At the BAU, he acts as a coordinator of virology research and is engaged in teaching courses related to plant virology, seed health technology, and vegetable diseases. Apart from this, Dr. Ansar is employed as vegetable pathologist in the university. His major research activities focus on vegetable viruses with special interest in characterization, diagnosis, and epidemiology of plant viruses. He is currently a principal investigator of a state government funded project on whitefly- and thrips-transmitted viral diseases in tomato and chili. He earned his postgraduate certificate in Plant Pathology from C. S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, India, and his PhD degree in Plant Pathology from G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India. He is an expert on plant diagnosis and phytovirology.