Dr. Rumesh Ranjan, Maize Breeder at Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India. His area of interest is to explore the root traits of different crops. He completed his Ph.D. in Genetics and Plant Breeding at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, India. Currently, his research is on, breeding maize for high yield and stress tolerance for early and medium maturity of Kharif and spring maize, CMS baby corn, and Pre breeding for yield enhancement. Apart from research, he also assigns to teach three UG courses and two PG courses. He has received a number of international awards: IPNI Scholar award-2016, USA; ICAR- International fellow award-2015, India and Tour grant for 15 days of training on genomics and phenomics for NUE traits at Rothamsted Research, the UK, sponsored by the UK Government during his Ph.D. While looking at his academic achievements, he was honored with the Silver Jubilee Scholarship Award, Kathmandu, Nepal for his Ph.D. and the Nepal Aid Fund Scholarship, DARE, India for his Master's degree. He has more than 30 publications to date in national and international reputed journals. He served BISA-CIMMYT and Monsanto India limited for the duration of three years.