Abidi,Saiyed Asif Husain

Ray, Debi Prasad R040

FELLOW, ELECTED 2012

Born in Parlakhemundi, District Ganjam, Odisha on 15 August 1949. Educated at lspat Vidyalaya, Rourkela, Odhisha, 1962-1966; B.Sc. (Ag) OUAT, Bhubaneswar, 1967-1971; M.Sc. (Ag .Hort), Calcutta University, Kolkata, 1973-1975 and Ph.D. Calcutta University, Kolkata, 1981.
Principal Advisor, Siksha `O' Anusandhan University (A Deemed University of UGC), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 2013 to date.
Associate Professor, Horticulture, 1981-1989; Associate Director of Research, 1989-1997; Professor & Head, Department of Horticulture, 1997-2003; Dean of Extension Education, 2002-2006, Registrar, 2005-2006, and Vice-Chancellor, OUAT, Bhubaneswar, 2006-12.
Awards/Honours: Samaikya Bharat Gaurav Satkar 2007, Madras Telugu Academy, Chennai; Kadali Puraskar, 2009, NRC for Banana, ICAR; Dr. M.H. Marigowda National Award, 2009-2010, UAS, Bangalore; Honoured with Col Commandant Rank by Ministry of Defence, Government of India, 2009; Think Odisha Leadership Award for Educational Institute of Excellence as a Vice-Chancellor of State Universities, 2010; Life Time Achievement in Vegetable Crops 2011, Indian Society of Vegetable Science, Varanasi; Life time Contribution for Promotion of Agriculture Science 2011, Indian Science Congress, Orissa Chapter, Bhubaneswar; Shivashakti Life Time Achievement Award 2012, Horticulture Society of India, New Delhi; Amit Prabhudh Manishi Award, 2014, Confederation of Horticulture Association of India.
President, Indian Society of Vegetable Science, Varanasi.
Fellow: Horticulture Society of India, New Delhi, 2005; National Academy of Biological Sciences, Chennai, 2007; AIPUB, Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, 2007; Indian Society of Vegetable Science, Varanasi, 2010; Confederation of Horticulture Association of India, New Delhi, 2012.
Research Areas: Enhancement of fruit & plantation crops; Orchard efficiency management, Varietal and Nutritional improvement, water management, propagation techniques, high density, feeder root distribution and post-harvest management of tropical & subtropical fruits and vegetables.
Address: HIG-105, K-5, Kalinga Vihar, Bhubaneswar 751019, Odisha; [Tel: Off. [phone], 2350791; Res.2475093; Cell: 07381036054, 09437040057; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Member Executive Council 1 Jan, 2016

Ray, Ramesh C. R041

FELLOW, ELECTED 2008

Born in Jajpur, Orissa, India on 22 November 1955. Educated at Ranihat High School, Cuttack, 1966-70; BJB College, Bhubaneswar, 1970- 74; Ravenshaw College, Cuttack, 1974-76; Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, 1977-80; Ph.D, 1984.
Principal Scientist, ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, Thiruvanathapuram/Bhubaneswar, 1998 to date.
Lecturer, Kendrapara College, Orissa, 1980-85; Scientist, Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore/Ranchi, 1985-88; Senior Scientist, 1988-98; Visiting Scientist, EMBRAPA, Cassava and Fruits, Brazil, 1998; Centre de Cooperation Internationale en Recherche Agronimique pour le Developpement (CIRAD), France, 2007; Montpellier University II, France, 2007; Visiting Research Professor, Dept. of Food Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA, 2008.
Awards/Honours: ICAR Team Research Award (Post-harvest Technology), 1998; Asian Federation of Lactic acid Bacteria Award, 2005; American Society of Microbiology Award for International Professorship in Microbiology, USA, 2008; Series Editor, Food Biology, CRC Press, Boca Raton, USA, 2013; Odisha Bigyan Academy Samanta Chandra Sekhar Award in Life Science, 2013.
Fellow: Confederation of Horticulture Association of India, 2013.
Research Areas: Food fermentation, food microbiology, bioprocessing
Address: Principal Scientist (Microbiology), ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute (Regional Centre), Dumuduma PO, Bhubaneswar 751019, Odisha; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Res. 2351046; Cell 09777771840; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Reddy, Kotha Sammi R042

