Dr. Anju Rani is currently working as Assistant Professor in Department of Botany under Keral Verma Faculty of Science, Swami Vivekanand Subharti University (NAAC ‘A’ Accredited), which is situated in the city Meerut of state Uttar Pradesh. She has achieved her Doctorate degree in ‘Plant Pathology’ and has more than 10 years research and academic experiences. She has published number of research and review papers in national and international publications. Her active areas of research are microbiology, mycology and plant pathology, plant biotechnology etc. She recently received ‘Young Women Scientist’ award for her contributions to these research fields.

Ms. Gyanika Shukla is currently working as Assistant Professor in Department of Biotechnology under Keral Verma Faculty of Science, Swami Vivekanand Subharti University (NAAC ‘A’ Accredited), which is situated in the city Meerut of state Uttar Pradesh. She has done masters in biotechnology and pursuing Doctorate degree in the same field. She has more than 5 years experience in research and academics. She has contributed various research and review articles in national and international journals. Her active areas of research and study are biotechnology, microbiology, nanotechnology, genetics, plant breeding etc. She has received ‘Young Achiever’ award for her contribution in academics and research.