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I (Alpana Saha) am presenting a part of an interactive intellectual discussion with Professor Pawan Kumar Dhar.  Professor Dhar is the Dean, School of Biotechnology in Jawaharlal Nehru University. His team has developed a disruptive novel drug discovery platform from the dark matter of the genome. Currently, he is working on the application of AI in speeding up the drug discovery pipeline.    Why does biotechnology need AI ? In Science reproducibility of results is an absolute must. The time and costs involved in performing experiments and confirming the observations…

Dr. Debapriya Dutta, Scientist & Head of Equity, Empowerment & Development Division of Department of Science and Technology had a serious and detailed conversation with Alpana Saha and unveiled the work the Department is doing to provide scientific awareness and facilities to all section of the society. Dr. Debapriya Dutta completed his Ph.D from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi and joined the National Agricultural Research Service of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). He served as Scientist in the Central Soil and Water Conservation Research and Training…

Welcome to Future Tech Interview Series. It is a series of delightful & interactive sessions with eminent scientists, scholars and leaders, who all make a difference in the area of their work. Below is the presentation of a part of an interesting interaction of Alpana Saha with Dr Rashmi Sharma, Scientist-E, Department of Science and Technology (DST). Dr Rashmi Sharma is steering Scheme for Young Scientists and Technologists (SYST), for nurturing and mentoring young researchers willing to provide Science and Technology (S&T) driven solutions to challenges pertaining to society, apart…