Mukesh Kumar completed his M.Sc. Agriculture. and Ph.D. in Agronomy at Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar. He started his career in 2001 as a lecturer in the Department of Agronomy at Amar Singh. (PG) College Lakhaoti, Bulandshahar. Then, he joined Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture & Technology, Meerut as an Assistant Professor in 2005 and is presently working as a Professor of agronomy. He has excellent publications and teaching, research, and extension experience in the field of agronomy. He has also worked as a Principal Investigator and Co-Principal Investigator in many projects funded by ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute & Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY).