Currently UGC-BSR Professor with Biosciences, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, India. Earlier, Professor & Head (2003-2020) in the same Department. Masters’ from G. B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, India, and Ph.D. from Griffith University, Australia. Visiting Scientist at National Food Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan, and Visiting Professor at Yangon University, Myanmar. Published 110 research papers, 30 book chapters, and 1 edited book (Springer), with H-Index 34 and citations of around 3500. Supervised 25 Ph.D., 23 MPhil, and 110 MSc students; 3 Ph.D. and 4 Masters students currently working. Research collaborations with NFRI-Japan, Griffith University-Australia, IIT-Delhi, University of Delhi, Central University-Hyderabad, and JNTU-Hyderabad. Research Projects funded by UGC, DBT, CSIR, MoES, DST, GSBTM, Saurashtra University, and the Government of Japan.
