Abidi,Saiyed Asif Husain

Venkateswarlu, Bandi V010

FELLOW, ELECTED 2010

Born in Kakaravai, Andhra Pradesh on 1 June 1953. Educated in Government High School, Dendukur, 1964-69; Graduation in Government Science College, Khammam, A.P. 1971-74; Post-graduation in Osmania University, Hyderabad 1974-76. Ph.D, J.N. Vyas University, Jodhpur, India, 1987.
Vice-Chancellor, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani, 2014 to date.
Research Associate, ICRISAT, 1976-77; Scientist S-1/S-2, CAZRI, Jodhpur, 1977-85; Senior Scientist, 1986-98, and Principal Scientist, CRIDA 1998-2001; Principal Production System Scientist, NATP, 2001-06; Head, Division of Crop Sciences, 2006-2008; Director, CRIDA, 2008-14.
Awards/Honours: Vasant Rao Naik Award of ICAR, 2009; SP Roy Chaudhary Memorial Lecture Award, IISS, 2010; National Ground Water Augmentation Award of MoWR, 2009; FAI Golden Jubilee Award, 2011; e-World Award for IT Applications in Agriculture, 2011; Fakruddin Ali Ahmed Award of ICAR 2012; Vasantrao Naik Pratisthan Award, Mumbai, 2015; M.V. Shantaram Memorial Lecture Award, 2014; Hari Om Ashram Trust Award of ICAR, 2015; 7th International Crop Science Congress Award, 2016.
Member, Steering Committee, IWMP, Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India; Chairman, Project Approval and Monitoring Committee on Climate Science, DST; Executive Committee Member, National Rainfed Area Authority (NRAA); Member, XII Plan Working Group on NRM and Rainfed Farming, Member, Project Monitoring Committee on WDF, NABARD; President, Indian Society of Dryland Agriculture; Member Expert Committee of NICRA Project, 2015; Member RAC, IIPR Kanpur, 2014-16 and CITH, Srinagar, 2015-17; Chairman, QRT, CAZRI, Jodhpur, 2015; Advisor, Educational Council of International Organization for Education Development, 2015; Member, DBT working Group on Developing Guidelines for GM field trials, 2016.
Fellow: Indian Society of Oilseeds Research; Indian Society of Dryland Agriculture; Andhra Pradesh Akademi of Sciences; Member, New York Academy of Sciences; Life Member, Association of Microbiologists of India; Life Member, Indian Society of Agrometeorology.
Research Areas: Climate change, Abiotic stress management, Soil microbiology.
Address: Vice-Chancellor, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani 431402, Maharashtra; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Cell: 07588543565, 09652988265; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Member Executive Council 1 Jan, 2015 to 31 Dec, 2017

Venkateswarlu, Kadiyala V011

FELLOW, ELECTED 2008

Born in Dagadarthi, Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh on 1 June 1951. Educated at ZP High School, Dagadarthi, 1963-68; Jawahar Bharathi College, Kavali, 1969-72; Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, 1972-74; Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, 1975-79; B.Sc. 1972; M.Sc. 1974; Ph.D. 1980.
Research Fellow, Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, 1975-79; Lecturer, Nagarjuna University, Guntur, 1980-85; Reader, 1985-89, Head, Department of Microbiology; Chairman, Board of Studies in Microbiology & Biotechnology; Dean, Faculty of Life Sciences (2004-07), and Professor of Microbiology, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantpur, 1989-2011.
Awards/Honours: AP State Universities Meritorious Teacher Award, 2005; Editor, Indian Journal of Microbiology, 1999-2002; Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellow, British Council, 1989; Visiting Senior Research Associate, National Research Council, USA, 1995-97 and 2001-03; Endeavour Executive Awardee, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Government of Australia, 2010.
Fellow: Association of Microbiologists of India
Research Areas: Pesticide microbiology, agricultural microbiology, biocatalysis, bioremediation
Address: Flat # 301, Navya Classic, Dilip Enclave, Near ISKCON Temple, Nellore 524004, A.P.; [Tel: Res. [phone]; Cell: 09440514477; Email: [e-mail], [e-mail]]
Venugopal, Vazhiyil V012

