Dr Pallavi Kshetrapal is a molecular geneticist who obtained her PhD degree from Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad and completed her post-doctoral research training from Harvard Medical School Boston, USA. She recieved the prestigious Ramalingaswamy Re-entry Fellowship of the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) for the year 2012. She is an assitant Professor at the Translational Health Science and Technology Insituted, Faridabad. The focus of her lab is to study molecular pathways that are clinically relevant in adverse pregnancy. Using a range of different “omics’ approaches, the lab is focused towards identification of biomarkers from human circulating blood and from human placenta that can be utilised for development of translational modalities against adverse pregnancies.