Abidi,Saiyed Asif Husain

Lata L008

FELLOW, ELECTED 2017

Born in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh on 11 June 1959. Educated at SDKP Inter College, Muzaffar Nagar, 1971-73; Methodist Girls College, Moradabad, 1974-75; Govt Raza College, Rampur, 1976-77; GB Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, 1977-1985; Ph.D. 1985.
Principal Scientist, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 2006 to date.
Scientist, Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla, 1986-88; Scientist, 1988-91, Scientist Senior Scale,1991-98, Senior Scientist, 1998-2006, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi.
Awards/Honours: ICAR-NATP Fellowship, University of Waterloo, Canada, 2003; IARI Best Teacher Award, 2004; Editor, Indian Journal of Microbiology, 1999-2011; Executive Council Member, Association of Microbiologists of India, 2010-2014; Member, Scientific Panel Food Safety Standards Authority of India, 2011 to date; Member, International e working group on mycotoxin contamination in cereals, 2012; Editor, Journal of Indian Society of Soil Science, 2011 to date.
Fellow: Indian Academy of Microbiological Sciences, India
Research Areas: Agrowaste management, Biofuels, Bioremediation, Enzymes, Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria.
Address: Principal Scientist, Division of Microbiology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012; Bungalow B5, Pusa Campus, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012; [Tel: Off.[phone]; Cell: 9868016139; Email: [e-mail]]
Lele, Uma L009

FOREIGN FELLOW, ELECTED 1998

Born in Koregaon, Satara, India on 28 August 1941. Educated at Ferguson College, Pune, B.A. 1960 & M.S. 1963; Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., Ph.D.1965.
Independent Scholar, currently working on a Book titled: Food for All: International Organizations and the Transformation of Agriculture; Commissioner, International Initiative For Impact Evaluation, (3IE); Senior Advisor, The Global Water Partnership; Senior Advisor, The Daugherty Water for Food Institute (DWFI) and the Nebraska Water Center, the University of Nebraska; Member, President's Advisory Council, Cornell University.
Senior Adviser, The Operations Evaluation Department, World Bank, 2000-2005, and various other research and management positions in the World Bank, 1971-2000; Visiting Professor, Cornell University, 1973-74; Graduate Research Professor and Director of International Studies, University of Florida, 1991-95; Director Global Development Initiative, the Carter Center, 1992-93; Member, Board of Directors, Center for International Forestry Research, (CIFOR), 1992-93; Member of the Technical Advisory Committee, CGIAR, 1994-95; formerly on the Board of Directors of Institute of Development Studies 2006-2012; Panel Member, Independent External Evaluation of FAO 2006-2007.
Awards/Honours: American Association of Agricultural Scientists Outstanding Scientist of Indian Origin, 1995.
Fellow: American Agricultural Economic Association, 1999.
Research Areas: Global development, global public policies and partnerships, agriculture and rural development, environment management, human health, aid effectiveness
Address: 700 New Hampshire Avenue, Apt 304, Washington, D.C. 20037, USA; [Tel: Res. 202-337-1916, Cell: 571-274-1916; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Dr. B.P. Pal Memorial Award, 2015-2016

Lianzheng, Wang L010

FOREIGN FELLOW, ELECTED 1994

Born at Haicheng, Liaoning, China on 15 October 1930. Graduated from Northeast Agricultural College, Harbin; Ph.D. from K.A. Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, Moscow.
He is Honourable Chairman of Academic Committee of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS).
Potato and Wheat Breeder (1957-60), Deputy Director (1970-78), Director, Crop Breeding Institute and Soybean Institute (1978-81), Associate Professor and Vice President (1981-86), President (1983), and Professor (1983-87), Crop Breeding Department of Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences (HAAS). Vice-Governor of the Heilongjiang Province in charge of agricultural production, science and technology, 1987-94; President of CAAS, 1988-91; Vice Minister of Agriculture, P.R. of China; Member of Academic Committee of Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Science, 1982-88; Member of International Fund of Agricultural Development, Rome, Italy 1988-91; Convener of Crop Breeding, Genetics and Cultivation Group, Academic Degree Committee of State Council China, 1992-1997; Member of Standing Committee of Asia and Pacific Association for Agricultural Research Institutions, RAPA/FAO, 1992-1996; President of China Crop Science Society and Chairman for Soybean Committee, 1994-2002; President of China International Exchange Association of Agricultural Sciences and Technology,1993-97; Chairman of Advisory Committee of China-EU Centre for Agricultural Technology from Chinese side, 1993-96. Board Member of Centre for Agricultural and Biosciences International, Wallingford, U.K., 1994-97; Vice Chairman of China National Committee for Release Cultivars of Crops, 1988-1992; Elected Vice Chairman of China Association for Science and Technology (CAST), 1991-2001; Hon. Chairman of Academic Committee of CAAS, 1995-2013; President of China Seed Association, 1998-2006; President of China Association for Rural Agricultural Technology, 1999-2006.
Awards/Honours: Scientific Success Prize of China Crop Science Society, 2010; Prize of Science and Technology of Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, 2005.
Fellow: Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 1988; China Association for Science and Technology; China Crop Science Society; China Association of Agronomy; China Seed Association.
Research Areas: Crop breeding and genetics, soyabean breeding
Address: Former President, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 12 Zhongguanchun Nan Street, Beijing 100081, China; 14-12-2, Cuiweixili, Haidian District 100036, Beijing, China; [Tel: [phone]; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Lodha, Madan Lal L011

