Abidi,Saiyed Asif Husain

Rana, Bhanwar Singh R026

FELLOW, ELECTED 1996

Born in Navi Nagar, Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India on 5 July 1941. Educated at S.S. Inter College, Khatauli, 1959; J. V. College, Baraut, (Meerut) 1963; Agra university / IARI, 1972. B.Sc. (Ag) 1961; M.Sc. (Ag) 1963; Ph.D. 1972.
Scientist, Principal Scientist, 1964-83, and Head, 1984-87, IARI Regional Research Station, Hyderabad; Plant Breeder/ Agronomist FAO/ UNDP, Kenya, 1981-82; Consultant Plant Breeding and Seed production, FAO, Myanmar, 1986; IFAD - Consultant Agric. Support Mission for Tribal Development, 1995; PI Indo-Australia Project on Selection Procedure, Genetic Transformation and Crop Modeling; PI Indo-UK Project on Farmer Participatory Research; PI AP-Netherlands Project on Biotechnology; PI ICAR-ICRISAT Project, Training to International Staff; Course Director, Centre for Excellence, Facilitator, National Agriculture Technology Project on nutritious cereals - Millets, Maize and Sorghum/ Sweet Sorghum. National Project Coordinator, ICAR-All India Coordinated Sorghum Improvement Project, 1988-2002; Director, ICAR-Indian Institute of Millet Research (formerly NRCS), Hyderabad, 1995-2002; Research Director, Pvt. Seed sector 2002-2003, 2005-2006; Consultant, Crop Science (Energy Crops), NFCL, Hyderabad 2006-09; Advisor (R&D), Vibha Seeds, Hyderabad, 2010-13.
Awards/Honours: Vasant Rao Naik - National Award, 1995.
Fellow: Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding.
Research Areas: Plant breeding, Quantitative genetics, Research management; Farmer Participatory Research, Energy crops development and production
Address: Flat No. 109, Indraprashth Apartments, Sector 12, Pocket 3, Dwarka, New Delhi 110078; [Cell: 9718450201; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Rana, Jai Chand R027

FELLOW, ELECTED 2014

Born in Harsi, Himachal Pradesh, India on 23 January 1963. Educated at Govt. High School, Harsi, 1968-76; GHS, Sari Molag, 1977-78; BR College Agra, B.Sc. Agri. (Hons.), 1983; HPKV, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh; M.Sc. 1986; Ph.D. 1989; PG Dip. (HRD), 1998; PG Dip. (Env. Sci.), 2001; SCAU, China, Post Doctorate, 2003.
Head, Division of Germplasm Evalution, ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, Pusa Campus, New Delhi, 2014 to date.
Research Associate, HPKV, Palampur, 1987, 1989-90; Scientist Fellow, CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur, 1990-91; Scientist, National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources New Delhi, 1991-93; Senior Scientist & Principal Scientist, NBPGR Regional Station Shimla, 1994-2014.
Awards/Honours: ICAR-MS Swamninathan Award for Outstanding Research on Hill Agriculture, 2015; Dr. R.B. Ekbote Prize for Otstnding Research in Plant Breeding; IIFS Bharat Jyoti Award, 2013; Best Citizen Award, 2013; SAGES Recognition Award, 2012; PDF Fellowship, MHRD, 2003; ICAR-NARC Visiting Scientist, 2000; ICAR-UNDP Fellowship,1984. Member, HP State Biodiversity Board, 2008 to date; Member, Research Advisory Group, HFRI (ICFRE), 2009 to date; Member, Advisory Group, Indian Himalayas Climate Change Adaptation Programme, 2012 to date.
Fellow: Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding; Indian Society of Plant Genetic Resources; Society for Advancement of Human and Nature; Shimla Amateur Garden and Environment Society
Research Areas: Plant Genetic Resources Management; On-farm Conservation; Climate Change
Address: Head, Division of Germplasm Evaluation, ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, Pusa Campus, New Delhi 110012; EA 125, Inderpuri, New Delhi 110012; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Cell: 09540534697, 09418104185; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Recognition Award, 2015-2016

