Abidi,Saiyed Asif Husain

Ignacimuthu, Savarimuthu I001

FELLOW, ELECTED 2009

Born in Sindlacherry, India on 9 September 1948. Educated at St. Mary's High School, Madurai, 1962-65; St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirapalli, 1965-66; Beschi College, Dindigul, 1966-69; Loyola College, Chennai, 1969-72; Sacred Heart College, Shenbaganur, 1972-75; St. Xavier's College, Palayamkottai, 1975-76; St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirapalli, 1976-78; Vidya Jyothi College, Delhi, 1978-80; University of Delhi, Delhi, 1980-1985; Kaiserslautern University, Germany, 1994-95; University of Wisconsin, Madison, U.S.A., 1995; Technical University (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland, 1996; National Institute of Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan, 1997; B.Sc. 1972; M.Sc. 1978; M.Phil. 1982; Ph.D. 1986; D.Sc. 2001.
Director, Entomology Research Institute, Loyola College, Chennai, 1996 to date.
Professor of Botany, 1980-97, and Principal, 1992-93, St. Xavier's College, Palayamkottai; Principal, Loyola College, Chennai, 1997-2000; Vice Chancellor, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, 2000-02; Vice Chancellor, University of Madras, Chennai, 2002-03; CSIR Emeritus Scientist, 2009; ICMR Emeritus Scientist, 2013..
Awards/Honours: Best Book Award for `Environmental Awareness' Govt. of Tamil Nadu, 1995; Tamil Nadu Scientist Award, 2000; Kamarajar Award for Environmental Protection, Govt. of Tamil Nadu, 2009.
Fellow: Royal Entomological Society, London; The Entomological Society of India; Entomology Academy of India.
Research Areas: Biopesticide, Plant Biotechnology, Ethnopharmacology
Address: Director, Entomology Research Institute, Loyola College, Chennai 600034, Tamil Nadu; 14, Jesuit Residence, Loyola College, Chennai 600034, Tamil Nadu; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Res. [phone], Cell: 9840337667; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Jag Mohan J001

FELLOW, ELECTED 2009

Born in Badheo, Muzaffarnagar, India on 5 July, 1957. Educated at Kisan Inter College, Shamli, 1971-73; V.V. Inter College, Shamli, 1974-75; Kishan Degree College, Shamli, 1975-77; National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, 1979-82; Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, 1991. B.Sc. 1977; M.Sc. 1982; Ph.D.1991.
Principal Scientist & Head, Division of Physiology and Reproduction, ICAR-Central Avian Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly to date.
Visiting Scientist, Oregon Regional Primate Research Centre, Beaverton, Oregon, USA, 1996-97; Adjunct Professor, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA, 1997-98; Head, Division of Physiology and Reproduction, Central Avian Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, 2001-2005.
Awards/Honours: Young Scientist Award, 1992; DBT Overseas Associateship Award, 1996; Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award, 2001; Ayurvet Research Award, 2003; ICAR Team Research Award, 2008; Dr. D.N. Mullick Memorial Award, 2010.
Research Areas: Animal Physiology, Avian Molecular Biology
Address: Principal Scientist, Division of Physiology and Reproduction, ICAR-Central Avian Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly 243122, U.P.; Qr. No.02 (Tpe IV), CARI Residential Complex, IVRI Campus, Izatnagar, Bareilly 243122, U.P.; [Tel: Off. [phone], 2310023; Res. [phone], Cell: 09319065484; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Recognition Award, 2011-2012

