Abidi,Saiyed Asif Husain

Chowdhury, Jai Bhagwan C028

FELLOW, ELECTED 1999

Born in Delhi, India on 27 September 1938. Educated at Ramjas School, Delhi 1948-55; Ramjas College, Univ. of Delhi 1955-58; Indian Agricultural Research Institute, 1958-60; College of Agriculture, Banaras Hindu Univ. 1961-64. B.Sc. 1958; M.Sc. 1960; Ph.D. 1964.
Prof. of Genetics, 1972-98, Head, Department of Genetics, 1972-78, Dean, College of Basic Sciences & Humn., 1983-86, and Vice-Chancellor, 1996-99, HAU, Hisar; Vice-Chancellor, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar 2000-02.
Awards/Honours: Padma Shri 2003; Lifetime Achievement Award-Society for Rapeseed Mustard Research, Bharatpur-2014; Distinguished Alumnus Award, Banaras Hindu University Centenary year-2015.
Research Areas: Plant biotechnology, crop genetics/cytogenetics
Address: X 044, Regency Park II, DLF Phase IV, Gurgaon 122002, Haryana; [Cell: 9811619758; Email: [e-mail]]
Cocking, Edward Charles Daniel C029

FOREIGN FELLOW, ELECTED 2000

Born in London, UK on 26 September 1931. Educated at Buckhurst Hill High School, Essex 1943-50; University of Bristol, B.Sc. 1953; Ph.D. 1956; D.Sc. 1970.
Director, University of Nottingham, Centre for Crop Nitrogen Fixation, Plant Sciences Division, 1997 to date.
Civil Service Commission - Research Fellow in Microbiology 1956-59; Lecturer then Reader in Plant. Physiology 1959-69; Professor and Head of Dept of Botany, University of Nottingham 1969-97; Dean of Science 1983-86; Prof Emeritus of Botany 1997; Leverhulme Trust Research Fellow, 2000-2002.
Awards/Honours: Lifetime Research Achievement Award, University of Toledo, USA 2004.
Fellow: Royal Society 1983; Member, Academia Europaea 1993; Hungarian Academy of Science, 1995; World Innovation Foundation, 2003
Research Areas: Plant biotechnology, especially symbiotic nitrogen fixation of cereals
Address: Director, University of Nottingham, Centre for Crop Nitrogen Fixation, Plant Science Division, Schools of Biosciences & Biology, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK; 30, Patterdale Road, Woodthorpe, Nottingham NG 54LQ, U.K.; [Tel: Off. 44 (0) 1159513056; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Dadhwal, Vinay Kumar D001

FELLOW, ELECTED 2008

Born in Delhi, India on 9 April 1957. Educated at Andhra Education Society Higher Secondary School, New Delhi, 1963-1973, Hansraj College, Delhi 1973-76, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 1976-1983. B.Sc. (Hons.) 1976; M.Sc. 1978; Ph.D. 1983.
Director, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Valiamala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 2016 to date.
Scientist/Engineer SC through SF 1983-1998, and Head, Crop Inventory & Modelling Division, 1998-2004, Space Applications Centre (Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO), Ahmedabad; Dean, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun, 2004-10; Concurrently, Deputy Director 2005-06, Director-in-Charge 2005-06, 2009-10 of UN Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (CSSTE-AP), Dehradun; Associate Director, National Remote Sensing Centre, (ISRO), 2010-11; Distinguished Scientist & Director, National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Hyderabad, 2011-16.
Awards/Honours: ISCA Young Scientist Award, 1987; INSA Young Scientist Medal, 1989; Indian National Remote Sensing Award of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS), 1999; Hari Om Ashram Prerit Dr Vikram Sarabhai Award of Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), 1999; ISRO-Astronautical Society of India Award 2005; ISRO Merit Award, 2006; Satish Dhawan Award, ISRS, 2010. Corresponding Member, Fellow International Academy of Astronautics, 2010; Editor, Journal of Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2011 to date; President, International Society of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing (ISPRS) Technical Commission VIII (2012-2016); President, Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2012-14; Vice President, 2011-12 and President, 2012-13, Indian National Cartographic Association (INCA); Science Panel Member, Terrestrial Carbon Observation of FAO, Rome.
Fellow: Member, International Academy of Astronautics
Research Areas: Crop modeling, Remote Sensing Applications in Agriculture, Terrestrial Carbon Cycle, Land Cover Land Use Change Modelling, Land Surface Processes
Address: Director, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, (Dept. of Space, Govt. of India), Valiamala, Thiruvananthapuram 695547, Kerala; [Tel: Off. [phone], 2568600; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Dadlani, Malavika D002

