Abidi,Saiyed Asif Husain

Saxena, Anil Kumar S019

FELLOW, ELECTED 2011

Born in New Delhi, India on 4 January 1960; Educated at Kendriya Vidyalaya, New Delhi, 1977-79; Kirori Mal College, Delhi University, Delhi 1979-82; Department of Botany, Delhi University, Delhi; 1982-84; Indian Agricultural Research Institute, 1984-88; B.Sc, 1982; M.Sc, 1984; Ph.D. 1988.
Director, ICAR-National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Microorganisms, Mau Nath Bhanjan, Uttar Pradesh 2016 to date.
Scientist, 1989-94; Scientist (Sr. Scale), 1994-98 and Senior Scientist, 1998 -2005; Division of Microbiology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi; Senior Scientist, 2005-06 and Principal Scientist, 2006-09; National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Microorganisms, Mau, Head, Division of Microbiology, IARI, New Delhi, 2009-15.
Awards/Honours: Gold medal for best performance in Ph.D; 1988; FAO fellowship at Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 1997; ICAR AHRD-FAO fellowship at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel, 2000, IARI Best Teacher Award, 2002; Editor, Indian Journal of Microbiology, 2000- 2005; ICAR-NATP fellowship at University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, 2004; Member, Soil Quality and Fertilizers Sectional Committee of BIS, 2009 to date, Executive Editor, Pusa AgriScience, Journal of Post Graduate School, IARI, 2010 to 2016; XIV Hari Krishan Shastri Memorial Award, 2013; Distinguished Scientist Award of PGPR Society, 2014; Fellowship of Indian Academy of Microbiological Sciences, India, 2014 and Prof. G.S. Rangasamy Award of Association of Microbiologists of India, 2015.
Research Areas: Plant-Microbe interactions, Molecular and functional diversity of bacteria
Address: Director, ICAR-National Bureau of Agriculturally Important, Microorganisms, Kushmaur, Mau Nath Bhanjan 275103, U.P.; 2/35 Sarvapriya Vihar, New Delhi 110016; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Res. [phone], Cell: 9650377776; Email: [e-mail]]
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FOREIGN FELLOW, ELECTED 1995

Born in Allahabad, India on 19 June 1927. Educated at Government Inter College, Allahabad, 1936-41; Ewing Christian College, Allahabad, 1941-43; University of Allahabad, 1943-51; B.Sc. 1945; M.Sc. 1947; D.Phil. 1951.
Lecturer, 1952-58, Reader, 1958--68, Professor of Zoology, 1968-82, and Head, Department of Zoology, 1976-79 University of Delhi; Programme Leader, Crop Pests Research, 1983-92 and Deputy Director/Dy. Director General, 1992-95, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Nairobi, KENYA.
Awards/Honours: IARI Hooker Award, 1975; Editor of Publications (Biol. Sci), Indian National Science Academy, 1976-79; Associate Editor, 1987-92 & Editor-in-Chief, 1993 & 1994, Insect Science and Its Applications, Insect Science Press, Nairobi; Senior Editor, 1997-2001 & Editor-in-Chief, 2003 & 2004, Arthropod Management Tests, Entomological Society of America.
Fellow: Indian National Science Academy.
Research Areas: Environmental entomology: insect behaviour, insect-plant relationships, bio-intensive insect pest management
Address: A-302 Gitanjali Apartments, Karkardooma, Delhi 110092; [Tel: Res. [phone]; Cell: 9958548850; Email: [e-mail]]
Saxena, Krishna Gopal S021

FELLOW, ELECTED 2009

Born in Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh on 15 February 1957; Postgraduate degree from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 1975-77; Doctoral degree from North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, 1977-81.
Professor in Ecology, School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 1998 to date.
Lecturer, Botany, Kanpur University (P.P.N. College), 1982-85; Scientist-SD, Forestry and Ecology Division, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun, 1985-89; Scientist-C (1989-92) and Scientist-D and Head, Sustainable Development and Rural Ecosystems Programme (1992-95), G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development; Associate Professor, School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 1995-98.
Fellow: Leadership in Environment and Development (LEAD); National Institute of Ecology
Research Areas: Ecology, Natural Resource Management and Sustainable Development
Address: Professor, School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067; 139 Uttarakhand, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Res. [phone], Cell: 9971461199; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Saxena, Mohan Chandra S022

