Jamnadass Ramni

Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Kenyatta University, 89, Magwagwa, Nairobi, Kenya 40508

Biography

She is affiliated to Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Kenyatta University, Magwagwa, Nairobi, Kenya. She has great passion in building capacities of national institutes with a special focus on empowering women. Her leadership and commitment to advanced use of genetic resources beyond conservation has led to successful public-private partnerships for both upstream research and downstream applications related to agrifoods. She also led a 10-year program in collaboration with Unilever to domesticate and develop a new tree crop Allanblackia spp for Africa, which has made it to European markets.