Dr. Om Prakash Gupta is a scientist (Plant Biochemistry) at ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, Haryana, India. He obtained his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. He has been actively engaged in research and teaching in the field of wheat quality and moleculer biology since 2008. His major research interests include small RNA’s role during various biotic and abiotic stresses, molecular basis of Fe and Zn biofortification, nutritional and processing quality. Dr. Gupta has authored and coauthored in >80 research publications and serving as editorial board members of many peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Gupta is recipient of several academic awards including Jawaharlal Nehru Award for outstanding doctoral thesis by ICAR, and University Silver Medal, Aspee Gold Medal and Dr. Kirtikar Memorial Gold Medal, Chowdhary Charan Singh Memorial Award during his Bachelor degree programme. He is fellow of the Society for Advancement of Wheat and Barley Research.