Gajendra Singh was awarded the degrees of B.Sc. (Agriculture) in 1993 and M.Sc. (Agriculture) in the subject of Agriculture Economics and Farm Management in the year 1996 from the Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishva Vidyalaya, Jabalpur (M.P.). He has contributed research papers on food security and other related issues which are published in reputed journals. Dr. Singh has also worked as a member of the Sub-working group on “Agriculture Marketing Infrastructure” constituted by the Planning Commission, Government of India for Preparing Eleventh Five Year Plan. Dr. Singh selected through Union Public Service Commission, at present serving in Directorate of Marketing and Inspection, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India.