Abidi,Saiyed Asif Husain

Modi, Vinod Venilal M021

FELLOW, ELECTED 1995

Born in Baroda, India on 10 May 1929. Educated at Baroda High School, Baroda, 1937-44; M.Sc. Baroda College, 1951; Ph.D., Liverpool, 1955.
Scientific Officer Hanna Research Institute, Ayr, U.K., 1956; Reader in Biochemistry University, Baroda, 1957-64; Research Associate, Univ. Illinois, Urbana, USA, 1961-62; Prof. & Founder Head Dept. Microbiology, University of Baroda, 1964-89; UGC National Lecturership in 1979-80; Visiting Prof. University of Nagoya, Japan 1975; Visiting Scientist, USA 1977, Royal Society, U.K. 1987, and USSR Academy of Science 1989; Founder Chief Coordinator, Biotechnology Centre, Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda, 1985-89.
Fellow: Indian National Science Academy.
Research Areas: Microbial biochemistry and biotechnology
Address: 'Alaap', 12 A Pratapgunj, Baroda 390002, Gujarat; [Tel: Res. [phone]; Fax: [phone]]
Mohan, Madan M022

FELLOW, ELECTED 2000

Born in Delhi, India on 17 August 1953. Educated at Han Raj College, Delhi University, 1970-75; Department of Botany, University of Delhi, 1975-80; Ph.D., Delhi University 1980; Post Doc in Molecular Biology, University of Toronto, Canada, 1986; LL.B., Delhi University, 2008.
Professor, Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi 2006 to date.
Associate Professor, Botany, Hindu College, Delhi University; Leader, Plant Resistance Group, ICGEB, 1989-2006; Rockefeller Foundation Career Fellowship, 1994-96.
Awards/Honours: Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award for the Triennium, 1996-98.
Fellow: Indian National Science Academy.
Research Areas: Plant biotechnology, genome analysis and breeding
Address: Professor, Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi 110021; B-10/7055, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110070; [Cell: 9811054232; Email: [e-mail]]
Mohan Ram, Holenarasipur Yoganarasimham M023

FELLOW, ELECTED 1991

Born in Mysore, Karnataka, India on 24 September 1930. Educated at Saradavilas High School, Mysore, 1943-46; Intermediate College, Mysore, 1946-48; St Philomena's College, Mysore, 1948-50; B.R. College, Agra, 1951-53; University of Delhi, 1953-59; B.Sc. 1950; M.Sc. 1953; Ph.D. 1959.
Demonstrator in Botany, St Philomena's College, Mysore, 1950-51; Lecturer, 1953-61, Fulbright and Smith-Mundt Fellow, 1958-59; Research Associate, 1959-60, Cornell University Ithaca, New York, USA; Reader, 1961-68, and Professor, 1968-95, University of Delhi; UNESCO-UNDP Senior Fellow, Gif-Sur Yvette, France, 1970-71; UGC National Lecturer, 1980; INSA Senior Scientist 1996-2001; INSA Honorary Scientist, 2006-2010; INSA Jawarharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Visiting Fellowship, 1997.
Awards/Honours: UGC J.C. Bose Award, 1978; IBS P.Maheshwari Medal, 1980; Om Prakash Bhasin Award, 1986; Sergei G. Navashin Medal, 1990; ISCA Birbal Sahni Birth Centenary Medal, 2001; Asiatic Society Gregor Johannes Bruhl Medal, 2002; ISCA Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Award, 2004; Vasvik Award, 2008; Aryabhata Medal, 2009; Indian Botanical Society Lifetime Achievement Award, 2012.
Fellow: Indian National Science Academy (Editor 1979-82, Secretary 1985-88); Indian Academy of Sciences (Vice-President 1988-90); National Academy of Sciences, India; Indian Botanical Society.
Research Areas: Plant growth & development, economic botany, conservation biology
Address: 174, S.F.S. D.D.A. Flats, Mukherjee Nagar, Delhi 110009; [Tel: Res. [phone], Cell: 9818185469; Email: [e-mail]]
Member Executive Council 1 Jan, 2000 to 31 Dec, 2002

