About the Authors
K. D. Gilldid her postgraduate in Biochemistry from Punjab Agricultural Univer-
sity, Ludhiana, Punjab, India, in 1969. She completed her doctorate degree from the
same university in 1974 and then joined as lecturer in the Department of Chemistry,
Punjabi University, Patiala, in 1976. Then she joined as postdoctoral fellow, at
Physiological Chemistry Department, Faculty of Medicine, Gottingen,
W. Germany, in 1977. In 1981, she was appointed as lecturer in Biochemistry at
the Department of Biochemistry Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and
Research, Chandigarh, India, where she served in various capacities such as assistant
professor (1986–1987), associate professor (1987–1991), additional professor
(1991–2001), and professor (2001–2012). She became head of Biochemistry
Department in 2012 and retired in that capacity. She has 32 years of teaching
Biochemistry subject at postgraduate level. She has published more than
125 research papers in journals of international repute. She is fellow of the Society
of Applied Biotechnology and has served as editorial board member and associate
editor for many journals. She has four book chapters to her credit. She has
also supervised clinical Biochemistry labs.
Vijay Kumardid his postgraduate in biochemistry from Maharshi Dayanand Uni-
versity, Haryana, India, in 2002. He then joined the Department of Biochemistry at
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, to pursue his
PhD and obtained his PhD degree in 2009. After getting his degree, he served there
as demonstrator and worked in clinical biochemistry experimentation and also taught
biochemistry to MD students. In 2010, he joined as assistant professor at the
Department of Biochemistry, Maharshi Dayanand University, Haryana. He is
actively engaged in teaching Biochemistry to postgraduate and PhD students.
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