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Dr J.R. Sharma is Ex Director and Head, Genetics and Plant Breeding at the Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), Lucknow. After his M.Sc. (Agriculture) from the Govt. Agricultural College (now, C.S. Azad University of Agriculture & Technology), Kanpur he obtained his Ph.D. from Kanpur University while working at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. During his 15 years tenure at IARI (ICAR), Dr. Sharma developed expertise in crop improvement and quantitative genetics as applied to plant breeding. In 1980, he moved to CIMAP (CSIR), Lucknow where his current area of concern is genetic upgradation of medicinal and aromatic plants. He was honoured with the Dr. Sadgopal Memorial Award by the Essential Oil Association of India for his significant work in essential oil bearing crops.