Mohapatra, Trilochan M024

FELLOW, ELECTED 2006

Born in Kharibil, Cuttack, India on 20 April 1962. Educated at Laxmi Narayan High School, Eranch, Cuttack, 1972-78; Ravenshaw College, Cuttack, 1978-80; Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, 1980-85, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, 1985-91; B.Sc. 1985; M.Sc. 1987; Ph.D. 1992.
Secretary to Government of India, Department of Agricultural Research & Education (DARE) and Director General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi, 2016 to date.
Scientist, 1992-99, Senior Scientist, 1999-2005, and Principal Scientist, 2005-12, National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, IARI, New Delhi; Director, Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha, 2012-15; Director, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 2015-16.
Awards/Honours: INSA Young Scientist Award, 1994; INSA Prof. L.S.S. Kumar Memorial Award, 1994; NAAS-Tata Young Scientist Award, 2001; IARI B. P. Pal Memorial Award, 2002; DBT National Bioscience Award, 2003-04; NASI-Reliance Industries Platinum Jubilee Award 2007; Indian Science Congress Platinum Jubilee Lecture 2014; Indian Genetics Congress Lifetime Achievement Award 2014; Associate Editor, BMC Genetics, 2011 to date; Associate Editor, Journal of Genetics, 2012-14.
Fellow: National Academy of Sciences, India; Indian National Science Academy
Research Areas: Molecular genetics and genomics.
Address: Secretary, DARE & Director General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi 110001; [Tel: Off. [phone], 23386711, Cell: 7840000542, 9868872890; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Member Executive Council 1 Jan, 2016; Recognition Award, 2013-2014

More, Tukaram Annapa M025

FELLOW, ELECTED 2003

Born in Kavathesar, Maharashtra, India on 6 May 1952. Educated at Vidyamandir, Sadoli Dumala, Kolhapur; New English School, Sadoli Khalasa, Kolhapur; College of Agriculture, Kolhapur, B.Sc. 1972, MPKV, Rahuri; M.Sc., 1974 and Ph.D. 1977 Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, Post Doctorate, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA, 1981-83.
Scientist S1, S2 and Senior Scientist, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 1976-94; Professor & Head, Horticulture, 1994-2001, and Director, Centre of Advanced Studies in Horticulture (Fruits), MPKV, Rahuri 1996-2002; Associate Dean, College of Agriculture, Dhule, 2002-2005, Director of Extension Education, 2005 and Dean, Faculty of Agriculture & Director of Instructions, 2005-06 MPKV, Rahuri; Director of Research, Dr. B.S. Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, 2006; Director, Central Institute of Arid Horticulture (ICAR), Bikaner, Rajasthan 2006-10; Director, Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi, 2010-11; Vice Chancellor (Additional Charge): Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, 2011 and Dr. Punjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, 2012; Vice-Chancellor, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, Maharashtra, 2011-15.
Awards/Honours: Anna Bhau Shate Prize and Certificate, 1972; Uttam Chand Memorial Silver Medal, 1982; Dr. Harbhajan Singh Gold Medal, 1991; Baliraja - V.G. Raul Pustak Vikri Puraskar, 1998; Indian Society of Vegetable Science Silver Jubilee Citation, Memento and Certificate, 1998; ICAR Certificate of Appreciation, 1998; Rashtriya Gaurav Award, 2004; Certificate of Appreciation, Collector, Dhule 2005; AICTE Technical Education Book Publication Award, 2005; Samaj Gaurav Puraskar, 2006; Dr. Kirti Singh Gold Medal for Vegetable Science, 2007; Lokshahir Annabhau Sathe Award, 2011; Lifetime Achievement Award, 2011; Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Ratna Award, 2011; Lifetime Achievement Award for Vice-Chancellors by World Management Congress, New Delhi, 2011; Shiksha Ratna, 2011; Best Citizens of India Award, 2011; Bhima Krishi Jivan Gaurav, 2012; Dalitmitra Dhanajirao Ghodajkar Samaj Bhushan Award, 2012; Colonel Commandant, Ministry of Defence, GOI, 2012; Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Samaj Bhushan Award, 2012; Vasantrao Naik Krishi Award, 2012; Krishibhushan Award, 2012; Satyashodhak Annabhau Sathe Samajratna Award, 2012; Lifetime Achievement Award and Best Distinguished Scientist Award, 2012; Certificate of Felicitation, 2013 and Bharat Excellence Award, 2013; Krishi Ratna Award, 2014; National Education Leadership Award, 2014; International Level World Vice-Chancellors Award, 2014; The Pillars of Hindustani Society Awards, 2015; National Educational Award - 2015; Innovative B-School Award 2015.
Fellow: Indian Society of Vegetable Science; Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding; International Society for Hi-Tech Horticulture; Honorary Fellowship Award Hi-Tech Horticultural Society, Meerut.
Research Areas: Horticulture - Olericulture, (Vegetable breeding-heterosis breeding, resistance breeding, agro-techniques, protected cultivation, tissue culture), Fruit Breeding
Address: Renuka Nivas, Survey No. 90/5A, Manjri Budruk, Taluka Haveli, District Pune 412307, Maharashtra; [Cell: 08975750343, 09561954200; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Member Executive Council 1 Jan, 2013 to 31 Dec, 2015

