Dr. Mahalik is an Associate Professor at the Department of Botany, SoAS, Centurion University. He was awarded UGC-JRF & SRF and completed his M.Phil and Ph.D. at Utkal University, Bhubaneswar. Dr. Mahalik has published 3 books, 14 book chapters, 15 conference proceedings, 5 patents, and more than 91 numbers of research papers in peer-reviewed journals of national and international repute. He gained more than 7 years of research experience. He is currently supervising 6 Ph.D. Scholars, 8 M.Phil. Scholars were awarded, and more than 50 M.Sc. students completed dissertations under his guidance. He also achieved four awards: the Global Teaching Excellence Award 2020 in the field of contribution to the Education community, Organized by Kites Kraft Production; Research Wizard Award 2022, Organized by Agri-Vision 2022, hosted by Ravenshaw University; Good Performer Award 2022 (Contribution to University) and Provost Research Award 2023 (Distinguished Achiever Award) given by Centurion University. He organized 3 National and 2 International conferences. He works on different aspects of plant taxonomy, ethnobotany, microbiology, antimicrobial analysis, environmental science, ecology, and plant sciences. He is an active Life Member of the Orissa Botanical Society (OBS), Scholars Academic and Scientific Society (SAS), and Society for Agricultural Research and Management (SARM).