Dr. SC Kundu received his under graduate degree (B.Sc Hons.) in Agricultural Sciences from Visva Bharati University, Santineketan, India, master degree (M. Sc.) in Genetics and Plant Breeding and PhD in genetics from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.  Dr. Kundu received his post-doctoral training at Institute of Molecular Biology, Moscow; Department of Biology, York University, Canada; Medical University, Lubeck, Germany; Department of Biology & Biochemistry, Brunel University, UK.