P. Basuchaudhuri obtained his MSc (Ag) degree in 1972 from Calcutta University, India with a first class and was awarded a gold and a silver medal. He obtained his PhD degree from the same university in 1977. He joined the faculty of Calcutta University in 1975 as a plant physiologist and worked there until 1984. In 1980 he was awarded the Premchand Roychand Scholarship. He later became a senior scientist at the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). He has five books to his credit and has published 60 papers in reputed journals. He has 40 years of teaching and research experience.