SEEMI FARHAT BASIR, Ph.D., is Professor, Department of Biosciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. Also, she has been Head of the Department at the same institution. A member of Indian Society of Life Sciences, Indian Science Congress, Society of Biological Chemists, and Association of Physiologists and Pharmacologists of India, Dr. Basir has more than two decades of teaching experience. She has published a number of research articles in refereed national and international journals.