Dr. Geetanjali Manchanda is working as Head of the Department of Botany and Environment Studies in DAV University, Jalandhar, India. She received MSc degree from Delhi University and PhD from Panjab University, Chandigarh. She has extensively worked on plant microbe interactions in stressed and contaminated environments with special focus on mycorrhizae for the fortification of various crops. She has received the prestigious research grants from DST, India, and IFS Sweden. She has contributed immensely to the scientific community by publishing research papers and book chapters. She had recently authored three books in which one book is on the use of omics technology for microbiology that has been published by ICAR, New Delhi, India.