Dipika Ashok Padole is Junior Research Assistant, Biotechnology Centre, Department of Agricultural Botany, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, India. She obtained her PhD from the Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, Maharashtra, India. She has a vast experience in the field of microbial study, insect molecular biotechnology, genetic transformation studies, and plant tissue culture. She has submitted Gene Bank accessions for Helicoverpa chitin synthase B gene at NCBI, USA. She has a vast experience in the Plant Tissue Culture and other biotechnological aspects. Dr. Dipika has published total 16 national and international publications with a wide range of topics from microbial, phytochemistry, entomological aspects to genetic transformation studies.