Dr. Naveen Bisht is a Plant Biologist working as a group leader at NIPGR, New Delhi. He has made significant contributions in the area of plant secondary metabolism and nutritional genomics in Indian oilseed mustard. His group for the first time elucidated the structure-function relationship of methylthioalkylmalate synthases (MAMS) that contribute to glucosinolate diversity in the Brassicaceae family. To enhance the nutritional quality of the Indian oilseed mustard, his group recently demonstrated CRISPR/Cas9 editing of the glucosinolate transporter (GTR) gene family to develop low-seed, high-leaf glucosinolate mustard with improved nutritional value and uncompromised defense and yield traits. Besides, bio-fortification of mustard with a high amount of an anti-cancer glucosinolate, glucoraphanin, has also been achieved by his group.

The quality of his research is evident by his impressive list of publications in highly reputed plant science journals (like The Plant Cell, Plant Biotechnology Journal, The Plant Journal, Plant Cell & Environment, Journal of Experimental Botany), well- written reviews and book chapters, and four Patents to his credit. With his outstanding contributions to plant biology, Dr. Bisht has been awarded the prestigious DBT- S. Ramachandran National Bioscience Award for Career Development, NASI-Scopus Young Scientist Award, Max Planck India Fellow, DBT- Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award, NIPGR Visiting Scientist Fellowship, and INSA Young Scientist Medal. He is an elected fellow of all the national science academies including The Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi (FNA); The Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore (FASc); The National Academy of Science, Allahabad (FNASc); and the National Academy of Agriculture Science (FNAAS), India.