Abidi,Saiyed Asif Husain

Singh, Dharam Vir S079

FELLOW, ELECTED 1995

Born in Meerut, India on 3 November 1944. Educated at Meerut 1955-59; Govt. Agricultural College, Kanpur 1959-68; Danish Institute of Seed Pathology, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1972-73; B.Sc. 1961; M.Sc. 1963; Ph.D. 1970.
Scientist, Vegetable Pathology, 1968-71, Scientist, 1972-77, Senior Scientist, 1977-82, Principal Scientist, Wheat Pathology, 1983-2000, Head, 2000-06, and Emeritus Scientist, 2006-08, Division of Plant Pathology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi.
Awards/Honours: Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Memorial Prize 1978-79; Sharda Memorial Award, 1990; Shri Hari Krishna Shastri Memorial Award 2003; President of Indian Phytopathological Society, 2003; Member (2008-11), Board of Governors, IIT, Roorkee.
Fellow: Indian Phytopathological Society.
Research Areas: Plant pathology, cereal pathology, epidemiology, integrated pest management, Karnal bunt
Address: C-14D MIG Flats, Vatika Apartments, Maya Puri, New Delhi 110064; [Tel: Res. [phone]; Cell: 9810676478; Email: [e-mail]]
Dr. K.C. Mehta Award, 2005-2006

Singh, Dhyan Pal S080

FELLOW, ELECTED 1996

Born in Etah, UP, India on 14 July 1943. Educated at Rashtriya Inter College, Barhan, Agra, 1957-59 and B.R. College, Agra, 1960-61; B.Sc. and M.Sc., Agra Univ., 1961-65; Ph.D, MLU Halle-Wittenberg, Germany, 1972; UNESCO Fellowship, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia, 1978.
Prof. of Agronomy, 1982, Head Department of Agronomy, 1992-94, 1997-98, Dean College of Agriculture, 1994-97 and Acting Vice Chancellor, 1996, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, India; Vice Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India, 2002-2007; Member, State Farmer Commission, Government of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal, 2007-10; Consultant, Haryana Kisan Ayog, Govt. of Haryana, C.C.S. HAU Campus, Hisar, Haryana, 2010-2013; Secretary, Board of Management, R.B.S. College, Agra, 2009-14; Observer, RBS Engineering & Technology Campus, Agra, 2009 to date.
Awards/Honours: Best Research Worker Award (Germany), 1971; ICAR Award for Team Research, 1987-88; HAU Silver Jubilee Award, 1995; Hari Krishna Shastri Memorial Award, 2000; ISA Gold Medal 2005; ISA Lifetime Achievement Award, 2009-10; President, Indian Society of Agronomy, 2005-07; President, Indian Society for Sustainable Agriculture and Research Management, 1997 to date.
Fellow: Indian Society of Agronomy; Indian Society of Plant Breeding and Genetics; Indian Society of Plant Physiology; Society of Extension Education.
Research Areas: Crop water management, stress physiology, soil-crop-water-atmosphere relation studies, integrated farming system, global climate change
Address: House No. 581, Sector 15 A, Hisar 125001, Haryana; [Cell: 09416206449; Email: [e-mail]]
Singh, Gajendra S081

FOREIGN FELLOW, ELECTED 1996

Born in Bhogpur, India on 3 August 1944. Educated at G B Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India, 1962-66; Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA, 1967-68; University of California, Davis, USA, 1968-73. B.Sc. 1966; M.S., 1968; Ph.D. 1973.
Associate Professor of Agricultural Engineering, G B Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, 1973-75; Associate Research Professor of Agricultural Engineering, Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey, New Bruswick, USA, 1984-86; Prof. of Agricultural Engineering, 1984-2004, Chairman, Agri. & Food Eng. Div., 1977-84, and Vice President for Academic Affairs, 1986-88, AIT, Bangkok, Thailand; Deputy Director General (Engineering), ICAR, New Delhi, 1994-97; Coordinator, AASE Program, 1999-2000, and Dean, 2001-04 Extension, AIT Bangkok, Thailand; Vice-Chancellor, Doon University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 2005-08; Adjunct Professor of Agricultural Engineering, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), 2012-present; Chair of the Science Committee of “Appropriate Scale Mechanization Consortium for Sustainable Intensification in Asian and African countries” funded by USAID. Members of Consortium are: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Michigan State University, Kansas State University and North Carolina A&T State University, 2015-present.
Consultant (1977-2008): Asian Development Bank (ADB); the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN; United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO); European Union (EU); United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (UNESCAP); International Crops Research Institute for Semi Arid Tropics (ICRISAT); and International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). Consultant (2009-present): Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and UNIDO of the United Nations: Agricultural Mechanization in developing countries, mainly in Asia and Africa; Center for Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization (CSAM) of UNESCAP; RMSI on Climate Change on World Bank funded projects.
Awards/Honours: John Gilmore Award, University of California, Davis, 1970; American Society of Agricultural Engineers Kishida International Award, 1990; Emil Mrak International Award, Univ. of California at Davis, 1991; Gold Medal, Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers, 1994; American Society of Agricultural & Biological Engineers Massey Ferguson Educational Gold Medal, 2006; Eminent Engineer Award, The Institution of Engineers (India), 2009.
Founder President, Asian Association for Agricultural Engineering, 1990-95; Member, Board of Trustees of the American Society of Agricultural & Biological Engineers, 1998-2000; President, Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers, 2010-12; Member, Executive Board of International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (CIGR), 1995-2001 and 2014-present; Club of Bologna, Full member (1989) and member of Management Committee, 2001-present; Patron, Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers, 2015-18.
Fellow: International Commission of Agricultural Engineering; American Society of Agricultural & Biological Engineers; Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers; Institution of Engineers (India); Soil Conservation Society of India.
Research Areas: Agricultural engineering, mechanization, sustainable development and climate change
Address: C-86, Millennium Apartments, Plot E-10A, Sector - 61, Noida 201301, U.P.; [Tel: Res. [phone]; Cell: 09971087591; Email: [e-mail]]
Singh_,_Gajendra_Bahadur'>Singh, Gajendra Bahadur S082

FELLOW, ELECTED 1997

Born in Karmaha, Lucknow (U.P.), India on 1 July 1940. Educated at U.P. College, Varanasi 1949-55; Allahabad Agricultural Institute 1955-57; Government Agricultural College, Kanpur 1957-59; Punjab Agriculture University 1966-68; B.Sc. (Ag) 1957, M.Sc. (Ag) 1959, Ph.D. 1968.
Asstt./Assoc. Prof. Agronomy, Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana 1963-70, Sr. Agronomist, Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Lucknow 1972-76, Joint Director/Director, ICAR Complex for NEH Region Gangtok/Shillong 1976-82, Assistant Director General (Agronomy), ICAR, 1982-91, Senior Visiting Scientist, International Council for Research in Agro-forestry, Nairobi, 1987-89; Director, Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Lucknow 1991-95; Deputy Director General (Natural Resource Management), ICAR, 1995-2000, Vice-Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur 2000-2002; Director General, U.P. Council of Agricultural Research, Lucknow 2002-2005.
Awards/Honours: Fakhruddin Ali Ahmad Award 1980-82; ICAR Award for Team Research 1981-82; Gold Medal, Indian Society for Agronomy 1998.
Fellow: Indian Society of Agronomy; Soil Conservation Society of India.
Research Areas: Agronomy, water and nutrient management, sugarcane agronomy, agro-forestry
Address: "Karmaha House", 3/35, Virat Khand, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow 226010, U.P.; [Tel: Res. [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Singh, Gurbachan S083