Jain, Hari Krishan J002

FELLOW, ELECTED 1991

Born in Garhi Harsaru, Gurgaon, India on 28 May 1930. Educated at Ramjas School, Delhi, 1945; University of Delhi, 1947-49; Indian Agricultural Research Institute, 1949-51; University College of Wales, Aberystwth, U.K., 1952-55; B.Sc 1949; Assoc. Indian Agricultural Research Institute, 1951; Ph.D, 1955.
Head, Division of Genetics, 1966 -76 and Director, 1977-83, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi; Deputy Director General, International Service for National Agricultural Research, The Hague, 1984-92; Former Chancellor, Central Agricultural University, Imphal, upto 2012.
Awards/Honours: CSIR Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, 1966; ICAR Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award, 1966-67; Jawaharlal Nehru Foundation Fellowship, 1975; Padma Shri, 1981; Borlaug Award, 1982; Om Prakash Bhasin Award, 1986; ISCA B.P. Pal Memorial Award, 2003-2004; D.Sc. (h.c.), 2005, IARI.
Fellow: Indian National Science Academy; National Academy of Sciences, India; Indian Academy of Science.
Research Areas: Plant breeding, cytogenetics
Address: 40, Surya Niketan, Vikas Marg Extension, Delhi 110092; [Tel: Res. [phone], 22379560; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Vice-President 1 Jan, 2009 to 31 Dec, 2011; Editor 1 Jan, 2000 to 31 Dec, 2002; Dr. B.P. Pal Memorial Award, 1997-1998

Jain, Mukesh J003

FELLOW, ELECTED 2016

Born in Panipat, Haryana, India on 27 August, 1978. Educated at S. D. College, Panipat; Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra; University of Delhi; B.Sc. 1999; M.Sc. 2001; Ph.D. 2006.
Associate Professor, School of Computational & Integrative Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 2015 to date
Staff Scientist, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi, 2008-2015; Assistant Professor, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi, 2007-2008; Research Scientist, Centre for Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, 2006-2007.
Awards/Honours: University Medal Kurukshetra University, 2001; Innovative Young Biotechnologists Award (IYBA), 2006; Professor LSS Kumar Memorial Award, 2007; Indian National Science Academy (INSA) medal for Young Scientist, 2007; Associate Fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, 2007-2012; Young Scientist Award from the Indian Science Congress Association, 2007-08; Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award from the National Academy of Sciences India (NASI), 2009; Anil Kumar Bose Memorial Award from the Indian National Science Academy, 2011; Haryana Yuva Vigyan Ratna Award from the Haryana State Council for Science & Technology, 2010-11; Associate Fellow of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 2011-2015; Prof. B.K. Bachhawat Memorial Young Scientist Lecture Award from NASI, 2012; Young Scientist Award from the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 2011-2012; NASI-Scopus Young Scientist Award, 2012; Annual Eminence Award from Rawal Institutions, 2014.
Fellow: National Academy of Sciences India, Allahabad
Research Areas: Plant Genomics, Biotechnology, Genome Informatics, Next Generation Genomics and Epigenomics
Address: Associate Professor, School of Computational & Integrative Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067; H-Ivs-103, NIPGR Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Res. [phone], Cell: 9871711699; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
NAAS Associate, 2011

Jain, Rakesh Kr. J004

FELLOW, ELECTED 2006

Born in Rohtak, India on 21 May 1956. Educated at S.D. College, Ambala Cantt, 1970-74; G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, 1975-78; Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 1984-88; B.Sc. 1974; M.Sc. 1977; Ph.D. 1988; FAO Fellowship, 1990-91; DBT Overseas Associateship, 1997-98.
Dean and Joint Director (Education), ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 2013 to date.
Scientist, Plant Pathology, Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, 1978-86; Senior Scientist, 1986-98, Principal Scientist, 1998-2007, and Head, 2007-2013, Plant Pathology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi.
Awards/Honours: IARI Gold Medal, 1989; M.J.Narasimhan Award 1999; IARI Best Teacher Award, 2004; Vasvik Award, 2007; Hari Krishna Shastri Memorial Award, 2010; B.B. Mundkur Memorial Award, 2011; President, Indian Phytopathological Society, 2009; Vice-President, Indian Virological Society, 2011; Editor, Indian Phytopathology, 1997-2003; Editor-in-Chief, Indian Journal of Virology, 2008-11; Chief Editor, Pusa AgriScience, 2009-13; Associate Editor, Agricultural Research, 2012 to date.
Fellow: Indian Phytopathological Society; Indian Virological Society.
Research Areas: Plant Virology, diagnostics, molecular characterization and transgenics
Address: Dean & Joint Director (Education), ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012; B-9, Type VA, IARI Campus, New Delhi 110012; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Res. [phone], Cell: 9810887248; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Recognition Award, 2005-2006

