Dr. Niki Nautiyal, (M.Sc., Ph.D, NET Qualified). Currently working as Assistant Professor in department of Biochemistry & Biotechnology at Sardar Bhagwan Singh University, Dehradun (Uttarakhand). She has done her M.Sc. in Biotechnology and Ph.D in Genetics & Plant Breeding from G.B Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar. She has more then 8 years of teaching and research experience. She has supervised 17 Post-graduate thesis and 1 student is working under her supervision for Ph.D. Her publications include more than 20 publications in National and International Journals of repute and book chapters in Springer, Nature. She has been awarded "Shikshak Shiromani Award " and also "Young Women Scientist Achievement Award" by Uttarakhand Science Education and Research Centre (USERC) in the year 2023. Her area of expertise is related to Genetics, Plant Breeding and Plant biotechnology.