Swati Pattnaik: An environmental and agricultural microbiologist, presently working as a project associate at Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT-ICAR). She completed her Ph.D. in environmental microbiology and crop production from Department of Microbiology, OUAT-ICAR, Bhubaneswar. Her field of expertise lies in the study of bioactive potential assessments of multi-metal resistant bacteria, plant-microbe interactions, bio-control of phyto-pathogens, biofertilizer technology. Her efforts also take on the production of polyhydroxyalkanoates and biofilm. Aside from being researcher, she is an educator, avid traveler and dilettante photographer. She believes education has a possible role in social, economical and cultural development of the society. So in upcoming days, she aims to ensure quality education for every child.