M Govindaraj is a Senior Scientist (Crop Development Specialist) in the HarvestPlus program of CGIAR. He manages the biofortification crop development research network and builds research capacities for biofortification mainstreaming, among other tasks in the HarvestPlus program of the CGIAR. He holds a Ph.D., in plant breeding and genetics from the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore-India. His efforts and more than 14 years of experience in crop improvement have been instrumental in the public-private partnership on millet and R4D biofortification. Experienced in pre-breeding, quantitative genetics, population improvement, hybrid breeding, breeding for disease/insect/end-use quality traits, advanced phenomics, and product testing. Previously, he led the millet biofortification program in India, West Africa, and Central Africa at ICRISAT. Later he coordinated the Asia sorghum breeding program. Developed and disseminated 12 biofortified cultivars in India and Africa. Established minimum micronutrient (Fe/Zn) as mandatory standards in national pearl millet cultivar release policy in India https://repo.mel.cgiar.org/handle/20.500.11766/9874 . Supervised the dissertation research of several master’s and PhD scholars. He is the author of over a hundred peer-reviewed publications. His research impact estimated 10 million people will be consuming biofortified millet. Fellow and member of many scientific societies. Recognized by a variety of individual and team awards, particularly, 2009 International Scholar Award by IPNI, Georgia (USA), MS Swaminathan Best Scientist Award (2018) and the 2022 Norman E Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application by the World Food Prize Foundation.