FOREIGN FELLOW, ELECTED 1995

Born in Dholpur, India on 22 January 1938. Educated at Balwant Rajput College, Agra, 1953-59; Indian Agricultural research Institute, New Delhi, 1959-62; Institute of Plant Nutrition, University of Hohenheim, Germany, 1963-65; B.Sc. 1957; M.Sc. 1959; Ph.D. 1962; Dr. Agr. 1965.
Senior Advisor to the Director General, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Aleppo, Syria, 2005 to date; Executive Secretary, International Dryland Development Commission, 2004 to date; Adjunct Professor (Agronomy), IARI, New Delhi, 2012 to date.
Pool Officer (CSIR), IARI, New Delhi, 1965-66; Scientific Officer, Biology Division, Bhaba Institute of Atomic Energy, Bombay, 1966-67; Associate Professor, Agronomy, GBPUAT, 1967-72; Principal Investigator (Pulses Agronomy, Crop Physiology, and Microbiology), All India Coordinated Pulses Improvement Program, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, 1971-77; Coordinator, All India Coordinated Soybean Program, ICAR, 1973-77, Professor of Agronomy, 1972-77, and Director of Research, 1976-77, GBPUAT; Crop Physiologist/Agronomist, 1977-81, Leader Food Legume Improvement Program, 1981-94, Leader, Germplasm Program, 1994-95, Assistant Director General (Research), 1995-97, and Assistant Director General (At Large), 1997-2005, ICARDA; Visiting Professor, Arid Land Research Center, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan, 2006-07 and 2008-09.
Awards/Honours: ICARDA Outstanding Services Achievement Award 1997; D.Sc.(h.c.) CS Azad Univ., Kanpur, 2001, Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel Univ., Meerut, 2003, and GB Pant Univ. of A&T, Pantnagar, 2007; Indian Society of Agronomy Gold Medal, 2001; Indian Society of Pulses Research and Development Gold Medal, 2003; TAAS Prof.M.S. Swaminathan Award for Leadership in Agriculture, 2012; Honorary Membership of the Crop Science Society of America, 2011;Executive Secretary, International Dryland Development Commission (IDDC), 2004.
Fellow: Indian Society of Agronomy; Indian Society of Pulses Research and Development; American Society of Agronomy.
Research Areas: Crop physiology; soil-water-plant relations; pulses agronomy; dryland agriculture
Address: Senior Advisor to DG, ICARDA, Aleppo,Syria, A-22/7 DLF City, Phase I, Gurgaon 122002, Haryana; [Tel: Res. [phone], Cell: 9560855894; Email: [e-mail]]
Seetharam, Annadana S023

FELLOW, ELECTED 1999

Born in Horahally, Bangalore, India on 3 June 1943. Educated at Municipal High School, Kanakapura, Bangalore 1955-58; Government Intermediate College, Bangalore 1958-59; Agriculture College, Bangalore 1959-63; Agriculture College, Dharwad, 1963-65; Indian Agricultural Research Institute, 1965-68; B.Sc. 1963; M.Sc. 1965; Ph.D. 1968.
Assistant Cytogeneticist, 1970-72; Geneticist (Sunflower), UAS, Bangalore, 1972-79; Associate Coordinator 1980-86, S4 Scientist 1985-86, Principal Scientist and Project Coordinator 1986-2003; Emeritus Scientist, 2003-05, Project Coordination Cell, All India Coordinated Small Millets Improvement Project (ICAR), University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore.
Awards/Honours: R.D. Asana Endowment Award, 1980; Citation, University of Agricultural Sciences, Teachers Association 1982; Chairman, International Small Millets Steering Committee 1986-93; O.P.Bhasin Award 1998, Distinguished Alumni Award, UAS, 2003; Dr. Harbhajan Singh Memorial Award, 2005-06; Outstanding Teacher Award, Rotary, Bangalore and Karnataka Civil Defense Corps 2013; President, Indian Society of Millets Research, 2013.
Fellow: Indian Society of Oilseeds Research; Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding; Indian Society of Plant Genetic Resources.
Research Areas: Crop Improvement, Cytogenetics, Breeding of oilseeds and millets, plant genetic resources management
Address: # 1237, First Floor, 25 'A' Cross, 25th Main, HSR Layout, Sector II, Bangalore 560102, Karnataka; [Tel: Res. [phone]; Cell: 09880483696; Email: [e-mail]]
Seetharama, Nadoor S024

