Dr. N. K. Sharma born on August 20th, 1968 in a farmer's family of district Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh. He did his M.Sc. (Ag.) in Agricultural Botany in 1991 from Institute of Advanced Studies, Meerut University, Meerut, Ph.D. in 1995 from Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur, and qualified NET in Genetics from ASRB, New Delhi in 1994. Dr. Sharma started his career as Assistant Professor (Agrostology) in 1996 and promoted Professor in 2011. His area of specialization remained forage production, agro-forestry and crop improvement. Dr. Sharma has promoted farmer-scientists interaction and farmer participatory research for validation and dissemination of high yielding varieties and crop management technologies at farmer's fields. He also strengthened seed production programme. Dr. Sharma has published 45 research papers, 4 books, 3 book chapters, 10 bulletins, 21 proceeding papers, 22 leaflet/folders and 10 technical articles. Previously, Dr. N. K. Sharma has worked as Zonal Director Research, Additional Director Research (Seeds), Additional Director Research (Administration) and Officer on Special Duty and Technical Advisor to Vice Chancellor, Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner. He is a person who is a firm believer of leading by example and propagates value based leadership for the overall development of the institution and its stakeholders. His experience in research and field activities makes management of agriculture at the grassroots level an attainable reality.