Abidi,Saiyed Asif Husain

Sonti, Ramesh Venkata S129

FELLOW, ELECTED 2004

Born in Visakhapatnam on 24 May 1960. Educated at Visakhpatnam at Sarada Bala Vihara, 1965-70; St. Aloysius Anglo-Indian High School, 1971-76; A.V.N. College, Visakhapatnam, 1977-80; University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 1980-83; PhD, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA, 1990.
Chief Scientist, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, 2010 to date.
Research Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA, 1990-93; Scientist C, 1993-98; Scientist EI, 1998-2002, Scientist EII, 2002-06, and Scientist F, 2006-10, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad.
Awards/Honours: National Bioscience Award for Career Development 2003-04; Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Biological Sciences, 2004.
Fellow: Indian National Science Academy; National Academy of Sciences, India; Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore; Andhra Pradesh Akademi of Sciences, Hyderabad.
Research Areas: Plant-microbe interactions: microbial virulence functions, plant resistance responses
Address: Chief Scientist, Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500007, Telangana; CCMB Staff Quarters, Type V Apts., No.3, HMT Nagar, Nacharam, Hyderabad 500076, Telangana; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Res. [phone]; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Sopory, Sudhir Kumar S130

FELLOW, ELECTED 2002

Born in Ambala, India on 7 January 1948. Educated at S.P. College, Srinagar, 1962-66; Kashmir University, 1966-68; University of Delhi, 1969-73; Max-Planck-Institute, Koeln, Germany, 1976-78; University of Texas, Austin, USA, 1981-82; USDA, Beltsville, USA, 1987-88; University of Munich, Germany, 1991-92; B.Sc. 1966; M.Sc. 1968; Ph.D. 1973.
Assistant Professor, 1973-79, Associate Professor, 1979-85, and Prof. of Plant Physiology, 1985-97, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; Head, Plant Molecular Biology, International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, New Delhi, 1997-2011; Vice Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, 2011-15; Arturo Falaschi Emeritus Scientist, ICGEB, New Delhi, 2016.
Awards/Honours: ISCA Hiralal Chakravorty Award, 1986; CSIR Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award, 1987; Birbal Sahni Medal, 2001; NAS Saligram Sinha Medal, 2001; ISCA Birbal Sahni Birth Centenary Award, 2005; Padma Shri Award, 2006; American Society for Plant Biologists, Corresponding Membership Award, 2010; President, Indian Society of Plant Physiology, 2013-2016.
Fellow: Indian National Science Academy; National Academy of Sciences, India; Indian Academy of Sciences; The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS).
Research Areas: Molecular plant physiology, stress biology, plant biotechnology
Address: 584 Sector 14, Faridabad 121007, Haryana; [Tel: Res. [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Sorgeloos, Patrick S130a

FOREIGN FELLOW, ELECTED 2017

Born in Kortrijk, Belgium on August 13, 1948. Educated at Ghent University, Belgium: 1966-1971 MSc in Biology, 1971-1975 PhD in Marine Biology, 1975-1979, Postgraduate courses in Marine Biology in France (Station Biologique Roscoff, 1969), FR Germany (Biologische Anstalt Helgoland, 1970) and USA (Duke University Marine Laboratory Beaufort-NC, 1972).
Professor Emeritus, University of Ghent, Belgium and Chairman, European Aquaculture Technology and Innovation Programme (EATiP); Scientific Advisor INVE Aquaculture, 2010 till date.
Scientist with the Belgian National Science Foundation, 1971-1994; Junior Researcher (1971) to Research Director, attached at the State University of Ghent, Belgium, Research coordinator of the Artemia Reference Center at the State University of Ghent, Belgium: 1978-2013. Head of Department of Animal Production, Faculty of BioScience Engineering, 2004-2013.
Awards/Honours: Gold medal of the city of Kortrijk, Belgium, 1967; Foreign member of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences of Russia, 1990; International Cooperation Award of the Ministry of Light Industry, PR China, 1992; Honorary Doctor’s Degree Suez Canal University, Egypt, 1993; Decoration of the King of Thailand: Commander of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand, 2000; Honorary Life Member World Aquaculture Society, 2003; Honorary Life Member China Society of Fisheries, 2003; Decoration of the President of Vietnam, National Order of Friendship, 2008; Qilu Friendship Award of Shandong province, China, 2010; Qingdao International Science and Technology Cooperation Award, 2010; Honorary Life Member European Aquaculture Society, 2012; Institutional Merit Award, Escuela Superior Politechnica del Litoral ESPOL, Guayaquil, Ecuador, 2012; China National Friendship Award, 2014.
Fellow: World Aquaculture Society (2012)
Research Areas: Marine aquaculture, the culturing biology of Artemia in relation to fish/crustacean farming, as well as solar salt production, and with the larviculture of fish and shellfish
Address: Emeritus Professor of Aquaculture, Laboratory of Aquaculture & Artemia Reference Center, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, Building F, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; [Tel: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Sree Rangasamy, S.R. S131

FELLOW, ELECTED 1996

Born in Sangampalayam,Tamilnadu on 15 March 1936. Educated at VH School, Kaniyur, 1947-52; Dr. Alagappa College, Karaikudi, 1952-54; Agricultural College & Research Institute, Coimbatore 1954-57 & 1958-60; B.Sc.(Ag.) 1957; M.Sc. 1960; Ph.D. 1965, Madras University.
Regional Research Director, R&D Centre, Vibha Seeds, Coimbatore, 2008 to date.
Asst. Cytogeneticist, 1965-70, Reader in Genetics, 1970, and Professor of Biology, 1971-74, Tamilnadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore; Principal, Farm Science Center (KVK), Pondicherry, 1974-79; Dean, Basic Sciences & Humanities, 1979-81; Director, School of Genetics 1981-99; Director, Center for Plant Molecular Biology, 2000-04; General Manager (R&D), Hitech Agri Division, Manjushree Plantations Ltd, Hosur, Tamil Nadu 1995-2002; Plant Geneticist and Consultant R&D in Agroaxon S A Seed & Seed Plant Company in Krokio, Greece 2003-05; Agri. R&D, Consultant, 2005-07; Regional Research Director, Vibha Agrotech Ltd., Hyderabad, 2008-13; Agri R&D Consultant, 2014 to date, Member, Indian Society for Certification of Organic Products (ISCOP), Coimbatore.
Awards/Honours: TNAU Best Researcher Award 1992; Eleven Awards for Academic Proficiencies
Fellow: Indian Society of Genetics & Plant Breeding; Research Fellow: American Biographical Institute.
Research Areas: Plant cytogenetics and genetics, crop improvement & plant biotechnology, R&D in seeds-product development, maintenance breeding, seed quality assurance & seed production
Address: 12, First Avenue, New Thillainagar, Coimbatore 641041, Tamil Nadu; [Tel: Res. [phone], Cell: 09443295403; Email: [e-mail]]
Sridhar, Ranganathan S132

FELLOW, ELECTED 2000

Born in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, India on 11 June 1943. Educated at St. Joseph's Sec. High School, Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, India, 1953-59; Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India 1959-69; B.Sc. 1963; M.Sc. 1965; Ph.D. 1970. Post-doctoral Fellow, International Rice Research Institute, 1970-72.
Pool Officer, 1973-75, Scientist, S-1, 1975-76, Scientist, S-2, 1976-82, Scientist, S-3, 1982-85, Pl. Scientist, 1986-2003, and Head, Department of Plant Pathology, 2002-03, Central Rice Research Institute (ICAR), Cuttack, Odisha; Consultant/Visiting Professor and Head, Dept of Biotechnology, International Institute of Biotechnology and Toxicology, Padappai, Tamil Nadu, 2004-14.
Awards/Honours: Editor-in-Chief of ORYZA, 1986-89; Indian Phytopathological Society Dr. K.C. Mehta and Manoranjan Mitra Award, 2001; Assoc. Editor, Indian Phytopathology, 2001-2003.
Fellow: Indian Phytopathological Society.
Research Areas: Plant pathology, physiological and molecular aspects, pathogen diversity and disease resistance.
Address: Plot 54, Orchid, Padmavathi Street, Santosh Nagar Extension, Madanandapuram, Porur, Chennai 600125, Tamil Nadu; [Tel: Res: [phone], Cell: 09841029224; Email: [e-mail]]
Srinivasa Gopal, Teralandur Krishnaswamy S133

FELLOW, ELECTED 2010

Born in Mysore, Karnataka on 2 July 1952. Educated at University of Mysore; FAO International Training Centre, CFTRI, Mysore; University of Trondheim, Norway; and Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala; B.Sc. 1970; M.Sc. 1972; Diploma in Fishing and Fish Technology 1984-85; Ph.D 1994.
Emeritus Scientist (KSCSTE), Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin, 2015 to date.
Junior Scientific Officer, Defence Food Research Laboratory (DRDO), Mysore, 1975-1976; Scientist (Fish Processing), 1976-1985; Senior Scientist (Fish Processing), 1986-1995; Principal Scientist and Head, Packaging Section, 1998-2008; Principal Scientist and Head, Fish Processing Division, 2009-2010, and Director, Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin, 2010-2014.
Awards/Honours: ICAR Team Award, 2002; K. Chidambaram Memorial Annual Award 2005;, Vasavik Award for outstanding contribution in the field of Value added Fish Products, 2015; Honorary Visiting Professor of Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai; NORAD Fellowship Award, Norway, 1984-1985; Technical Advisor, Tamil Nadu State Fisheries Department, 2006-07; Board of Director, Lakshadweep Development Corporation Limited, Cochin, 2010 onwards; Chairman of Peer review of 12th Five Year Plan programme on Development of innovative technologies for fresh, processed and preserved food, livestock and biofuels for performance enhancement of combatants, by DFRL, Mysore, 2013; Chairman, Laboratory Research Committee, DFRL, 2013-2016; Member, Technical Committee on Fish and Fishery Products, Food Safety Standards Authority of India; President of Society of Fisheries Technologists (India), 2010-14.
Fellow: Society of Fisheries Technologists (India); Association of Food Scientists and Technologists (India); Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology; Bioved Research Society and Communication Centre.
Research Areas: Food Technology, Fish Processing Technology and Packaging Technology
Address: 29/660C, Surabhi, Lane 27, Janatha Road, Vyttila, Cochin 682019, Kerala; [Tel: Res. [phone]; Cell 9446393249; Email: [e-mail]]
Srinivasa Rao, Cherukumalli S134

FELLOW, ELECTED 2008

Born in Anigandlapadu, Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh on 4 October 1965. Educated at ZP High School, Anigandlapadu, 1975-80; SGS College Jaggaiahpet, 1980-82; Agricultural College, Bapatla, 1982-88; Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 1988-92; Tel-Aviv University, Israel, 1998-99; B.Sc (Ag) 1982; M.Sc(Ag) 1988; Ph.D 1992; Post-Doctoral 1999.
Director, ICAR-National Academy of Agri Research Management, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, 2017 to date.
Scientist, Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal, 1992-98; Senior Scientist, Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur and Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad, 1998-2006; Principal Scientist, 2006-13 and Project Coordinator, All India Coordinated Research Project for Dryland Agriculture, Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad (CRIDA), Hyderabad, 2013-14; Deputation to International Crop Research Institute for Semi Arid Tropics, Patancheru, 2006-2008; Director, ICAR-Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad, 2014-17.
Awards/Honours: Certificate of Merit ISCA, 1995; ISSS Golden Jubilee Young Scientist Award, 1997; ICAR Young Scientist Award, 1998; International Potash Institute – FAI Award, 1998; Pran Vohra Memorial Award, 2000 and Dr. B.C. Deb Memorial Award, 2006 of Indian Science Congress Association; PPIC-FAI Award, PPIC-FAI Award, 2006; Dhiru Morarjee Memorial Award of FAI, 1993 and 2003; ISPRD Recognition Award, 2006-2007; Doreen Mashler Award by ICRISAT, 2007; ICRISAT Millennium Science Award, 2008; International Plant Nutrition Institute Prize 2008; Sukumar Basu Memorial Award of IARI, 2009; Vasantrao Naik Award of ICAR, 2009; FAI Golden Jubilee Award, 2011; Padmasree Dr. I.V. Subba Rao Memorial Award from Rithunestam, 2012; International Potash Institute-FAI Award, 2012. Chief Editor, Indian Society of Dryland Agriculture, 2009 to 2014; Hari Om Ashram Trust Award of ICAR 2014; Rajashri Tandon Rajbasha Puruskar – 2013-14; 2014-15; Vasant Rao Naik Award 2014; Sardar Patel Outstanding Research Institute Award of ICAR – 2014; Editor, Indian Society of Soil Science 2014-15; Chairman, Standing Technical Committee, National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) 2014 onwards; Hindi Regional Rajbhasha Award, 2016 by Ministry of Home Affairs; UNFCCC Indian Delegation Member – Bonn, Germany, 2015, 2016; Executive Board Member, International Dryland Development Committee, Cairo, Egypt.
Fellow: Indian Society of Soil Science; Indian Society of Pulses Research and Development
Research Areas: Climate change, District agriculture contingency planning, Soil carbon sequestration, Participatory soil health management, Dryland agriculture
Address: Director, ICAR-National Academy of Agri Research Management, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500030, Telangana; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Res. [phone], Cell: 09848848453; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Recognition Award, 2013-2014; Young Scientist Award, 1997-1998