FELLOW, ELECTED 1998

Born in Bhaini Maraj, India on 16 September 1954. Educated at Akal Higher Secondary School, Mastuana, 1968-71; Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 1971-78 & 1983-88; B.Sc.(Ag.) 1975; M.Sc. (Agronomy) 1978; Ph.D.(Agronomy) 1988; D.Sc. (Honoris Causa), OUAT, Bhubaneswar, 2012.
Scientific Advisor, International Foundation for Science, Sweden, 1996 to date; FAO Cactus Net Regional Coordinator for West Asia, 2004 to date; Member, ICID Working Group on Sustainable Drainage, 2007 to date.
Scientist SI (Agronomy), Senior Scientist (Agronomy), Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal 1978-98; Principal Scientist (Forestry/Agroforestry), National Research Centre for Agroforestry, Jhansi, 1998-2000; Head, Division of Crop Production, Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, Jhansi; 2000-01; Assistant Director General (Agronomy), ICAR, New Delhi, 2001-05; Director, Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, 2005-10; Agriculture Commissioner, Government of India, New Delhi, 2010-11; Chairman, Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board, New Delhi, 2011-17.
Awards/Honours: Hari Om Ashram Trust Award, 1989; CAZRI Dr. K.A. Shankarnarayan Award, 1993-94; IARI Tenth Sukumar Basu Memorial Award, 1995-96; Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award, 1996-98; Sardar Patel Outstanding ICAR Institution Award, 2009; Ground Water Augmentation Award of Ministry of Water Resources, 2010; Life Time Achievement Award by High Tech Horticultural Society of India, 2012; NDRI Dr. D. Sundaresan Memorial Oration Award, 2012; Haryana Ratna Award by National Integrated Council of Artists and Activities, 2013; Bioved Ratna Award by Bioved Research Institute of Agriculture and Technology, Allahabad, 2014; Award of Honour by Chief Minister of Punjab, 2014; Harit Ratna Award by All India Agricultural Students' Association, 2014; Amit Prabudh Manishi Award by ASM Foundation, New Delhi, 2015; NDRI Dr. K.K. Iya Memorial Oration Award, 2016; Special Achievement Award, 2016 by Indian Council of Food and Agriculture.
President, Indian Society of Soil Salinity and Water Quality 2008-11; President, Indian Society of Agronomy 2013 to date; Chairman, RC of Central Insecticide Board & Registration Committee 2010-15; Vice President, Farming System Research and Development Association of India 2003-05; Honorary Member, Editorial Board of Experimental Agriculture; and Advisory Board of Indian Journal of Dryland Agricultural Research and Development; 2003-05; Director, Board of Directors, National Seed Corporation, New Delhi, 2010-11; Chairman, Technical Committee of Central Seed Certification Board, 2010-11; Member, Board of Directors, HLRDC, Chandigarh, 2005-2009; Board of Management, IARI, New Delhi, 2010-11; Management Committee of National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management, Hyderabad, 2010-11; Management Committee of NOVOD Board, New Delhi, 2010-11; Standing Committee of Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Authority of India, 2010-11; Institute Management and Research Advisory Committees of CAZRI, Jodhpur; CRIDA, Hyderabad; NRC on Weed Science, Jabalpur and PDCSR, Modipuram, 2001-2005.
Fellow: Indian Society of Agronomy; Indian Society of Soil Salinity and Water Quality; Indian Society of Soil and Water Conservationists; Range Management Society of India.
Research Areas: Agroforestry, agronomy, wasteland rehabilitation, drought management, climate change, agriculture development and policy
Address: Ex-Chairman, ASRB, Adarsh Public School Campus, Near Power House, Kunjpura Road, Karnal 132001, Haryana; [Tel: Off [phone]; Cell: 9991113600, 9971167767; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Singh_,_Gyanendra_Pratap'>Dr. M.S. Randhawa Memorial Award, 2013-2014; Recognition Award, 2005-2006

Singh, Gyanendra Pratap S084

FELLOW, ELECTED 2015

Born in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 17 March 1964. Educated at Central Hindu School, Varanasi, 1979-81; Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, B.Sc. (Hons), 1981-84; M.Sc. (Ag.), 1986-88, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology, Ph.D. 1992.
Director, ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat & Barley Research, Karnal, 2016 to date.
Scientist, National Research Centre for Soybean, Indore, 1993-94; Scientist, Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla, 1994-96; Scientist & Scientist (Senior Scale), Directorate of Wheat Research, Karnal; Senior Scientist & Principal Scientist, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 2001-2008 & 2009-2016.
Awards/Honours: Dr. Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award, Dr. B.P. Pal Gold Medal Award, V.S. Mathur Memorial Award, 2014, Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding, New Delhi.
Fellow: Fellow National Academy of Agricultural Sciences Mahindra Samridhi Award for Institution Society of Advancement of Wheat Research, Karnal; Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding, New Delhi, India; Society for Scientific Development in Agriculture and Technology Jhansi.
Research Areas: Wheat improvement, abiotic stress, physiological phenotyping, MARS & MABB
Address: Director, ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat & Barley Research, P.B. No. 158, Kunjpura Road, Karnal 132001, Haryana; NRC 37, Type IV, Pusa Campus, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Cell: 9868841775; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]; [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Singh, Harikesh Bahadur S085