FELLOW, ELECTED 2009

Born in Udipi, Karnataka on 14 February 1948. Educated at Viveka High School, Kota; Karnataka University, 1963-67; Delhi University 1967-69; Madurai Kamaraj University 1969-1973; Texas A&M University, 1984 & 1991-92; University of Nebraska, 1985; CIRAD, Montpellier: 2002. B.Sc. 1967; M.Sc. 1969; Ph.D. 1973.
Executive Director, ABLE-AG, 2012 to date.
Research Associate to Senior Scientist, ICRISAT, Patancheru, 1973-2002; Director, Directorate of Sorghum Research (earlier NRCS), Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, 2002-12.
Awards/Honours: National Science Talent Scholarship; Lady Mashler Awards for Team Research, ICRISAT; Award from Seedman Association; Founder-Secretary, Society for Millet Research, India; Consultant to Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Kenya and others.
Research Areas: Plant biotechnology, crop improvement for abiotic stress, and transgenics
Address: Flat No. 105, Shanti Block in Medha Rejoice, Attapur, Hyderabad 500048, Telangana; 4105, Muirfield court, Pueblo, Colorado 81 001, USA; [Cell: 8527277688, 1-512-800-4558 (USA); Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Sekhon, Kashmira Singh S025

FELLOW, ELECTED 1997

Born in Manupur, India on 1 October 1943. Educated at National High Scool, Manupur, 1955-60; Khalsa College, Amritsar, 1961-62; College of Agriculture, PAU, 1963-64; College of Basic Sciences, 1965-69; Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana; B.Sc. 1964; M.Sc. 1966; Ph.D. 1969; Visiting Scientist, International Wheat and Maize Improvement Centre, Mexico, 1978; Visiting Scientist, University of Manitoba, Canada, 1994.
Registrar and Dean, Post-graduate School, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Sirmour, Himachal Pradesh, 2008 to date.
Assistant Chemist, 1969-74, Analyst, 1975-80, Professor, 1981-97, Head, Food Science & Technology, 1981-88, Additional Director of Research, 1998-2000, and Dean Post-graduate Studies, 2000-2003, PAU; Visiting Professor, GNDU, Amritsar, 2004; Co-ordinator, Akal Academies, 2004-07.
Awards/Honours: ICAR Inter-disciplinary Team Research Award, 1979-80; Nestle Food Scientist of the Year Award, 1994; USDA Commendation Certificate, 1987; PAU Recognition Award, 1996.
Fellow: Association of Food Scientists & Technologists, India.
Research Areas: Cereal chemistry, food science and technology
Address: Registrar, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, District: Sirmour 173101, H.P.; House No. B-XXX/1630, New Prem Nagar, Ludhiana 141001, Punjab; [Tel: Off. [phone], Res. [phone], Cell: 09417410111; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Serageldin, Ismail S026

FOREIGN FELLOW, ELECTED 1999

Born in Giza, Egypt on 9 May 1944. B.Sc., Cairo University, 1964; Masters' degree 1968; Ph.D. 1972, Harvard University.
Director, Library of Alexandria - Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA), 2002 to date; Chair of the Board of Directors for each of the BA's affiliated research institutes and museums. Member of the Senate in Egypt (Majlis Al-Shura); Vice President for the Arab World: Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS); Co-Chair of the African Biotechnology Panel (with Calestous Juma); Ambassador of the Alliance of Civilizations.
Special Advisor, World Bank; Distinguished Visiting Professor, American University, Cairo, Egypt, 2000-01; Distinguished University Professor, Wageningen University, the Netherlands; Advisor to Egyptian Government on BA; Vice-President, World Bank, 1992-2000; Chairman, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), 1994-2000, Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest (CGAP), 1995-2000, Global Water Partnership (GWP), 1996-2000 and World Commission for Water in the 21st Century, 1998-2000.
Awards/Honours: Honorary doctorates from 34 universities worldwide and a number of awards.
Fellow: Academy of Sciences for the Developing World.
Research Areas: Poverty reduction, food security, agriculture, economics and sustainable development; water issues, culture and heritage, education, gender issues
Address: Director, Library of Alexandria, Chatby, Alexandria 21256, Egypt; [Tel: Off. (203) 4879993; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Sethunathan, Nambrattil S027