FELLOW, ELECTED 2014

Born in Sriramulapally, Karimnagar, India on 12 October 1965. Educated at Zilla Parishad High School, Gopalpur, 1980-81; Government Junior College, Hanamkonda, 1981-83; A.P. Agricultural University, 1983-87 & 1987-89; Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 1995-98; B. Sc (Ag) 1987; M. Sc (Ag), 1989; Ph. D. 1998.
Head, Division of Resource Management, ICAR-Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad, 2014 to date.
Scientific Assistant, National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad, 1990-91; Scientist trainee, NAARM, Hyderabad, 1991-92; Scientist, 1992-98, Scientist (Senior Scale), 1998-2000, Senior Scientist, 2000-08, and Principal Scientist, 2008-12, Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal; Principal Scientist, Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad, 2012-13.
Awards/Honours: Dhiru Morarji Memorial Award of FAI, 1995 and 2005; PPIC-FAI Award, 1997; Golden Jubilee Commemoration Young Scientist Award of ISSS, 2002; IMPHOS-FAI Award, 2003; TSI-FAI Award, 2006; FAI Golden Jubilee Award for Excellence, 2008; Hari Om Ashram Trust Award of ICAR, 2008-09; Best Paper Presentation Award of ISSS, 2011; 12th International Congress of Soil Science Commemoration Award of ISSS, 2013.
Research Areas: Soil chemistry & fertility, soil testing, integrated nutrient management, soil health & climate change, dryland agriculture
Address: Head, Division of Resource Management, ICAR-Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Santoshnagar, Saidabad (PO), Hyderabad 500059, Telangana; H. No. 2-3-329/1, Sainagar Colony, Near Saibaba Mandir, Nagole, Hyderabad 500068, Telangana; [Tel: Off. [phone] Ext 234; Cell: 09652114864; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
NAAS Associate, 2006

Rout, Gyana Ranjan R044

FELLOW, ELECTED 2015

Born in Khurda, Odisha, India on 30 December, 1962. Educated at Government High School, Bhubaneswar, 1973-1978; Basic Science College, 1978-1980; BJB College, Bhubaneswar, 1980-1982; Ravenshaw College, Cuttack, Odisha 1982-1984; Utkal University Bhubaneswar, Ph.D, 1991; D.Sc. 2001.
Professor & Head, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, College of Agriculture, Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 2009 to date.
Scientist, 1991-1999; and Sr. Scientist, Regional Plant Resource Centre, Bhubaneswar, 1999- 2009. Post Doctoral Research at University of East London, UK; University of Delhi, North Campus; Chiba University, Japan, Federal Research Centre for Ornamental and Plant Breeding, Germany.
Awards/Honours: Samanta Chandra Shekhar Award (2005) Odisha State Science Academy; SERC Visiting Fellowship (1995) Department of Science & Technology (DST), Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India, at Delhi University, New Delhi; International Biotechnology Fellowship (1999), Belgium; British Council Fellowship (1996), United Kingdom; BOYSCAST Fellowship (1997) DST at Chiba University, Japan; Biotechnology Overseas Fellowship (2003) DBT, New Delhi.
Fellow: National Academy of Sciences, India, 1999
Research Areas: Biotechnology in Horticultural and Medicinal Plants, Biodiversity & Conservation, Abiotic stress tolerant in Crop Plants, Environmental Biotechnology & Molecular Biology.
Address: Professor & Head, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, College of Agriculture, Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology, Bhubaneswar 751003, Odisha; Plot No. 208/821, Khandagiri Vihar, Kolathia, PO- Aiginia, Bhubaneswar 751019, Odisha; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Cell: 09437308014; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail], [e-mail]]
Roy, Ajoy Kumar R045

FELLOW, ELECTED 2009

Born in Ghazipur, UP, India on 1 September 1961. Educated at Shree Maheshwari Vidyalaya, Kolkata 1967-76; Gyan Bharti Vidyapeeth, Kolkata, 1976-78; Presidency College, Kolkata, 1978-81; University of Calcutta, 1981-84; CAS in Cell & Chromosome Research, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta (1984-89). B.Sc. (Honours) 1981; M.Sc. 1984; Ph.D. 1989.
Project Coordinator, AICRP on Forage Crops & Utilization, Indian Grassland & Fodder Research Institute, Jhansi, 2012 to date.
Awards/Honours: British Council TCT Award 1998; DBT Overseas Associateship Award 2007; ICAR Outstanding Interdisciplinary Team Research Award (as Team Leader), 2007-08; NAIP Certificate of Appreciation for outstanding contribution in research on sustainable rural livelihood security 2012; Editor-in-chief Journal Range Management and Agroforestry 2006-14; Chairman, Editorial Board, International Grassland Congress, 2015.
Fellow: Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding; Range Management Society of India.
Research Areas: Forage Genetic Resources, Forage Crop Improvmeent, Genetics, Biotechnology, Grassland, Silvipasture
Address: Project Coordinator, AICRP on Forage Crops & Utilization, Indian Grassland & Fodder Research Institute, Jhansi 284003, U.P.; E-09, IGFRI Colony, Indian Grassland & Fodder Res. Institute, Jhansi 284003, U.P.; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Res. [phone], 2730639, Cell: 09415412144; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Roy, Nripendra Kumar R046

