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Professor Dr. M. Prakash born in 1966, obtained his B.Sc.(Ag.) and M.Sc.(Ag.) from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India in 1988 and 1990 respectively. He did his Ph.D from Annamalai University. He was awarded with National Merit Scholarship, Government of India during 1981-1988 and ICAR Junior Fellowship during 1988-1990. He has been awarded with Crop Research Award, 2004 and also serves as member of Editorial Board/Committees in many journals. Professor Dr. M. Prakash’s major area of interest is abiotic stress tolerance. He is having around 20 years of teaching and research experience. He has guided 6 Ph.D. Scholars and 21 PG Scholars. He has published eight books and more than 80 research papers in referred journals. He organized 6 National Seminars. He has completed five research projects. Now he is serving as Professor, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Annamalai University and also as the Programme Coordinator of UGC-SAP- DRS Phase I Programme of Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding.