Machiavelli SinghDr Machiavelli Singh, born on 13 March, 1978, is Assistant Professor with Amity Institute of Biotechnology (AIB) and Coordinator (QAE) for AUH. He started his career as a UNDP fellow under ITSAP project in 2001. He has held research positions under ntionally and internationally funded research projects in the field of agro-industrial-biotechnology, has contributed extensively to the methodologies of biotechnological teaching over the decade while mentoring UG and PG students in reputed institutions of Kurukshetra University and with Faculty of Technology & Sciences at LPU. He has quality research to his credit in molecular markers, sustainability of agro-ecosystems, microbial biotechnology and bioprocessing. He has 10 peer-reviewed papers to his credit, presented his work in various conferences, published in many proceedings/symposia and authored book chapter on Mycorrhiza with LAP, Germany (2012). Machiavelli has a Doctorate (2010) and Masters (2001) in Biotechnology from Thapar University. He completed his graduation in Biology (1999) from Punjabi University, Patiala. He is qualified WIPO alumnus on IPR management systems. He has supervised more than 50 B.Tech student research projects and guided 5 M.Tech (Biotech) theses. He even achieved an IEEE funded project under All India Young Engineers' Humanitarian Challenge 2010 on PSM application as bio-inoculants. He successfully convened a national conference on "Contemporary Issues in Biotechnology: Progress and Future Applications, 2014" at Amity University Haryana. Read More Read Less