Jairajpuri, Mohammad Shamim J005

FELLOW, ELECTED 1993

Born in Azamgarh, India on 8 April 1942. Educated at Shibli National School/College, Azamgarh 1948-57; Aligarh Muslim University 1957-64; advanced research in Nematology, Agric. Univ., Wageningen, The Netherlands, 1965; Rothamsted Exp. Stn. Harpenden, Herts; NAAS, Cambridge; Inst. of Parasitology, St. Albans, U.K. 1973-83; Inst. of Zoology, Univ of Gent, Belgium, 1973; Ph.D. 1964; D.Sc. 1970.
Professor & Honorary Scientist INSA; Adjunct Prorfessor of Nematology, IARI, New Delhi.
Principal Nematologist, CAB-International Inst. Parasitology, U.K. 1981-83; Professor of Zoology, 1983-2004, Chairman Zoology, 1988-89, 1997, and Director, 1989-91, Zoological Survey of India; Chairman Museology and Wildlife, 1997-98; Dean Life Sciences, 1993-95 & 1997-98 and Director Inst. of Agriculture, 1993-96, AMU, Aligarh; Honorary Professor, Univ. of Hyderabad 1998-2001; Founder Vice Chancellor, Maulana Azad National Urdu Univ. 1998-2003
Awards/Honours: First Janaki Ammal National Award on Taxonomy, Govt. of India, 1999; INSA Har Swarup Memorial Award, 2000; INSA Jawaharlal Nehru Visiting Fellowship, 2004; Zoological Society of India Gold Medals, 1978 & 1998; Dr. G.I. D'Souza Nematology Memorial Award, 2005; Indian Society for Parasitology Lifetime Achievement Award in Parasitology; Zoological Society of India Lifetime Achievement Award in Zoology; Eminent Indian Zoologist Gold Medal.
Fellow: Indian National Science Academy; National Academy of Sciences, India; Indian Academy of Science; Third World Academy of Sciences, Italy; Inst. of Biol., London; Linnean Society of London, Indian Society for Parasitology; Honorary Fellow, Nematological Society of India.
Research Areas: Plant protection, nematology, biological control, parasitology
Address: INSA Hony. Scientist & Adjunct Professor, Division of Nematology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012; 274-Aslam Manzil, Block-B, Flat No. 104, 1st Floor, Jamia Nagar, Okhla, New Delhi 110025; [Cell: 9540981665; Email: [e-mail]]
Jaiswal, Chandra Shanker J006

FELLOW, ELECTED 1999

Born in Allahabad, India on 15 June 1943. Educated in different schools and colleges in Allahabad; Allahabad Agricultural Institute; 1959- 64; Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 1964-66; B.Sc. Ag. 1961; B.Sc. Ag. Engg. 1964; M.Tech. 1966; Ph.D. 1981.
Professor Irrigation and Drainage Engineering and Chief Scientist (WM), 1981-98, Head, Department of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 1987-90, 1993-98, and Dean College of Technology, 1998-2003, GB Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, India.
Awards/Honours: Institution of Engineers Award and Certificate of Merit; Central Board of Irrigation and Power Certificate of Merit; ISAE Commendation Medal, 1994.
Fellow: Indian Society of Agricultural Engineering.
Research Areas: Soil and water conservation engineering, water management, water resource engineering
Address: 208, Uphar Special, Sector-1, ELDECO, Udyan-II, Rai Bareli Road, Lucknow 226025, U.P.; [Cell: 09415515254; Email: [e-mail]]
Jalali, Bushan L. J007