FELLOW, ELECTED 2006

Born in Pratapgarh, India on 18 July 1953. Educated at K.P. Hindu Inter College, Pratapgarh, 1971-73; Post Graduate Degree College, Pratapgarh, Avadh University, Faizabad, 1973-75; St. Andrews' College Gorakhpur, Gorakhpur University, 1975-77; Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 1977-81; B.Sc. 1975; M.Sc. 1977; Ph.D. 1981.
Professor & Head, Mycology & Plant Pathology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
PDF (CISR), 1981-82, Research Associate, UGC, 1983-84, and Pool Officer (CSIR), 1984, Banaras Hindu University, BHU, Varanasi; Lecturer, 1984-89, and Sr. Lecturer, 1989-92, North-Eastern Hill University, NEHU, Medziphema, Nagaland; SRO-cum-Associate Professor, Plant Pathology, 1992-93, Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Hill Campus, Ranichauri, Tehri Garhwal; Scientist, 1993-94, Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), Lucknow; Scientist, 1994-98, CIMAP, Resource Centre, Pantnagar; Scientist & Head, Plant Pathology, National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, 1998-2006; Visiting Professor, Cornell University, USA, 2011; Professor, Mycology & Plant Pathology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 2006 to date.
Awards/Honours: CSIR Technology Prize for Biological Sciences (Team),1999; Vigyan Bharti Award, 2000; Essential Oil Association of India, SOM Award, 2005; Society of Mycology & Plant Pathology, Prof. V.P. Bhide Memorial Award, 2006; Society for Plant Research, Scientist of Excellence Award, 2007; BRSI Industrial Medal Award, 2007; Bioved Fellowship Award, 2009; Jyoti Sangam Award, 2009; Akshyavat Samman 2009; Distinguish Scientist Award by Society for Research Development in Agriculture, 2011, Prof. Panchanan Maheshwari Medal by Indian Botanical Society, 2011. CSIR Award for S&T Innovation for Rural Development (CAIRD) 2011 (Team). Rashtriya Gaurav Award- 2012 by IIFS, Plant Pathology Leader Award by IPS (MEZ), 2012, Environment Conservation Award, 2013; Plant Pathology Leadership Award, 2013, Vigyan-Ratna Award by U.P.C.S.T -2014.
Executive Editor, Indian Journal of Plant Pathology 2003 to date; Vice President, Allium Society of India (2009-11); President (MEZ) Indian Phytopathological Society (2010-11); Member General Publication Core Committee, IPS (2011-13); Executive Committee Member of Essential Oil Association of India; Member publication committee of "Indian Perfumer" (2005-07); Member of U.P. State Biodiversity Board (2007-09); Member Wild Life Board, Government of U.P. (2010-11); Member Task Force Life Sciences Women Scientist Scheme (WOS-A) DST, Govt. of India (2005-12); Member Task Force DBT on Biotechnology Based Programme for SC/ST and Rural Population (2011-14); Task Force Expert Member on Biological Agents for Crop Management; Vice-President (Academic) Asian PGPR Society for Sustainable Agriculture.
Fellow: Indian Phytopathological Society; International College of Nutrition, India; Indian Society of Mycology & Plant Pathology; Biotechnology Research Society of India; Society of Plant Reproductive Biologists.
Research Areas: Mycology & plant pathology, organic farming, fortified and designer foods, microbial based biopesticides & biofertilizers
Address: Professor & Head, Mycology & Plant Pathology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, U.P.; Flat No. 12 Sidhartha Residency II, Kaushlesh Nagar, BHU-DLW Road, Sunderpur, Varanasi 221005, U.P.; [Tel: Off. [phone], 6702576; Res. [phone]; Cell: 09415355571, 09721955531; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Singh, Harishchandra Prasad S086