FELLOW, ELECTED 2000

Born in Koshithal, Rajasthan, India on 4 August 1944. Educated at Government Higher Secondary School, Chittorgarh, 1958-61; Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Udaipur, 1961-65; Indian Agricultural Research Institute, 1965-70; B.Sc. 1965; M.Sc. 1967; Ph.D. 1970.
Head, Division of Biochemistry, 1994-2001, 2003-06; Professor, Division of Biochemistry, 2001-03; and Professor-cum-Director, ICAR Centre of Advanced Studies in Biochemistry, 1995-2001, 2003-06, and ICAR Emeritus Scientist, 2007-09, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi.
Awards/Honours: IARI Best Teacher Award 1999; Society for Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology Plaque of Honour; Executive Editor 1992-2000 and Chief Editor 2001-08, Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology; Vice-President, Society for Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2009-14, 2014-2017; Vice-President, Indian Society of Agricultural Biochemists, 2013-2015.
Fellow: Honorary Fellow, Indian Society of Agricultural Biochemists.
Research Areas: Antiviral proteins from non-host plants; quality protein maize; biological nitrogen fixation
Address: Flat # 2064, Joy Apartments, Plot No. 2, Sector 2, Phase-I, Dwarka, New Delhi 110075; A12, Legacy Dimora Jakkur Plantation, Bangalore 560064; [Tel: Res. [phone], [phone], Cell: 9873347705; Email: [e-mail]]
Treasurer 1 Jan, 2004 to 31 Dec, 2006; Dr. K. Ramiah Memorial Award, 2011-2012

