Kedar N. Adhikari began his career in plant breeding as an assistant wheat breeder in Nepal after completing a Bachelor’s degree with Honours from the Haryana Agricultural University, India. He obtained his Master's from the University of Manitoba, Canada in Plant Breeding and a Ph.D. from the University of Sydney in Genetics of Cereal Rust. After his Ph.D., he has been committed to grain legume (lupins, field peas, and fava bean) research as a breeder. He worked as a plant breeder for more than 14 years in Western Australia, firstly at the University of Western Australia and later at the State Department of Agriculture and Food. He has released three varieties of lupins and the same number of varieties of fava beans in Australia. His varieties are well-received by farmers, and almost all areas of faba bean in northern NSW and southern Queensland are under his varieties. Along with the increased grain yield and quality, breeding for resistance to diseases, such as rust and bean leaf roll virus, and abiotic stresses such as frost, drought, and heat tolerance, have been his main focus. He joined the University of Sydney in 2010 as a grain legume breeder.