Sangita KastureDr. Sangita M. Kasture (Bodhankar) is senior scientist and associate head of the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. Dr. Sangita has been associated with the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministr of Science and Technology, Government of India, for the last 10 years. She has been promoting innovations in Bioenergy, Environment Biotechnology, and Secondary Agriculture through various R&D schemes for the Government of India. Her dedicated involvement has significantly contributed to accelerating innovations in the country's clean energy sector. Her vision and contributions have been significant in shaping up Waste-to-Energy R&D strategies and policies in India.

She is the country focal point for multilateral programs like Mission Innovation, India, Biofuture Platform and bilateral R&D collaborations with Canada, Denmark, and the Netherlands. As a member of the Indian delegation, she visited several countries including the USA, UK, China, Sweden, Denmark, Canada, Brazil, Europe, Chile and more, to strongly represent India at various international platforms and meetings. Dr. Sangita has played a crucial role in setting up Centres of Excellence and Fellowship schemes to create state-of-the-art infrastructure and capacity building in the clean energy area. She has been instrumental in setting up an International Incubation Centre in Clean Energy to provide suitable ecosystems to innovators and start-ups at the early stage of innovation. She is a member of various Scientific Advisory Committees and Governing Councils constituted by the Department of Biotechnology, GOI.

She obtained industrial experience from two leading Indian Biotech companies and Post Doctorate research experience from Lund University (Sweden) and Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland). Her areas of research are bio-separations, enzyme catalysis, green chemistry, and downstream processing of biomolecules. Read More Read Less