Dr. Charu Gupta (Gold Medal; ICAR-NET, GATE qualified), Assistant Professor, Amity Institute of Herbal Research & Studies, Amity University Uttar Pradesh carries with over 9 years of experience in teaching and research at University level. She has published around 40 research and review papers in SCI journals, authored 5 books, 18 chapters in books, around 12 most popular articles in both English & Hindi languages and 84 abstracts in both national and international conferences. During her tenure at Amity, she has filed several patents and related to the medicinal plants and microbiology. Her research interests are in probiotics & utilization of agro-industrial wastes for production of value added products.