Dr. Renu Agrawal is the Ex. Chief Scientist at CSIR-CFTRI, Mysuru, India and Rural Program Coordinator at CFTRI. She has over 20 patents, 67+ publications in International and National Journals. She has presented more than 160 papers in various national and international conferences and delivered more than 900 talks. Guided students for M.Sc, M. phil and PhD in Biotechnology and Microbiology. Represented India as a team leader for the Asia meet at Indonesia, Bali nominated by DST, GOI. She had her PhD from University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. Her specialization are in microbiology. She has been awarded Karamveer Chakra by REX-UN, Best Woman Scientist NABS, Woman Achiever from International Guild of Woman Achievers, Reflections Excellence Award from All India Association of Rotary Inner Wheel, Kissan Ratna Puraskar from JCI International, Abdul Kalam Lifetime Achievement Award, Nari Shakti Award from Random Kindness and the Ministry of women and Child development and Bharat Shiksha Gaurav Puraskar to name a few. She has also written the nutritional policy for the Government of Karnataka on Food and Nutrition.