Dr. Narpat Singh Shekhawat retired as Professor of Botany (UGC-Center for Advanced Studies in Botany) after a dedicated tenure of 36 years of teaching at the Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur. During this period he served as Head of the Botany Department, in-charge of the Biotechnology Unit/DBT Network project, and coordinator of the UGC-SAP/COSIST and DST-FIST programs in Botany. Prof. Shekhawat has published over 125 research papers in journals of repute and has co-edited the book Plant Tissue Culture and Molecular Markers: Their Role in Improving Crop Productivity. He has taught Cell biology, Genetics, Molecular biology and plant breeding to M.Sc. (Botany) students. He has been Post-doctoral Research Associate at Department of Biology, Yale University, recipient of Biotechnology Overseas Research Associateship of DBT, Government of India, and worked at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul, USA as visiting scientist in plant genomics. He has been mentor for Ph.D./M.Phil. Students/post-doctoral fellows/young scientists/UNESCO-Keizo Obuchi fellow, and served as National Correspondent (India Chapter) of International Association of Plant Biotechnology (IAPB). He is member of State Higher Education Council of Rajasthan.