Randhawa, Sarnarinder Singh R028

FELLOW, ELECTED 1998

Born in Ludhiana, India on 23 September 1955. Educated at Government Model School, Ludhiana, 1968-70; Govt. College, Ludhiana, 1970-73; College of Veterinary Science, PAU, Ludhiana 1973-79; CSA Univ. Agril. & Tech., Kanpur, India, 1992-93; B.V.Sc.&A.H. 1977; M.V.Sc. 1979; Ph.D. 1993.
Director of Research, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, 2010 to date
Research/Teaching Assoc. 1979-80, 1981-82, Assistant Prof. of Veterinary Medicine, 1982-86, Associate Prof. Vety. Medicine 1986-95, Professor of Veterinary Extension 1995-96, Professor of Veterinary Medicine, 1996-98, Professor & Head, Department of Veterinary Medicine 1998-2000, Professor & Head, 2000-03, Professor, 1998-2010, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Ethics & Jurisprudence; Dean, Postgraduate Studies, 2010-15, Director of Extension Education, (Additional charge), 2014-15, GADVASU, Ludhiana.
Awards/Honours: ISVM Young Scientist Award, 1986; ICAR Award for Team Research, 1989-90; PSCS&T Appreciation Award, 1990-93; ICAR Jawaharlal Nehru Award, 1994; Gold Medal for Bovine Medicine 1995; D.C. Blood Gold Medal 1996; Prof. G.R. Murki Bhavi Medal 2000; Shri Ram Lal Aggrawal Gold Medal 2003; Shiksha Rattan Puraskar, 2008; Bharat Jyoti Award, 2010; General Secretary, 1996-2000, and Vice-President, Indian Society for Veterinary Medicine, 2010 - 2012. Editorial Board of Intas Polivet (2013), Editorial Board, Indian Journal of Canine Practice; Member, Research Advisory Committee, CSWRI, Avikanagar, Rajasthan 2002-2005; Member Veterinary Council of India, Inspection team for Veterinary College, Jabalpur (M.P) 2010; Ex-member, Board of Management, GADVASU, Ludhiana, 2010-2012; Member, QRT, ICAR Research Complex for Eastern Region, Patna, Bihar, 2011-2012; Expert member, Research Review of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology, Jammu (J&K), 2012, 2013; Member, ICAR, Peer Review Team for Accreditation of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture & Technology, Srinagar (J&K); Member, Research Advisory Committee, National Innovation Foundation- India; President, Indian Society for Veterinary Medicine from December 2014 to date.
Fellow: National Academy of Veterinary Sciences; Indian Society for Veterinary Medicine; Academy of Sciences for Animal Welfare; Indian Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Research.
Research Areas: Veterinary medicine, clinical medicine, geo-medicine
Address: Director of Research, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana 141004, Punjab; 6/5, PAU Campus, Ludhiana 141004, Punjab; [Tel: Off. [phone]-47; Res. [phone], Cell: 09814634094; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Ranjekar, Prabhakar Kamalakar R029

FELLOW, ELECTED 2001

Born in Ahmednagar on 26 October 1941. Educated in Gopal High School and Bhave School, Pune 1947-58; Ahmednagar College 1958-61; Fergusson College 1961-62; Poona University, 1962-68; M.Sc. 1964; Ph.D.1968; Post Doctoral Fellow 1970-72 & Assistant Professor in Biology 1972-76, Laval University; Quebec City, Canada
Director of Research & Director IRSHA, Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Dhankawadi, Pune, to date.
Scientist 1977-95, and Head, Biochemical Sciences Division, 1995-2001, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune; Visiting Scientist 1985-86, Indiana University, USA, and Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1990.
Awards/Honours: Member, Task Forces, Department of Biotechnology; Member, Scientific Committees of several Research Institutions and Universities.
Fellow: National Academy of Sciences, India.
Research Areas: Plant molecular biology, agricultural biotechnology
Address: Director of Research at Bharati Vidyapeeth, & Director IRSHA, Medical College Campus, Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Dhankawadi, Pune 411043, Maharashtra; B-11, 'Tarang' Gate 4, Abhimanashree Housing Society, Pashan Road, Pune 411008, Maharashtra; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Res. [phone], 25650938; Cell: 09823437353; Email: [e-mail]]
Rao, A.T. R030