FELLOW, ELECTED 1997

Born in Srinagar, Kashmir, India on 14 June 1943; Educated at National High School, Srinagar, 1953-57; Amar Singh College, Srinagar, 1957-59; College of Agriculture, Banaras Hindu University, 1960-65; Punjab Agricultural University, 1965-68; Federal Research Centre for Agriculture, Braunschweig, Germany, 1973-74; B.Sc. 1963; M.Sc. 1965; Ph.D. 1968.
Professor of Plant Pathology, 1982-92, and Head, Department of Plant Pathology, 1987-90, Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar; Director, National Center for Integrated Pest Management, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, 1992-93; Visiting Professor, University of Hannover, 1987, University of Tubingen, Germany, 1994, University of Montreal, Canada,1995, and DongGuk University, Seoul, S.Korea, 2000; Director of Research, Haryana Agricultural University, 1998-2001; Member, Commission on Agricultural Reforms, Research and Development, Govt. of Jharkhand, 2006-08.
Awards/Honours: National Narasimhan Award, 1978; MS Pavgi Memorial Lecture Award, 1997; President, Indian Society of Mycology and Plant Pathology, 1998; Sir J.C.Luthura Award, 2000; President, Indian Phytopathological Society, 2000; Editor-in-Chief, Indian Phytopathology, 2007-10; N. Prasad Memorial Lecture, 2008; IPS Recognition Award, 2010; ICMPB Life-time Achievement Award, Banaras Hindu University, 2012; Life-time Achievement Award, Indian Society of Mycology & Plant Pathology, 2014; Chairman/Member of several national research management, planning and advisory committees/expert panels of: ICAR, DBT, DST, NRDC, UGC, and other national bodies.
Fellow: National Academy of Sciences, India; Indian Phytopathological Society; Honorary Fellow, Indian Society of Plant Pathologists.
Research Areas: Plant Pathology, Microbiology, Integrated Pest Management, and Research Management
Address: Ex Director of Research, HAU, # 601, Neelkanth Apartments, Sector 21-C, Part III, Faridabad 121001, Haryana; [Tel: Res. [phone], Cell: 09910609931; Email: [e-mail]]
Member Executive Council 1 Jan, 2007 to 31 Dec 2009

Jalota, Surinder Kumar J008

FELLOW, ELECTED 1997

Born in Ambala, India on 14 September 1950. Educated at Govt. Higher Secondary School, Raikot, 1967; B.Sc. 1971; M.Sc. 1973; Ph.D. 1986.
Adjunct Professor, PAU, Ludhiana, 2013 to date.
Research Assistant, 1973-76, Assistant Soil Physicist, 1976-85, and Soil Physicist, 1986-95, Senior Soil Physicist, 1996-2010, and Emeritus Scientist, 2011-13, PAU, Ludhiana.
Awards/Honours: Jawahar Lal Nehru Award, 1986; Merit Certificate, 1991; Recognition Award, 1998; M.S.Randhawa best book award, 2000.
Research Areas: Soil physics, natural resource management and climate change.
Address: Adjunct Professor, Department of Soil Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141004, Punjab; B XIX, 801/3A, Loomba Street, Patel Nagar, Dandi Swami Chowk, Civil Lines, Ludhiana 141001, Punjab; [Tel: Off. [phone] Ext 317; Res. [phone]; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Recognition Award, 1997-1998

Jana, Bana Bihari J009

FELLOW, ELECTED 2002

Born in West Bengal, India on 10 February 1942. Educated at Ramnagar Rao High School, West Bengal, 1954-59; I.Sc., 1961; B.Sc. 1963, and B.Sc. (Hons) 1964, Calcutta University; M.Sc. 1966, Kalyani University; Ph.D., 1970, Visva Bharati University; Post Doctoral Research, Astrakhan Fisheries Research Institute, Astrakhan and Ukrainian Fisheries Research Institute, Kiev, USSR, 1974-76; DAAD Visiting Fellow, University of Hamburg, Germany 1992.
UGC Emeritus Fellow and AICTE Emeritus Fellow; Vice-Chairman, International Centre for Ecological Engineering, Kalyani University, 2007 to date.
Lecturer, 1973-81, and Reader, Zoology 1982-90, Kalyani University; Professor, 1990-92, Vidyasagar University; Professor of Zoology, 1992 to 2007, Kalyani University.
Awards/Honours: Founder Member, Asian Fisheries Forum, Philippines; Board Member, International Ecological Engineering Society, Switzerland; Joy Govinda Law Memorial Medal of the Asiatic Society, 2013.
Fellow: West Bengal Academy of Science & Technology; Zoological Society, Calcutta; Zoological Society of India.
Research Areas: Aquaculture, aquatic microbiology, water quality management, ecological engineering, ecological sanitation, cryopreservation of fish embryos, global warming and climate change.
Address: Vice-Chairman, International Centre for Ecological Engineering, University of Kalyani, Kalyani 741235, W.B.; Secretary, Kalyani Shine India, B-10/289, Kalyani, Kalyani 741235, W.B.; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Res. [phone]; Cell: 09433533716; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail]]
Jat, Mangi Lal J010

