Rengalakshmi has over 25 years of experience as a development researcher and field level practitioner. She has worked on sustainable livelihoods, agriculture food systems, climate change, agro-biodiversity management, digital tools for development, gender and institution building. Her research interests include inter-disciplinary research on technologies, institutions and policies on agricultural production systems and rural development. Currently, she is heading JRD Tata Ecotechnology Centre, M.S.Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, India.