Shalini Singh - Specialist, Funding programs, Venture Center Dr Bula Choudhury, Senior Scientist Guwahati Biotech Park
Venture Center as BIG partner is happy to collaborate with Guwahati Biotech Park in organizing an awareness session for the 24th BIG call. The session is planned on the 24th of April, 10 – 11am and will help create awareness about the Biotech Ignition Grant (BIG) Scheme and the facilities available at Guwahati Biotech Park for Incubation.
Speakers
Dr Shalini Singh
Topic: Understanding BIG Scheme
Dr. Shalini Singh holds Ph.D in Chemistry from University of Pune. She has done her post-doctoral training from RMIT University, Melbourne. Her research 5+ experience includes work on synthesis and characterization of II- VI compound semiconductor Nanomaterials various applications in the field ofoptoelectronic devices, biolabeling etc and project management. She is a Specialist - Funding programs at VC and is actively involved in BIG program management through program promotion, creating awareness of science entrepreneurship, managing screening/review of proposals, proposal due diligence, contract management, project monitoring, mentoring of grantees and stakeholder relationships. She is also developing the funding database for Venture Center.
Dr Bula Choudhury, Senior Scientist Guwahati Biotech Park
Topic : Incubation at GBP for BIG Scheme
PhD in Biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology, Gauhati University, Assam and Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST), a DST, GOI Institute, India. Visiting Scientist at United States Department of Agriculture USDA-ARS, Mariland, USA. MBA (Specialisation: Project Management) from Sikkim Manipal University, India