Anil K. Agarwal

Mr. Agarwal heads the Cosmos Group, which has business interests in fields such as - Engineering & Electricals, Food & Agro Technologies, Biotechnology, Power distribution equipments etc. Cosmos has a network of offices in India with many overseas offices and associates in U.S.A., U.A.E., Russia, China, Jordan, Ethiopia, Sudan, Mozambique and Senegal.

Mr. Agarwal was the President of ASSOCHAM (October 2005 - January 2007) - the oldest Apex Chamber of Commerce and Industry in India. ASSOCHAM has 50 Expert Committees on different subjects and addresses itself to over 200,000 members from all sectors of economy.

Mr. Agarwal is a Council member of Indian Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He is also a Director on the Board of Power Grid Corporation of India Limited.

He has been a member of many Committees of the Govt. of India, such as - Board of Trade, National Manufacturing Competitive Council, National Disaster Management Authority, Prime Ministers Council of Trade & Industry, SEBI Committee on Disclosures, Employers Federation of India, Scientific Advisory Committee of Cabinet, Agriculture Knowledge Initiative etc.

Ms. Ashima Agarwal

Ms. Ashima Agarwal has an Executive MBA from Instituto De Empressa, IE University, Madrid, Spain and a Bachelors of Science in Marketing and International Business from Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY. Ms. Agarwal has also worked in USA with PICS TELECOM Corporation handling marketing of telecom products to national and international buyers. She has experience of handling international clients and account maintenance.

She has been actively working with Cosmos International Ltd as Director of International Marketing and Health Care since 2004.

Since 2009, she has been deeply involved in manufacturing, technology transfer and marketing of Rapid Diagnostic test kits in India and Africa under Cosmos Advanced Diagnostics LLP. She currently is on the governing council of Foundation of Innovation and Technology at IIT, Delhi. (2014-2015) as the youngest women entrepreneur member on board.

Dr. Pradeep Seth ( Mentor and Guide )

Dr. Pradeep Seth, has been the former Professor and Head, Department of Microbiology, and Officer-in-Charge, National HIV/AIDS Reference Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. Superannuated on April 30, 2005.

His post doctoral experience has been done in India at AIIMS (All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences) and also in Houston Texas, USA as a Research Associate and a Post Doctoral Fellow.

He has worked ardently with AIIMS for a period of more than 30 years in various different departments including Microbiology and Virology.

Dr. Seth has received many awards from various professional and medical bodies over the past few years. He is currently the member of American Society for Microbiology, USA, Indian Association of Microbiologists and Indian Society of Virology.

He has received fellowships from many learned professional bodies including National Academy of Medical Sciences, India and many fellowships from International associations as well. He has authored many publications and has given his valuable input in my articles in various medical journals and magazines.

Dr. Seth is an assiduous scientist who has dedicated many years in the field of Microbiology developing technologies, which would help future generations, live a healthier life.