Birth & Educations: Born on 31st October 1976 at Gorakhpur. Completed M.Sc in Biochemistry in Jan 2000 from G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar. Ph.D from Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur (worked at Sugarcane Research Centre, Kunraghat, Gorakhpur) in 2005; Worked at The Volcani Centre, Israel on plan virus from 2004-2006.

Positions hold: Presently working as Professor & Head at Department of Biotechnology, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur (UP). Have teaching and research experience of 19 years.

Fellows: Fellow of Indian Virological Society (FIVS, 2021), Fellow of Society of Plant Research (FSPR, 2016), Fellow of Royal Society of Biology (FRSB, 2015), London, UK, Fellow of Linnean Society (UK) (FLS, 2014).

Awards: Member of ICTV Spinareovirdae Study Group, Member of National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI), Prof. B.M. Johri memorial Award, Society of Plant Research (SPR), INSA Summer Research Fellowship 2015, UGC-Research Teacher Award (2014-16), INSA International Bilateral Exchange programme for the year 2014 to visit Israel, DBT-Rapid Grant for Young Investigator Award (2009), SERC-DST-Fast Track Young Scientist(2009), Post Doc. Fellowship-2008 from International Centre for Genetic Engg. & Biotechnology (ICGEB), Italy (Feb 2008-August 2008), Swedish Institute (SI) Advanced research Fellowship, Sweden, 2007-2008 (August 2007-Jan. 2008), Best paper in M.J. Narasimhan Award Contest-2006 (IPS M. E. Zone) organized by Indian Phytopathological Society, New Delhi, six months MASHAV Fellowship-2004 from Ministry of Agriculture & Foreign Affairs, Israel., British Society of Plant Pathology (BSPP) Travel award for attending the BSPP Presidential Meeting 2003 at Nottingham, UK, Bursary assistantship for attending the International Congress of Plant Pathology (ICPP-2003), Christchurch, New Zealand.

Research Areas: Plant Molecular Biology and Plant Virology.

Significant scientific contributions to Plant Pathology: Our group reported nearly 30 plant viruses first time in India, published over 130 Research Papers and review articles on different aspects of plant pathology in various journal national and international repute, 30 edited books published by springer, Elsevier, nova etc. Handled seven projects worth Rs 1.23 crore funded by SERB, DBT and UGC, developed RNAi technology against betasatellite associated with Croton yellow vein mosaic begomovirus, CRISPR/Cas9 against Chili leaf curl virus, Editors (Plant Virology), Indian Phytopathology, Associate Editors of Frontiers in microbiology, Editorial Board member of Scientific reports (Nature). member, project reviewing committee, the United States - Israel Bi-national Agricultural Research and Development Fund (BARD), Guided 12 PhD students (worked in various aspects of plant pathology exclusively in plant virus).