Dr. Ravi Singh is Distinguished Scientist and Head of CIMMYT’s International Wheat Improvement Program. He has contributed to the development of more than 680 wheat varieties released by National program partners in 48 countries. Dr. Singh has authored or coauthored over 350 refereed journal articles and is amongst the top 1% highly cited researcher since 2017 according to Clarivate Analytics-Web of Science. Dr. Singh is Fellows of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), American Phytopathological Society (APS), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), American Society of Agronomy (ASA) and National Academy of Agricultural Science (NAAS, India); and is recipient of Outstanding CGIAR Scientist Award, Crop Science Research Award by CSSA, E.C. Stakman Award by Univ. of Minnesota, Friendship Award by the China State Council, PBSA Award from the President of India, among others; and is Adjunct Professor at Cornell University and Kansas State University.