Madan, Moti Lal M001

FELLOW, ELECTED 1996

Born in Srinagar, India on 1 January 1939. Educated at National High School, Srinagar, 1947-53; Shri Pratap College, Srinagar, 1953-55; Punjab College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, Hisar, 1955-59; National Dairy Research Institute. Karnal, 1963-65; University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA, 1968-71. B.V.Sc.& AH, 1959; M.Sc. 1965; Ph.D. 1971; D.Sc. (h.c.), 2001; D.Sc. (h.c.), 2012.
Veterinary Assistant Surgeon and Extension Officer, Shopian, Kashmir, 1959-63; Assistant Professor, Punjab Agricultural University, Hisar, 1966-68; Associate Professor, Animal Production Physiology, Haryana Agricultural University, 1972-79; Professor and Head, Animal Physiology, NDRI, Head, Dairy Cattle Physiology Division, 1986-94, and Project Director, Embryo Biotechnology, 1987-94 NDRI, Karnal; FAO/UNDP Consultant, 1992; Joint Director Research, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, 1994-95; Deputy Director General (Animal Sciences), Indian Council of Agricultural Research, 1995-99; Vice-Chancellor, Dr Punjabrao Deshmukh Agriculture University, Akola, Maharashtra, 1999-02; Vice-Chancellor, U.P. Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhaya Pashu Vigyan Vishwa Vidhyalaya evam Go Anusandhan Sansthan, (DUVASU) Mathura, 2006-09. Currently, Chairman Livestock Subgroup, Haryana Farmers Commission.
President, Society of Animal Physiologist of India (SAPI); Chairman, National Task Force on Animal Biotechnology, DBT, Govt. of India, 1999-2005; Member Executive and Chairman, Education Committee, Veterinary Council of India, New Delhi, 2002-05; Expert Member (Animal Science & Fisheries) Parliamentry Committee to Evaluate Research Work for ICAR Institutes, DARE, New Delhi; Chairman, ICAR Committee for Formulation of XI Plan Programs for Animal Sciences Research and Education, 2006; Member, National Task Force for Revamping Agriculture Education and Research, Planning Commission, GOI, 2007; Chairman, ICAR National Committee for Research Project Proformae for Formulation, Evaluation and Monitoring of Research, 2010-11; Chairman QRT, CIRB, Hissar, 1992-2006; PDC Merrut, 2012; Chairman RAC, IVRI, Izatnagar, 2011.
Awards/Honours: Science Pioneer Prize, 1985, World Buffalo Congress, Cairo, Egypt; Nalis Lagerlof Award, 1985, 1997; D. Sundaresan National Dairy Award, 1989; Hari Om Award, 1990, ICAR; Rafi Ahmad Kidwai Award, 1992, ICAR; Nirmalam Memorial Award 1994-95; OGOURI Award, 1995, Japanese Society of Animal Reproduction; Rotary International Award 1998; AJAS Purina Award, 1999, Asian Australasian Association of Animal Production; Rotary Service Excellence Award, 2001, Rotary International; SAPI Honorific Award, 2002, Society for Animal Physiologists of India; Distinguished Veterinarian Award (DIVA), 2002, Indian Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Research; Om Prakash Bhasin Award for Science and Technology, 2002; Alumni Excellence Award, 2004, NDRI; D.Sc. (Honoris Causa), Chander Sekher Azad University of Agriculture & Technology 2001; Life Time Achievement Award, Indian Society for the Study of Reproduction and Fertility, 2011; ICMR Centenary Award of Honour, 2012; D.Sc. (Honoris Causa), University of Guleph, Toronto, Canada, 2012; S.K. Manchanda Oration, 5th Congress of Federation of Indian Physiological Societies (FIPS) 2014.
Fellow: National Academy of Sciences, India; National Academy of Veterinary Sciences, India; Indian Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Research; Egyptian Veterinary Association, Cairo, Egypt; Indian Society for Study of Animal Reproduction.
Research Areas: Biotechnology; Animal Physiology, Reproductive Endocrinology
Address: 'Anugrah', Madan Lodge, House No. 842/6, Urban Estate, Karnal 132001, Haryana; [Tel: Res. [phone]; Cell: 09896017878, 09896317878; Email: [e-mail]]
Secretary 1 Jan, 2006 to 31 Dec, 2008; Member Executive Council 1 Jan, 2002 to 31 Dec, 2004; Dr. B.P. Pal Memorial Award, 2005-2006

Mahadevappa, Madappa M002

FELLOW, ELECTED 1999

Born in Madapura, Karnataka, India on 4 August 1937. Educated at Government Primary School, Madapura, 1948; Govt. Boys Middle School, Chamarajanagar, 1952; Municipal High School, Chamarajanagar, 1955; Sharada Vilas College, Mysore, 1957; B.Sc.(Ag), Agricultural College, Bangalore, 1960; M.Sc. (Ag) and Ph.D., Agricultural College, Coimbatore, 1962 and 1965.
President, Forum of Former Vice-Chancellors of Karnataka State Universities (FVCK), Bangalore, 2013 to date; Director, JSS Rural Development Foundation, Ramanuja Road, Mysore, 2003 to date.
Professor of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Seed Technology, 1981-93, UAS, Bangalore; Director of Instruction, 1993-94; Vice-Chancellor, University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Dharwad, 1994-2000; Chairman, Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board, New Delhi, 2001- 02.
Awards/Honours: KKM Award, 1972; Hooker Award, 1981; Karnataka Govt. Rajyothsava Award, 1984; Nagamma Dattathreya Award, 1989; Sir Chotu Ram Award, 1996; Basava Guru Karunya award-Ilkal, 1996; Bharat Ratna Sir. M. Vishweshwarayya Memorial Award, 1999; Padma Shri, 2005; Lifetime Achievement Award, Agriculture Leadership Award, 2009; Karnataka Govt. Outstanding Kannada Science Writer, 2010; Socieity of Agricultural Biotechnology - SAB Life Time Achievement Award, 2011; Amit Krishi Rishi Award, 2013; Padma Bhushan, 2014; National Academy of Biological Sciences - Dr. Kannaiyan Memorial Award, 2015; Member, Karnataka State Higher Education Council, Govt of Karnataka; Member, University Review Commission, Govt of Karnataka; Member, Vision Group, Biotechnology, Govt of Karnataka.
Fellow: National Academy of Sericulture Sciences; National Academy of Biological Sciences; Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding; Indian Society of Seed Technologists; Indian Science Writer's Association.
Research Areas: Genetics, plant breeding, seed science & technology, parthenium weed control
Address: Director, JSS Rural Development Foundation, Ramanuja Road, Mysore 570004, Karnataka; 'Samarasa' 1576, 1st Cross, Chandra Layout, Bangalore 560040, Karnataka; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Res. [phone], Cell: 09448360991; Email: [e-mail]]
Member Executive Council 1 Jan, 2014 to 31 Dec, 2016