FELLOW, ELECTED 2010

Born in Varanasi, India on 20 August, 1951. Educated at BHU, Varanasi, 1966-70; IARI, New Delhi, 1970-72; IIT, Kharagpur, 1973-74; Calcutta University, 1974-78. B.Sc. 1970; M.Sc. 1972; DIIT, 1974; Ph.D. 1979; Post-Doctoral Fellow, IRRI, Philippines, 1987-89.
Honorary Research Fellow, Bioversity International Sub-Regional Office for South Asia, New Delhi, India 2015 to date.
Scientist 1978-79, IIHR, Lucknow; Scientist 1979-84, Sr. Scientist 1984-98, Principal Scientist 1998-2006, Head, 2006-10, Division of Seed Science & Technology, Nodal Officer (Seed), 2007-11, and Joint Director (Research), Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 2011-13; Consultant, Bioversity International Sub-Regional Office for South Asia, New Delhi, India 2014
Awards/Honours: IARI Best Teacher Award, 2001; FAO Expert Consultation on Quality Declared Seed, 2002; Rao Bahadur Dr. Ram Dhan Singh Award in Seed Technology, 2006-07; Bhumi Nirman Award, 2008; Member, Executive Committee, SAARC Seed Forum, 2010-12; FAO Consultant, Bangladesh, 2014; Myanmar, 2014-15; Combodia, 2015-16; Consultant, GFA, Germany, 2016
Fellow: Indian Society of Seed Technology
Research Areas: Seed Science and Technology; Seed regulations; Plant variety protection; Farmers' participatory seed production; On-farm conservation of agro-biodiversity.
Address: Honorary Research Fellow, Bioversity International, Sub-Regional Office for South Asia, Block-B, G-1, NASC Complex, DPS Marg, New Delhi 110012; EC-60, Maya Enclave, New Delhi 110064; [Tel: Off. [phone], 25849004; Res. [phone], Cell: 9868100549; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Dagar, Jagdish Chander D003

FELLOW, ELECTED 2007

Born in Fateh Puri, Haryana, India on 20 October 1950. Educated at DAV High School, Hassangarh, 1965-67; Jat College Rohtak, 1967-68; Nehru College, Jhajjar, 1968-70; B.Sc. & M.Sc. Saifia College, Bhopal, 1970-74; Ph.D. 1975-79, and Post-doctorate & Senior Research Fellow, Vikram University, Ujjain, 1979-80.
Senior Scientific Asst, CSIR, 1980; Lecturer, Government College, Port Blair 1981-88; Senior Scientist, CARI, Port Blair, 1988-90; Senior Scientist, 1990-98, Principal Scientist, 1998-2009 and Head of Division, Soil Crop Management, 2009-10, CSSRI, Karnal; Assistant Director General (Agronomy & Agroforestry), 2010-12, and ADG (Soil & Water Management), 2012, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi; Emeritus Scientist, Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, 2013-2015.
Awards/Honours: Sajjad Memorial Gold Medal, 1973-74; Hari Om Ashram Trust Award (ICAR), 2005; Swami Pranavananda Saraswati National Award (UGC), 2005; CSSRI Excellence Award on Soil Salinity & Water Management, 2006-07; Bharat Excellence Award & Gold Medal (Friendship Forum of India), 2009; Dr. K.G. Tejwani Award for Excellence in Agroforestry Research & Development, 2010-11.

Vice-President, Indian Society of Soil Salinity & Water Quality, 2011-12; Councilor, 1988-90 and Treasurer, 1990, Andaman Science Association, CARI, Port Blair; Member Executive Council, Indian Society of Coastal Agricultural Research, 1996-2002; Member Executive Council, National Institute of Ecology, 2003-09; Joint Secretary, Range Management Society of India, IGFRI, Jhansi, 2006-10; National Associate, University Grants Commission, 1984-88; Member Editorial Board, Journal of Agroforestry, 2005 to date; Member Advisory Board, Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products, 2007 to date; Member Board of Studies, Kurukshetra University; Member, Institute Management and Research Advisory Committees of CAZRI, Jodhpur; CRIDA Hyderabad; NRC on Weed Science; NRC on Agroforestry, Jhansi; and PDCSR Modipuram 2010-12; FAO/UN International Consultant, Namibia, 2002-03; Consultant, CIMMYT, 2012-13; Consultant, Forest Department Haryana, November 2015 to date; Chief Editor, Journal of Soil Salinity & Water Quality, 2013 to date.

