Abidi,Saiyed Asif Husain

Viswanathan, Rasappa V023

FELLOW, ELECTED 2016

Born in Vellalapalayam, Tamil Nadu, India on 15 April 1963. Educated at Government High School, Paramathy 1973-78; Kandasamy Kandar Higher Secondary School, Paramathy Velur, 1978-80; Madras University, 1980-83; Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, 1983-89; B.Sc. Botany 1983; B.Sc. Agri. 1987; M.Sc. Agri. 1989; Ph.D. 1999.
Principal Scientist & Head, Division of Crop Protection, ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 2010 to date.
Scientist, ICAR-NAARM, Hyderabad, ICAR-IIOR, Hyderabad, ICAR-SBI, 1991-2000; Senior Scientist & Principal Scientist, 2000-2010; Head, Division of Crop Protection, ICAR-SBI, 2010 to date; Principal Investigator, AICRP on Sugarcane (Plant Pathology) 2011 to date; Member, Plant Pathology Committee, International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists (ISSCT), Mauritius, 2013-16.
Awards/Honours: Sir T.S. Venkatraman Award for Outstanding Research Contribution in Sugarcane Agriculture for the biennium 2006-2007, 2008; Dr. M. Puttarudriah Memorial Endowment National Award, 2012; Biotechnology Overseas Associateship from DBT, 2009; Sugar Technologists Association of India-Noel Deerr Gold Medals 2000, 2002; Sugar Technologists Association of India-Silver Medal 2001; Late Janab Peer Mohamed Award and Nathaniel Memorial Award, 2000; Robertson Prize, Food and Agricultural Organization Prize, The Glogstoun Prize and Kees Prize, 1987; Srilochani Varadharajulu Endowment Lectureship, 2010. Editor, Indian Phytopathology, 2014-16; Editor, Journal of Mycology and Plant Pathology 2012-15; President, South Zone, Indian Phytopathological Society, 2012; Vice-President, Society for Sugarcane Research and Development, Coimbatore, 2015.
Fellow: Indian Phytopathological Society 2012; Indian Society of Mycology and Plant Pathology 2013; National Academy of Biological Sciences, 2013; Indian Virological Society 2014; Associate Fellow, Sugar Technologists Association of India.
Research Areas: Sugarcane Pathology, Molecular Plant Pathology, host-pathogen interactions, RNAi
Address: Principal Scientist & Head, Division of Crop Protection, ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore 641007, Tamil Nadu; 3A, Raja Illam, Srikrishna Layout, Anandanagar Extn, PN Pudur PO, Coimbatore 641041, Tamil Nadu; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Res. [phone], Cell: 9442543875; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Vittal, Kanuparthy Pandu Ranga V024

FELLOW, ELECTED 2011

Born in Narasaraopet, Guntur, A.P., India on 6 August 1949, Educated at Agricultural College, Bapatla 1965-69; College of Post Graduate Studies, GB Pant University of Agriculture & Technology 1969-72; Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 1972-76; B. Sc. (Ag) 1969; M. Sc. (Ag) 1972; Ph. D. 1976; Post-Doc 1976
Scientist, All India Coordinated Research Project for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad 1976-82; Soil Scientist, ICRISAT, Patancheru 1983-85; Senior Scientist, 1982-98; Principal Production System Scientist (Rainfed Farming) 1997-2001; Head, Division of Resource Management, 1996-2001; and Principal Scientist 1998-2006, Central Research Institute of Dryland Agriculture; Project Coordinator, All India Coordinated Research Project for Dryland Agriculture 2001-06; Director, Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur 2007-09; Director, National Institute of Abiotic Stresses Management, ICAR, Malegaon, Baramati, Maharashtra, 2009-12.
Awards/Honours: INSA Young Scientist Award 1982; KRIBHCO Award for Outstanding Research in Dryland Agriculture 1988; ADB-ICRISAT Certificate of Achievement 2001; CAZRI one of the Scientific Spirit Institutes, India Today, 2008
Research Areas: Soil and Water Management in Dryland Agriculture
Address: Ex-Director, NIASM, 202, Nipun's Gunturi Residency, Plot # 61-63, Door # 19-84/7, Ayodhyanagar, Dr. A.S. Rao Nagar, Hyderabad 500062, Telangana; [Cell: 08106258282; Email: [e-mail]]
Vlek, Paul L.G. V025

