Dr Rafia Bashir is working as a Faculty in the Department of Chemistry at the National Institute of Technology, Srinagar since 2011. She received her graduate degree from the University of Kashmir and her masters and PhD degrees in chemistry from Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi. Her research activities have been in organic, organic synthesis, natural products, polymer, and environmental chemistry. Dr. Rafia has published various research papers in international reputed journal (cited in Scopus and Elsevier) and has attended many national as well as international conferences and workshops. Dr. Rafia is a member of many science academies and reviewer of many reputed journals.