FELLOW, ELECTED 1999

Born in Paralakhimundi, India on 21 July 1940. Educated at Maharaja's Boys' High School, Paralakhimundi, 1951-56; Sri Krushna Chandra Gajapati College Paralakhimundi, 1956-58; Orissa Veterinary College, Bhubaneswar, 1958-62; Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, 1964-66; Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, 1974-77; B.V.Sc and A.H. 1962; M.V.Sc. 1966; Ph.D. 1977.
Professor & Head, Department of Veterinary Pathology, Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology; Emeritus Scientist, ICAR.
Awards/Honours: P.R.K. Iyer Memorial and Ganti A. Sastry Gold Medals for publishing best research articles, 1992 & 1994; Dr. C.M. Singh Gold Medal 1996; Dr. R.R. Sukla Award; Best Teacher Award, 1995 and 1996-97; Sri Ramlal Agarwala National Award, 1996-97; Dr. P.P. Gupta Oration Award, 2003; Lifetime Achievement Award, 2012, OUAT, Bhubaneswar for commendable services rendered to Teaching, Research and Administration; Felicitation for lifetime contribution to Wildlife Management by Association of Indian Zoo and Wildlife Veterinarians and Centre for Wildlife Health, OUAT, Bhubaneswar, 2013.
Fellow: National Academy of Veterinary Sciences; Indian Association of Veterinary Pathologists; Chartered Member, Indian College of Veterinary Pathologists.
Research Areas: Veterinary pathology - wildlife diseases, avian pathology, herbal medicine
Address: Plot No. 1021/44, Lingaraj Nagar, Bhubaneswar 751002, Odisha; [Tel: Res. [phone]; Cell: 09437025509; Email: [e-mail]]
Rao, Atmakuri Ramakrishna R031

FELLOW, ELECTED 2016

Born in Cuttack, Odisha, India on 15 January 1968. Educated at City High School, Berhampur, 1978-83; Khallikote College, Berhampur University, Berhampur, 1983-85; College of Agriculture, OUAT, Bhubaneswar, 1986-90; Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 1991-1997; B.Sc. 1990; M.Sc. 1993; Ph.D. 1997; MCA during in-service from IGNOU, 2009-2012; Post Doc. Experience at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York during 2006-2007 and at University of Washington, Seattle during 2011.
Principal Scientist, Centre for Agricultural Bioinformatics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi, 2012 to date.
Scientist, 1997-2001; Scientist (Sr. Scale), 2001-2006; and Senior Scientist, Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi, 2006-2012.
Awards/Honours: DBT Overseas Associateship Award (Long Term) 2005-06, DBT, Government of India; Member, Editorial Board, The Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding; Expert, DBT Task Force for Theoretical and Computational Biology.
Fellow: Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding; Society for Applied Biotechnology.
Research Areas: Bioinformatics, Agricultural Statistics, Statistical Genetics and Genomics
Address: Principal Scientist, Centre for Agricultural Bionformatics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, Pusa, Library Avenue, New Delhi 110012; A-39, 2nd Floor, Inderpuri, New Delhi 110012; [Tel: Off. [phone] Extn: 4330; Res. [phone], Cell: 9999422935; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Rao, D.L.N. R032

FELLOW, ELECTED 2004

Born in Pulletikurru, A.P., India on 26 November 1954. Educated at Andhra School, Delhi, 1961-70; Deshbandhu College, Delhi, 1970-73; Indian Agricultural Research Institute, 1973-78; B.Sc. 1973; M.Sc. 1975; Ph.D. 1979; Commonwealth Scholar at Biological Laboratory, University of Kent at Canterbury, England, 1986-87; Visiting Research Fellow at Deptt. Of Biological Sciences, Imperial College at Wye, University of London, England, 1995; Visiting Research Fellow, Deptt. Of Biological Sciences, University of Sussex, England, 1995.
Principal Scientist and Project Coordinator of All India Network Project on Soil Biodiversity-Biofertilizers, Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal 2004 to date.
Scientist, 1978-84, Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal; Senior Scientist, 1984-98, Project Coordinator, AICRP on Biological Nitrogen Fixation, 1998-2004, Head, Division of Soil Biology, 2005-06, and Director (Acting), 2003, IISS, Bhopal.
Awards/Honours: Prof. S.K. Mukherjee Memorial Lecture Award, ISSS, 2015; ISSS 12th International Congress of Soil Science Commemoration Award 2000; FAI Silver Jubilee Award, 2002; ISSS DR. R.V. Tamhane Memorial Lecture Award, 2007; Editor, Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science, 1998-99, 2001 to 2006; Editor, Indian Journal of Microbiology, 2006-11; Vice-President, Indian Society of Agricultural Resource Management, 2003-04, Member, Rajasthan Soil Health Improvement Task Force, 2012 to date; Councilor, ISSS, 1994-95.
Fellow: Indian Society of Soil Science.
Research Areas: Soil Microbiology, Biological Nitrogen Fixation, Microbial Diversity, Biofertilizers, Soil Organic Matter, Nitrogen Transformations
Address: Principal Scientist & Project Coordinator, AINP on Soil Biodiversity-Biofertilizers, Indian Institute of Soil Science, Nabi Bagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal 462038, M.P.; HIG-H/383, Ayodhyanagar, Phase 2, Bhopal 462041, M.P.; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Res. [phone], Cell 09303129740; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Rao, E.V.S. Prakasa R033

