Dr. Ranjan Kumar Tarai, born in 1977, earned his B.Sc. (Ag.) in 1999, M.Sc. (Hort.) in 2002, and Ph.D. (Hort.) in 2006. He qualified the NET in Fruit Science in 2004. Starting his career in 2006, he is now an Associate Professor (Fruit Science) at the College of Horticulture, OUAT, Chiplima.