About the Book:

Basic instinct of selfishness of human beings is the root cause of all the problems in the modern society. The enormous power of observation-based hypothesis, experimentation and extrapolation of results provided the success of humans in developing the technologies beyond imagination. Power of mind determinesdiscretionary attitude and behavior of individuals in the society. Culturing of the right attitudes in the young and youth needs to be imparted by quality education. All round development of young ones into responsible citizens of the globe can be accomplished with the right type of education consisting of Literature, Sociology, Mathematics, Economics, Science and Technology as well as Spirituality as important components. To address these issues insight opinions of eminent personalities across the continents are included in the volume entitled “Insights on GlobalChallenges and Opportunities for the Century Ahead”has been brought outon theoccasion of celebrating 25, 50 and 100 years of establishmentof Centre for Plant Molecular Biology (CPMB), Department of Genetics, and Osmania University, respectively.

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About the Editors:

Dashavantha Reddy Vudem is working as Professor at the Centre for Plant Molecular Biology, Osmania University, and is having more than 34 years of teaching & research experience. His research areas include molecular biology of biotic and abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants. He is elected fellow of The National Academy of Sciences, India, Telangana Academy of Sciences and The Andhra Pradesh Akademi of Sciences. Dr. Reddy has been awarded with the Meritorious Teacher Award for 2009 by the Government of Andhra Pradesh. He was the recipient of Visiting Scientist Award of the Rockefeller Foundation, New York (USA).

Venkateswara Rao Khareedu is working as Professor at the Centre for Plant Molecular Biology, Osmania University. He is having more than 28 years of teaching and research experience.  His research areas include functional genomics and genetic engineering of crop plants for abiotic and biotic stress tolerance. He is elected fellow of the Indian National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, India, Telangana Academy of Sciences and the Andhra Pradesh Akademi of Sciences. He was awarded with Visiting Scientist and Biotechnology Career fellowships of the Rockefeller Foundation, New York (USA).