Fellow: International Society for Tropical Ecology, 1982; Indian Botanical Society, 1993; National Institute of Ecology, 1996; Range Management Society of India, 2007; National Environmental Science Academy, 2014; Andaman Science Association, 2015; Indian Society of Soil Salinity & Water Quality, 2015; Life Member, Indian Society of Coastal Agricultural Research, Agroforestry Society of India, National Environmental Science Academy.
Research Areas: Agroforestry, biosaline agriculture, plant ecology & environmental sciences, biodiversity, mangrove ecology, ethnobotany, rehabilitation of degraded lands, management of natural resources, conservation agriculture, biodrainage, climate change, sustainable agriculture and policy.
Address: Chief Editor, Journal of Soil Salinity & Water Quality, Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Zarifa Farm, Kachawa Road, Karnal 132001, Haryana; House # 506, Surya Enclave, Sector 7, Urban Estate, Karnal 132001, Haryana; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Res. [phone], Cell: 9416301661; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Dandona, Jatinder Kumar D004

FELLOW, ELECTED 2015

Born in Gurgaon, Haryana, India on 23 July 1956. Educated at S.D. High School, Ambala Cantt, 1966-71; S.D. College, Ambala Cantt, 1971-1975; GBPUAT, Pantnagar, 1975-1983; M.Sc.1977, Ph.D. 1983; Post-doctoral Fellow, International Rice Research Institute, Philippines, 1993-1996.
Vice-Chancellor, G.B.Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, 2016 to date.
Junior Research Officer/Asstt. Professor, (1984-1986), College of Forestry & Hill Agriculture, Hill Campus, G.B.Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Ranichauri (Distt. Tehri) Uttarakhand; Senior Research Officer/Associate, Hill Campus, GBPUAT, Ranichauri, Professor, 1996-2007, Hill Campus, GBPUAT, Ranichauri; Professor & Head, 2007-12; Director, Centre of Advanced Faculty Training in Plant Pathology, 2007-12; Registrar, 2010-2012 & 2014-16 and Dean, College of Agriculture, 2011-2016, GBPUAT, Pantnagar; Visiting Scientist, IRRI, Philippines, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002 and Cornell University, USA, 1999, 2000.
Awards/Honours: Prof. M.J. Narasinhan Academic Merit Award of Indian Phytopathological Society, 1985; Jawahar Lal Nehru Award of the ICAR, 1986; Pesticide India Award of Society of Mycology & Plant Pathology, 1987 & 2006; The Rockefeller Foundation (USA) Biotechnology Career Fellow, 1998; UTTRAKHAND RATTAN Award, 2007; Member, Research Advisory Committee, VPKAS, Almora, 2008-11, Indian Institute of Cotton Research, Nagpur, 2008-11 and Indian Institute of Temperate Horticulture, Srinagar, 2010-13, Indian Institute of Oilseed Research, 2016-18; Vice President, Indian Society of Plant Pathologists (2009-11); Plant Pathology Leadership Award of Indian Phytopathological Society, 2012; Chairman, Advisory Committee of the National Fund for Basic Strategic and Frontier Application Research in Agriculture "Relationship between Sclerotium rolfsii, Rhizoctonia solani, the soil and climatic variables in three major cropping system in the country and identification of markers for resistance to Sclerotium rolfsii", 2013-2018; Member and Convener, Fifth Deans' Committee on "Higher Agricultural Education in India", 2014; Member, ICAR's expert committee to work out the Minimum Standards of Higher Agricultural Education (MSHAE), 2014.
Research Areas: Pathogen population characterization and population genetics, biological control of biotic and abiotic stresses, and plant disease management on small farms
Address: Vice Chancellor, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar 263145, Uttarakhand; I/3/5, Phool Bagh, GBPUAT, Pantnagar 263145, Uttarakhand; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Res. [phone]; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Das, Mukul D005

