Parmjit S Panesar's Biography

Parmjit S Panesar, Professor & Head, Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering & Technology

Dr. Parmjit S. Panesar is working as Professor & Head, Food Biotechnology Research
Laboratory, Department of Food Engineering & Technology, Sant Longowal Institute of
Engineering and Technology (Deemed University: Established by Govt. of India), Longowal,
Punjab. India. In 2005, he has been awarded BOYSCAST (Better Opportunities for Young Scientists in Chosen Areas of Science & Technology) fellowship by Department of Science & Technology (DST), Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, to carry out advance research in Industrial Biotechnology at Chembiotech labs, University of Birmingham Research Park, UK. His postdoctoral research focused on the development of immobilized cell technology for the production of lactic acid from whey. Besides this, he has also been involved in USA & Australian sponsored projects on scale-up of a commercial polysaccharide derivative in biomedical applications, and critical evaluation of a commercial test kit for the detection of trace levels of explosives. In 1999, Dr Panesar was awarded Young Scientist Fellowship by Punjab State Council for Science & Technology, India.He has successfully completed 7 research projects funded by DBT, CSIR, MHRD, AICTE, NewDelhi. He has published more than 100 international/national scientific papers, 50 book reviews in peer-reviewed journals, 25 chapters and has authored/edited 06 books. He is a member of the editorial advisory boards of national/international journals including ‘International Journal of Biological Macromolecules’ and also member of the editorial Advisory Boards of national/international Journals. He has also been selected as a member of the National level Scientific Panel on “Genetically modified organisms and foods” by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) & Member in the international collective of experts of Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Portugal. He has also received advance trainings from different institutes/labs including International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, Italy, and Chembiotech Labs, University of Birmingham Research Park,Birmingham, United Kingdom. He is also a life member of International Forum on Industrial Bioprocesses (IFIBiop), Biotechnology Research Society of India, Association of Microbiologists of India, Association of Food Scientists, Indian Science Congress Association, and Technologists,Indian Society for Technical Education, and Punjab Academy of Sciences. His research is focused in the area of food biotechnology especially prebiotics, probiotics, microbial enzymes,application of immobilized cells/enzymes in different bioprocesses, value addition of agroindustrial wastes. Dr Panesar has more than 2000 number of citations, h-index 22 & i-10 index 48(Google scholar).