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SK Verma

Senior Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

Environmental Biotechnology
Department of Biological Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani- 333031, Rajasthan. India.

 

Professional Administrative Positions:

 

  • Currently, working as Dean Administration, BITS Pilani, Pilani campus (May 2018 to present)
  • Currently, working as Secretary, Pilani Innovation & Entrepreneurship Development Society (PIDES, BITS Pilani)
  • Served as University wide Dean, Academic Research at BITS Pilani (June 2012- May 2018)
  • Served as Chief Warden (Feb 2008- Sep 2011)
  • Served as Group leader (HoD) of Biological Sciences Department (Jan 2000- Jan 2008)
  • Coordinator, UGC SAP grant for Biological Sciences Department
  • Coordinator, DST FIST grant for Biological Sciences Department
  • Nucleus member, Educational Development Division (Oct 1994- Dec 1999)

 

Academic Achievements

  • Part of BITS delegation to Ben Gurian University, Negev Israel for research collaboration.
  • Appointed as “Country Expert” by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to represent India on a multi-country project “Impact of IPR on economic growth”.
  • Coordinator 42nd IANCAS National Workshop on Radiochemistry and Applications of Radioisotopes in collaboration with BARC, Mumbai.
  • Joint Coordinator International Symposium on Public Health Education: Indian Scenario and Challenges (April 9-11, 2005)
  • Coordinator International Symposium on Emerging Trends in Genomics and Proteomics Education and Research (Jan 12 -13, 2003) 
  • Coordinator, International Symposium on Applied Phycology and Environmental Biotechnology, Oct 29 – 31, 2007, BITS-Pilani, Rajasthan, India.
  • Coordinator AICTE/ISTE Short-term training programme on Molecular Biology Techniques in Biotechnology.
  • Design and coordinated the establishment of Biotechnology lab, Radioisotope laboratory, Environmental Biotechnology laboratory, Plant tissue culture facility and greenhouse.
  • Coordinated INDO-Us project for biotechnology.
  • Reviewed several research articles for reputed scientific journals
  • Associate Editor, IUP journal.
  • Examined Ph.D. thesis submitted at Banaras Hindu University, IARI, NEHU, BR Ambedkar University, Rajasthan Agriculture University, Bikaner University, Punjabi University Patiala, Pune University, etc.  
  • Member of Board of studies of NU, Bikaner University, ICFAI University, Shobhit University.
  • Academic council member of ICFAI University, Dehradun.