Prof. Medha S Rajadhyaksha, M.Sc., Ph.D., worked at Sophia College, Mumbai, where she has served as senior faculty, Vice-Principal (Science) and Head of the Department of Life Sciences. She holds a keen interest in popularising science. She has written articles in newspapers, magazines and authored/co-authored books published by National Book Trust, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Oxford University Press. She loves to write simple rhymes for children and has co-authored two books of poems with children’s writer Katie Bagli