Srivastava, Anil Kumar S135

FELLOW, ELECTED 2005

Born in Varanasi, India on 1 August 1957. Educated at Ashok Inter College Baburi, Varanasi 1969-73; Queen's College, Varanasi, 1973-75; Veterinary College Mathura 1975-81; Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 1981-84; GSF Institute of Toxicology, Munchen, Germany 1988-90; BVSc&AH 1979; MVSc. 1981; Ph.D. 1984.
Member, Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board, New Delhi 2016 to date.
Assistant Professor, 1984-87, Associate Professor, 1987-95, College of Veterinary Sciences, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana; German Academic Exchange Fellow, 1988-90; Professor, 1995-2004, Head, Division of Pharmacology & Toxicology, 1997-2004, Dean, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences & Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology, R.S.Pura, Jammu, 2004-2006; Director Resident Instructions-cum-Dean, Post graduate Studies, SKUAST-Jammu, 2006-2008; Director & Vice-Chancellor, ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal 2008-16..
Awards/Honours: ICAR Jawahar Lal Nehru Award, 1985; International NOICL Award, 1985; Indian Veterinary Association National Alarsin Awards, 1987-88, and 1999-2000; ISCA Gold Medal; Gold Medal, Indian Association of Science and Technology; Rashtriya Vidya Saraswati Puraskar, 2007; Rashtriya Citizen Award, 2007; Indira Gandhi Excellence Award, 2007; CLFMA Lifetime Achivement Award; President, Indian Agricultural University Association, 2014; Chairman, Indian Dairy Association (NZ); President, National Academy of Dairy Sciences; President Probiotic Association of India; President, Indian Society of Veterinary Pharmacology & Toxicology; Founder Chief-Editor, Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology & Toxicology; Member, Executive Council Punjab Academy of Sciences; Member, J&K Council of Science & Technology; Member, Indian National Committee, International Dairy Federation; Chairman, Dairy Products and Equipment Sectional Committee, BIS, Govt. Of India FAD 19; Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, ICMR; Member, Techno Scrutiny Committee, MoFPI, Govt. of India; Member DBT Task Force on "Biotechnological Approach for Food and Nutrition and DBT Task Force on "Animal Biotechnology".
Fellow: National Academy of Veterinary Sciences; National Academy of Dairy Sciences; Indian Association for Advancement of Veterinary Research; Society of Toxicology; Society of Environmental Sciences; Society of Sciences; International Society for Ecological Communications; and Member National Academy of Sciences, India.
Research Areas: Veterinary Pharmacology & Toxicology
Address: Member, Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board, Room No. 203, KAB-I, Pusa, New Delhi 110012; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Cell: 09466592661; Email: [e-mail]]
Secretary 1 Jan, 2009 to 31 Dec, 2011

Srivastava, Nath Saran Lal S136

FELLOW, ELECTED 1997

Born in Bishunpura, Gorakhpur, U.P., India on 1 July 1943. Educated at Kulbhaskar Ashram Agriculture College, Allahabad, 1955-59; Allhabad Agricultural Institute, 1959-62; IIT, Kharagpur, 1964-66; Bhopal University, 1984-88; B.Sc. (Agri. Engg.) 1962; M.Tech. (Agri. Engg.) 1966; Ph.D. (Mech.Engg.) 1988.
Executive Director, Technocrats Institute of Technology (TIT) Group of Institutions, Anand Nagar, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, 2010 to date.
Research Engineer, Kulbhaskar Ashram Degree College of Agriculture, Allahabad, 1962-64; Assistant Agricultural Engineer, Agricultural Engineer, Senior Agricultural Engineer and Head, Agricultural Engineering Division, Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Lucknow, 1966-78; Head, Crop Production Engineering Division, Project Coordinator (AICRP on Utilization of Animal Energy), and Director, Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal, 1978-97; Assistant Director General (Engg.) and Acting Deputy Director General (Engg.), Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, 1997-2003; Joint Director, Sardar Patel Renewable Energy Research Institute, Vallabh Vidyanagar, 2003-10.
Awards/Honours: ISAE Commendation Medals, 1978-79 and 1984-85; Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award, 1980-81; Rishabh Shree Award, 1994-95; ISAE Gold Medal, 1999-2000.
Fellow: Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers.
Research Areas: Agricultural Engineering, Farm implements & machinery, animal energy, renewable sources of energy
Address: Executive Director, TIT Group of Institutions, Anand Nagar, PO Box 24, BHEL Piplani, Bhopal 462021, M.P.; House No. A-446, New Minal Residency, J.K. Road, Govindpura, Bhopal 462023, M.P.; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Res. [phone]; Cell: 07566535492; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Member Executive Council 1 Jan, 2008 to 31 Dec, 2010

Srivastava, Ramesh Chandra S137

FELLOW, ELECTED 2011

Born in Allahabad (U.P.) India on 1 July 1956. Educated at Government Inter College, Allahabad, 1967-1971; Allahabad Agriculture Institute, Allahabad, 1971-75; Indian Institute of technology, Kharagpur, 1975-77 and 1989-92; B.Sc. Ag. Engg. 1975; M.Tech., IIT Kharagpur 1978; Ph. D. IIT, Kharagpur, 1993.
Vice Chancellor, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Samsatipur, Bihar, 2016 to date.
Scientist S-1, 1978-83, and Scientist S-2/ Sr. Scientist, 1983-1994, VPKAS, Almora; Sr. Scientist 1994-98, and Principal Scientist 1998-2006, WTCER, Bhubaneswar; Director, Central Agricultural Research Institute (ICAR), Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, 2006-11; Principal Scientist, Indian Institute of Water Management, Bhubaneswar, 2011-2016.
Awards/Honours: Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award, 2003-04; Vasant Rao Naik Award of ICAR, 2001 and 2006; ASPEE Award of Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers 2002-03; Commendation medal of Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers, 2005-06; Rajendra Prasad Award of ICAR, 2008-09, 2010; National Bihar Education Summit Award 2016 by Governor of Bihar; Distinguished Alumni Award, 2016 from SHIAT&S Allahabad; Most 100 Influential Vice Chancellor award conferred in the Vth World Education Congress, 2016; Higher Education leadership Award, 2016; Education Excellence Award by Confederation of Indian Universities, 2016.
Fellow: Indian Association of Soil & Water Conservationists, 2006; Institute of Engineers, 2009; Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers, 2009; Confederation of Horticulture Association of India.
Research Areas: Rain Water Management, Integrated farming System, Ground Water Management.
Address: Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur 848125, Bihar; 2/28, Gangotri VIP Enclave, Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar 751016, Odisha; [Tel: Off. [phone], Cell: 09040033323; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Subba Rao, Annangi S138