FELLOW, ELECTED 2016

Born in Pachkodiya, Rajasthan, India on 4 May 1971. Educated at SKN Senior Secondary School, Jobner, 1985-88; SKN College of Agriculture, Jobner, 1989-1996; B.Sc (Ag) Hons; 1993; M.Sc. (Ag), Agronomy; 1996; Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi; 1996-1998; Ph.D. 1999.
Senior Cropping Systems Agronomist and CIMMYT-CCAFS South Asia Coordinator, CIMMMYT, New Delhi, 2012 to date
Scientist, Project Directorate for Cropping Systems Research, Modipuram, 1998-2007; Senior Scientist, Directorate of Maize Research, New Delhi, 2007-2009; FAO Mission to Bhutan, 2009; Hub Manager-Haryana, Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia, IRRI-CIMMYT, 2009-2010; Senior Cropping Systems Agronomist & Assistant Delivery Coordinator-India and Pakistan, Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia, CIMMYT, 2010-2011; Senior Cropping Systems Agronomist & Delivery Coordinator-India and Pakistan; Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia, CIMMYT, 2011-2012; Senior Cropping Systems Agronomist & CIMMYT-CCAFS South Asia Coordinator, CIMMYT, 2012 to date; Member Research Advisory Committee, ICAR-Directorate of Rapeseed and Mustard Research, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, 2014 to date; Member of Quinquennial Review Team; ICAR-Directorate of Rapeseed and Mustard Research, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, 2015 to date.
Awards/Honours: Dhiru Morarji Memorial Award, The Fertilizer Association of India, 2003; PS Deshmukh Young Agronomist Award, Indian Society of Agronomy, 2004; Young Soil Conservationist Award, Indian Association of Soil & Water Conservationists, 2006; Member, Regional Technical Coordination Committee (RTCC) of the Rice-Wheat Consortium for the Indo-Gangetic Plains, 2005-2009; IPNI-FAI Award for best research on management and balanced use of inputs in achieving maximum yield, 2012; Member, working group on conservation agriculture, Haryana Farmers Commission, Govt of Haryana, 2012-2013; Country Representative (India), International Society of Precision Agriculture (ISPA), USA, 2012-2013; Award of Honour, International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI), USA, 2014; Mmember Advisory Committee of Agricultural Sciences, The Fertilizer Association of India, New Delhi, 2014-2015.
Fellow: Indian Society of Agronomy, 2010.
Research Areas: Conservation agriculture, precision farming, and climate smart agriculture
Address: Senior Cropping Systems Agronomist & CIMMYT-CCAFS South Asia Coordinator, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), CG Block, NASC Complex, DPS Marg, New Delhi 110012; EA 58, First Floor, Inderpuri, New Delhi 110012; [Tel: Off. [phone], 65441940; Res. [phone], Cell: 9999108787; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
NAAS Associate, 2008

