He serves as a graduate faculty in three interdisciplinary graduate programs. Amit worked for his Ph.D. at the University of Delhi and Rutgers supported by University Grant Commission, India and The Rockefeller Foundation, USA. Prior to joining WSU, he worked at Rutgers the State University of New Jersey and University of Florida. Research areas include photosynthesis, photobiology, signal transduction with an emphasis on understanding chloroplast biology in fruit crops, plant biotechnology and issues such as ripening, fruit abscission, soil inputs and drought tolerance in plants with the goal of finding near and long term solutions to food production.