Trainer's Profile

Song Shiwei

Dr Song Shiwei is an experienced educator with over a decade of expertise in tertiary education, specializing in pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical manufacturing, quality control and assurance, and biotechnology research and development. Before embarking on her educational career, Dr Song obtained her PhD in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from the National University of Singapore. She also brings a wealth of industry experience from her work in multinational corporations. She has held roles in research and development and technology transfer at Codexis Singapore, headquartered in California, USA, as well as positions in technology transfer and quality control at the UK pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline.

At Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP), Dr Song provides guidance to young students in the Diploma in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and to adult learners pursuing an Advanced Diploma in Medical & Pharmaceutical Technology and a Specialist Diploma in Analytical Science. She mentors and coaches them in their future career paths in the chemical and pharmaceutical sectors. She has a passion of talent development at NP as the lead coach for the WorldSkills Competition in Chemical Laboratory Technology. Dr Song has designed and developed pharmaceutical-related modules, including biopharmaceutical production, biopharmaceutical quality control, analytical chemistry, current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs), and Separation Technology, etc. to equip learners with the practical knowledge and skills needed in the industry. She also provides customized workplace training for local small and medium-sized enterprises, helping them enhance their skills and build workplace learning capabilities.

Dr Song is an ACLP (Advanced Certificate in Learning and Performance) certified Adult Educator (Singapore University of Social Sciences) and has received certifications including Learning Solution Design, Workplace Learning Delivery (Institute of Adult Learning), Human-Centered Design Practitioner (LUMA Institute), and Training Needs and Skills Gap Analysis (Ngee Ann Polytechnic).

Prity Mukherjee

Prity has a Meng (Research) Chemical and Environment Engineering from National University of Singapore, Singapore, an M. Tech in Environment Planning from Centre For Environment Planning & Technology, India and a Bachelor of Engineering, Environmental Engineering from Gujarat University, India.