FELLOW, ELECTED 2007

Born in Lucknow, India on 9 July 1956. Educated at St Francis College, Lucknow 1963-71; Lucknow Christian College, Lucknow 1972-76; M.Sc (Biochem), Lucknow University, Lucknow 1976-78; Ph.D 1982.
Scientist G (Scientist in Director Grade) 2007 to date; Area Coordinator, Food, Drugs & Chemical Toxicology Group, Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, 2002 to date.
Res Assoc, Wayne State Univ, Detroit, USA 1982-83; Sr. Res. Assoc., Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, USA 1983-86; Scientist C, 1986-91; Scientist EI 1991-96; Scientist EII 1996-2001 and Scientist F, 2001-07, Industrial Toxicology Research Centre, Lucknow.
Awards/Honours: Burroughs Welcome Fund Award, USA 1985; Schering-Plough Foundation Award from Dermatology Foundation, USA 1986; International Union of Biochem Fellowship, Prague, Czechoslovakia 1988; Institutional Young Scientist Award, 1990; Institutional Techy Development Award, 1991; Best Exhibit Award, 1995; Co-editor of Special issue of "Nanotoxicology" Vol. 3, No. 1, 2009.

Member, FADC Committee of BIS, 1993 to date; Food Additive Sub-committee of CCFS, DGHS, 2001 to date; DBT Task Force Committee on Biotech Approaches for Food and National Security, 2002-2004, 2006-2009; WHO Temporary Advisor for JECFA, Geneva, 2004; Chairman Food Additives Section Sub-Committee, FAD 8, BIS, 2007 to date; President, Indian Nanoscience Society, 2007; European Panel of Experts for projects on Functional Foods, 2009.

Fellow: National Academy of Sciences, India; Society of Toxicology, India.
Research Areas: Food contamination and adulteration; Xenobiotic biotransformation; Chemical carcinogenesis; Nanotoxicology
Address: Scientist G (Director Grade) & Area Coordinator, Food, Drugs & Chemical Toxicology Group, Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, P.O. Box 80, Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Lucknow 226001, U.P.; 215/19 Ka Kamal Sarovar, Subhash Marg, Lucknow 226003, U.P.; [Tel: Off. [phone], 2620207, Ext 241; Res. [phone]; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Das, Premananda D006

FELLOW, ELECTED 1995

Born in Kendapara, Odisha, India on 6 November 1942. Educated at Bun Behari High School, Kujang, Odisha, 1955-61; College of Agriculture, Odisha, 1961-65; Calcutta University, 1966-68; B.Sc. 1965; M.Sc. 1968; Ph.D. 1980; D.Sc. 2012.
Chairman, The Science Foundation for Tribal and Rural Resource Development, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 2008 to date.
Associate Director of Research, Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology, Bhubaneswar, 1985; Director, Regional Plant Resource Centre, 1985-2002; INSA Senior Scientist, G.M. Reddy Research Foundation, Hyderabad, 2003-04; Department of Biotechnology, IIT, Kharagpur, 2004-06; Project Director, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Jeypore, 2006-07.
Awards/Honours: Samant Chandrasekhar Award (1992) by Odisha Bigyan Academy; ICAR National Professor (2001); Life Time Achievement Award (2011) by Indian Association of Ornamental Horticulture; Dr. Mopuri Brahman Memorial Award (2011) by Orissa Botanical Society; D.Sc. (h.c.) (2012) by Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology, Bhubaneswar.
Fellow: Indian National Science Academy; National Academy of Sciences, India; The Horticulture Society of India; Society of Ethnobotanists, India; Indian Society for Ornamental Horticulture.
Research Areas: Biotechnology of Horticultural Crops, Biodiversity Conservation, Mangrove Biology, Restoration Ecology in Mined Land, Biomass Production on Wastelands, Biofuels
Address: Chairman & Director, The Science Foundation for Tribal & Rural Resource Development, C-122 (HIG), State Housing Board Colony, Baramunda, Bhubaneswar 751003, Odisha; C-122, State Housing Board Colony, Baramunda, Bhubaneswar 751003, Odisha; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Res. [phone]; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Datta_,_Karabi'>Member Executive Council 1 Jan, 2001 to 31 Dec, 2003; Dr. K. Ramaiah Memorial Award, 1999-2000

