Director, CSIR- National Institute of Science Technology and Development Studies (CSIR-NISTADS)
Member of Governing Council, Society for Technology Management (STEM)
Dr. Ranjana Aggarwal is currently the Director at CSIR- National Institute of Science Technology and Development Studies (CSIR-NISTADS). Previously, Dr. Aggarwal has served as Professor of Chemistry and Director, Women’s Studies Research Centre at Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. She obtained her BSc, MSc and PhD degrees from Kurukshetra University and then after carrying out two years postdoctoral research on erythromycin biosynthesis at Cambridge University, UK she joined her Alma mater in 1995 as lecturer. Subsequently she worked in many well known European Labs such as again at Cambridge University as Commonwealth fellow, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland and University of Trieste, Italy. She is actively collaborating with scientists of USA, Spain and Ireland.