Dr Manjeet Kaur Sangha obtained her Ph.D. from Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh. She joined Department of Biochemistry, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, Punjab, in 1998 as Assistant Biochemist and now working there as Senior Biochemist. She has been engaged in teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate courses. She has guided seven M.Sc. students and one Ph.D. student. She is working on biotic and abiotic stresses in crop plants and associated with projects funded by IFPRI, Harvest Plus, Canada, ICAR and DBT, New Delhi. She has published two book chapters, two review articles and about 25 research papers in various national and international journals.