Dr. Vartika Jain Ph.D., FES, FAPT, FSMRIM, is Lecturer in Department of Botany, Govt. Meera Girls' College, Udaipur, Rajasthan working on various dimensions of Ethnobiology, Ethno-pharmacology, Phytochemistry and Plant taxonomy for last 12 years. She is a Gold Medalist in M.Sc. Botany, qualified CSIR-NET (JRF) and published about 50 research and review articles in National and International Journals, chapters in books and written several popular articles in magazines. She has authored three reference books and received various Awards such as Maharana Fateh Singh Award (1997 & 1999), Young Scientist Award (2010), Platinum Shakti Award (2015), Prof. P. Sensarma Medal (2016) and Young Achiever Award in Ethnobiology (2017). She has participated and presented research papers in 28 National and International Conferences and is member of many Academic Societies including International Society of Ethnobiology, USA.