Viswanathan Chinnusamy received a B.Sc. degree from Agricultural College and Research Institute, TNAU, Killikulam, in 1990, and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, in 1993 and 1996, respectively. He was a senior scientist from 1996 to 2010 and a BOYSCAST fellow from 2001 to 2002. From 2008 to 2010, he was a visiting researcher atthe Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California. In 2009, he was a visiting scholar at the Department of Molecular Biology, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston. He was a principal scientist from 2010 to 2022 and Head of the Division of Plant Physiology from July 2013 to Nov 2022; he has been Joint Director (Research) at ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, since 2013. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural Science, India, and Indian Society for Plant Physiology. His awards/honors include the ICAR Jawaharlal Nehru Award, in 2001; the DST BOYSCAST Fellowship Award, in 2001; and the ISPP J.J. Chinoy Gold Medal.