Senior Scientist (Plant Physiology) at the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research , Bengaluru where I am working in All India Coordinated Research Project on Fruits in the data compilation and generation of research reports from the data and information from the participating 50 centres across the country. PhD from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi. Joined the Agricultural Research Service of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) in Jan 2004. Member of FORCE11, Alumni of OpenCon 2014, Member of the OKFN Open Science Working Group and one of the three DOAJ Ambassadors in India. CLACSO's working group Bienes Comunes y Acceso Abiertoon (Commons and Open Access). Convener of the Open Access India network, I am participating actively in the Open Access movement in India. And I am on the board of AgriXIv and Thesis Commons hosted with OSF.