FELLOW, ELECTED 1993

Born in Tangail, Bengal on 5 February 1935. Educated at Hindu School Nabadwip 1947-52; Krishnagar Government College, B.Sc. 1956, M.Sc. 1960, Ph.D, Calcutta University, 1965, Post Doctoral Research Associate, University of Florida 1965-67; Okhlahoma State University, USA 1967-69.
Visiting Scientist, Budapest Tech. University, Hungary 1973; Scientist, Principal Scientist, Professor, 1988-93, and Head, 1984-87 & 1988, Division of Agricultural Chemicals, 1970-95 IARI, New Delhi; Project Coordinator, AICRP on Pesticide Residues, ICAR, 1984-85; Emeritus Scientist ICAR and DST, 1995-2001.
Awards/Honours: National Research Development Corporation Award 1997; Society of Pestcide Science Recognition Certificate 2001; Sectional President of Indian Science Congress Association; President, Society of Pesticide Science, India.
Fellow: Institution of Chemists, India; Society of Pesticide Science, India; Indian Chemical Society.
Research Areas: Pesticide chemistry and residue analysis
Address: AN/12C, Shalimar Bagh, Delhi 110088; [Tel: Res. [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Dr. K.C. Mehta Award, 2003-2004

Roy, Parimal R047

FELLOW, ELECTED 2006

Born in Satberia, West Bengal, India on 3 December 1961. Educated at Satberia High School, 1971-76; S.R.S. Vidyamahapith, 1977- 79; Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, 1980-86; Madras Veterinary College, 1987-88 & 1992-95; B.V.Sc. & A.H. 1986; M.V.Sc. 1988; Ph.D. 1995; Post Doc. Fellow, University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA, 1999-2000; Post Doctoral Research Associate, Washington State University, USA, 2000-2001; Visiting Professor, University of New England, Australia, 2013.
Director, ICAR-National Institute of Veterinary Epidemiology and Disease Informatics, Bengaluru 2016 to date.
Assistant Professor, 1989-97, Associate Professor, 1997-2005, and Professor, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, 2005-16; Head, Central University Laboratory, Centre for Animal Health Studies, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai, 2008-16.
Awards/Honours: N.S.Randhawa Prize, 1988; Prof. S.Sundararaj Medal, 2000; R. Swaminathan Memorial Prize, 1994; TANSA Award, 1994; Intervet National Poultry Award, 1995; ICAR Jawaharlal Nehru Award, 1996; ICAR Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award, 2001-02.
Fellow: National Academy of Sciences (India), 2013.
Research Areas: Poultry and livestock diseases, diagnostics and vaccines
Address: Director, ICAR-National Institute of Veterinary Epidemiology and Disease Informatics, Ramagondanahalli, Post Box NO. 6450, Yelahanka, Bengaluru 560064, Karnataka; 3 H, Jamal Greenery Apartment, 119 Arcot Road, Valasaravakkam, Chennai 600087, Tamil Nadu; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Cell: 09884472767; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Recognition Award, 2015-2016

