Dr. Namrata Rastogi completed Ph.D. in synthetic organic chemistry from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay in 2006. She worked as postdoctoral research associate at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA, during 2007 to 2009. She then served as senior research scientist in Jubilant Biosys Drug Discovery and Development, Bengaluru, Karnataka for 2 years before joining CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow in 2011, where she is currently at the position of Senior Principal Scientist.