FELLOW, ELECTED 2004

Born in Trichur, Kerala, India on 20 September 1942. Educated at St. Thomas College High School, Trichur, 1958; St. Thomas College, Trichur, B.Sc. 1962; M.Sc. 1964; Ph.D., Bombay University, 1976.
Research Assistant, Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin, 1964-70; Scientific officer, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, 1970-2002.
Visiting Fellow, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA 1977-78, and Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NF. Canada, 1992-93.
Research Areas: Seafood processing, value addition, radiation processing and microbial spoilage of fishery products
Address: Flat No. B-603, Lincoln, Concorde Manhattan, Neeladri Road, Electronic City, Phase I, Bangalore 560100, Karnataka; [Cell: 09969855300; Email: [e-mail]]
Verma, Ashok Kumar V013

FELLOW, ELECTED 2010

Born in Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India on 31 August 1962. Educated at Chunni Lal Inter College, Chhitepatti, Sultanpur, 1977-79, K.A. Degree College, Allahabad (Kanpur University), 1979-82; G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, 1983-85; Indian Veterinary Research Institute (Deemed University), Izatnagar, 1987-91; The Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen, U.K., 2001-03; B.Sc. (Ag.) 1982; M.Sc. (Ag.), 1985; Ph.D. 1991; Post Doc. 2003.
Head and Director, Centre of Advanced Faculty Training (CAFT) in Animal Nutrition, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, 2013 to date.
Scientist 1991-1996, Scientist (Senior Scale) 1996-2000, Senior Scientist 2000-2008, and Principal Scientist, 2008-13, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar.
Awards/Honours: Hari Om Ashram Trust Award, 2001-02; Dr. G. Nirmalan Memorial Award, 2013; Wellcome Travelling Research Fellowship, 2001-2003; AHRD-FAO Fellowship, 1998; ICAR-SRF, 1987-1991; Editor, Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology, 2006-2013; General Secretary, Animal Nutrition Association, 2010-2012; Vice President (Central Zone), Animal Nutrition Society of India, 2012-14; President, Animal Nutrition Association, 2013 to date.
Fellow: Animal Nutrition Association of India; Animal Nutrition Society of India.
Research Areas: Ruminant nutrition and metabolism, methane emission and livestock production, feed and fodder technology, supplementation and strategic feeding of livestock
Address: Head and Director, Centre of Advanced Faculty Training (CAFT) in Animal Nutrition, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar 243122, U.P.; E-1061, Rajendra Nagar, Izatnagar, Bareilly 243122, U.P.; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Cell: 09412318322; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Recognition Award, 2013-2014