FELLOW, ELECTED 1998

Born in Mahmada, Pusa, Bihar, India on 2 July 1950. High school, MPHS School, Pusa, Samastipur,1958-1964; Intermediate, UP College, Varanasi,1964-1966; B.Sc.(Ag), BHU, Varanasi,1966-1969; M.Sc. (Hort), Bihar Agriculture college, Sabour, RAU, Pusa, Samastipur,1969-1971; Ph D., UAS, Bangalore,1982-1985; Post Doctorate, D.Sc (Honoris causa) OUAT, Bhubaneswar, 2009. Leadership in Agriculture, IMD International, Lausanne, 2009, Switzerlands.
The Founder and Chairman, Confederation of Horticulture Associations of India (CHAI), New Delhi, 2012 to date; Chairman, National Council on Agriculture and Food Security, ASSOCHAM, New Delhi, 2016 to date.
Scientist (S1), CHES,IIHR, Ranchi/Chethalli, 1972-81; Senior Scientist (Horticulture), CHES, IIHR, Ranchi, 1981-88; Project Coordinator (Fruits), IIHR, Bangalore, 1988-97; Director, National Research Centre on Banana, Trichy, 1993-97; Chairman, Coconut Development Board, Cochin, 1998-2000 & 2002-04; Horticulture Commissioner, Govt. of India, Ministry of Agriculture, 1997-2003; Dean Agriculture, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, 2004-05; Vice-Chancellor, Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar, 2005-07. Deputy Director General (Hort.), ICAR, 2007-2012.
Chairman, Asia and Pacific Coconut Community, Jakarta, 1999-2001; Chairman, BAPNET, Bioversity International, 2008-10; Chairman, Committee on Climate Change,BAPNET, 2010-12; National Director, FAO Assisted Projects, 1998-2003; Chairman, Review Committee of APCC, 2001-03; Chairman, Organic Farming in Coconut, APCC 2000-01; Chairman, National Project Steering Committee of the UNEP/GEF TFT Project of Bioversity International on Conservation of Tropical Fruits 2008 – 2012.Chairman, Steering Committee of a Joint project on mango, India - Oman (2009-12) Chairman and member secretary of many high powered national committees including working group of plan proposals (Working Group of Planning Commission and Taskforce force on micro- irrigation.
Awards/Honours: HSI Award, 1993, HSI, New Delhi; Shavaroys Foundation Award, 1995 H S Mehta foundation, Salem; Pisang Raja Award 1996, ASPNET, INIBAP, Philippines; G.L. Chadha Memorial Gold Medal, 1998, HSI; Ranade Memorial Senior Scientist Award, 1998; AIPUB Kadali Puraskar, 1998; UAS Bangalore Dr. M.H. Marigowda National Award 2001; Kalpvriksha Award, 2001, APCC, Jakarta; Recognition Award, 2002, Horticulture Society of India; All India Kitchen Garden Association Gold Medal, 2002; Lifetime Achievement Award, 2003, All India Amla Grower Association, Gurgaon; Appreciation Award, 2004, Irrigation Association of India and Institution of Engineers; Recognition Award, 2004, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, Maharsi Viswamitra Award, 2006, National Literature Council, Patna; Lifetime Achievement Award, 2006, Confederation of Indian Horticulture, Gurgaon; Dr Harbajan Singh Memorial Award, 2007, ISPGR, New Delhi; Recognition Award, 2008, Biodiversity International and BAPNET; AIPUB Lifetime Achievement Award, 2008; HIS Shivshakti Lifetime Achievements Award, 2008; Wellness Open University Star Action Award, 2008; Lifetime Achievement award, 2008, DKEVBVS, Lucknow; Achiever Award, 2009, Banana Grower Association of India; ISHRD Pant Lifetime Achievement Award, 2010; ISOH Lifetime Achievement Award 2010; Hi-tech Horticultural Society, Rajesh Pilot Lifetime Achievement Award 2010; Kadli Ratana Award, 2010, AIPUB, Trichy; Life Time Achievements Award 2010, Society for Promotion of Horticulture, Bangalore; Vishist Vyaktitvya Award, 2010, All India Coconut Grower Association, Rajmundri, AP; Life Time Achievements Award, 2011, Society for Sub-tropical Horticulture, Lucknow; Recognition Award 2011, for Cashew Research & Development, NRCC, Puttur; Life time achievements award, 2011, MSET International Consortium of Contemporary Biologist; Life Time Achievement Award, 2012, Indian Society of Citriculture, Nagpur, Man of the Decade Award, 2012, Association for the Improvement of in Production and Utilisation of Banana, Trichy. Life time achievements Award, 2013, HSG, NAU, Navsari, Gujarat; Life time Achievement award-2014 CHAI, New Delhi: Amit Krishi Rishi Award 2014, ASM Foundation, New Delhi
The Founder and Chairman, Associations for the Improvement in Production and Utilization of Banana; The Founder and Chairman, Confederation of Horticulture Associations of IndiaCHAI), President, Indian Society of Ornamental Horticulture; Vice-President, Indian Society of Vegetable Science. Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Innovative Horticulture, Excessive Member, CII and ASSOCHAM.
Fellow: Horticulture Society of India; Association of Production and Utilization of Banana; Aonla Growers' Association of India; Indian Society of Plant Genetic Resources; Indian Society of Ornamental Horticulture., National Academy of Biological Sciences, Chennai, Confederation of Horticulture Associations of India, Indian Society of Vegetable Sciences, Varanasi.
Research Areas: Horticulture (PGR, Biotechnology, Nanotechnology, Improvement, Production System Management, Nutrient and Water management), Education Technology, Forestry (bamboo) Climate change, and Human resource Development
Address: The Founder and Chairman, Confederation of Horticulture Associations of India (CHAI), 249, D Block, Sector 18A, Dwarka, New Delhi 110078; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Res. 09871450730; Cell: 9582898983; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Member Executive Council 1 Jan, 2007 to 31 Dec, 2009

