Millets stand out as a beacon of hope and promise in a time when concerns about public health, environmental sustainability, and food security are on the rise. These modest grains, which are sometimes overlooked in favour of more popular crops, have exceptional properties that make them essential to sustainable agriculture as well as a rich in nutrients staple. A possible threat to global food security has been raised as the declining diversity of crop species that supply the world's food supply. Just twelve crops account for 75% of the world's food supply, with rice, wheat, and maize accounting for 50% of the world's dietary needs. Although these crops are the main sources of carbohydrates, they are deficient in important minerals and amino acids that are necessary for a balanced diet. Millions of individuals worldwide are impacted by the poor nutritional quality of the human food, which causes hidden hunger due to inadequate intake of vitamins and micronutrients like zinc (Zn), magnesium (Mg), and iron (Fe). For example, developing nations are home to over half of the world's population that is malnourished. The primary cause of this is an excessive reliance on starchy foods like rice, wheat, and maize. One useful tactic for increasing dietary diversity and lowering latent hunger would be to supplement major grains with alternative crops with superior nutritional content and nutraceutical qualities.

Nitesh Singh is currently working as an Assistant Professor at Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, SGT University, Gurugram, Haryana, India. Before Joining SGTU he worked as an Assistant Professor at Department of Biosciences and Biotechnology, Chandigarh University. He completed his Post grade (Life Sciences) in 2016 from Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University), Lucknow. He conducted some doctoral objectives at IARI, New Delhi and holds PhD in Botany from IGNTU (a Central University), Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh. He has authored 30+ research articles in various International and National Web of Science (SCI/SCIE), and Scopus-indexed journals.  He has more than 15 Published/Granted Design/Utility Patents. He has reviewed research articles for various peer-reviewed Web of Science and Scopus-indexed journals. He has published many web of Science and Scopus-indexed book chapters in multiple databases. In 2020 he was awarded with the prestigious Junior Young Scientist Award from National Environmental Science Academy.

Nisha Singh is an Assistant Professor, Bioinformatics, Gujarat Biotechnology University. Dr. Singh holds PhD. Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, NIPB, New Delhi and Post-doc. from Cornell University, New York, USA. Dr. Singh also served as DST-Inspire Faculty at NIPB, New Delhi. Dr. Singh has published more than 80 International research publications in reputed journals and has 3 patents and edited 2 books. For her scientific contribution she gained several prestigious awards and honors (>30) such as INSA-Medal for Young Scientist Award-2020, NESA-2022 Scientist of the Year Award, NASI- Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award 2022, SERB Women Excellence Award-2024, member of INSA- INYAS-2024. She is fellows of international scientific societies, Fellow of American Society of Plant Biology (FASPB), USA, Fellow of Linnean society of London, UK (FLSL).

Jitender Kumar is working as an Assistant Professor at Department of Plant Science, Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Dharamshala. He has an expertise in plant metabolic engineering for the production of Secondary Metabolites using invitro and in-silico techniques. He is also working in the field of Development and designing of novel therapeutics from medicinally important plants. Dr Kumar is also a life member of different societies like The Orchid Society of India, Himalayan Life Science Society, Him Science Congress Association, Indian Society of Agriculture &Horticulture Research Development. Dr Kumar received Young Researcher Award-2023 from Indian Society of Agriculture &Horticulture Research Development. He is also granted with 03 Patents by Patent office, Govt. of India. Dr Kumar is working on a research project funded by DST SERB. He has published many research papers and articles in esteemed international and national journals.

Prashant Vikram is a plant genomics expert. He conducted his doctoral research at IRRI, Philippines. He worked as a research fellow in several ICAR institutions (IIPR Kanpur, IISR Lucknow & NIPB New Delhi). He has a decade experience with different CGIAR institutions including IRRI, CIMMYT, CIP, BISA & ICBA. He is a recipient of the “Jawahar Lal Nehru – Best Thesis Award” from ICAR & “The Ramanujan Fellowship Award” DST India. Published 60+ research articles with around 4000 citations.

Sonia Goel is dedicated plant biotechnologist with extensive experience in research and academia, specializing in crop improvement and sustainable agriculture. She hold expertise in genomic prediction, marker-assisted selection, and the development of stress-tolerant crops. Her career includes roles such as Researcher at ICBA, Dubai, and Head of Genetics (Agriculture) at SGTU, India. She has published more than 70 national international papers and articles in reputed journals.

1. Millets as food and feed : an overview

Jitender Kumar, Kajal Choudhary, Shelja, Pooja Pant, Aditya Rana

2. Millets: Nutritional composition, food products, health benefits and safety aspects

Samar Pal Singh, Pooja Upadhyay, Akansha Raj, Aditya Rana

3. Ethnobotanical Scenario of Major and Minor Millets

Tyagi Santvana, Pooja Joshi, Shraddha Verma, Likheshwar Manhare, Khushbu Verma

4. Role of metabolites from nutri-cereals: A perspective on changes in nutritional properties

Reshma Ayswaria, Aarthi Rashmi, Parimala Gnana Soundari Arockiam Jeyasundar, Megha. P.M

5. Fermentation in millets: an overview

Parth Bagadiya, Vidyut Balar, Dimple Gor, Ankit Yadav

6. Insights into the fatty acid composition of millets with special reference to nutraceuticals 

Maheswari Priya Rani, Thadiyan Parambil Ijinu, Raghavan Govindarajan, Varughese George, Palpu Pushpangadan

7. Status of genetic improvement in small millets.

Nandita Banerjee, Nivedita Singh, Sanjeev Kumar

8. Insights into Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Millets Through Genome Editing

Dimple Gor, Ankit Yadav, Parth Bagadiya, Vidyut Balar

9. An approach of CRISPR/Cas9 and related genome-editing techniques to improve millets

potential and productivity for global food security

Jitender Kumar, Shelja, Kajal Choudhary, Nancy Kapoor, Pooja Pant

10. Artificial Intelligence Driven Smart Breeding in Millets

Vidyut Balar, Parth Bagadiya, Ankit Yadav, Dimple Gor

11. Advances of Artificial Intelligence for the development of underutilized and neglected millets

Kalpana Gairola, Pooja Upadhyay, Meenakshi Rana, Sanjarambam Nirupama Chanu, Aditya Rana

12. Artificial Intelligence in unexplored millets for the future

Dushyant Prakash Deotale, Megha, Nisha Singh

13. Genome Editing: A Novel Approach for Crop Improvement of Millets

Akula Dinesh, Kommineni Jagadeesh, Vemula Srujana