Verma, Rishendra V014

FELLOW, ELECTED 2008

Born in Tilhar, India on 9 January 1953. Educated at L.B.J.P. Inter College, Tilhar, 1962-1971; Bareilly College, Bareilly, 1972-73; College of Veterinary Science, Mathura, 1973-1979; Birmingham University, U.K., 1989-90; IVRI Deemed University, 1992-1995; B.Sc. 1973; B.V.Sc. & A. H. 1977; M.V.Sc, 1979, M.Sc. (Immunol, UK), 1990; Ph.D. 1995. Dip. Journalism (Mysore), 1989; M.V.M. (New Zealand), 2012.
Extension Officer Sheep & Wool, 1979 and Veterinary Officer, Sabar Dairy, Himmatnagar, 1980; Assistant Disease Investigation Officer, H.A.U., Hisar, 1980-81; Scientist S-1, IVRI, 1981-87; Scientist "C" (CDRI), 1987-89, Scientist S-1, Scientist (Sr. Scale), 1989-95, Senior Scientist, 1995-2001, Principal Scientist & Head, 2001-09, and Joint Director (CADRAD), 2009-12, IVRI, Izatnagar, Joint Director (Res), NDRI, Karnal, 2012-2013, Joint Director (CADRAD), 2013-15. Project Coordinator, ICAR All India Network for Haemorrhagic septicaemia and bluetongue (2009-12, 2013-15).
Awards/Honours: Certificate of Proficiency, 1977; Pfizer Fellowship 1978; Dr. C. M. Singh Award, 1998; British TCTA Award, 1989; Major (Mrs.) Malika Trivedi IAAVR Award, 1995; International Cultural Diploma of Honor, 1995; Shri Ahilya Mata Jeev Daya Mandal Trust Award, 1998; SERC Visiting Fellowship, 1996; INSA Visiting Fellowship, 1998; Late Rama Rao Kumthekar Life Time Achievement Award, 2000; ICAR Special Award, 2001, and Award of Merit, 2001; Best Teacher Award, 2003; Bhartiya Shiksha Rattan Award, 2004; K.D.M. Allergy Award (Nepal), 2005; Bharat Jyoti Award, 2008; ILDEX Award, 2009; Bharat Excellence Award 2009; Felicitation Award 2010; Life Time Achievement Award by Maa Narmada Goshala and Parayavaran Kendra, Jabalpur; Indian Immunological's Gold Medal Award 2011; Life Time Achievement Award by the Compound Livestock Feed Manufacturing Association, 2013. Founder Secretary, Indian Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Research (IAAVR); President (Ex), Agricultural Scientist Service Forum, Izatnagar Unit; President, Laboratory Animal Science Association of India; Secretary General, National Academy of Veterinary Science; Member, Governing Council, NAVS' Executive Member, Indian Association of Veterinary Microbiologists, Immunologists and Infectious Diseases; Association of Public Health Veterinarians; Editor, The Indian Journal of Veterinary Research (IJVR); Associate Editor, Veterinary World, Member Editorial Board, Poultry World, Poultry Line; Member, DBT Task Force on Veterinary Vaccines & Diagnostics; Chairman/Coordinator/ Member of Various Central/State level professional committees.
Fellow: National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad; National Academy of Veterinary Science; Indian Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Research; Indian Society of Veterinary Immunology & Biotechnology; Association of Public Health Veterinarians; Indian Association of Veterinary Public Health Specialists; Indian Association of Veterinary Microbiologists, Immunologists & Specialists in Infectious Disease.
Research Areas: Veterinary Bacteriology, Immunology, Mycology; Laboratory Animal Science, Molecular Diagnosis of Tuberculosis, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).
Address: 1219/6 E-Block, Rajendranagar, Izatnagar 243122, U.P.; [Tel: Res [phone]; Cell: 09359117376; Email: [e-mail]]
Verma, Sewa Ram V015

FELLOW, ELECTED 1998

Born in Niranjanpur, Hardwar, India on 10 October 1939. Educated at Krishak Inter College, Raisi, Hardwar, 1952-58; Allahabad Agricultural Institute 1958-61; Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 1962-63 & 1973-76; B.E. 1961; M.Tech 1963; Ph.D. 1976.
Professor 1971-99, & Dean, 1979-87 College of Agri. Engineering, Head, Dept. of Farm Power & Machinery, 1976-79, and University Librarian, 1997-99, PAU, Ludhiana; Short-Term Consultant at ILO Intl. Training Centre, Turin, Italy, 1983, 84 & 86; Chief Technical Advisor, Commonwealth, Nigeria 1987-90.
Awards/Honours: PAU Best Research Worker's Plaque 1970; ISAE Commendation Medal 1971; Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award 1976-77; Jawaharlal Nehru Award 1977; NRDC Invention Award, 1977 & 1982; FAI Prize for Best Technical Paper 1987; ISAE Gold Medal 1990-91; Punjab State Council of Science and Technology Appreciation Certificate, 1992-93; Institution of Engineers Karnataka Citation, 1996; Cooperating Editor (India), International Farm Mechanization Journal - AMA, Japan, 1984 to date.
Fellow: Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers; Institution of Engineers, India; Bureau of Indian Standards.
Research Areas: Farm machinery & power engineering, ergonomics, safety
Address: H.No. 14, Good Friends Colony, Barewal Road, Ludhiana 141012, Punjab; [Tel: Res. [phone], Cell: 09872092597; Email: [e-mail]]
Vidhyasekaran, Perumal V016