Roy, Parth Sarathi R048

FELLOW, ELECTED 1998

Born in Chakia, Deoria, India on 13 August 1952. Educated at Gorakhpur University, 1968-77; Advanced Diploma in Remote Sensing, University of Freiburg, Germany, 1979; Ph.D, Gorakhpur University, 1980.
Scientist, National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad, 1977-84; Scientist, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Dehradun, 1984-87; Head, Forestry & Ecology Division, 1987-98, and Dean, 1998-2004, IIRS; Deputy Director, Centre for Space Science & Technology Education in Asia and Pacific (Affiliated to the United Nations), Dehradun, 2002-05; Deputy Director, RS & GIS Applications Area, NRSC, ISRO, Hyderabad, 2004-10; Dean & Associate Director (CB) 2010-11, and Director, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (ISRO), Dehradun 2011-12; Director, Centre for Space Science & Technology Education in Asia and Pacific (Affiliated to the United Nations), Dehradun, 2010-12; Chair Professor, University Centre for Earth & Space Science, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 2012-2015; NASI Platinum Jubilee Senior Scientist Fellow, University Centre for Earth & Space Science, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 2015-2020.
Awards/Honours: Indian National Remote Sensing Award, 1991; Sri Hari Om Ashram Preit Vikram Sarabhai Memorial Research Award, 1993; B.P. Pal National Environmental Fellow Award, 1996; ISRO-Astronautical Society of India Award for Space Applications, 2005; ISRO Merit Award, 2007; Dr. Boon Indrambarya Gold Medal Award 2009; Team Excellence Award for Assessment of Irrigation Potential of project in India using Cartosat data, 2009; ISRS Lifetime achievement Bhasakara Award, 2010; Maharana Udai Singh Award for distinguished service of permanent value to the society in the field of Environment, 2012; and ISRO Professional Excellence Award 2016.
Fellow: National Academy of Sciences, India; Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS); Telangana Akademy of Sciences; National Institute of Ecology; Indian Geophysical Union; Academy of Forest and Environmental Sciences.
Research Areas: Geospatial Science, Remote Sensing, Natural Resource Management; Forestry and Biodiversity; Landscape Ecology; Climate Change; Land Use and land Cover Change.
Address: Aparna Sarovar, Flat No. B 504, Nalagandala, Kanchi Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500046, Telangana; [Cell: 9000971952; Email: [e-mail]]
Recognition Award, 2001-2002

Dam Roy, Sibnarayan R049

FELLOW, ELECTED 2017

Born in Shillong, Meghalaya on 31 December, 1959; Educated at St. Anthony School, Umpling, Boys High School and Shillong Jail Road Boys High School, 1964-75; St. Edmunds College, Shillong, 1975-77; College of Fisheries, Mangalore, 1977-84; Ph.D, 1999.
Director, ICAR-Central Island Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, 2012 to date.
Head of Division, Aquaculture, Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai, 2010- 2012; Head of Division, Fish and Fisheries at Central Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair, 2005-2010; Senior Scientist and Principal Scientist, 1997-2007; Director, Department of Fisheries, Andaman and Nicobar Island, A&N Administration; Scientist, Central Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair, 1990-97; Fishery Officer, Department of Fisheries, Arunachal Pradesh, 1984-89.
Awards/Honours: ICAR Team Research Award 1994-96; Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Award, 2000-01; IARI - Hooker Award, 2000-01; ICAR – Dr. Rajendra Prasad Award, 2010-11; Lieutenant Governor’s Commendation Award conferred by Hon”ble Lt. Governor, A&N Island, 2008; Society for Plant Research, Meerut awarded Distinguished Scientist Award, 2014; Lifetime Achievement Award, 2014 by Andaman Science Association.
Research Areas: Mangrove and Coral Ecological Studies, Eco-friendly Brackishwater Aquaculture, Integrated Farming System for tropical Islands; Resource Assessment and Management, Biodiversity and conservation, Climate change and its impact on Island ecosystem, Socioeconomic studies on Island Fishers, Policy Research pertaining to Island Fisheries.
Address: Director, ICAR-Central Island Agricultural Research Institute, P.B. 181, Port Blair 744101, A&N Islands; C/o Late Sukla Dam, Jail Raod, Shillong-1 793001, Meghalaya; [Cell: 8348001000; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Sachar, Ramesh Chandra S001

FELLOW, ELECTED 1995

Born in Hafizabad, District Gujrawal (undivided Punjab), India on 24 August 1929. Educated at University of Delhi, M.Sc. 1953 and Ph.D., 1957.
Lecturer, Department of Botany, University of Delhi, 1956-61; Post-Doctoral Fellow, National Research Council of Canada, 1961-62; Asstt. Professor (Research), Michigan State University, USA 1962-65; CSIR Pool Officer in Department of Biochemistry at AIIMS, 1965-68; Biochemist, Division of Biochemistry, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, 1968-78; Professor, Department of Botany, University of Delhi, 1978-94.
Fellow: Indian National Science Academy.
Research Areas: Plant biochemistry & molecular biology with special reference to Phytohormonal regulation of enzymes in plants.
Address: E-14/4, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi 110057; [Tel: Res. [phone], Cell: 9873552769]
Sachdev, Manbir Singh S002

