Deepika Sood is the Business Development Manager (Wiley Researcher Academy APAC) at Wiley Asia-Pacific Pte Ltd.Prior to joining Wiley, Deepika was Business Development Manager with the University of Glasgow, Singapore (UGS) where she was responsible for identifying and developing new opportunities with industry, for seeking collaborative projects as well as funded PhD opportunities. She synergistically grew industrial funded research activities to support the development of the implementation of the University’s Knowledge Exchange activities. Her role also extended to Scottish Development International (SDI) to help grow trade and investment links between Singapore and organizations in Scotland.Deepika has more than 15 years of experience working with multinational corporations in USA, Europe and Singapore, and with organizations such as Timken, Kerneos, and NatSteel in the areas of Sales, Business Development, Key Account Management, Technology Development, Quality Control and R&D.Deepika has demonstrated ability to market, develop and optimize technical products for a global client base in B2B selling. She has traveled extensively for business development and has been instrumental in opening new markets and bringing to fruition multi-million deals contributing to additional revenue. She started her career with Thapar Corporate R & D in India.A post-graduate in Materials Science and Engineering from the National University of Singapore, she has published 10 Technical Papers and also holds a Singapore Patent.