K Venkateswara RaoVenkateswara Rao Khareedu is working as Professor at the Centre for Plant Molecular Biology, Osmania University. He is having more than 28 years of teaching and research experience. His research areas include functional genomics and genetic engineerig of crop plants for abiotic and biotic stress tolerance. He is elected fellow of the Indian National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, India, Telangana Academy of Sciences and the Andhra Pradesh Akademi of Sciences. He was awarded with Visiting Scientist and Biotechnology Career fellowships of the Rockefeller Foundation, New York (USA). Read More Read Less