FELLOW, ELECTED 2002

Born in Chakrata, Dehradun, India on 6 June 1949. Educated at Arya Higher Secondary School, Clement Town, 1957-61; SGNP Inter College, Dehradun 1961-65; S.D. Inter College, Saharanpur, 1965-66; J.V. Jain College, Saharanpur, 1966-70; Post Graduate School, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 1986-89; B.Sc., 1968; M.Sc. 1970; Ph.D. 1989.
Laboratory Technician, 1970-73, and Senior Research Assistant, 1973-76 IARI, New Delhi; IAEA Fellow, 1974-75 Institute of Soil Biochemistry, Federal Agricultural Research Centre, Braunschweig, Germany; Scientist, 1976-83, and Senior Scientist, 1984-94, IARI, New Delhi; Short-term IAEA Technical Cooperation Expert (Consultant) to Zimbabwe, 1993 & 1995, Sri Lanka, 1994, Uganda, 1996, Bangladesh, 1997 & 2001, and Mongolia, 2003; Soil Scientist, 2002, Agricultural and Biotechnology Laboratory of the International Atomic Energy Agency of the United Nations, Seibersdorf, Vienna, Austria; National Fellow (ICAR), Nuclear Research Laboratory, IARI, New Delhi, 1995-2005.
Awards/Honours: FAI Dhiru Morarji Memorial Award, 1982; FAI Silver Jubilee Award of Excellence, 1983-84; FAI Silver Jubilee Award, 1989; ICAR Jawaharlal Nehru Award, 1990; FAI Shri Ram Award (Second Prize), 1990-91; ICAR National Fellow Award, 1995; PPIC-FAI Award, 2000.
President, Agriculture & Forestry Sciences Section, Indian Science Congress Association (2006-2007); Secretary, Indian Society for Nuclear Techniques in Agriculture & Biology; Member, Steering Committee of International Nitrogen Initiative Programme of SCOPE & IGBP; Director, South Asia Nitrogen Centre of INI and Conference Coordinator of Fifth International Nitrogen Conference - N2010.
Fellow: Indian Society for Nuclear Techniques in Agriculture and Biology.
Research Areas: Soil science, water management, soil fertility & fertilizer use - stable and radioactive isotope techniques
Address: AK-1/107, Abhay Khand-I, Indirapuram, Ghaziabad 201214, U.P.; [Cell: 09818427244; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Sahoo, Pramoda Kumar S003

FELLOW, ELECTED 2016

Born in Cuttack, Odisha, India on 4 May 1965. Educated at Bhagabati Vidyapitha, Sukleswar, 1974-80; Salipur College, Salipur, 1982; College of Veterinary Sciences & Animal Husbandry, OUAT, Bhubaneswar, 1983-87; Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, 1989-91; B.V.Sc. & A.H. 1987; M.V.Sc. 1991; Ph.D. 2000.
ICAR National Fellow, ICAR - Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Bhubaneswar, 2011 to date.
Scientist, Senior Scientist & Principal Scientist, ICAR - Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Bhubaneswar, 1993 to date.
Awards/Honours: SERC visiting Fellowship, 1998 of DST, New Delhi at Institute of Pathology, New Delhi; Young Scientist Award of Asian Fisheries Society, Indian Branch, 1999; Best young Scientist, CIFA, Bhubaneswar, 1999; Young Scientist Award, Prof. Hiralal Chaudhuri Fisheries Foundation, Mumbai, 2001; Department of Biotechnology Overseas Award to work at Institute for Animal Health, UK, 2001; ICAR Jawaharlal Nehru Award for best Ph. D. thesis, 2001; Varsha Award, Indian Association of Veterinary Pathologists, 2004; Best Indian Fisheries Scientist, Professional Fisheries Graduates Forum, Mumbai, 2004; Samanta Chandrasekhara Award, Orissa Vigyan Academy, Bhubaneswar, 2006; ICAR National Fellow, 2011; Professor H.P.C. Shetty Award for excellence in fisheries research and development, Asian Fisheries Society, Indian Branch, 2011; Dr(s). Nemi Chand Jain and Jawahar Lal Vegad Award, Indian Association of Veterinary Pathologists, 2012; Best Research Group Award, ICAR-CIFA, 2012; Best Scientist Award, ICAR-CIFA, 2013; Pillay Aquaculture Award, Pillay Aquaculture Foundation, 2014.
Research Areas: Fish health management, host-pathogen interaction, diagnostics, vaccine development
Address: Principal Scientist & ICAR National Fellow, ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Kausalyaganga, Bhubaneswar 751002, Odisha; C2/303, Radhika Tower, Tankapani Road, Bhubaneswar 751018, Odisha; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Res. [phone], Cell: 9437015120; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Sahul Hameed, A. Sait S004