FELLOW, ELECTED 2001

Born in Ravulapuram, India on 1 May 1952. Educated at Z.P. High School, Vinukonda, 1962-67; Hindu College, Guntur, 1967-68; Agricultural College, Bapatla, 1969-73 & 1974-76; Indian Agricultural Research Institute 1976-80; B.Sc. 1973; M.Sc. 1976; Ph.D 1980.
Assistant Professor, Agril. College, Bapatla 1980-84; Soil Scientist, Potash Research Institute of India, Gurgaon, 1984-89; Principal Scientist, 1989-97; Project Coordinator (STCR), 1997-2004, and Director, Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal, 2004-2014.
Awards/Honours: FAI Silver Jubilee Award of Excellence 1989 & 2008; PRII Award 1991; PPIC-FAI Award 1997; IPI-FAI Award 1998; IMPHOS - FAI Award 2003; TSI-FAI Award, 2006; Hari Om Ashram Award, 2008-09.
Fellow: Indian Society of Soil Science.
Research Areas: Soil chemistry, soil fertility, soil testing, integrated nutrient management, soil health
Address: 52, Narayana Guru Vihar, near Vrindavan Nagar, Ayodhya Bypass Road, Piplani, Bhopal 462022, M.P.; [Tel: Res. [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Subba Rao, Nanjappa Shamanna S139

FELLOW, ELECTED 1990

Born in Bangalore on 9 December 1926. Educated at Central College, Bangalore, Mysore University, B.Sc., M.Sc. 1945-49; University of Madras, Ph.D. 1958; Natl. Res. Council Canada Post-doctoral Fellow, Univ. of Toronto, Canada, 1958-61.
Research Officer, University of Madras, 1961-63; Bacterial Physiologist, IARI, 1963-71; Nuffield Foundation Fellow, Rothamsted Agril. Exptl. Stn, Harpenden, England, 1968-69; Head, Division Microbiology & Proj. Coord. Biol. N2 Fixation Project, 1971-85, and Project Director, Agro-Energy, IARI, 1986; INSA Senior Scientist, 1987-89.
Visiting Professor, Institute of Microbiology, Moscow, 1975; Pasteur Institute, Paris, 1976; Nagoya University, Japan, 1977; Queens University, Kingston, Canada, 1978; McGill University, Montreal, 1979; IAEA Expert in Bangladesh, 1987; IRNA-CSIC, Salamanca, Spain, 1990, 1993; Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA, 1991.
Awards/Honours: Vyas Memorial Lecture Award, 1980; ICAR Sarkar Award, 1980; Norman E. Borlaug Award, 1982; J.C. Bose Lecture Award, 1984; Past President, Association of Microbiologists of India.
Fellow: Indian National Science Academy.
Research Areas: Soil microbiology, biological nitrogen fixation, biofertilizers, organic farming
Address: Apt 201, Block I, Jain Prakruti Apts., 13, Kanakapura Main Road, Jayanagar, 7th Block, Bangalore 560070, Karnataka; [Tel: Res. [phone]]
Subrahmanyam, Nekkalapudi Chinna S140

FELLOW, ELECTED 1993

Born in Manthena, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India on 5 October 1943. Educated at Z.P.H. School, Manthena, 1952-58; A.N.R. College, Gudivada, A.P., India, 1959-60; Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, B.Sc. (Ag.) 1962-66, M.Sc. (Ag.) 1966-68; University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada Ph.D., 1973.
Research Assistant, Maize Research Station, APAU, Hyderabad, 1968-69; Pool Officer, Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding, BHU, Varanasi, India, 1974; Research Fellow, Research School of Biological Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, 1974-78; Reader, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, A.P., India, 1978-86; Professor & Head, Department of Botany, University of Pune, Maharashtra, India, 1986-87; Professor, 1987-2000, and Dean, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, 1992-1995. Visiting Professor, The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Svalof, Sweden, 1984-89; Visiting Scientist, CSIRO Division of Plant Industry, Canberra, Australia, 1999; Molecular Geneticist, Victorian Institute of Dry-land Agriculture, Horsham, Victoria, Australia, 2000-2001.
Awards/Honours: Banaras Hindu University Gold Medal, 1966, B.Sc. (Ag.); Binani Gold Medal, 1968, M.Sc. (Ag.); "Distinguished" Ph.D., 1973, Ontario Agricultural College, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
Fellow: Indian National Science Academy; Indian Academy of Sciences.
Research Areas: Genetics, plant molecular biology, biotechnology
Address: 76, Hill Road, Balwyn North, Victoria, Australia 3104; [Tel: Res. 61 401 404 617; Email: [e-mail]]