Padmaja Mohanty has a Masters in Botany from Ravenshaw University, India and a PhD from Gujarat University. She has more than ten tears of research experiences in various leading organizations like North-Eastern Hill University, ICAR-National Orchid research center, DBT-IBSD and Gujarat University, India in the areas of Molecular Diagnosis, Therapeutics, genomics, conservation and sustainable development. She was trained in clinical research and CDM and served in Reliance Life sciences. She was also a cofounder of initiatives viz. "Valnizen" and "Beryycure?. She is a reviewer and editor in many peer reviewed journals.