Dr Alok Ranjan Sahu serves as an Assistant Professor in Botany at Vikash Degree College, Bargarh, Odisha. He received M.Sc., M.Phil. (Life Science) and Ph.D. in Biotechnology from the School of Life Sciences, Sambalpur University, Odisha, India. He has published more than 50 research papers in National and International Journals and Books. He also has obtained five National Patents to his credit. He is the sole author of two books and co-author of five books. He is a Fellow and Life member of Six reputed International and National Academic Societies. He is a Reviewer and Editorial Board Member of more than 32 numbers of National and International Journals, including Biology, Genes, Biomolecules, Sustainability, BABT, JAPS, JABB, etc. For his outstanding research contribution, he was awarded Research Excellence Award-2023, Academic Excellence Award (Botany/ Plant Biotechnology)-2022, Young Achiever Award-2022, Outstanding Scientist Award-2022, Best Faculty Award-2021, Young Plant Breeder Award-2021, Best Researcher Award-2020, Young Scientist Award-2014, Best Poster Presentation Award-2013. His current areas of research interest are Plant Molecular Biology & Genome mapping, Medicinal Plant Conservation, Natural products & therapeutics.