Dr. V.R. Bhagwat, Principal Scientist in Agricultural Entomology at the ICAR- Indian Institute of Millets Research (formerly Directorate of Sorghum Research), Hyderabad, India. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Economic Entomology completed his masters in Ecology Entomology and his Ph.D. in Entomology from Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, India. He received Team ICAR Award for Outstanding Interdisciplinary Team Research in Agriculture and Allied Sciences for the Biennium 2005-06 to Drs SK Tyagi, Mridula Devi and VR Bhagwat for their outstanding research contribution in Engineering and Technology.