FELLOW, ELECTED 2003

Born in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India on 24 September 1953. Educated at Agricultural College, Bapatla, 1969-73; Indian Agricultural Research Institute, 1974-80; B.Sc. 1973; M.Sc 1976; Ph.D. 1980.
Scientist B, 1980-85, Scientist C, 1985-88, Scientist EI, 1988-93, Scientist EII, 1993-94, Head, Field Station, Coorg, 1994-95, Scientist EII, 1995-98, CIMAP, Scientist F, 1998-2005, Head, 1999-2009, and Scientist G, 2005-11, CIMAP Research Centre, Bangalore; Chief Scientist, Climate and Environmental Modelling Group, CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation, Bangalore, 2011-13; Advisor, Climate and Environmental Modelling Group, CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation, Bangalore, 2014-17.
Awards/Honours: Fertiliser Association of India Silver Jubilee Award 1993; Phosphate and Potash Institute of Canada-Fertiliser Association of India Award, 2001; CIMAP Appreciation Award, 2004; Indian Society of Agronomy Gold Medal, 2009; IMPHOS-FAI Award, 2012.
Fellow: Indian Society of Agronomy; Indian Society of Spices.
Research Areas: Medicinal and aromatic plants, agronomy, soil science, water management, climate change, environmental modelling, carbon sequestration
Address: Former Advisor, CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation (C-MMACS), NAL Belur Campus, Bengaluru 560037, Karnataka; 42, AECS II Stage, 5th Main, 16th Cross, Sanjaynagar, Bengaluru 560094, Karnataka; [Tel: Res. [phone], Cell: 09731128468; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Rao, Kamineni Venkata Gopala Krishna R034

FELLOW, ELECTED 1995

Born in Godavarru, Andhra Pradesh, India on 10 October 1945. Educated at Zilla Parishad Schools in Krishna District, Andhra University Engineering College, Visakhapatnam, 1962-67; Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 1967-74; B.E. 1967, M.Tech. 1969, Ph.D. 1975.
Professor and Head, Civil Engineering Department, PVP Siddhartha Institute of Technology, Vijayawada, A.P. 2009 to date.
Senior Scientist, Principal Scientist, and Project Manager, Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, 1975-96; Research Manager, Rajasthan Agricultural Drainage Project, Kota, Rajasthan, 1996-2000; Water Management Specialist, Mission Support Unit, Water Conservation Mission, Govt. of AP, Hyderabad, 2001-2004; Member Secretary, AP Water Vision Task Force, I&CAD Department, Govt. of AP, Hyderabad, 2005; Head Consultancy Services, M/s Indwa Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, 2006-09.
Fellow: Institution of Engineers (India)
Research Areas: Soil water conservation engineering, reclamation & salt affected soils, water management
Address: 59A-8/7-12, 7th Road, Vasavi Colony, Vijayawada 520008, A.P.; [Tel: Res. [phone], Cell: 9849045342; Email: [e-mail]]
Rao, N. Hanumantha R035

FELLOW, ELECTED 1997

Born in India on 22 March 1954. B.Sc. (Hons), M.Sc., Ph.D., IIT, Delhi.
Joint Director and Dean/Principal Scientist and Professor, National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, Hyderabad, 1999-2016; Scientist/Senior Scientist/Principal Scientist, 1977-99, Water Technology Centre, IARI, New Delhi.
Awards/Honours: INSA Young Scientist Medal; National Hydrology Award; Central Board of Irrigation & Power Medal.
Research Areas: Hydrology and Water Resources; Geospatial technologies applications in natural resources management and agriculture, Agricultural research management; Sustainability of agricultural systems; Science and technology policy for agriculture; Agribusiness management
Address:, HIG (OG), Block 10, Flat 4, Baghlingampally, Hyderabad 500044, Telangana; [Tel: Res. [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Member Executive Council (Casual Vacancy) 1 Jan, 2016 to 31 Dec, 2017