FOREIGN FELLOW, ELECTED 2004

Born in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 21 January 1948. Educated at State Agricultural University, Wageningen, Netherlands: M.S. 1972; Colorado State University, Ph.D. 1976.
Professor (and Director 1998-2015), Division of Ecology and Natural Resources, Center for Development Research (ZEF-Bonn), University of Bonn; Concurrently, Executive Director, WASCAL (West African Science Service Center for Climate Change and Adapted Land Use), Accra, Ghana, 2010 to 2014.
Soil Scientist, Research Leader, Nitrogen Program, Director, Agro-Economic Division, IFDC, AL, USA, 1976-86; Director, International Fertilizer Development Center, (Togo) Africa, 1986-90; Professor and Director, Institute of Agronomy in the Tropics, Georg-August-University, Goettingen, Germany, 1990-98; Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, Georg-August-University, Goettingen, 1994-95.
Awards/Honours: GCHERA World Agricultural Prize Laureate 2014.
Fellow: American Society of Agronomy; Soil Science Society of America; Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Studies; Member: Northrhine Westphalia Academy of Art and Sciences; UNESCO Professor for Central Asia on Sustainability Education; 2014; Honorary Professor, University of Galway; Honorary Doctorate, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria.
Research Areas: Soil & water sciences, ecology, Natural Resource Management and Development
Address: Professor, Division of Ecology and Natural Resources, Centre for Development Research (ZEF-Bonn), University of Bonn, Walter-Flex-Strasse 3, D 53113 Bonn, Germany; [Tel: Off. ([phone]; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Vyas, Vijay Shankar V026

FELLOW, ELECTED 1999

Born in Bikaner, India on 21 August 1931. Educated at the University of Bombay, Ph.D. Degree in Economics, taught in Bombay University, Sardar Patel University and Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Visiting Scholar at the Center for Asian Studies of the Boston University, USA and Senior Fellow of IDRC, Canada.
Currently Professor Emeritus, Institute of Development Studies, Jaipur; Chairman, Ajit Foundation for Social Development.
Acted as Member, Agricultural Prices Commission, Government of India; Director, Agro-Economic Research Centre, Vallabh Vidyanagar; Professor of Economics and Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Sardar Patel University; Director, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad; Senior Advisor, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, The World Bank, Washington, D.C.; Director, Institute of Development Studies, Jaipur; Member, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister; Deputy Chairman, State Planning Board, Rajasthan.
Served as Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees, International Center for Tropical Agriculture Cali (Columbia), Member, Board of Trustees, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington D.C., USA; Member Governing Board, Institute of Development Studies, Sussex University, U.K., Member, National Commission on Integrated Water Planning, Scientific Advisory Committee to the Cabinet, and Central Board of the Reserve Bank of India; Chairman, Expert Committee on Rural Credit, Working Group on Crop Production in 11th Five Year Plan and Task Force on Credit and Marketing of the National Commission on Unorganized Sector; Member, Steering Committee on Agriculture for 12th Five Year Plan.
Awards/Honours: IAEA Elmhurst Memorial Gold Medal, 1991; Padam Bhushan, 2006; D.Sc. (h.c.) MPUAT, Udaipur.
Research Areas: Agricultural Policies, Rural Credit, Land Reforms, Panchayati Raj Institutions
Address: 396, Vashundhara Extension, Gopalpura Bye-pass, Tonk Road, Jaipur 302018, Rajasthan; [Tel: Res. [phone]; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Wahid, Pallacken Abdul W001

FELLOW, ELECTED 1999

Born in Thalassery, Kerala, India on 10 June 1946. Educated at Madrasathul Mubarak High School, Thalassery, 1959-61; Farook College, Calicut; 1962; Maharajas College, Ernakulam, 1963; College of Agriculture, Trivandum, 1964-69; B.Sc., M.Sc.; Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, 1973-75; Ph.D. 1981.
Scientist, Central Plantation Crops research Institute, Kasaragode, 1970-78; Associate Professor (Radiotracer), 1978-82, Professor of Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry, 1982-95, Associate Dean & Head, College of Agriculture, Padannakkad, 1995-2000, Dean (Agriculture) & Head, College of Agriculture, Trivandrum, 2000-01, and Director (Academic & P.G. Studies), 2001-03, Kerala Agricultural University (KAU); Member Secretary, Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment, 2003-05.
Awards/Honours: Dr. C.S. Venkat Ram Memorial Award (1988-90 & 2003-04); T.K.V. Foundation Award for Best Agricultural Research Scientist in Kerala, 1999.
Research Areas: Soil health & nutrient management in perennial crops, rooting patterns of tree crops, pesticide residues in agricultural environment, radioisotope-aided research with trees
Address: HIRA, J.T. Road, Temple Gate P.O., Thalassery 670102, Kerala; [Tel: Res.: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Walia, Suresh W002