Jayas, Digvir Singh J011

FOREIGN FELLOW, ELECTED 2011

Born in Mant (Mathura), India on 10 January 1958. Educated at Shri Braj Adarsh Inter College, Mant, 1967-69; G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, 1974-80; University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, 1980-82; University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada, 1982-87; B.Tech. Agric. Eng. 1980; M.Sc. 1982; Ph.D. 1987.
Vice-President (Research) and Distinguished Professor, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, 2009 to date.
Assistant Professor Agricultural Engineering 1985-89; Associate Professor Agricultural Engineering 1989-93; Professor Biosystems Engineering 1993-97; Head Biosystems Engineering, 1997-99; Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, 1999-01; Interim Director, Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals, 2004-05; Associate Vice-President (Research), 2001-2009; Canada Research Chair in Stored-Grain Ecosystems, 2002-09.
Awards/Honours: American Society of Agricultural Engineers Young Researcher Award, 1994; Canadian Society for Agricultural Engineering Young Agricultural Engineer of the Year Award, 1995; Association of Professional Engineers of Manitoba Merit Award, 1996; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Agcellence Award, 2001; Canadian Society for Agricultural Engineering John Clark Award, 2001; Sigma Xi, Senior Scientist Award, 2001; Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology Institute Award, 2003; Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology W.J. Eva Award, 2004; Manitoba Institute of Agrologists Distinguished Agrologist Award, 2007; Canadian Society for Bioengineering Maple Leaf Award, 2007; Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Brockhouse Canada Prize, 2008; Dr. John M. Bowman Memorial Winnipeg Rh Institute Foundation Award, 2008; Engineers Canada Meritorious Service Award for Professional Service, 2008.
Fellow: Royal Society of Canada; Agriculture Institute of Canada; Engineering Institute of Canada; Engineers Canada; Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology; Canadian Academy of Engineering; Canadian Society for Bioengineering; American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers; Applied Zoologists Research Association, India.
Research Areas: Physical properties of agricultural products; modified atmosphere storage of grains, oilseeds, potatoes, and meats; mathematical modeling of biological systems; and digital image processing for grading and processing operations in the Agri-Food industry.
Address: Vice-President (Research) and Distinguished Professor, 207, Administration Building, 66 Chancellors Circle, Univ of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB Canada R3T 2N2, Canada; 49 Westwater Drive, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3X 2G2; [Tel: Off. [phone] 9404; Res. [phone] 0637; Cell: [phone] 4505; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Jena, Joykrushna J012

FELLOW, ELECTED 2015

Born in Balasore District of Orissa, India on 28 October 1965. Educated at N. N. High School, Balasore, Orissa, 1978-81; F. M. College, Balasore, 1981-83; College of Fisheries, OUAT, Bhubaneswar, Orissa 1983-87; Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin, Kerala, 1987-1999; B.F.Sc. 1987; M.F.Sc. 1989; Ph.D. 1999.
Deputy Director General (Fisheries Science), Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, 2016 to date.
Scientist, Senior Scientist, ICAR National Fellow & Head of the Division, Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Bhubaneswar, 1992-2010; Director, National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow, 2010-16.
Awards/Honours: Special One Time Award of ICAR, 1998; Young Scientist Award & Scientist of the Year Award of Bioved Research Centre, 1999 & 2000; ICAR Award for Team Research, 2000 & 2008; Best Young Scientist Award of Dr. Hiralal Choudhuri Fisheries Foundation, 2001; Prof. H.P.C. Shetty Award of AFSIB, 2008; Pillay Aquaculture Award, 2011; Dr. S.Z. Qasim Medal, 2011; Rafi Ahmad Kidwai Award of ICAR, 2013. President, Asian Fisheries Society, Kaula Lumpur, 2016 onwards; Chairman, Asian Fisheries Society Indian Branch, 2014 to date.
Fellow: Zoological Society of India, Bodh Gaya; Academy of Sciences for Animal Welfare; Zoological Society of India, Bhubaneswar; Bioved Research Society and Communication Centre; Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology (FASET), Bhopal.
Research Areas: Freshwater aquaculture, Population genetics
Address: Deputy Director General (Fisheries Science), Division of Fisheries Science, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, KAB-II, Pusa, New Delhi 110012; [Tel: Off. [phone], 25842284, Cell: 9453019735; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail], [e-mail]]
Secretary 1 Jan, 2017; Member Executive Council 1 Jan, 2016 to 31 Dec 2016; NAAS Associate, 2005