Dr. Gyanranjan Mahalik is working as an Associate Professor at Department of Botany, School of Applied Sciences, Centurion University of Technology and Management. He was awarded with UGC- JRF for carrying out his M. Phil Research work and RGNF-SRF Fellowship in Science by Union Grants Commission (UGC) in 2014, to undertake the Ph.D Programme at Utkal University, Bhubaneswar. Dr. Mahalik has published 2 books, 18 book chapters and more than 60 number of research papers in peer reviewed journals of national and international repute. He is currently working on different aspects of Plant taxonomy, Ethnobotany, Microbiology, Antimicrobial activity, Plant stress biology, Environmental science, Ecology and Biological sciences.