is Associate Professor of Biotechnology, Department of Agricultural Botany, Biotechnology Centre, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, India. Dr. Moharil obtained his PhD (2006) from the Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati, Maharashtra, India. He has submitted 5 Gene Bank accessions at NCBI, USA. He is a member of the Society of Biotechnologist (India), and Microbiologist Society (Maharashtra), India. He has a vast experience in the field of Molecular Biology and has 14 years of teaching experience in the area of Molecular Biology, Genomics and Proteomics, Microbial Biotechnology, Genomics and Proteomics, and Entomological Research. He has published 16 international and 25 national papers and total 51 research publications till date with a wide range from Molecular Biology, Plant Genomics, Mutation Breeding, Molecular Breeding, Molecular Marker system and Plant Genomics.