Professor Prof. Nikhil K. Chrungoo joined the Department as a lecturer in the year 1988. He received his masters and doctorate degrees in Plant Sciences from the University of Kashmir. Currently he is working as a Professor in this Department since 2001. He was awarded the Biotechnology National Associateship in Plant Molecular Biology for the year 1994-95 by the Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India, New Delhi.

Professor Chrungoo has a strong research interest in molecular biology of seed storage proteins and mechanisms of dormancy regulation in plants.