Value added biomolecules has always remained on top priority for generation of bio-value in the abundant plant biomass, which otherwise turn into agro-industrial waste or by product in excessive quantity. There is huge gap in developing a product involving appropriate delivery system from biomolecule enriched plant biomass which is otherwise a waste. This requires innovations in development of improved biocatalysts, engineering of cell factories with modified metabolic efficiency, and nano-biotechnological tools to bioprocess the plentiful plant biomass. It is envisaged that product through this innovation could be of immense societal benefit especially for healthcare. Banana peel (BP) comprises about 30–40% (w/w) of fresh fruit biomass. The fruit processing, packing, distribution and consumption, generates huge amount of waste or residual biomass. The residual wastes of this huge quantity, not only pose serious environmental risks, but also represent an immense loss of nutrients and bioactive compounds therein. We are exploring biotechnological solutions to utilize the abundant BP biomass for production of high-value biomolecules.My broad research focus is to understand molecular basis of plant specialized metabolism and to use developed knowledge in metabolic engineering of plants for enhancement of the content of health beneficial plant specialized metabolites. Being crop for major world population including India, banana and chickpea are an attractive target for metabolic engineering of health beneficial plant specialized metabolites. Release of genome sequence of both the crops have provided ample resource to understand aspects of specialized metabolism at molecular level. The major objective is to identify regulatory proteins which regulate the biosynthesis of different classes of flavonoids such as flavonol, anthocyanin and proanthocyanidnes. The identification of such transcription factors will be useful in developing transgenic value added banana enriched in health beneficial flavonoids. To achieve this objective, I employ tools of molecular biology, bioinformatics and phytochemistry. With this, my lab aims to develop value added crops enriched with health beneficial specialized metabolites.