Dr. Manju Bala has done her doctorate from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana in 1998. She is working as a Senior Scientist (Plant Biochemistry) at Directorate of Rapeseed-Mustard Research (ICAR), Sewar, Bharatpur, Rajasthan. She also has experience of working as Assistant Professor and Vice-Principal at M.N. Institute of Applied Sciences, Bikaner, a college affiliated to MGS University, Bikaner. She has taught various courses on Biochemistry and Biotechnology at undergraduate and post-graduate levels. She has guided 20 M.Sc. students, one Ph.D. student and contributed 10 articles/bulletins, four book chapters and 25 research papers in various National and International Journals.