FELLOW, ELECTED 2002

Born in Sagoor, Palampur, India on 2 February 1951. Educated at Govt. High School Shahpur, and Govt. High School Jogindernagar, H.P., 1957-67; Govt. Degree College, Mandi, 1967-71; Department of Chemistry, HP University Shimla, 1972-78; B.Sc. 1971; M.Sc. 1974; M. Phil. 1975; Ph.D. 1982; INSA - Royal Society Bilateral Exchange Fellowship, Rothamsted Research, UK, 2006.
Emeritus Scientist, Division of Agricultural Chemicals, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, 2013 - to date.
Scientist S-1, 1978-84, Scientist (SG), 1985-86, Senior Scientist, 1986-98, Principal Scientist, 1998-2013, and Professor, Division of Agricultural Chemicals, IARI, 2010-13.
Awards/Honours: Hexamar Research and Development Foundation Award, 1995; IARI Best Teacher Award, 1996, FAO HRD Fellowship, Rothamsted Research, UK, 1999; NATP-World Bank Fellowship, Michigan State University, USA, 2000; Dr. P.B. Sarkar Memorial Lecture Endowment Award 2004; Siksha Rattan Puraskar, 2010; The Bharat Ratan Dr. C. Subramaniam Award for Outstanding Teacher, 2010; NAIP-HRD Fellowship Michigan State University, USA, 2010; NRDC Meritorious Scientist Award, 2011; Editor, Pesticide Research Journal, 1992-95; Member, Editorial Board, Biopesticide International, 2005 to date; General Secretary, Society of Pesticide Science India 2009-13; Member, FSSAI Scientific Panel on Methods of Sampling and Analysis, 2013 to date.
Research Areas: Agrochemicals, botanical pesticides, nutraceuticals
Address: Emeritus Scientist, Division of Agricultural Chemicals, L.B.S. Building, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012; F-88, Himkunj Apartments, Sector - 14, Rohini, Delhi 110085; [Tel: Off. [phone], 25843272; Res. 27862158; Cell: 9868723959; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Yadav_,_Om_Parkash'>Yadav_,_Mahendra_Pal'>Yadav, Mahendra Pal Y001

FELLOW, ELECTED 2001

Born in Surkhuroo, Bulandshahar, India on 2 June 1945. Educated at A.S. Inter College, Jahangirabad 1955-56; Chaubsia Inter College, Mohana, Bulandshahar 1957-59; DAV Inter College, Aligarh 1960-62; B.R. College, Agra 1962-63; Veterinary College, Mathura, 1963-68; Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, 1969-72; B.V.Sc & AH 1966; M.V.Sc. 1968; Ph.D. 1973.
Professor Virology, 1981-82; Prof. & Head, Div of Virology, 1982-87, Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Mukteswar; Principal Scientist & I/c Animal Health, 1987-93; Director, 1993-2000, National Research Centre on Equines, Hisar; Director, IVRI, Izatnagar, 2000-06; Vice-Chancellor, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Univ. of Agric. & Tech., Meerut, 2006-09.
Awards/Honours: Chancellors Medal 1966: Lance Award, 61 Cavalry, India 1996; ICAR Special Award 1998; OIE International Meritorious Award 2000; Distinguished Veterinarian Award 2002 of IAAVR; Dr. P. Richard Masillamony Oration Award 2003; Higher Education and Development International Award 2004; Order of Merit Award in Management 2004; Swadeshi Vigyan Puruskar 2004 of Vigyan Bharati; UP Council of Science & Technology Vigyan Gaurav Award 2004-05; NRDC Meritorious Invention Award 2005; World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva Award 2005; Dr. C.M. Singh Samman 2005; IAVPH Life Time Achievement Award 2006; Society of Plant Research Eminence Award 2007; Lakhi Ram Memorial Award 2008; Lalbahadur Shashtri Honor 2008; Padma Vibhushan Dr. M.S. Swaminathan Agricultural Scientist Award 2009; Dr. P.G. Pandey IAVMI Oration Award 2010; ISACP Life Time Achievement Award 2011; Dr. A. Lingard Memorial Award 2012 by Indian Academy of Environmental Sciences; Dr. M.R. Dhanda Memorial Oration Award 2012 of IAPH; Excellence in Virology Award by Indian Virological Society 2013; Felicitation by National Alliance of Indo-Canadians for scientific leadership in the field of Veterinary Science and Livestock Development, Toronto 2015. President, Indian Virological Society 1996-2003; President, IAVMI 1999 to date; President, IAUA 2006-07; President NAVS(I) 2011-13; FAO National Consultant 2011; Consultant, Haryana Farmers' Commission 2010-13.
Fellow: National Academy of Veterinary Sciences; Indian Association for Advancement of Veterinary Research; Indian Virological Society; Indian Society of Veterinary Immunology & Biotechnology; Society for Immunology & Immunopathology; Royal Society of Crop Sciences.
Research Areas: Veterinary virology & bacteriology, infectious diseases, vaccinology & biotechnology
Address: H.No. 365, Sector No. 45, Gurgaon 122003, Haryana; [Tel: Res. [phone], Cell: 09810820093; Email: [e-mail]]
Secretary 1 Jan, 2014 to 31 Dec, 2016; Member Executive Council 1 Jan, 2011 to 31 Dec, 2013; Member Executive Council (Casual Vacancy) 21 Nov, 2009 to 31 Dec, 2010; Dr. P. Bhattacharya Memorial Award 2003-2004

