Dr. Ranjana Hawaldar was born in Bhilai, a steel township of the state of Madhya Pradesh in India. After completing her schooling from Bhilai, she moved to Indore to pursue her graduation in Medicine from Mahatma Gandhi memorial medical College. She later completed her MD in Pathology from MGM medical college, Indore in 1994. She has twenty-two years of experience in the field of Pathology and is currently serving as Head of the department and Quality manager in Sampurna Sodani diagnostic clinic which has branches all over Madhya Pradesh. She is a certified adolescent health counsellor, certified yellow belt in lean Six sigma and trained internal auditor in ISO 15189: 2012. She is a reviewer and member of the editorial board in several scientific journals in the field of Pathology and Microbiology and has several publications in scientific journals to her credit. She has attended several workshops and national and international conferences.

Dr. Ranjana Hawaldar Research interest includes Cytopathology; Pathology; Microbiology; Hematology; Haematooncology.