Dr. Shakti Mehrotra is a consulting scientist at Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Engineering and Technology, Dr. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow, India. She received her Ph.D. from Lucknow University, India. Further, she pursued Post-Doc from Institute of Engineering and Technology, Lucknow (DBT-PDF) and CSIR-CIMAP (DST Young Scientist). With specialization in various aspects of biotechnology, she has acquired training and experience to carry out research in the diverse field of Plant Biotechnology. She has published many articles in journals/books of national and international repute and worked as Principal Investigator for major projects sanctioned by Department of Science and Technology (DST) and Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India.