Rao, Surapaneni Koteswara R036

FELLOW, ELECTED 2012

Born in Polukonda, Andhra Pradesh, India on 8 March 1952. Educated at PVCMZPH School, Rudrapaka, Andhra Pradesh 1968; Pre University, Sir CRR College Eluru, 1971; B.Sc. 1974, Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada; College of Agriculture, JNKVV, Jabalpur M.Sc.(Ag) 1977, Ph.D. 1980.
Senior Research Assistant 1980, Junior Scientist 1980-89, Scientist 1990-2001, Professor & Head 2001-2009, JNKVV, Jabalpur; Dean College of Agriculture, Rewa 2009-12; Dean Faculty of Agriculture, JNKVV, Jabalpur, 2012-15; Director of Research Services, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur 2015-17.
Awards/Honours: Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award 2007-2008; Dr. Kailash Nath Katju Award 2008; ICAR Team Research Award, 2007-2008; Awarded Certificate of Honors in M.Sc. (Ag.) and Ph.D. (Ag.) Achievers Award 2010.
Fellow: Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding; Indian Society of Pulses Research and Development.
Research Areas: Crop Improvement, Seed Systems, Agribusiness Incubator Development
Address: B-5 Krishi Nagar, Adhartal, Jabalpur; [Cell: 9752580170, 9425384072; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Rao, V.R. R037

FELLOW, ELECTED 1994

Born in Guntur, Andhara Pradesh on 21 June 1945. Educated at Hindu College, Guntur, 1963-66; M.S. University of Baroda, 1966-68; USSR Academy of Sciences, Institute of Microbiology, Moscow, 1968-74; B.Sc. 1966, M.Sc. 1968, Ph.D. 1974.
Microbiology Assistant, Department of Microbiology, Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal (A.P.) 1969-70; CSIR Pool Officer, 1974-75; Junior Soil Microbiologist, 1975; Senior Scientist, 1976; Principal Scientist, 1982; and Head, Division of Soil Science & Microbiology & I/c Head Crop Production, Central Rice Research Institute Cuttack, 1995-2007.
Principal Investigator of ICAR "All India Coordinated Project on Nitrogen Fixation" CRRI Center; Co-Principal Investigator, US-India Funded project on "Pesticide Biodegradation"; Principal Investigator, DAE, Govt. of India, Research Project on Nitrogen Fixation in Rice Soils; Principal Investigator, Joint FAO/IAEA Funded Research Project on Nitrogen Fixation in Rice Soils; Co-Principal Investigator, NATP project on 'Greenhouse gas emission'; Team of Excellence Member, Editorial Board, ORYZA, 1981-84; Member Secretary RAC/SRC (CRRI), Nominated Member of IMC, RAC, Joint Council by ICAR; Member RAC, WTCER, Bhubaneswar, 2005-09; Member Board of Studies, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, 2004-08; Member Consortium Advisory Committee, National Agricultural Improvement Project on Greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sequestration, 2007 till date; Member Editorial Board "Journal of Tobacco Research" 2011-2014; Member, Research Advisory Committee, Central Tobacco research Institute, 2012-14.
Fellow: Life member, Association of Rice Research Workers (ARRW), Cuttack; Member, Association of Microbiologists of India; Life Member, Association of Retired Employees of ICAR.
Research Areas: Microbiology, Soil Fertility and management, Natural resource management, Environmental Protection, management and conservation, Microbial biodiversity.
Address: F-4, Annapurna, KRV Towers, Narayana Street, Alcot Gardens, Rajahmundry 533101, A.P.; [Tel: Cell. 09397106232; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Ravishankar_,_Chandragiri_Nagaraja_Rao'>Ravishankar, Chandragiri Nagaraja Rao R038

