Prof. Chittaranjan Kole, presently working as the Project Coordinator of two international consortia - International Climate Resilient Crop Genomics Consortium (ICRCGC) and International Consortium on Phytomedomics and Nutriomics (ICPN), is globally renowned for his lifetime and original contributions in the fields of genetics, genomics, breeding, biotechnology and nanotechnology, for which he was honored with the Outstanding Crop Scientist Award by the International Crop Science Society in 2012. His works and editing acumen have been appreciated worldwide by several pioneering scientists, including seven Nobel Laureates, for their impact on science and society.