Mahajan, Gulshan M003

FELLOW, ELECTED 2017

Born in village Gharota, Pathankot, Punjab on 20 June, 1973. Educated at Arya Senior Secondary School, Dinanagar, Gurdaspur, 1987-89; B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture, Haryana Agricultural University (HAU) Hisar, 1990-94; M.Sc. (Agronomy), Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya (HPKV), Palampur, 1994-96; Ph.D. (Agronomy), Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, 1997-2000; MASHAV Fellowship (Israel), 2004; IRRI-India Resident Fellowship (Philippines), 2008-09.
Senior Agronomist/Professor (Rice), Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2012 to date
Assistant Professor/Scientist, 2000-2006; Agronomist/Associate Professor (Rice), 2006-12, PAU, Ludhiana
Awards/Honours: Best All India Coordinated Rice Improvement Project (AICRIP) Agronomy Centre Award, 2013; Team award for best centre of AICRIP, 2012; Golden Jubilee AICRIP Team award, 2015; Three Appreciation awards, International Rice Research Institute -2008 to 2009.
Fellow: Indian Society of Weed Science, 2013
Research Areas: Rice Agronomy, Weed Science, Water Management
Address: Senior Agronomist, Rice Section, Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141004, Punjab; 9/24, PAU Campus, Ludhiana 141004; [Cell: 09417352312; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
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Malik, Chander Parkash M004

FELLOW, ELECTED 1993

Born in Jhang Maghiana, India (now in Pakistan) on 26 July 1935. Educated at Govt. School, Hoshiarpur, 1947-50; University College, Hoshiarpur, 1950-54; Panjab University, Amritsar, 1954-58; University of Wales, 1962-64, Aberystwyth; Punjab University Chandigarh. B.Sc. (Hons. School) 1956; M.Sc. (Hons. School) 1958; Ph.D. (Genetics; Plant Breeding) 1964; Ph.D. (Biochemistry), 1998.
Advisor (Academics) and Professor, Life Sciences, Jaipur National University, Jagatpura, Jaipur, Rajasthan, to date.
Reader, University of Udaipur, Udaipur, 1966-71; Prof. and Head Deptt. of Botany, Panjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 1971-88; Coordinator of Research 1987-90, Dean College of Basic Sciences and Humanities 1990-94, Prof. and Head, Dept. of Food Processing and Technology, 1996-2000, and Prof. and Advisor, Environmental Science and Engineering, 1995-98, GJ University, Hisar; Chairperson & Director, Deptt. Of Biotechnology; 1997-2002 and Visiting Professor, Kurukshetra University, 1978; Visiting Professor, National Sci. Foundation, USA-UGC, 1980; Karnataka University, Dharwad, 1984.
Awards/Honours: ICAR Rafi Ahmad Kidwai Prize, 1985; IBS Birbal Sahni Gold Medal, 1990; ISPP JJ Chinoy Gold Medal, 1992; Gold Medal of Academy for Advancement of Agriculture Sci., 1993; IPS Gunar Erdtman Gold Medal, 1995; President, Indian Science Congress (Plant Sciences), 1994; President, International Society of Plant Morphologists, 2001, 2014; Bharat Gaurav Award, 2015.
Fellow: Indian National Science Academy; National Academy of Sciences India; Botanical Society, India; Indian Palynological Society; Mendelian Academy; International Society of Plant Morphologists.
Research Areas: Plant biotechnology; Crop genetics; Molecular plant physiology; Nanotechnology
Address: Advisor (Academics) & Professor, Life Sciences, Jaipur National University, Jagatpura, Jaipur 302017, Rajasthan; E-46, Sector 41, Noida 201301, U.P.; [Tel: Res. [phone]; Cell: 9999041434; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Malik, Vedpal Singh M005

