I have more than 10 years of research experience in the area of plant biotechnology, molecular biology, and plant breeding. I am leading a pulse biotechnology research program at International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), India. My research is focused on improving groundnut, chickpea, pigeonpea, wheat, barley, tomato and potato plants for higher yield, nutritional enhancement, protein quality, and disease resistance. I use cutting-edge molecular biology and genome-editing technologies to improve their biotic stress resistance and development. We are using a system biology approach, including metabolomics, proteomics, and transcriptomics, to identify the hierarchy of genes, starting with the receptors of downstream resistance genes and use them as a target for new biotechnological tools. I use gene editing (CRISPR-Cas9) to develop resistant genotypes. I have authored 29 peer-reviewed publications in prestigious journals such as, Plant Cell and environment, Scientific reports, the Journal of Experimental botany, Frontiers in Plant Science, Plant science, and Plant Molecular Biology. My work has been cited 879 times, with an h-index of 15 (Google Scholar).