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Introduction – Italic textBindu Dhasmana, President & CEO of B&B Biochem Energy Inc. is a well known scientist in the field of Pulp and Paper science/engineering. After getting her doctorate in paper chemistry from Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, India she came to USA as a visiting Scientist to join North Carolina State University. Since then she has published several research papers and has worked in various prestigious universities and colleges of USA. She is the first Indian female to become the Dept. Head of Pulp and Paper Tech. and first Indian female to become the President of NC Rotary International Club. She is very active in her community and has been the president and vice president of various clubs.

Early LifeItalic text – She was born in 1961 in Dehradun, India and is the third child of Mr. R.P. Dhasmana and Anandi Dhasmana. Her father was a well renowned  person of the town and  was the president of S.D. College, Dehradun, India. Her mother was a homemaker and was always very busy with her six kids. Bindu came from the family of an educators, her grandfather was a English and Urdu  professor in British India. Her eldest brother Bharat Dhasmana is a president of St. Ann merry School and her eldest sister Dr. Indu Dhyani is a professor of Math. Her three sisters in law are also in teaching profession. Her younger brothers are in medical and automobile field. Dhasmana was a high school graduate of M.K.P school and a graduate/post graduate of D.A.V. college, Dehradun, India. In her early age her father wanted her to become a medical doctor but Bindu was very uncomfortable with this field, instead she finished her Ph.D. in paper chemistry and made her dad very proud. Her mother was always supportive of higher education and was very proud of her when she came to know about her going to USA. She used to tell I am very proud of Bindu because there are many boys who continue their research in abroad but I am very lucky because my daughter is going to USA to continue her research work. Bindu lost her mom in June 1991 because of Tetanus and lost her dad in Sept. 2008. She described her pain of losing both the parents as “Truth of life which is beyond our control” Though Bindu is a scientist she is also a very spiritual person and have changed several lives for good. At very young age, Bindu was very sure about her goals, as planned, she got her Ph.D. in very young age and got married in 1989 to her dream man, an Army Officer. She has one daughter who is in University and studying pre med.

Accomplishments –Italic text

Dr. Bindu Dhasmana has published several Research Papers nationally and internationally. She was awarded best teacher of the college and semifinalist best teacher of the North Carolina CC System. She served as ambassador of chamber of commerce, RR, North Carolina and Chair of her faculty. She is also the chairwoman of VA-CA Technical Association of Pulp and Paper Industry. Several articles are published briefing her leadership role and public services.

Article published in RR Daily Herald 2001 -

Dr. Bindu Dhasmana, a professor and Dept. Head at Halifax Community College, was a finalist in competition for the North Carolina Community College System Excellence in Teaching Award 2001. According to the letter of notification, sent from NCCCS president, Martin Lancaster, Dr. Dhasmana was invited to participate on September 12 in interviews at Raleigh for the top teacher spot, along with 12 other state finalists in competition from all 58 community colleges across the state. The winner of the prestigious award will be announced at the annual Excellence Awards luncheon celebration, in Raleigh later this fall. Dr. Dhasmana is beginning her third year at Halifax Community College as department head and lead instructor of the Pulp & Paper Technology curriculum. She was hired to administer the North Carolina Community College System's first and only pulp and paper curriculum program. She is also an active member of the Halifax Community College Leadership Development Team. Dr. Dhasmana has a Ph.D. in Pulp and Paper Chemistry. She also has a B.S. degree in chemistry, botany, and zoology and a M.S. degree in chemistry. She was employed as a research assistant professor at Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University, and also worked as an assistant scientist with the Chemical and Biological Science Division of the Institute of Paper Science and Technology in Atlanta. She was a post-doctoral fellow at the School of Chemical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She is currently a member of the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI) whose mission is to advance technology and professional achievement in the paper and related industries. Dr. Dhasmana also belongs to the local Rotary Club and is in charge of coordinating (with the local fire department) the Rotary-sponsored fire safety demonstrations in all Roanoke Rapids Schools. The distinctive honor for Dr. Dhasmana came after information was submitted on her behalf by the Professional Advisory Committee at Halifax Community College. Dhasmana was voted "HCC Teacher of the Year - 2001" in secret balloting earlier this year by her peers, and she subsequently was the college's nominee for the annual state competition in Raleigh. A letter of nomination was submitted on her behalf to the North Carolina Community College System office in the statewide competition for the NCCCS Excellence in Teaching Award. The top finalists were invited to Raleigh for interviews at the request of the selection panel. Fran Gibbs, HCC division chair, College Transfer/General & Developmental Education, compiled and authored the successful nomination application on Dr. Dhasmana's behalf: "In 1998, a dynamo named Bindu Dhasmana came to the Roanoke Valley to head up Halifax Community College's Pulp and Paper Technology program. Dr. Dhasmana has approached the job of teaching the college's pulp and paper students with an almost evangelical fervor. She is a woman with a mission: to help her students achieve. No student is unimportant to her, no student's goals are unworthy of her best efforts, and every student is encouraged to go beyond today's race, to make learning and achievement truly lifelong pursuits. "Bindu defies the stereotype of the aloof, detached scientist, only concerned with research and the latest data; she is a vibrant, enthusiastic, people-oriented woman, who can't resist a challenge. "When she was hired, the pulp and paper technology department consisted of an empty room. With equipment and supplies donated by her contacts in the paper industry, plus her outstanding teaching abilities, she turned that room into a learning center which trains people for jobs and changes their lives for the better." —Fran Gibbs, excerpts from the letter of nomination, submitted to NCCCS.