Datta, Karabi D007

FELLOW, ELECTED 2012

Born in Kolkata, India on 25 September 1951. Graduated from Presidency College, Kolkata, 1972; M.Sc. University of Calcutta, 1974; Ph.D. Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, 1983.
Reader, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 2009 to date.
ICMR (Junior/Senior) Fellow, University of Calcutta, 1976-1980; CSIR-Senior Scientist (PO), Visva-Bharati University, 1980-1987; Post-doctoral Research Scientist, ETH-Zürich, 1987-1993; Research Scientist, ICGEB, New Delhi,1993; Senior Scientist, IRRI, Los Baños, 1995-2005. Coordinator of DBT funded programme support of Centre of Excellence (COE).
Awards/Honours: CGIAR Best Science Paper Award, 2004; Recognized as supervisor of summer training scholars under inter-Academia (organized by National Academy of Sciences, Bangalore since 2009); CRRI Dr Gopinath Sahoo Memorial Lecture, 2010.
Fellow: Member, National Academy of Sciences, India, 2011.
Research Areas: Crop Biotechnology (Transgenic Research) emphasizing rice and jute
Address: Reader, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700019, W.B.; Apt # UD02-0302, 1050/1 Survey Park, Kolkata 700075, W.B.; [Tel: Off. [phone] Ext. 296; Res. [phone], Cell: 09830538205; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Datta, Swapan Kumar D008

FOREIGN FELLOW, ELECTED 2005

Born in Sirajganj on 28 January 1953. Educated at Jnanadayini High School, Sirajganj, 1958-68; Presidency College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 1972-74; Ph.D. 1980; German Language at Goethe Institute, Freiburg, Germany (1985); DAAD Fellow at Institute for Resistance Genetics, Gruenbach, Germany, 1985-86; FMI (Friedrich Miecher Institute) Fellow, Basel, Switzerland, 1987; IP-Agricultural Biotechnology Management, Cornell University (2002).
Lecturer in Botany, Ramakrishna Mission V.C. College, 1976-79; Lecturer/Reader in Botany, Visva-Bharati University, 1979-89, Santiniketan; Senior Scientist at ETH-Zurich, Switzerland, 1987-93; Senior Scientist & Plant Biotechnologist at International Rice Research Institute, Manila, 1993-2005; HarvestPlus Global Rice Crop Leader at IRRI, Philippines, 2003-2004; Sir Rash Behari Ghosh Professor, 2005-09, University of Calcutta, Kolkata; Deputy Director General (Crop Science), Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, 2009-14
Awards/Honours: Panchanan Maheshwari Medal, 2006; TATA Innovation Fellow, 2007
Fellow: National Academy of Sciences, India
Research Areas: Plant biotechnology, gene technology, molecular breeding of rice, IPR-international agricultural science policy and management
Address: Bengal Ambuja-Udita, Flat # 020302, 1050/1 Survey Park, Kolkata 700075, W.B.; [Cell: 09868228624; 9830668907; Email: [e-mail]]
Member Executive Council 1 Jan, 2011 to 31 Dec, 2013

