Ph.D. (Crop Science : Plant Genetics and Breeding) University of Saskatchewan (1988), Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada M.Sc. (Crop Science : Plant Genetics and Breeding) University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (1984), Canada M.Sc. (Agriculture) (Plant Genetics and Breeding) G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology (1980), Pantnagar, India B.Sc. (Botany, Zoology, Chemistry) Gorakhpur University (1977), Gorakhpur, India

Genetics of food and medicinal plants, molecular cytogenetics, genetic conservation, plant biotechnology, plant molecular biology, plant tissue culture, wide hybridization and alien gene introgression, doubled haploid technology.