FELLOW, ELECTED 1993

Born in Virudhunagar, India on 16 June 1939. Educated at Agricultural college, Coimbatore 1957-60; Annamalai University 1961-63; Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore 1968-71; B.Sc. 1960; M.Sc. 1963; Ph.D. 1971.
Visiting Scientist, Danish Institute of Seed Pathology, Denmark, 1978; Visiting Scientist, International Rice Research Institute, Philippines, 1982-85; Professor of Plant Pathology, 1982-99, and Director, Centre for Plant Protection Studies, 1988-94, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore.
Awards/Honours: ICAR Jawaharlal Nehru Award, 1973; Narasimhan Award, Indian Phytopathological Society, 1974; TNAU Best Scientist Award, 1975; Jeera Sannithi Award, Indian Phytopathological Society, 1996; Tamil Nadu Scientist Award, Tamil Nadu State Scientific Council, 1998; President, Indian Society of Plant Pathologists, 1999.
Fellow: Indian Phytopathological Society; Indian Society of Plant Pathologists.
Research Areas: Plant pathology, plant biotechnology
Address: 29, Sababathi Street, K.K. Pudur, Coimbatore 641038, Tamil Nadu; [Tel: Res. [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Vig, Abnash Chander V017

FELLOW, ELECTED 2000

Born in Gujarat, India on 25 January 1942. Educated at Govt. High School, Ludhiana, 1953-57; Govt. Agriculture and Research Institute, Ludhiana, 1957-61; College of Agriculture, Punjab Agricultural University, 1963-65; B.Sc. 1961; M.Sc. 1965; Ph.D. 1974; UNDP-FAO Fellowship, 1989.
Chemical Inspector, Department of Agriculture, Punjab State 1961-63; Research Assistant, 1965-74, Assistant Soil Scientist 1974-80, & Soil Scientist 1980-88, Soils Department, Officer Incharge All India coordinated Soil Test Crop Response Correlation ICAR Project 1980-89, and Sr. Soil Scientist UNDP Project 1988-2002, Punjab Agricultural University; Member Sub-Committee on Phosphate Fertilizers, 1985-87, 89-91 & mixed fertilizers, 2000-2002, Bureau of Indian Standards Institute, New Delhi.
Awards/Honours: IMPHOS-FAI Award 2002
Fellow: Indian Society for Nuclear Techniques in Agriculture & Biology.
Research Areas: Nutrient supply dynamics & bioavailability, soil testing, plant analysis, nutrient management in crops/cropping systems, fertilizer-water management, residue management, bio-availability
Address: Ramindra Sadan, 252-F Kitchlu Nagar, Ludhiana 141001, Punjab; [Tel: Res. [phone]; Cell: 09217534854]
Viraktamath, Basavanneyya Chanabasayya V018

FELLOW, ELECTED 2015

Born in Sankanoor, Karnataka on 20 May 1952. Educated at University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, B.Sc. 1973, M.Sc. 1975; Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, Ph.D. 1987; Post Doctoral, IRRI, Philippines, 1997.
Scientist S-1, 1976-82, CPCRI, Kasaragod; Senior Scientist, CPCRI, Kasaragod/DRR Hyderabad, 1982-98; Principal Scientist, 1998-2006 and Project Director, Directorate of Rice Research, Hyderabad, 2006-14. FAO Consultant on Hybrid Rice to Indonesia, 2001; IRRI Consultant to Philippines, China and Indonesia, 2000, 2005.
Awards/Honours: Hari Om Ashram Trust Award, 2012 by ICAR; ICAR Team Research Award, 2004; Best Researcher Award, DRR, 2003. President, Society for Advancement of Rice Research; Executive Councilor, SABRAO; Executive Councilor (South Zone), Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding.
Fellow: Society for Advancement of Rice Research; Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding
Research Areas: Hybrid Rice Breeding
Address: Flat 402, Sri Hari Vasantha Nilyam, Behind Spencers Super Market, Kantha Reddy Nagar, Attapur, Hyderabad 500048, Telangana; [Cell: 09441217738; Email: [e-mail]]
Virk, Daljit Singh V019