FELLOW, ELECTED 1991

Born in Madras, Tamil Nadu on 2 June 1937. Ph.D. University of Madras, 1967.
Visiting Assistant Pesticide Chemist, International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, Philippines, 1968-71; Scientist Microbiology, 1971-82, Principal Scientist, 1983, and Head, Division of Soil Science & Microbilogy, 1981-87, Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack.
Fellow: Indian Academy of Sciences; Indian National Science Academy.
Research Areas: Pesticide microbiology, microbiology of rice soils
Address: Flat No. 103, Ushodaya Apartments, Sri Venkaetswara Officers Colony, Ramakrishnapuram, Secunderabad 500056, Telangana; [Tel: Res. [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Sethuraj, M.R. S028

FELLOW, ELECTED 1992

Born in Kerala, India on 26 June 1939. Educated at university college in Kerala; Professional agricultural education in Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, B.Sc. 1960; M.Sc. 1962; Ph.D. 1977.
Lecturer, Agricultural College (KAU) 1962-64; Scientist, 1964-68, Plant Physiologist, 1968-79, Dy. Director, 1979-81, and Director, 1981-97, Rubber Research Institute of India, Ministry of Commerce, Govt. of India; Director of the board and International Co-Ordinator, Network Research Programme of International Rubber Res. and Dev. Board, U.K, till 1997; Advisor, Rubber Board, 1998-2000.
Awards/Honours: Shri Om Prakash Bhasin Award, 1993; Member Scientific Advisory Panel, ICAR National Agricultural Technology Project.
Fellow: Indian Society for Plantation Crops.
Research Areas: Plantation crops, natural rubber, tree crops, physiology, rubber based cropping systems, research management
Address: "Lakshmi", TC. 76/1939, Anayara, Trivandrum 695029, Kerala; [Tel: Res. [phone], Cell: 09447041049; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Sewa Ram S029

FELLOW, ELECTED 2000

Born in Islamnagar, Saharanpur, India on 17 August 1940. Educated at Gochar Inter College Rampur Maniharan, Saharanpur, 1954-58; Allahabad Agricultural Institute, 1958-61; G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, 1969-72 and 1980-84; B.Sc. (Agri. Engg) 1961; M.Tech. 1972; Ph.D. 1984.
Freelance Consultant, Land and Water Resources Management (Irrigation, Drainage Water Management and Watershed Management-Soil Conservation) 2001 to date.
Soil Conservation Officer/Soil Conservation Engineer/Technical Assistant in Department of Agriculture, Government of U.P. 1961-67; Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor of Agricultural Engineering (Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Soil Conservation) at G.B. Pant University of Agri. And Tech. Pantnagar, 1967-93 & 1995-96; Drainage Research Engineer, Rajasthan Agricultural Drainage Research Project (RAJAD), 1993-95; Senior Advisor, RAJAD, 1996-2001; Irrigation and Drainage specialist for a World Bank Study on Sectoral Environment Assessment in Water Sector in Rajasthan State, 1999-2000; Consultant to Watershed Management Directorate, Dehradun, Government of Uttranchal on Impact Assessment of Soil Conservation Measures adopted in World Bank Project IWDP Shiwalik Hills(II), 2004-2005; Watershed/Natural Resources/Environment Specialist for Baseline Survey and M&E Studies of Agricultural Sector Support Project, Ethiopia, 2007; Project Leader, Drainage Project in Oromia region, Ethiopia, 2008-09.
Awards/Honours: ISAE Commendation Award, 1988-89.
Fellow: Indian Society of Agricultural Engineering; Life Member, Indian Network on Participatory Irrigation Management
Research Areas: Irrigation and drainage water management, surface and subsurface hydrology, watershed management, soil conservation
Address: P.O Islamnagar, Distt. Saharanpur 247451, U.P.; [Cell: 09759562298; Email: [e-mail]]
Sharda, Vishwa Nath S030