Singh, Harpal S087

FELLOW, ELECTED 1997

Born in Muzaffarnagar, U.P. on 15 July 1942. Educated at DAV Collge, Muzaffarnagar, 1956-60; GBPUAT, 1960-66; University of Illinois, USA, 1968-71; B.Sc. 1960; B.V.Sc.&A.H. 1964; M.V.Sc. 1966; Ph.D. 1971; Diploma in French Language, 1982.
Assistant Professor, 1966-72, Associate Professor, 1972-77, Professor Veterinary Surgery, 1977-2003; and Head, Department of Surgery & Radiology, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar; Professor Surgery, University of Constantine, Algeria, 1980-83; Dean, Student Welfare, 1984-87, Director, Training and Placement, 1988-89, Dean, College of Post Graduate Studies, 1992-95, Dean, College of Veterinary Sciences, 1995-99, Dean, College of Fishery Sciences, 1997-99, and Director, Administration and Monitoring, 2000-2001, GBPUAT, Pantnagar; Professor Surgery, Hawassa University, Ethiopia, 2010-12.
Awards/Honours: Ramlal Agrawal National Award, 1992 and 1997; Distinguished Veterinarian Award, 2005; ISVS Lifetime Achievement Award; ISACP Lifetime Achievement Award. President, Indian Society for Veterinary Surgery, and Indian Society of Veterinary Educators; Member Board of Management of Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindhia Agricultural University Gwalior, NAARM Hyderabad and UP Livestock and Poultry Specialities; Member Research Advisory Committees of CAZRI Jodhpur, IVRI Izatnagar, NAARM Hyderabad and CIRB Hissar; Member ICAR Panels on Animal Science Research and Agricultural Education and Home Science; Member QRT on Directorate of Cropping System Research, Meerut; Chairman/Member Project Development Committees of Veterinary College Patna, Veterinary College Aizawl, Veterinary College Lakhimpur; Member Academic Faculty Councils of IVRI Izatnagar, RAU, Bikaner and RAU, Samastipur; Member Governing Council of National Academy of Veterinary Sciences, Editorial Board of IJVS, Subject matter Panel of Specialists of NATP for Arid zone, DRDO panels on Agricultural Research and Food and Bioresources, Animal Science Panel on Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology.
Fellow: National Academy of Veterinary Sciences; Indian Society for Veterinary Surgery; Association for Advancement of Veterinary Research.
Research Areas: Veterinary Surgery and Radiology
Address: 172/18, Indra Bhawan, Deepchand Colony, Dwarkapuri, Muzaffarnagar 251001, U.P.; [Tel: Res. [phone], Cell: 09412678436; Email: [e-mail]]
Dr. P. Bhattacharya Memorial Award, 2005-2006