Background:

Dr. Aditi Chauhan is currently serving as a DST-STI Fellow affiliated with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. She is based at the DST Center for Policy Research (CPR), Panjab University, Chandigarh. Prior to this role, she served as a Research Officer at the DPIIT-IPR Chair, PU Chandigarh, for over three years. Dr. Chauhan completed her B.Sc. in Science and M.Sc. in Microbiology at CSK Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Palampur, where she excelled as the university topper in both programs. Recognizing her exceptional academic achievements, she was awarded a Gold Medal and the prestigious DST-INSPIRE Fellowship by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. In 2016, she was honoured with the Academic Excellence Award by Kaptan Singh Solanki, then Governor of Punjab and Haryana. Dr. Chauhan earned her Ph.D. in Microbiology from Panjab University, Chandigarh. Her doctoral research received international acclaim, being ranked among the top 100 works at the 18th World Congress on Gynaecological Endocrinology in Florence, Italy, in 2018. She also secured the 2nd Best Poster Award at the 35th Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Biomedical Scientists. To date, she has authored more than 30 research publications in national and international journals. Her primary research interests lie in Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy; Intellectual Property Rights; and Technology Transfer and Commercialization.