FELLOW, ELECTED 2004

Born in Nurpur Bedi, Punjab, India on 16 October 1954. Educated at Govt. High School, Nurpur Bedi, 1960-70; D.A.V. College, Chandigarh, 1970-72; B.Tech. & M.Tech., 1972-78 & Ph.D., 1987-90, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana; Fulbright Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Purdue University, Indiana, USA, 1996-97.
Member, Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board, New Delhi, 2011 to date.
Scientist, CSWCRTI, Research Centres, Agra and Udhagamandalam, 1978-83; Sr. Research Officer, FRI & Colleges, Dehradun, 1983-84; Scientist/Senior Scientist, 1984-96, Head, HRD&SS, 1996-2000, Acting Director & Head, HRD&SS, 2000-01, Acting Director & Head, Div. of H&E, 2001-02, and Director, 2002-11, CSWCRTI, Dehradun.
Awards/Honours: Jawahar Lal Nehru Award, 1991; USDA-ARS Certificate of Appreciation, 1997; Vasantrao Naik Award, 2000; Uttaranchal Ratan, 2003; Bharat Singh Award, 2003; ICAR Team Award for the biennium 2003-04; Sardar Patel Outstanding ICAR Institution Award, 2005; Soil Conservation Society of India Bhooratna Award, 2006; Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award, 2005-06; Dr. Rajendra Prasad Puruskar, 2005-06; Rajiv Gandhi State Level Sadbhavana Award, 2008; Shankar Memorial Award of ISAE, 2008-09; Best Poster Award, ISAE, 2010; Eminent Agricultural Engineer Award of TIE(I), 2011; Best Research Paper Award, ISAE, 2011; President, Indian Association of Soil & Water Conservationists, 2002-11.
Fellow: Indian Association of Soil & Water Conservationists; The Institution of Engineers (India); Indian National Academy of Engineering; Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers.
Research Areas: Soil & water conservation engineering, hydrology & watershed management, water harvesting, human resource development
Address: Former Member, Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board, Krishi Anusandhan Bhawan-I, Pusa, New Delhi 110012; B-5, NASC Complex, Dev Prakash Shastri Marg, New Delhi 110012; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Res. [phone]; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
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Sharma, A.R. S031

FELLOW, ELECTED 2004

Born in Himachal Pradesh, India on 13 April 1960, Educated at Government Higher Secondary School, Galore, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, 1966-77; CSK HP Krishi Vishva Vidyalaya, Palampur 1977-81; Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 1981-83; Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 1983-87; B.Sc. 1981; M.Sc. 1983; Ph.D. 1988.
Director, ICAR-Directorate of Weed Research, Jabalpur, 2012 to date.
Scientist, Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack 1987-96; Agronomist, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 1996-98; Senior Scientist, Central Soil and Water Conservation Research and Training Institute, Dehradun, 1998-2001; Principal Scientist, 2001-10, and Professor, Division of Agronomy, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 2010-12.
Awards/Honours: ICAR Jawaharlal Nehru Award, 1989; FAI Dhiru Morarji Memorial Awards, 1989-90, 1993-94, 2000-2001; KRIBHCO Award, 1991; ISCA Pran Vohra Award, 1994-95; CRRI Best Worker Award, 1993; IARI Hooker Award, 1998-99; PAU Alumni Association Award of Honour, 2012; Secretary, Indian Society of Agronomy, 2007-08; Secretary, Indian Society of Weed Science, 2013-14; Associate Editor-in-Chief, Indian Journal of Agronomy, 2013-14; Gold Medal, Indian Society of Agronomy, 2013; Member University Court, IGNTU, Amarkanataka, 2014-16; Member, Board of Management, JNKVV, 2015-17.
Fellow: Indian Association of Soil and Water Conservationists; Indian Society of Agronomy.
Research Areas: Nutrient management, conservation agriculture, weed management
Address: Director, ICAR-Directorate of Weed Research, Adhartal, Maharajpur, Jabalpur 482004, M.P.; Director's Residence, DWR Campus, Adhartal, Maharajpur, Jabalpur 482004, M.P.; [Tel: Off. [phone], 2353101, Cell: 09425807290; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Sharma, Arun Kumar S033

FELLOW, ELECTED 2015

Born at Dharamsala (Kangra) Himachal Pradesh, on 2 October, 1952. Educated at AFCB High School, Yol (Matric); Panjab University (B.Sc., Government College, Chandigarh; M.Sc., NDRI, Karnal); Mumbai University (Ph.D., BARC; D.M.S., R.A. Podar College of Commerce; University of California, Reverside, USA (Post Doctoral Associate).
Scientific Officer C, Food Technology Division, 1976; Scientific Officer D to H and H+ 1981-2004, and Head, Food Technology Division, 2001-2014, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai.
Awards/Honours: INS Award, 2006; DAE Group Achievement Award, 2007, 2008, 2010 & 2012
Fellow: Maharashtra Academy of Sciences
Research Areas: Food Microbiology, Food Chemistry, Food Technology and Biotechnology, Radiation Processing
Address: A-329, Palam Vihar, Gurgaon 122017, Haryana; [Tel: Res. [phone]; Cell: 09892301310; Email: [e-mail]]
Sharma, B.D. S034