FOREIGN FELLOW, ELECTED 1997

Born in Sunna, Muzaffarnagar, U.P., on 1 January 1942. Educated at Junior High School Bhabisa 1955; Jat Heroes College Baraut 1957; Jat College Baraut 1961; IARI, 1964; Carlsberg Laboratorium, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1965; Dalhousie University and National Research Council of Canada Halifax NS, 1965-69; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Texas, 1970; Massacusetts Institute of Technology 1971-72; The Upjohn Company, 1973- 1980; Philip Morris, Richmond VA 1981-84; Rockefeller University, New York, 1985-86; Philip Morris Richmond 1987-93.
United States Department of Agriculture, 1994 to date.
Awards/Honours: USDA Secretary's Honor award for managing Ralstonia, Karnal Bunt, and for contribution to Foot and Mouth Disease in United Kingdom; Hammer award from US Vice President.
Research Areas: Recombinant DNA, Made nicotine free plants by antisense RNA. Isolation and Characterization of Rubisco and CAB genes; characterization of G box; Genetic engineering of yeast and Streptomyces. CRISPR technology for crop improvement.
Biotechnology, Microbiolgy, Agriculture, Industrial development of fermentation processes, Strain Improvement, public policy and international commerce; National Coordinator for Karnal Bunt, National Coordinator for Potato diseases, nematodes and viruses, Black stem Rust, Chrysanthemum white rust, Irradiation of fruits as a phytosanitary measure. Approved irradiation of Indian Mangoes for export to USA, Approval of irradiation facilities for phytosanitary treatment in Australia, Vietnam, Thailand, South Africa and India. Manager of offshore programs for export of ornamentals that are grown in green houses. Sanitation procols for producing cuttings of Pelargonium in Green houses in China, Israel, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Mexico, Germany, Guatemala, Elsalvador, Costa Rica, Sanitation protocols for producing Orchids/Phlaenopsis for export to USA.
Address:, United States Department of Agriculture, 4700 River Road, Riverdale MD 20737-1236, USA; 6716 Haycock Road, Falls Church VA 22043, USA; [Tel: Res. 301 3326405; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Mandal, Asitbaran M006

FELLOW, ELECTED 2007

Born in Chandra, India on 6 October 1957. Educated at Chandra School, Bankura, 1963-72; Christian College, Bankura 1973; Bengal Veterinary College, Kolkata, 1974-79; Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, 1980-82; Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, 1989-92; B.V.Sc. & A.H. 1979; M.V.Sc. 1982; Ph.D. 1992.
Principal Scientist & Head, Division of Avian Nutrition & Feed Technology, ICAR-Central Avian Research Institute, Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh 2000 to date.
Veterinary Surgeon, West Bengal Vety. Services, 1982-83; Asstt. Prof., Deptt. of Animal Nutrition, HAU, Hisar, 1983-96; Assoc. Prof. Deptt. of Animal Nutrition, HAU, Hisar, 1996-2000.
Awards/Honours: ICAR Junior Fellowship, 1979; Hungarian Government Fellowship 1986; ICAR Senior Fellowship, 1988; Dr. N.D. Kehar Award, 1993; Jawahar Lal Nehru Award, 1993; Dr. Gopal Krishnan Medal 1996; CCSHAU Outstanding Teacher Award, 1996; ICAR Outstanding Interdisciplinary Team Research Award, 2005-06; IVRI Best Teacher Award, 2007-08; Kerala Chapter Award, 2008; Ayurvet Research Award, 2010; ANA Dr. DVR Prakash Rao Outstanding Research Award, 2011-12; ANA Dr. Usha Rani Mehra Lifetime Achievement Award, 2015.
Fellow: National Academy of Veterinary Sciences.
Research Areas: Livestock and Poultry Nutrition, Feeding standards, Alternate feed resources, Clinical Nutrition, In ovo feeding and vaccination, Nutritional biotechnology
Address: Principal Scientist and Head, Avian Nutrition & Feed Technology Division, ICAR-Central Avian Research Institute, Izatnagar 243122, U.P.; 15A Utsav, Mahanagar (Phase 1), Pilibhit Bypass, Izatnagar 243005, U.P.; [Tel: Off. [phone] Ext. 3053; Cell: 09897539349; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Recognition Award, 2009-2010

