research capacities. He has also served on many national committees and scientific advisory panels, as a member of many international professional research societies, and as a reviewer and editorial board member of reputed and refereed journals. He has authored or edited several monographs, books, and book chapters.

Dr. Kumud Pant is an Associate Professor at Graphic Era (Deemed to be University) where she teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate students. She received her master's degree in Biotechnology from Jiwaji University, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India and her PhD in Bioinformatics from NIT, Bhopal, India. Dr. Pant has more than 10 years of experience and her major research interests are drug design, metagenomic data analysis, and data mining. Dr. Pant currently serves on many national committees, scientific societies, and advisory panels and is a member of many international professional research societies. She has also been a contributor to many book chapters and is a reviewer and editorial board member for reputed and refereed journals.