Mukesh Thakur completed his Bachelors degree in Biology (2004) & Masters degree in Biotechnology (2006) from Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut. For his post graduate thesis, he went through a diverse project on "Gene Cloning & their Expression in Eukaryotes with special emphasis on plants" at National Research Centre on DNA Fingerprinting, IARI Complex, New Delhi. He also received a Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication in 2005 with standing second in the merit from UP Rajarshi Tandon Open University, Allahabad. He joined Wildlife Institute of India as a Junior Research Fellow through the project entitled "Conservation of Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus) in India" on March 2007. Presently, He is continuing the RJF project to meet the specific goal which is to identify and to rectify the threats to pure RJF population in India using molecular genetics approach. He is registered for Ph.D in Biotechnology with Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra on topic "Molecular Genetic Diversity of Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus) in Northern India and its admixture with domestic chicken" His broad area of interest includes molecular phylogeny, population genetics and Wildlife forensics. In future, He would like to put more emphasis on conserving the wild animals through conserving their germplasm & IVF and would like to establish the National Gene Bank facility in the institute for preserving the germ cells of endangered animals.