{"id":1433,"date":"2026-07-01T05:45:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T05:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hpu.ac.in\/biotechnology-incubation-centre\/?page_id=1433"},"modified":"2026-07-01T08:49:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T08:49:43","slug":"team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hpu.ac.in\/biotechnology-incubation-centre\/team\/","title":{"rendered":"Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"inner-area\">\n<div class=\"table-responsive\">\n     Incubator Team&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<table width=\"100%\" class=\"table table-hover table-striped table-bordered table-theme table-grid-view\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th> Name of Person&nbsp;<\/th>\n<th> Affilation<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td > Dr. Ravi Kant<\/td>\n<td > Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology Himachal Pradesh University<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td >Dr Neelam Kaushik<\/td>\n<td > Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology Himachal Pradesh University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td > Dr. Bharti<\/td>\n<td >Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology Himachal Pradesh University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td >Dr. Vinod Negi <\/td>\n<td > Associate Professor, Himachal Pradesh University Business School<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td > Dr. Ashok Kumar Bansal<\/td>\n<td > Assistant Professor, Department of Business Adminstration, ICDEOL, Himachal Pradesh University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p>    Screening Committee for CM Startup Committee<br \/>\n    &nbsp; <\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" class=\"table table-hover table-striped table-bordered table-theme table-grid-view\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th> Chairperson<\/th>\n<th>\n<ul>\n<li> Hon\u2019ble Vice Chancellor, HP University&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td> Representative of Director Industries, HP<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li> GM DIC Shimla<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td > Representative of Industry\/ Industry Association (4)<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li> Dr. Rajesh Kumar, GM Global TATA Beverages Paonta Sahib HP<\/li>\n<li> Mr. Jyoti&nbsp; Saroop, GM-The Unati Co-Operative Society Ltd. Talwara, Punjab<\/li>\n<li> Mr. Amit Kumar Jain, CEO BijSon Innovation Pvt. Ltd. Jaipur Rajashan<\/li>\n<li> Mr Anubhav Mittal, CEO, IBanss Pvt Ltd<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td > Representative of the Financial Institutions (3)<\/td>\n<td >\n<ul>\n<li> Sh. Rajesh Sharma, Controller Personal Account State Govt. of HP<\/li>\n<li> Finance Officer HPU Shimla<\/li>\n<li> Sh. Jitender Thakur, Dy. Controller, (F&amp;A), HPU<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td> Representative from Academic Community of Host Institution (6)<\/td>\n<td >\n<ul>\n<li> Prof S.S Narta, Department of Commerce, HPU<\/li>\n<li> Prof.&nbsp; Nainjeet Singh Negi, Department of Physics, HPU<\/li>\n<li> Dr. Vinod Negi, Associate Professor, Department of MBA, HPUBS<\/li>\n<li> Dr. Ashok Bansal, Assistant Professor, ICDEOL, HPU<\/li>\n<li> Dr. Manish Kumar, Assistant Professor UIT, HPU, Shimla<\/li>\n<li> Dr. Pradeep Kumar, Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Science, HPU, Shimla<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td > R&amp;D Experts (6)<br \/>\n            &nbsp; <\/td>\n<td >\n<ul>\n<li> Dr. Rakesh Kumar Jain, Technical Expert UNIDO, New Delhi<\/li>\n<li> Prof. Nivedita Sharma, Head Microbiology, Dr. YSPUHF Nauni, Solan HP<\/li>\n<li> Prof. Arvind Kumar Bhatt, Retd. Professor, Dept of Biotechnology, HPU, Shimla<\/li>\n<li> Dr. Sanjay Singh, Asst. Director, Eurofins Genomics India Pvt. Ltd. Bangalore<\/li>\n<li> Dr. Mahesh Gupta, Sr. Scientist Metahelix Life Science Ltd., Bangalore<\/li>\n<li> Dr. Nitin Endley, Head EMD, CPPRI Saharanpur UP<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td > Office Members (4)<\/td>\n<td >\n<ul>\n<li> Dr. Ravi Kant, Nodal Officer BIC-HPU<\/li>\n<li> Dr. Neelam Kaushik, Co-coordinator BIC-HPU<\/li>\n<li> Dr. Bharti, Co-coordinator BIC-HPU<\/li>\n<li> Mr. Deepak Sakhuja, Manager ABIC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>    ISMC Team<br \/>\n    &nbsp; <\/p>\n<div>\n<table width=\"100%\" class=\"table table-hover table-striped table-bordered table-theme table-grid-view\">\n<thead>\n<tr >\n<th> Name of Person<\/th>\n<th> Role in ISMC<\/th>\n<th>Current Organization<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr >\n<td> Prof. Arvind Kumar Bhatt<\/td>\n<td> Nominee of Incubator (Chairman)<\/td>\n<td> President ABIC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr >\n<td> Mrs. Deepika Rana<\/td>\n<td> Representative from State Government\u2019s Startup Nodal Team<\/td>\n<td> Joint Director Deptt. of Industries Govt. of HP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td> Mr. Mahavir Pratap Sharma<\/td>\n<td> Representative of a Venture Capital Fund or Angel Network<\/td>\n<td> TiE Angels<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sanjay Dhaunta<\/td>\n<td>Angel Investor<\/td>\n<td>Private Angel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr >\n<td> Mr. Siddhartha Chaudhary<\/td>\n<td> Domain Expert from Industry<\/td>\n<td> Managing Director, Socio Biotech, NOIDA, UP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr >\n<td> Mr. Amit Kumar Jain<\/td>\n<td> Domain expert from Industry<\/td>\n<td> CEO BijSon Innovation Pvt. Ltd. Jaipur Rajashan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr >\n<td> Prof. Nivedita Sharma<\/td>\n<td> Domain expert from academia<\/td>\n<td> Head Department of Basic Sciences\/ Microbiology Dr. YS Parmar University (UHF), Nauni &#8211; Solan HP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr >\n<td> Dr. Neelam Kaushik<\/td>\n<td> Domain expert from academia<\/td>\n<td> Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr >\n<td> Dr. Bharti<\/td>\n<td> Domain expert from academia<\/td>\n<td> Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr >\n<td> Mr Anubhav Mittal<\/td>\n<td> Successful Entrepreneur<\/td>\n<td> CEO IBanss Pvt Ltd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr >\n<td> Mr Kanav Vadiya<br \/>\n              &nbsp; <\/td>\n<td>Successful Entrepreneur<\/td>\n<td> Founder, Himalayan Gatherers LLP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr >\n<td> Dr Ravi Kant<\/td>\n<td> Other Relevant Stakeholder<\/td>\n<td> Nodal Officer BIC-HPU, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, India<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr >\n<td> Dr. Ashok Bansal<\/td>\n<td> Other Relevant Stakeholder<\/td>\n<td> Assistant Professor, Department of Business Adminstration, ICDEOL, Himachal Pradesh University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr >\n<td> Dr. Vinod Negi<\/td>\n<td> Other Relevant Stakeholder<\/td>\n<td> Associate Professor, Himachal Pradesh University Business School<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p>    &nbsp;\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Incubator Team&nbsp; 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