David, Vasantharaj Baliah D009

FELLOW, ELECTED 1998

Born in Insein, Myanmar on 17 November 1935. Educated at V.M. Board High School, Periyakulam 1947-51; The American College, Madurai 1951-53; Madras Agricultural College, Coimbatore 1953-56; Agricultural College & Research Institute, Coimbatore 1959-61. B.Sc. (Ag.) 1956; M.Sc. (Ag.) 1961; Ph.D. 1972; D.Sc. 1995.
Chairman, Scientific and Academic Board, International Institute of Biotechnology & Toxicology, Padappai, Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu; and International Consultant (GLP, Safety Evaluation and Crop Protection), Rotam Research Laboratory, Kunshan/Taicang, Shanghai, China.
Madras Agricultural Department 1956-59; Asst. Lecturer/ Lecturer in Entomology, Coimbatore 1961-68; Product Development Manager, Agrochemicals, Voltas Ltd., Mumbai 1975-81; Director, Fredrick Institute of Plant Protection & Toxicology, Padappai 1981-87; Executive Director (Development), Rhone Poulenc Agrochemicals India Ltd., Mumbai, 1987-91; Director (Development), Coromandel Indag Products India Ltd., Chennai 1999-2000, 1991-94; Director, Jai Research Foundation, Valvada (Gujarat) 1994-99; President, Sun Agro Biotech Research Centre, Chennai, 2003-10; Executive Director, Sun Agro Biosystem Pvt. Ltd., Chennai, 2000-10; Head, Centre for Toxicology & Developmental Research (CEFT), Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai, 2013-2015.
Awards/Honours: The 30th Anniversary Scroll of Honour of the Entomology Research Institute, Loyola College, Chennai; Society of Toxicology India Scroll of Honour; Smt. Sarada Memorial Award 1993-94; Goschen medal 1955; The Ramasastrulu Munagala gold medal; The V.C.Vellingiri Gounder gold medal; O.M. Lakshminarayana Reddy shield and medal; Felicitated by Agricultural University, Raipur and Applied Zoologists Research Association, 2008; Loyola Environmental Award, 2010; AAPMHE Life Time Achievement Award, 2010; Prof. P.K. Gupta Distinguished Scientist Lifetime Achievement Award in Toxicology of STOX, India, 2012; Late Gyan Prakash Memorial Award in Plant Protection; President, Applied Zoologists Research Association; Life Time Achievement Award-2016 in Agriculture and Allied Sciences by Samagara Vikas Welfare Society, Lucknow.
Fellow: Entomological Society of India; Plant Protection Association of India; Applied Zoologists Research Association; Society of Biosciences; Gujarat Science Academy; Madras Science Foundation; Society for Biocontrol Advancement; Entomology Academy of India; Royal Entomological Society, London; National Academy of Biological Sciences; Academy of Sciences for Animal Welfare; Association for Advancement of Pest Management in Horticultural Ecosystem; Society of Plant Protection Sciences.
Research Areas: Taxonomy of Aleyrodidae, agricultural entomology, crop protection and toxicology, GLP facility establishment and training
Address: Plot No. 76/2, Sree Ramulu Street, E.V.P. Santosh Nagar, Madanandapuram, Chennai 600125, Tamil Nadu; [Tel: Res. [phone], Cell: 09840164099; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Member Executive Council 1 Jan, 2004 to 31 Dec, 2006; Dr. K.C. Mehta Memorial Award 2011-2012

De Datta, Surajit Kumar D010

FOREIGN FELLOW, ELECTED 1995

Born in Shewbo, Myanmar on 1 August 1936. Educated in High School at Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith, Deoghar, Bihar; Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, B.S. 1956; Associate IARI, 1958; Ph.D, University of Hawaii, 1962.
Emeritus Professor and Adjunct Senior Research Faculty, OIRED Virginia Tech. 2013 to date.
Post Doctoral Fellow, Ohio State University, 1962-63; Agronomist, 1964-67, Head, Department of Agronomy, 1967-89, Principal Scientist, 1986-91, IRRI, Philippines; Associate Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Virginia Tech. 1993-2003; Professor Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences 1991-2013, Director, Office of International Research, Education and Development (OIRED) 1991-2013, and Associate Vice President for International Affairs, Virginia Tech. 2003-2013.
Awards/Honours: Distinguished Award in Pest Management, 1975; WSSP Outstanding Achievement Award, 1979; Most Outstanding Research and Development Award, Philippines; ASA International Service in Agronomy, 1985; SSSA International Soil Science Award, 1986; BPI Eminence Award, Philippines 1987; ASA Agronomic Research Award, 1992; Norman Borlaug Award for Outstanding Contribution to Agricultural Sciences and Green Revolution in India, 1992; Honorary Professor Dniepropetrovsk State Agrarian University, Ukraine 1997; University of Hawaii Outstanding Almnus Award, 1999; CSSA International Service in Crop Science, 2000; Cliffton Garvin Award for outstanding Service and Dedication to the University (Virginia Tech), Board of Visitors Virginia Tech, USA; Presidential Citation from the President of Philippines 2008; Plaque of Recognition from the University of the Philippines and the International Rice Research Institute for his contributions to global food security and the Green Revolution in Asia 2008.
Fellow: ASA 1979; Soil Science Society of America 1985; Indian Society of Soil Science, 1990; Crop Science Society of America, 2000; American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2009; Honorary Fellow Crop Science Society of the Philippines.
Research Areas: Soil science, agronomy, weed science, IPM, natural resources management
Address: Emeritus Professor and Adjunct Research Faculty, OIRED, Virginia Tech, 526 Prices Fork Road (0378), Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA; 5725 Guthrie Place, Davis, California 95618, USA; [Tel: Res./Off. 1-530-758-2259; 1-530-574-5894; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]