Manjita Srivastava obtained her BE from University of Roorkee (now IIT Roorkee) and M Tech from IIT Delhi. She was on the faculty of various reputed institutes of India and had a vast teaching experience of more than three decades. Her last assignment has been as the Professor and Head at MGM College of Engineering and Technology, NOIDA, up to June 2006. She was a versatile academician who had taught a wide spectrum of courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, such as Electronic Devices and Circuits, Digital Electronics, Networks and Systems, Advanced Instrumentation Techniques, Linear and Non-Linear Dynamical Systems, Signal Processing and Communication Systems.