Dr Jyotika Rajawat is an Assistant Professor at Institute of Advanced Molecular Genetics & Infectious Diseases (IAMGID), ONGC-CAS, University of Lucknow. She has an outstanding academic background and a rich experience of 10 years in cancer research and teaching. Her research focuses on drug discovery and development. She is working on Cancer biology to identify the mechanism of PARP and PARP inhibitors in therapeutics. Dr Rajawat has expertise in molecular biology, proteomics and transcriptomics. Her postdoctoral research at CHUQ Research Centre, Canada, followed by research projects at National Centre for Cell Science (Pune), CSIR- Central Drug Research Institute (Lucknow) and MHG Lab, University of Lucknow, India has established a novel role of PARP1 protein in cancer progression. Dr Rajawat has several research publications and book chapters to her credentials in various peer reviewed international and national journals. She has also written newspaper articles for raising awareness among society for communicable and non-communicable diseases. She is a member of the Editorial Board, IJBST journal and a reviewer for various international publishers. She is the recipient of several awards including DBT Bio-CARe and DST Women Scientist Award (awarded by the Govt. of India).