Dr. Roma Pandey | Traditional Medicine | Best Academic Researcher Award
Dr. Roma Pandey | Traditional Medicine |Assistant Professor at IILM University | India
Traditional Medicine Dr. Roma Pandey is a dynamic biotechnology research scholar and educator whose multidisciplinary contributions bridge Traditional Medicine, molecular biology, and computational bioscience, demonstrating excellence in both academic and industrial research environments. Traditional Medicine serves as a central focus of Dr. Roma Pandey’s scientific endeavors, particularly in the context of bioactive medicinal herbs from the northwestern Himalayas and their biosynthetic pathways, contributing to the modernization and evidence-based validation of traditional herbal formulations. Having earned her Ph.D. in Biotechnology from Bennett University, Greater Noida, with 73.15%/7.7 CGPA, Dr. Roma Pandey worked extensively on biosynthetic pathway elucidation, gene marker development, and molecular profiling of endangered medicinal herbs, an area that strongly intersects modern biotechnology with ancient plant-based traditional therapies. Her postgraduate credentials include M.Tech in Biotechnology with Honors from IILM (AKTU Lucknow) with 84.35%, M.Sc. in Biotechnology with Honors from Sharda University with 83.03%/8.74 CGPA, and a foundational B.Sc. degree from CCS University with 72.31%, preceded by strong academic results from CBSE at both the Intermediate and High School levels. Professionally, Dr. Roma Pandey is currently serving as Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at IILM University, where she teaches core biotechnology papers, guides student research, contributes to curriculum strengthening, and mentors young researchers. Her past research experience includes a prestigious tenure as Research Fellow at Bennett University under a major DBT-funded initiative, where she focused on biosynthesis of medicinally valuable iridoid glycosides in endangered Himalayan botanicals—establishing her role in molecular Traditional Medicine research. Prior to that, she worked as Assistant Professor at Mangalmay Institute. Her research interests include medicinal plant genomics, biosynthetic pathway studies, Traditional Medicine molecular validation, gene expression profiling, comparative transcriptomics, immunoinformatics, and computational epitope mapping. Skilled in molecular techniques, in-silico sequence modeling, genome-mining tools, biotechnology instrumentation, and bioinformatics software suites, Dr. Roma Pandey has acquired practical exposure through NICPR (ICMR) and TEVA-API, combining industry-level understanding with academic credibility. Awards and honors include FITM Doctoral Fellowship from Ministry of Ayush, Science Academies’ Summer Fellowship, UNESCO-PLOS Open Science Monitoring Initiative Membership, invited speaking engagements at Hunan University, China, panel membership at ICNPHH Aveiro University Portugal, and multiple research qualification recognitions including JGEEBILS (TIFR). She holds prominent memberships including the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society and advisory position in Curevent Cancer Foundation. Her scholarly work integrates the ethos of Traditional Medicine with genomics, positioning her as a significant contributor to India’s herbal knowledge system modernization. In summary, Dr. Roma Pandey embodies research depth, teaching excellence, and collaborative scientific leadership rooted in biotechnology and Traditional Medicine, contributing meaningfully to India’s future biomedical innovation landscape through experimental validation, molecular insight, and interdisciplinary scholarship.
Featured Publications
Pandey, R., Sharma, A., Sood, H., & Chauhan, R. S. (2023). ABC transporters mined through comparative transcriptomics associate with organ-specific accumulation of picrosides in a medicinal herb, Picrorhiza kurroa. (5 citations)
Pandey, R., Kharb, A., Sharma, A., Sood, H., & Chauhan, R. S. (2025). Pathway gene paralogues and transcription factors differentially associate with contents of picrosides in tissues and populations of a medicinal herb, Picrorhiza kurroa. (1 citation)
Kharb, A., Sharma, A., Sharma, A., Nirwal, N., Pandey, R., Bhattacharyya, D., … (2022). Capturing acyltransferase(s) transforming final step in the biosynthesis of a major iridoid glycoside, picroside-II, in a Himalayan medicinal herb, Picrorhiza kurroa. (6 citations)
Kumar, A., Pandey, R., Yadav, I. S., & Bharadwaj, M. (2018). Structural and epitope analysis (T- and B-cell epitopes) of hepatitis C virus glycoproteins: an in silico approach. (8 citations)