Yadav, Om Parkash Y002

FELLOW, ELECTED 2011

Born in Bawwa, Rewari, India on 16 May 1963. Educated at Bawwa, Sehore 1970-79; Dayanand College, Hisar 1980; Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, 1980-89; B.Sc. 1984; M.Sc. 1986; Ph.D. 1989.
Director, ICAR-Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur, 2015 to date.
Scientist, 1989-96, NAARM, Directorate of Oilseeds Research, CAZRI; Associate Professor/Senior Scientist, RAU, CAZRI, 1996-2004; Principal Scientist, 2004-2010, CAZRI; Visiting Scientist, ICRISAT, 1994, 1996, 2004; Project Coordinator (Pearl Millet), All India Coordinated Pearl Millet Improvement Project (ICAR), Mandor, Jodhpur, 2010-12; Director, Indian Institute of Maize Research, Pusa Campus, New Delhi 2012-15.
Awards/Honours: HAU Merit Fellowship 1980-89; DBT Overseas Fellowship (2006-07); INSA-Royal Society Inter-Academy Fellowship 2002; ICRISAT Visiting Scientist Award 1994, 1996, 2004.
Fellow: Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding
Research Areas: Crop breeding, drought tolerance, seed production
Address: Director, ICAR-Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur 342003, Rajasthan; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Cell: 09413931805; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Yadav, Rattan Lal Y003

FELLOW, ELECTED 1995

Born in Manethi, Rewari, Haryana, India on 11 November 1949. Educated at Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar 1966-70; G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar 1970-76; B.Sc. 1970; M.Sc. 1972; Ph.D. 1976.
Scientist-S1, IISR, 1976-80; Scientist-C, (Agronomy) Central Institute of Medicinal & Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, 1980-83; Scientist S-3 (Agronomy), 1983-86; Principal Scientist Agronomy, 1986-87, and Head, Division of Agronomy, 1987-94, IISR, Lucknow; Project Director, Directorate of Cropping Systems Research, Modipuram, 1994-2001; National Coordinator, NATP (ICAR), 2001-03; Director, Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Lucknow, 2003-11.
Awards/Honours: INSA Young Scientist Medal, 1981; ISCA Prof. Hira Lal Chakarvorty Award, 1988; FAI Silver Jubilee Award, 1988; VASVIK Award, 1994; FAI-PPIC Award, 1995 & 2004; Govt of UP Vigyan Rattan Award, 2005; ANGRAU G. Narasimha Rao Endowment Lecture, 2006; Indian Society of Agronomy Gold Medal, 2006; Dr. M.S. Swaminathan Award 2010 of Krishi and Gramin Vikas Sewa Samiti; Lifetime Achievement Award, 2011, Bhartiya Krishi Anusandhan Samiti; FAI Golden Jubilee Award, 2014.
Fellow: Indian Society of Agronomy; National Academy of Sciences, India.
Research Areas: Agronomy of sugarcane, cropping/farming systems research, organic farming
Address: A 703, Ashadeep Apartment, Plot No. 3-B, Sector-2, Dwarka, New Delhi 110075; [Tel: Res. [phone], Cell: 8368905717; 9968523124; Email: [e-mail]]
Yadava, Devendra Kumar Y004