FOREIGN FELLOW, ELECTED 1993

Born in Tapiala, Amritsar, India on 25 August 1944. Educated at Govt. High School, Lopoke (Amritsar) 1955-60; B.Sc. 1964, Khalsa College, Amritsar; M.Sc. 1966, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana (PAU) 1964-66; Ph.D. 1976, University of Birmingham, Birmingham; D.Sc. 1991.
International Coordinator (DFID PSP Projects) and Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advanced Research in Agricultural Development (CARIAD), Bangor University, Bangor, Wales, UK, 1995 to date; Adjunct Professor Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Himachal Pradesh, India, 2013 to date.
Lecturer in Agricultural Botany, Khalsa College, Amritsar, 1966-70; Assistant Professor, Plant Breeding, PAU, 1970-78; Research Fellow in Genetics, University of Birmingham, UK, 1976-78; Associate Professor, Genetics, 1978-80 PAU; Millet Breeder & Head of Millet Section, 1980-88; Professor, Plant Breeding (Senior Millet Breeder and Head of Millet Section), 1988-00.
Awards/Honours: National Merit Scholarship, Govt. of India 1964-66; Commonwealth Scholarship for UK 1973-76 at Birmingham University; Postdoctoral Fellowship of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 at Birmingham University; Prof. M.J. Narasimahan Academic Merit Award, 1982; Best Paper Award 1993; Appreciation Certificate by the Punjab State Council for Science and Technology, Chandigarh 1994; Editor Crop Improvement 1987-93; On Editorial Board of J. Crop Improvement Haworth Press 2004 to date; On Editorial Board of ISRN Agronomy J. 2011 to date.
Fellow: National Academy of Sciences, India; Indian National Science Academy; Crop Improvement Society of India; Chartered Biologist and Fellow Society of Biology, London; Indian Society of Genetics & Plant Breeding.
Research Areas: Plant breeding & genetics, crop breeding for drought tolerance, biometrical genetics, marker-assisited selection, client-oreinted plant breeding
Address: Senior Research Fellow, CARIAD (Centre for Advanced Research in International Agricultural Development), Bangor University, Bangor (Gwynedd) LL57 2 UW, UK; 18 South Brae Close, Littleover, Derby DE 23 1WD, England; [Tel: Res. ([phone]; Cell: ([phone]; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Virmani_,_Sant_Singh'>Virmani, Sant Singh V020

FOREIGN FELLOW, ELECTED 1995

Born in Bannu, NWFP (Erstwhile India now in Pakistan) on 5 July 1940. Educated in Modikhana Middle School, Jaipur, Rajasthan 1948-53; Government High School, West Patel Nagar, New Delhi 1953-55; Government High School, Obaidulla Ganj, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh 1955-57; Rafi Ahmed Kidwai College of Agriculture, Sehore, Madhya Pradesh (Vikram University) 1957-63; Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 1966-69; B.Sc. 1961; M.S. 1963; Ph.D 1969; Post-doctoral Research Fellow, IRRI, 1970-72;
Former Principal Scientist, Plant Breeding, International Rice Research Institute, Manila, Philippines; Free-Lance Consultant, International Agricultural Research and Development.
Assistant Geneticist, Pulses, Department of Plant Breeding, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 1972-73; Rice Breeder, Outreach Program in Liberia, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Nigeria, 1973-80; Plant Breeder, 1980-2003, and Adjunct Associate Professor, Agronomy, 1981-89 University of the Philippines, Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines; Deputy Head, Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biochemistry Division, IRRI, 1990-2004; Adjunct Professor, 1990-2005; University of Philippines, Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines.
Awards/Honours: Asia Pacific Seed Association Plaque and Gold Medal, 2000; Third World Network of Scientific Organization Award, 2000; CSSA International Crop Science Research Award, 2002; Government of Vietnam Agriculture and Rural Development Medal, 2002; Pravasi Bhartiya Samman Award in Agriculture, President of India, 2005; Fukui Province, Japan, Koshihikari International Rice Prize, 2005; Monsanto Distinguished Career Award of Crop Science Society of America, 2005; Padma Shri Award 2008, Government of India.
Fellow: American Society of Agronomy, 1999; Crop Science Society of the Philippines, 2001; Crop Science Society of America, 2001; American Association for Advancement of Sciences, 2001.
Research Areas: Hybrid rice breeding, genetics, hybrid seed production, international agriculture, public-private partnership in agriculture
Address: Former Principal Scientist (Pl Breeding), International Rice Research Institute, DAPO Box 7777, Metro Manila, Philippines; 4425, Partney Ct, Plano, Texas 75024, USA; [Tel: [phone]; Cell: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Virmani, Surinder Mohan V021

