Cereals are the most important sources of carbohydrate acquisition and are the most widely planted crops in global agriculture. Plants are sessile beings that are continuously exposed to various changes in the environmental conditions. Variations in the environment involving both biotic and abiotic stresses have negative effects on economically important crops. Although, transgenic plants overexpressing the bZIP proteins have been reported to exhibit a higher tolerance to abiotic stresses such as salinity, drought and extreme temperature conditions, the physiological and molecular basis of tolerance in these plants largely remains unexplored. Furthermore, the role of bZIP proteins towards maintaining the yield in crop plants under stress conditions is yet to be reported. In addition, only limited data are available on genome-wide identification and their characterizations in the sorghum genome. In the current study we aimed to study characterization of bZIP, a transcription factor from a cereal sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L). Study results demonstrated that The expression analysis of the bZIP gene from the sorghum local variety revealed 6-fold increases in response to salt and 9-fold increases in response to drought stress. As a result, bZIP gene can be used as a candidate gene to increase abiotic stress tolerance and to improve crop productivity of Sorghum bicolor L under stressful environmental conditions.