FELLOW, ELECTED 2003

Born in Kala Manj, Mukerian, Punjab on 19 March 1952. Educated at AS Higher Secondary School Mukerian 1958-65; Technical Higher Secondary School, Okhla, New Delhi, 1966-69; B.Sc., Khalsa College Amritsar, 1969-73; M.Sc, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 1973-75; Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 1985-87.
Adjunct Professor, Department of Soil Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2015 to date.
Assistant Soil Chemist, 1977-88, Pedologist/Soil Scientist, 1988-96, and Senior Soil Scientist, Department of Soil Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 1997-2012. Emeritus Scientist (ICAR), Department of Soil Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2013-2015.
Awards/Honours: FAI Silver Jubilee Award, 1988; United States Department of Agriculture Appreciation Award, 1992.
Fellow: Indian Society of Soil Science
Research Areas: Pedology - Soil survey, mapping, classification and land use planning, micronutrients in soils and plants
Address: Adjunct Professor, Department of Soil Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141004, Punjab; 31-Sunil Park, Barewal Road, PO Rajguru Nagar, Ludhiana 141012, Punjab; [Tel: Res. [phone], Cell: 09417451080; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Sharma, Balram S035

FELLOW, ELECTED 1996

Born in Andhyari, Rajasthan, India on 7 September 1940. Educated at Secondary School, Uchain, Rajasthan, 1944-52; B.R. College, Agra, 1953-60; Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, Moscow, USSR, 1962-65; B.Sc. 1958; M.Sc. 1960; Ph.D. 1965.
Head, Division of Genetics, 1990-93 and 1998-2000 and Emeritus Scientist, 2000-2005, Division of Genetics, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi.
Awards/Honours: Prize of Bharatiya Vigyan Patrika Samiti, New Delhi, 1972; IARI Best Teacher Award, 1997; Hari Om Ashram Award, 1997-98; N.I. Vavilov Medal, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow; IARI Certificate of Appreciation for Developing Variety 2001-02 and 2006.
Fellow: National Academy of Sciences, India.
Research Areas: Plant genetics & breeding
Address: 16/10, East Patel Nagar, New Delhi 110008; [Tel: Res. [phone]; 25824827, Cell: 9868604901; Email: [e-mail]]
Sharma, Dinesh Kumar S036

FELLOW, ELECTED 2016

Born in Rudayan, Uttar Pradesh, India on 15 January 1955. Educated at K.L. Jain Inter College, Sasni, 1965-1971; R.B.S. College, Bichpuri, Agra, 1971-1975; G.B. Pant University of Agric. & Technology, Pantnagar, 1983-1986, B.Sc. Ag. 1973; M. Sc. Ag. 1975; Ph.D. 1986.
Emeritus Scientist, ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Regional Research Station, Lucknow, 2017 to date.
Scientist S-1, ICAR-Central Sheep and Wool Research Institute, Avikanagar, Rajasthan, 1978-1980; ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal 1980-84; Senior Scientist, ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal 1984-98; Principal Scientist, 1998-2001; Head, ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Regional Research Station, Lucknow, 2001-2010; Director, ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, 2010-16.
Awards/Honours: Appreciation Award for significant contribution to Stress Tolerance Rice in Africa and South Asia by International Rice Research Institute, Manila, Philippines, 2016, Hari Om Ashram Award, 2010-11; Ground Water Augmentation Award by Ministry of Water Resources, Govt. of India, 2009; CSSRI-Excellence Award on Soil Salinity and Water Management for 2008-2009, DBT - Biotech Product, Process Development and Commercialization Award 2013-14; Visiting Scientist to IRRI, Manila, Philippines 2007; Bioved Agric-Innovation Award for outstanding contribution in the field of Natural Resources Management, 2014, President, Indian Society of Soil Salinity and Water Quality, 2011 to date.
Fellow: Indian Society of Agronomy, 2009; Indian Society of Soil Salinity and Water Quality, 2014; Indian Society of Water Resource, Roorkee, 1996; Indian Society of Coastal Agricultural Research 2013.
Research Areas: Problem soil management, Agronomy, cropping/farming systems research
Address: Emeritus Scientist & Ex. Director, ICAR- Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Regional Res. Station, Near Manywar Kasiram Smarak, P.O. Dilkusha, Lucknow 226002, U.P.; [Tel: Off. [phone], Cell; 9996245195; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]