Dr. Jaykumar Deshmukh, born on August 14,1981, received his B.Sc. (2003), M.Sc. (2005) in Agriculture from Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani. He obtained his Ph.D. in the subject of Genetics and Plant Breeding on cotton crop, for which received Best Ph.D. thesis award.