Shalini Gupta, M.Sc., Ph.D. from G.B. Pant Agriculture University Pantnagar is presently working as Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology & Genetic Engineering, College of Biotechnology, Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel University of Agriculture & Technology, Meerut. She has a Teaching & Research experience of nearly 8 years. She is a good researcher and published more than 75 scientific papers/articles and review papers in different national & international journals/seminars of repute. She was honoured with the Young Fellow Award by the Society of Recent Development in Agriculture. Her areas of interest are Genetics, Molecular Biology & Molecular Breeding.