Dr. M. Bhaskaran, Ph.D., is now positioned as Special Officer (Seeds), Seed Centre, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore. He is also holding the additional charge of Professor and Head, Dept. of Seed Science & Technology, TNAU, Coimbatore, since 01.06.2011. He obtained Ph.D. in Seed Science and Technology from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University in 1995. He is having 21 years of experience in seed planning, production and quality control, teaching, research, extension and administration. He established and operationalised National Seed Research & Training Centre & Central Seed testing laboratory with all infrastructures as founder Director and obtained ISTA member laboratory status. He was the Principal Investigator of three schemes funded by Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Neyveli Lignite Corporation under Ministry of Coal & Mines (GOI). He is a member in central Seed Committee and Central Sub Committee on variety release and Notification, GOI, technical expert for SAARC project of Ministry of External Affairs on Seed Quality Regulation aspects, technical expert for OECD Seed Schemes of Government of India and member in Research Advisory Council of Directorate of Seed Research of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). He was awarded with R.V. Swaminathan best Ph.D. scholar award (1995), TNAU best Teacher Award (2003) and MASU award on book writing in English for the book entitled, “Principles of seed production and quality control” (2003). He has published 25 research papers and one textbook “Principles of seed production and quality control”. He has visited Brazil, Italy, USA, France, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal, South Africa and New Zealand in connection with seed science research and seed testing.