FELLOW, ELECTED 2017

Born in Sathyamangalam, Erode District, Tamilnadu on 1 May 1960. Educated in Government High School, Kavindapadi, Erode District, 1971-77. Graduated at Islamiah College, Vaniyambadi, University of Madras, Chennai, 1982; Post graduate at the New College, University of Madras, Chennai, 1984; M.Phil, 1985; Ph.D. at Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala, 1991.
Associate Professor, OIE Reference Laboratory, C. Abdul Hakeem College, Melvisharam, Vellore District, Tamilnadu, 1990 to date.
Lecturer, Department of Zoology, C.Abdul Hakeem College, 1990-95; Lecturer (Senior Scale), 1995-99; Reader, 1999-2006; Associate Professor, 2006. Expert – NACA Regional Reference Laboratory for white tail disease (WTD) of prawn; OIE Expert – OIE Reference Laboratory for WTD. Member, Task Force in Aquaculture and Marine Biotechnology, DBT, Govt. of India (2012-14; 2014-17). Chairman, Board of Research Studies, Thiruvalluvar University, Vellore, TN, 2013-15).
Awards/Honours: DBT National Biotechnology Associateship, 1995; Dr.M.S.Swaminathan Award (Professional Fisheries Graduates Forum), 2005; Tamiladu Scientist Award (Govt. of Tamilnadu), 2008; Tata Innovation Fellowship (DBT, Govt. of India), 2013.
Research Areas: Aquatic animal diseases, molecular diagnostics, vaccine development, herbal and viral immunnostimulants, fish cell lines - development and applications.
Address: Associate Professor & OIE Expert, C. Abdul Hakeem College, Melvisharam, Vellore District 632509, Tamil Nadu; [Tel: [phone]; Cell: 9443211604; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Salimath, Prakash Mrutyunjaya S005

FELLOW, ELECTED 2014

Born in Halageri, Karnataka, India on 28 February 1953; Educated in Basel Mission Higher Secondary School, Dharwad, 1964-67; Karnataka Science College, Dharwad 1968; College of Agriculture, Dharwad, UAS, Bangalore 1968-75; IARI, New Delhi, 1975-77, Post Doctoral Research in University of London, UK, 1988-89.
Special Officer, University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shimoga, Karnataka, 2011 to date.
Scientist, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 1977-81; Senior Scientist, 1984-96; Professor and Head, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, 1996-2006; Dean (PGS), 2006-08; and Director of Research, UAS, Dharwad, 2008-11.
Member, Institute Management Committee/Board of Management of NRCPB, Pusa Campus, New Delhi, Uttarakhand Open University, Uttarakhand, Swami Keshwanand University of Agricultural Sciences, Bikaner, Rajasthan for 2-4 years; Member, RAC of Directorate of Cashew Research, Puttur, Directorate of Sorghum Research, Hyderabad for 3 years; Member, Academic Council of ANGRAU, Hyderabad for 4 years; Member, State Seed Subcommittee for Horticultural Crops of Karnataka for 2 years; Member, QRT of DSR, Hyderabad, 2012.
Awards/Honours: Prof. R.B. Ekbote Award from Agharkar Research Institute, Pune, 2002; Recognition from ICRISAT, Hyderabad for contribution: in getting CGIAR's King Boudouin Award, 2002, and in bagging Doreen Mashler Award, 2002; Best Research Partnership Award from ICRISAT, 2010; Monsanto Beachell-Borlaug International Fellowship Award, 2011.
Fellow: Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding; National Environmental Science Academy.
Research Areas: Crop Improvement, Molecular Breeding
Address: Special Officer, University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Navile, Shimoga 577225, Karnataka; 39, Jayanagar, Vidyanagar, Hubli 580021, Karnataka; [Tel: Res. [phone], Cell: 9480838999; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]