FELLOW, ELECTED 2015

Born in Chandragiri, Karnataka, India on 20 April 1963. Educated at Govt. High School, Sira, 1975-78; Pre university, Sri Siddaganga College, Tumkur, 1978-80; B.F.Sc. 1984; M.F.Sc. 1986; Ph.D. 1990, College of Fisheries, Mangalore, UAS, Bangalore; Post Graduate Diploma in Technology Management in Agriculture, University of Hyderabad, 2013.
Director, ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (CIFT), Cochin, Kerala, 2014 to date.
Scientist, 1991-96; Scientist-Senior scale, 1996-2000; Senior Scientist, 2000-2008; Principal Scientist, 2008 onwards; Head, Fish Processing Division, and Head-in-Charge, Engineering Division, Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin, 2011-14.
Awards/Honours: HACCP Merit Certificate, Royal Institute of Public Health & Hygiene, London, Govt. of United Kingdom, 1997; TCT Award in Fish Processing Technology, Department for International Development (DFID), Govt. of United Kingdom, 1997; ICAR Team Research Award, 2002; K. Chidambaram Memorial Award, Fisheries Technocrats Forum, Chennai, India, 2005; Best Indian Fisheries Scientist, PFGF, 2008.
Fellow: Society of Fisheries Technologists (India), Cochin; Association of Food Technologists India, Mysore
Research Areas: Post Harvest Technology of Fish, Fish Processing and Packaging Technology, Food Science and Technology
Address: Director, ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Matsyapuri P.O., Willingdon Island, Cochin 682029, Kerala; Medhini, 4/503-C, Rajeev Gandhi Lane, T.K.S. Road, Maradu P.O., Cochin 682304, Kerala; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Res. [phone]; Cell: 9446474368; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail]]
Ravishankar, Gokare Aswathanarayana R039

FELLOW, ELECTED 2003

Born in Bangalore, India on 12 February 1954. Educated at Vijaya High School, Bangalore, 1964-68; Vijaya College, Bangalore, 1968-72; Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, 1973-80; B.Sc. 1972; M.Sc. 1975; Ph.D. 1981.
Vice-President, R&D (Life Sciences), Dayananda Sagar Institutions, Dr. C.D. Sagar Centre for Life Sciences, Bangalore, 2012 to date.
Teaching Assistant, Department of Botany, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Baroda, 1979-80; Crop Plant Physiologist & Head, Agricultural Research Division, M/s Alembic Chemical Company, Baroda, 1980-81; INSA Research Associate, Regional Research Laboratory, Jammu - Tawi, 1981-84; Scientist & Head, Plant Cell Biotechnology Department, CFTRI, Mysore, 1984-2012; Visiting Scientist to Korea Ginseng and Tobacco Research Institute, South Korea, 1984; Visiting Scientist, University of Alabama, Tuskegee, USA, 2000; Visiting Professor: Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Ishikawa, 2004; Kaosiung Medical University, Taiwan, 2012; Ural Federal University, Russia, 2013..
Awards/Honours: ISCA Hiralal Chakravarthy Award, 1992; AFST(I) Laljee Godhoo Smarak Nidhi Award 1994; DBT National Technology Day Commemoration Award 2003; AFST(I) Prof. V.Subrahmanyan Industrial Achievement Award, 2003; Prof. Vyas Memorial Award of Association of Microbiologists of India, 2006; Prof. V.N. Raja Rao Endowment Lecture Award, 2007; Prof. S.S. Katiyar Commemoration Lecture Award, ISCA, 2008; Certified Food Scientist (USA), 2013.
Fellow: National Academy of Sciences, India; Association of Food Scientists and Technologists, India; Indian Botanical Society; International Academy of Food Science and Technology, Canada; Association of Microbiologists of India; Indian Society of Agricultural Biochemists; Institute of Food Science and Technology, UK; Institute of Food Technology, USA.
Research Areas: Plant biotechnology, algal biotechnology, food biotechnology, plant tissue and cell culture, secondary metabolites, metabolic engineering, biodiversity utilization, biofuels
Address: Vice President, R&D (Life Sciences), Dayananda Sagar Institutions, Dr. C.D. Sagar Centre for Life Sciences, Shavige Malleshwara Hills, Kumaraswamy Lay, Bengaluru 560078, Karnataka; 177, Puja Elite, G1, 1st Main Road, Vittal Nagar, 2nd State, Kumaraswamy Layout, Bengaluru 560078, Karnataka; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Cell: 09448086775, 09590006446; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]