Mandal, Biswapati M007

FELLOW, ELECTED 2004

Born in Burdwan, West Bengal on 4 August 1957. Educated at Siksha Mandir School, Nabadwip, 1968-73; Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (BCKV), Kalyani, 1974-85; University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, 1987-88; University of Goettingen, Germany, 1996; University of California (Davis), 2012; B.Sc. 1978; M.Sc. 1981; Ph.D. 1985.
Professor, Directorate of Research, BCKV, 2003 to date
Lecturer, 1985-1998, and Reader of Soil Science, 1998-2002, BCKV, Kalyani; Former Pro-Vice-Chancellor, BCKV, 2012-2014.
Awards/Honours: ISCA Young Scientist Award, 1986; INSA Medal for Young Scientists, 1989; Golden Jubilee Commemoration Young Scientist Award of ISSS, 1993; UGC Career Award, 1993; Dr. B. C. Deb Memorial Award of ISCA, 1994; 12th International Congress Commemoration Award of ISSS, 2004; ISCA President, Agriculture and Forestry Sciences Section, 2007-08; ISSC Chairman, Agriculture and Home Science Section, 2009-10; Editor-in-Chief, J. Indian Soc. Coastal Agril. Res., 2008; Member, Editorial Board, Agronomy Journal, 2008.
Fellow: Indian Society of Soil Science; West Bengal Academy of Sciences and Technology.
Research Areas: Environmental soil science, soil quality and soil organic carbon management and soil testing and fertilizer recommendation.
Address: Professor, Directorate of Research, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Kalyani 741235, W.B.; B-10/286, Kalyani 741235, W.B.; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Res. [phone]; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Member Executive Council 1 Jan, 2012 to 31 Dec, 2014

Manmohan Singh M008

FELLOW, ELECTED 1999

Born in the Punjab province of undivided India on 26 September 1932. Matriculation from the Punjab University, 1948; First Class Honours degree in Economics, University of Cambridge, UK, 1957; D. Phil in Economics, Nuffield College, Oxford University, 1962.
Former Prime Minister of India, 2004-2014.
Academic credentials burnished by the years spent on the faculty of Punjab University and the prestigious Delhi School of Economics. After a brief stint at the UNCTAD Secretariat, appointed as Secretary General of the South Commission in Geneva between 1987 and 1990. His book, "India's Export Trends and Prospects for Self-Sustained Growth" [Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1964] was an early critique of India's inward-oriented trade policy.
Formerly Economic Advisor, Commerce Ministry, GOI, 1971. Chief Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance, 1972; Secretary, Ministry of Finance; Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission; Governor Reserve Bank of India; Advisor of the Prime Minister; Chairman University Grants Commission.
India's Finance Minister for 5 years brought turning point in the economic history of independent India, Dr. Singh spent five years between 1991 and 1996. His role in ushering in a comprehensive policy of economic reforms is now recognized worldwide. This period is inextricably associated with the persona of Dr. Singh.
India's fourteenth Prime Minister, Dr. Singh is rightly acclaimed as a thinker and a scholar and is well regarded for his diligence and his academic approach to work, as well as his accessibility and his unassuming demeanour.
Represented India at many international conferences and in several international organizations; led Indian Delegations to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Cyprus, 1993 and to the World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna, 1993.
In his political career, a Member of India's Upper House of Parliament since 1991 as well as Leader of the Opposition between 1998 and 2004.
Awards/Honours: Honoured by a number of other associations including the Japanese Nihon Keizai Shimbun; Recipient of honorary degrees from many universities including the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford; Wright's Prize for Distinguished Performance at St. John's College in Cambridge, 1955; Adam Smith Prize, University of Cambridge, 1956; India's second highest civilian honour, Padma Vibhushan, 1987; Euro Money Award for Finance Minister of the Year, 1993; Asia Money Award for Finance Minister of the Year, 1993 and 1994; Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Award, Indian Science Congress, 1995; Honorary Doctorate of Letters (D.Litt.), BHU; FAO Highest Distinction the Agricola Medal; Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers, Government of Japan, 2014.
Research Areas: Economics, development
Address: 3, Motilal Nehru Place, New Delhi 110001; [Tel: Off. [phone], 23018668; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]