BioVoice News September 2017 Issue 4 Volume 2 | Page 42

startup series DR DHIMAN SARKAR, FOUNDER & DIRECTOR, ANNWESHAN SCITECH Dr Dhiman Sarkar has a varied experience in both industry and academia. His research of interest has mostly been focused on Tuberculosis. He has more than 80 publications and 45 patents to his credit. Dr Sarkar holds a master’s degree in biochemistry from the University of Calcutta and the doctorate from Jadavpur University. He did his post-doctoroal studies at AstraZeneca and served its Bangalore unit from 1996 to 2002 as a scientist. He joined CSIR- NCL, Pune in 2002 and continues to serve as Senior Principal Scientist till date. Dr Sarkar received DBT- BIRAC BIG 4 grant and founded Annweshan SciTech in the year 2015. MANIKANKANA BANDYOPADHYAY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ANNWESHAN SCITECH Mrs Manikankana Sarkar Bandyopadhyay holds a master’s degree in Zoology from University of Calcutta besides a B.Ed. from Annamalai University. She has expertise in software programming and has served at Vivekananda College, Kolkata for 6 years as a Lecturer of Zoology & Environmental Studies (1996-2002). She also has a research experience of 4 and half years and has been working with Annweshan SciTech as its Executive Director and Team Lead since the inception in 2015. 42 BioVoiceNews | September 2017