Dr. Brahma Deo Singh, M.Sc. (Kanpur University), Ph.D. (University of Saskatchewan, Canada) was Emeritus Professor, School of Biotechnology, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, India. He joined the university in 1973 and has been teacher, active researcher, mentor of several scientists/scholars. Dr. Singh has published over 150 research papers in reputed journals, and has authored over two dozen books in the areas of plant breeding, genetics, and biotechnology. Some of his very popular books are Plant Breeding: Principles and Methods (10th edn), Genetics (3rd edn), Fundamentals of Genetics (4th edn), Biotechnology (5th edn), Biotechnology: Expanding Horizons (4th edn), and Plant Biotechnology (3rd edn). His books Padap Prajanan: Siddhant Evam Vidhiyan, and Anuvanshiki Ke Adhar were awarded the first prize of the Dr Rajendra Prasad Puraskar of ICAR, New Delhi. His book Marker Assisted Plant Breeding; Principles and Practices (2015, Springer) has been well received internationally.