I am currently leading the Agriculture team in Vellore Institute of Technology with USP of precision agriculture and sustainable smart farming. Teaching genomics, proteomics, plant biotechnology, plant pathology and farming systems courses to the B.Tech, M.Tech, M.Sc Biotechnology and B.Sc. Agriculture students of VIT. My lab is working on i) cross-talking genes and proteins during biotic and abiotic stress response in rice ii) signature peptide-proteome biomarkers for rapid and precise detection of crop diseases iii) role of transcription factor and other key regulators in crop disease resistance iv) genomics of beneficial and harmful bacteria in agriculture iv) molecular evaluation of traditional crop varieties and farmer-made organic manures and v) crop microbiome studies.