A Commonwealth Fellow with Masters in Science Communication from Imperial College, London, Prof. Afrina Rizvi has more than 29 years of teaching and research experience. She has completed two Projects sponsored by NCSTC (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India in Science and Technology Communication and is actively engaged in doing research on societal issues related to S&T. She has also completed a Course on Ethical Issues in International Health Research from Harvard School of Public Health, USA, and has served as an expert in many panels and committees on science communication and related areas.