FELLOW, ELECTED 2015

Born in Chandawas (Rewari), Haryana, India on 10 April, 1966. Educated at Govt. Primary School, Chandawas, 1972-77; Govt. High School, Bhudpur (Rewari), 1977-82; College of Agriculture, Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, 1982-1993; B.Sc. (Hons) Ag. 1987; M.Sc. (Ag.) 1990; Ph.D. 1993.
Head, Division of Seed Science and Technology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 2014 to date.
Assistant Professor (Pulses and Brassica Breeding), Agricultural Research Station (Rajasthan Agricultural University), Sriganganagar, 1996-2003; Senior Scientist and Principal Scientist (Brassica Breeding), Division of Genetics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 2003 to date.
Awards/Honours: Dr. B.P. Pal Memorial Award, 2012, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi; Best Research and Experimentation Award, 2002, Agricultural Research Station (Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner), Sriganganagar.
Fellow: Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding, New Delhi; Indian Society of Oilseeds Research, Hyderabad; Indian Society of Pulses Research and Development, Kanpur; Society for Rapeseed Mustard Research, Bharatpur; Indian Society of Forage Research, Hisar.
Research Areas: Genetic enhancement of Oilseeds and Pulses using conventional and molecular approaches
Address: Head, Division of Seed Science and Technology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012; C-26, Pusa Campus, IARI, New Delhi 110012; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Res. [phone]; Cell: 9868537641; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail], [e-mail]]
Zeigler, Robert S. Z001

FOREIGN FELLOW, ELECTED 2015

Born in Pennsylvania, USA on 3 January 1951. Educated at University of Illinois, B.Sc. 1972; Oregon State University, M.Sc. 1978; Cornell University, Ph.D. 1982.
Director General and Chief Executive Officer, International Rice Research Institute, Laguna, Philippines, 2005 to date.
Technical Adviser, Burundi Maize Program, Institut des Sciences Agronomique du Burundi, 1982-85; Senior Staff, Plant Pathologist, 1985-92; and Leader, Rice Program, 1986-92, International Centre for Tropical Agriculture; Leader, Rainfed Lowland Rice Research Program, 1992-96 and Irrigated Rice Research Program, 1992-96, International Rice Research Institute; Professor and Head, Department of Plant Pathology and Director, Plant Biotechnology Center, Kansas State University, 1999-2004; Director, Generation Challenge Program, CGIAR, 2004-05. Chairman, Board of Directors, Association of International Agricultural Research Centers, 2008-2015.
Awards/Honours: Leadership in Science Public Service Award from the American Society of Plant Biologists (2013); International Plant Protection Award of Distinction from the International Association for the Plant Protection Sciences (2011); The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Partnership Award for Innovative Program Models from the United States Department of Agriculture (2010); Medal for the Cause of Science and Technology from the Ministry of Science and Technology, Vietnam (2010); The E.C. Stackman Award from the University of Minnesota (2009); Outstanding Alumnus of Oregon State University's College of Agriculture (2008); Time Magazine Global Innovator Award (2007); Medal of recognition "For the Cause of Agricultural Development in Vietnam," from the Government of Vietnam (2007); Who's Who in Agricultural Higher Education (2003); International Service Award (2001), the American Phytopathological Society; Gamma Sigma Delta (Honor Society of Agriculture-elected 2000); Outstanding Research Publication Award from the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (1994 & 1996); Sigma Chi (1982). Doctor of Science (honoris causa) from TNAU, Coimbatore (2014), GBPUAT, Pantnagar (2011) and SVBPUAT, Modupuram (2007).
Fellow: American Phytopathological Society; American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Research Areas: Plant pathology, sustainable disease management practices and disease resistance in rice; agricultural research and development management in Asia, Latin America, Africa, and the US.
Address: Director General, International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, 4031, Laguna, Philippines; [Tel: Off. 63-2-5805618, 5805600; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]