Dr. Kaliayaperumal Ashokkumar is presently working as Assistant Professor (Contract) in Plant Breeding and Genetics from Kerala Agricultural University, Cardamom Research Station, Pampadumpara, Idukki, Kerala, India. He was worked as Assistant Professor in Plant Breeding & Biotechnology, (September 2016- April 2018) from School of Agriculture, PRIST Deemed University, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. He handled 16CRP 101, 17CRP 101,16PBG101, 17PBG101, 16SST201, & 16PBG201 courses from PRIST Deemed University. He completed his graduation from Agricultural College and Research Institute, Killikulam, Tamil Nadu and his post-graduation and doctoral studies was Plant Breeding and Plant biotechnology, respectively from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. He completed his Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (2010-2014) from Department of Plant sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada. He edited three books for the benefits of undergraduate and postgraduate students of agriculture and life sciences. He published about 30 scientific articles in international journals. He participated in 30 national and international conferences and workshops. He also published about 52 popular articles in Tamil and English in monthly science magazines. He obtained six awards from conference participation and his outstanding contributions in Agricultural research.