FELLOW, ELECTED 1993

Born in Bannu, India on 28 January 1938. Educated at Government High School, Ludhiana, Punjab, 1951-54; Agricultural College Ludhiana, Punjab, 1954-61; Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 1961-64; National Institute of Agronomy, Paris, France 1964-65; B.Sc. 1958; M.Sc. 1960; Ph.D. 1964; Post-Doctorate 1965.
Advisor, Indian Resources Information and Management Technologies Ltd. (INRIMT), Hyderabad, 2006 to date.
Professor of Soil Science and Chief Scientist [Dryland Agriculture] Haryana Agricultural University 1971-75; Visiting Scientist, Canadian Department of Agriculture 1973; Visiting Research Fellow, Farming Systems Research Program, 1975-76, Principal Scientist (Agro-climatology) Farming Systems Research Program, 1977-81, and Leader, Farming Systems Research Program, 1981-85 International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) Patancheru, A.P. India, Visiting Professor, Evapotranspiration Laboratory, Kansas State University, Manhattan Kansas, USA, 1984-85; Principal Agro-climatologist, Natural Resources Management Program, 1986-91, and Team Leader, Agronomy, 1991-98 ICRISAT; Coordinator, ADB-assisted Asian Watersheds Research Program 1999-2001.
Awards/Honours: Lifetime Service Achievement Award, Soil and Water Conservation Society, India; ICRISAT Dedicated Research Service Awards, 1986 and 1996; Chairman, Commission VI, International Union of Soil Sciences, 1994-1998; Member, American Society of Agronomy; National Geographical Society, USA.
Fellow: Indian Society of Soil Science; National Academy of Sciences, India.
Research Areas: Natural resource management, rainfed-dryland agriculture; agro-climatology; sustainable agriculture
Address: Advisor, Indian Resources Information and Management Technologies Ltd. (INRIMT), Hitech City, Hyderabad 500033, Telangana; House # 811 A, Road #41, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad 500033, Telangana; [Tel: Res. [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Foreign Secretary 1 Jan, 2013 to 31 Dec, 2015; Foreign Secretary (casual vacancy), 1 Jan, 2011 to 31 Dec 2012; Foreign Secretary 1 Jan, 2004 to 31 Dec, 2006; Member Executive Council 1 Jan, 2003 to 31 Dec, 2003; Member, Executive Council (Casual Vacancy) 15 Jan, 2002 to 31 Dec, 2002

Visvanathan, Rangaraju V022

FELLOW, ELECTED 2016

Born in Kottapalayam, Thiruchirappalli District of Tamil Nadu, India on 16 July 1960. Educated at RC Middle School, Kottapalayam; 1965-72; Swami Vivekanada Vidyala Higher Secondary School, Vairichettipalyam, 1973-76; Nehru Memorial College, Puthanampatti, P.U.C. 1977, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, B.E. (Ag.) and Ph.D.; 1977-1982 and 1996, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur; M.Tech.,1984.
Professor, Anbil Dharmalingam Agricultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Thiruchirappalli, 2014 to date.
Assistant Professor, College of Agricultural Engineering, Coimbatore, 1984-1991, 1992-1997; Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kattupakkam, 1991-1992; Tamil Nadu Rice Research Institute, Aduthurai, 1997-1998; Associate Professor and Professor, Agricultural Engineering College and Research Institute, Coimbatore, 1998-2007; Head, Food and Agricultural Process Engineering, 2007-2013 and Post Harvest Technology Centre, 2013-2014.
Awards/Honours: Jawaharlal Nehru Award (ICAR), 1997; FAO Fellow - visiting scientist at University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, 2000; USAID - ALO visiting scientist at University of California, Davis, 2005; TNAU Best Teacher Award, 2013; Bharat Ratna Dr. C. Subramaniam Award for Outstanding Teacher (ICAR), 2014.
Fellow: Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers, New Delhi, 2010; Institution of Engineers (India), 2010
Research Areas: Drying, storage, waste utilisation, value addition, food safety and quality control.
Address: Professor (Agricultural Processing), Anbil Dharmalingam Agricultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Tiruchirapalli 620009, Tamil Nadu; 12/36, Sowbhagya Nagar - A Block, Civil Aerodrome P.O., Coimbatore 641014, Tamil Nadu; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Cell: 09443129711; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]