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Dr. Vikram Singh has completed his postgraduate (MSc) degree in Botany from Kumaun University, Nainital, India. Later, he conducted his doctoral studies in Biochemistry from G.B.P.U.A&T, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India. Further, he joined as Research Associate at Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA), Hyderabad, India, where he worked on “Effect of heat and elevated CO2 on Vigna mungo and Zea mays”. He moved to Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), The Volcani Center, Israel and worked there as Visiting Scientist (Postdoc Fellow). At ARO, he worked on “Physiology and Molecular biology of apple fruit ripening and apple fruit quality”, and “Increase in Ipomoea batatus storage root formation by generation of Ibkn2 and Ibkn3 transgenic lines”. Further, he moved to Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and worked on “Exploring transcriptome dynamics of chickpea development for defining regulatory elements/modules”. Later at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, he worked as Pool-Scientist and worked on “Epiproteome profiling for understanding drought tolerance during reproductive development in rice”. Currently he is serving as Assistant Professor (Head of the Department) in the Department of Biotechnology at Amrapali University, Haldwani, Uttarakhand.