Dr. Nitish Kumar is Senior Assistant Professor at the department of biotechnology, Central University of South Bihar, Gaya, Bihar, India. Dr. Kumar completed his doctoral research at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research–Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India. He has published more than 70 research articles in leading international and national journals and more than 20 book chapters and 7 books with Springer and Taylor & Francis. He has a wide area of research experience in the field of agriculture and industrial crop improvement. Dr. Kumar is Recipient of the Young Scientist Award from the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) in 2014. He has received many awards/fellowships/projects from various prestigious government organizations like CSIR, DBT, ICAR and SERB-DST, BRNS-BARC, among others. He is Reviewer for various international journals and serves as Associate Editor of the journal Gene (Elsevier).

• 1. Applications and potential of genome editing in industrial crop improvement.- 2. Genetic Engineering for Improving Quality, Productivity and Value of Industrial Crops.- 3. Application of Mutagenesis in the Improvement of Industrial Crops.- 4. CRISPR-Cas: A technology for enhancing Commercially Valuable Traits in Industrial Crops.- 5. Molecular Markers and Their Applications in Marker-Assisted Selection in Industrial Crops.- 6. Marker-Assisted Selection and Genetic Improvement of Industrial Crops.- 7. RNAi: A Technology for Enhancing Commercially Valuable Traits in Industrial Crops.- 8. Medicinal and Aromatic plant cultivation and sustainable development.- 9. Propagation, Conservation and Improvement of Industrial Crops through Tissue Culture.- 10. Genetic diversity, cultivation, and utilization of aromatic plants.- 11. Medicinal and aromatic plant cultivation, Improvement and conservation for sustainable development.- 12. Human-Centric Biotechnological Interventions: A Pillar for Sustainable Agricultural Development in Industrial Crop Improvement.- 13.Enhancing Industrial Crop Resilience: Effects of Salinity and Exogenous Putrescine Supplementation on Growth, Biochemical, and Enzymatic Attributes of Cicer arietinum L.- 14. Application of CRISPR/Cas9 in the Improvement of Industrially Important Crops.

Dr. Nitish Kumar is Senior Assistant Professor at the department of biotechnology, Central University of South Bihar, Gaya, Bihar, India. Dr. Kumar completed his doctoral research at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research–Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India. He has published more than 70 research articles in leading international and national journals and more than 20 book chapters and 7 books with Springer and Taylor & Francis. He has a wide area of research experience in the field of agriculture and industrial crop improvement. Dr. Kumar is Recipient of the Young Scientist Award from the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) in 2014. He has received many awards/fellowships/projects from various prestigious government organizations like CSIR, DBT, ICAR and SERB-DST, BRNS-BARC, among others. He is Reviewer for various international journals and serves as Associate Editor of the journal Gene (Elsevier).

• 1. Applications and potential of genome editing in industrial crop improvement.- 2. Genetic Engineering for Improving Quality, Productivity and Value of Industrial Crops.- 3. Application of Mutagenesis in the Improvement of Industrial Crops.- 4. CRISPR-Cas: A technology for enhancing Commercially Valuable Traits in Industrial Crops.- 5. Molecular Markers and Their Applications in Marker-Assisted Selection in Industrial Crops.- 6. Marker-Assisted Selection and Genetic Improvement of Industrial Crops.- 7. RNAi: A Technology for Enhancing Commercially Valuable Traits in Industrial Crops.- 8. Medicinal and Aromatic plant cultivation and sustainable development.- 9. Propagation, Conservation and Improvement of Industrial Crops through Tissue Culture.- 10. Genetic diversity, cultivation, and utilization of aromatic plants.- 11. Medicinal and aromatic plant cultivation, Improvement and conservation for sustainable development.- 12. Human-Centric Biotechnological Interventions: A Pillar for Sustainable Agricultural Development in Industrial Crop Improvement.- 13.Enhancing Industrial Crop Resilience: Effects of Salinity and Exogenous Putrescine Supplementation on Growth, Biochemical, and Enzymatic Attributes of Cicer arietinum L.- 14. Application of CRISPR/Cas9 in the Improvement of Industrially Important Crops.

Dr. Nitish Kumar is Senior Assistant Professor at the department of biotechnology, Central University of South Bihar, Gaya, Bihar, India. Dr. Kumar completed his doctoral research at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research–Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India. He has published more than 70 research articles in leading international and national journals and more than 20 book chapters and 7 books with Springer and Taylor & Francis. He has a wide area of research experience in the field of agriculture and industrial crop improvement. Dr. Kumar is Recipient of the Young Scientist Award from the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) in 2014. He has received many awards/fellowships/projects from various prestigious government organizations like CSIR, DBT, ICAR and SERB-DST, BRNS-BARC, among others. He is Reviewer for various international journals and serves as Associate Editor of the journal Gene (Elsevier).

• 1. Applications and potential of genome editing in industrial crop improvement.- 2. Genetic Engineering for Improving Quality, Productivity and Value of Industrial Crops.- 3. Application of Mutagenesis in the Improvement of Industrial Crops.- 4. CRISPR-Cas: A technology for enhancing Commercially Valuable Traits in Industrial Crops.- 5. Molecular Markers and Their Applications in Marker-Assisted Selection in Industrial Crops.- 6. Marker-Assisted Selection and Genetic Improvement of Industrial Crops.- 7. RNAi: A Technology for Enhancing Commercially Valuable Traits in Industrial Crops.- 8. Medicinal and Aromatic plant cultivation and sustainable development.- 9. Propagation, Conservation and Improvement of Industrial Crops through Tissue Culture.- 10. Genetic diversity, cultivation, and utilization of aromatic plants.- 11. Medicinal and aromatic plant cultivation, Improvement and conservation for sustainable development.- 12. Human-Centric Biotechnological Interventions: A Pillar for Sustainable Agricultural Development in Industrial Crop Improvement.- 13.Enhancing Industrial Crop Resilience: Effects of Salinity and Exogenous Putrescine Supplementation on Growth, Biochemical, and Enzymatic Attributes of Cicer arietinum L.- 14. Application of CRISPR/Cas9 in the Improvement of Industrially Important Crops.