Mruthyunjaya M026

FELLOW, ELECTED 2005

Born in Bellanne, Karnataka, lndia on 28 January 1947. Educated at Municipal High School, Sagar, 1961-64; Arts and Science College, Sirsi, 1965, Agricultural College, Hebbal, Bangalore; 1965-72, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, 1973-76; B.Sc. 1969; M.Sc. 1972; Ph.D. 1976.
Scientist (Sl),Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore, Kamataka, 1976-81; Scientist (S2), Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, 1981-83; Scientist (S3), Professor and Principal Scientist, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, 1983-94; Assistant Director General (Economics, Statistics, Marketing; Policy Planning; Plan Implementation and Monitoring), 1995-2000; Director, National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, New Delhi, 2000-05; National Director, National Agricultural Innovation Project, ICAR 2005-09; Resident Consultant, NIRD Delhi Unit, NIRD, Hyderabad, 2009-11; Senior Consultant, NCAP, New Delhi, 2011-12; Consultant to Madhya Pradesh Government, Haryana Government, Rajasthan Government, ADB-IFPRI-APAARI and Government of Bangladesh during 2012-13. Consultant to IFPRI at New Delhi since January, 2014.
Awards/Honours: UAS, 1969 and Karnataka, 1970 Gold Medals in B.Sc.; ICAR Jawaharlal Nehru Award, 1977.
Fellow: Indian Society of Agricultural Economics, Mumbai.
Research Areas: Agricultural technology assessment and policy, agricultural research management and strategic planning
Address: G-502, NCC Urban Meadows-II, Yelahanka-Doddaballapur Road, Bangalore 560064, Karnataka; [Tel: Res. [phone]; Cell: 07899802241; Email: [e-mail]]
Member Executive Council 1 Jan, 2013 to 31 Dec, 2015; Dr. M.S. Randhawa Memorial Award, 2015-2016

Mukerjee, Sunil Kumar M027

FELLOW, ELECTED 1990

Born in Bhagalpur, Bihar on 5 May 1926. Educated at Patna High School, 1936-43; B.N. College, Patna, I.Sc. 1945; Science College, Patna, B.Sc. (Hons) 1947; Delhi Univ., M.Sc. 1949; Ph.D. 1953; Post Doc, Commonwealth Scholar, Manchester University, U.K., 1960; UNESCO Fellow, Shemyakin Institute of Natural Products, Moscow, USSR, 1965.
Consultant, Ozone Cell, Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India, 1993 to date.
Lecturer, 1953-60, and Reader, 1960-70 Chem. Dept., Delhi Univ.; Head, 1970-84; and ICAR Chair of Prof. of Eminence, Division of Agricultural Chemicals, IARI,1984-86; Member of Govt. of India delegation to USSR to study use of Agrochemicals, 1972; Chairman, ICAR Committee to study the effect of Bhopal Gas on Agricultural Crops and Plants, 1984; Consultant, Scientific Commission of Bhopal Gas, Govt. of India, 1986-89.
Awards/Honours: Patna University Gold Medal, 1947; Delhi University Exhibition Prize, 1949; Commonwealth Scholarship, U.K. 1960-62; UNESCO Fellowship, 1965; INSA-JSPS Visiting Scientist, Japan, 1978; UGC - National Lecturership, 1981; Life Time Achievement Award, Pesticide Society of India, 2001.
Fellow: Royal Society of Chemistry, U.K.; Indian National Science Academy; Society of Pesticide Science, India.
Research Areas: Agrochemicals: (Technology, Synthesis, Analytical & Photochemistry); Natural products chemistry, Organic chemistry
Address: 296, Gulmohar Enclave, New Delhi 110049; [Tel: Res. [phone], Cell: 9811745284; Email: [e-mail]]
Mukherjee_,_Irani'>Mukherjee, Irani M028

FELLOW, ELECTED 2017

Born in New Delhi on 4 January 1958. Educated at Carmel Convent School, New Delhi; B.Sc. 1974-77 Miranda House, University of Delhi; M.Sc. 1979, M.Phil 1981, Ph.D. 1984, University of Delhi.
Professor, Division of Agricultural Chemicals, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi, 2014 to date.
Scientist, Division of Agricultural Chemicals, ICAR-IARI, 1986-91; Scientist (Senior scale), Division of Agricultural Chemicals, ICAR-IARI, 1991-98; Senior Scientist, Division of Agricultural Chemicals, ICAR-IARI, 1998-2006; Principal Scientist, Division of Agricultural Chemicals, ICAR-IARI, 2006 to date.
Awards/Honours: All India UGC Post Graduate award, 1977-1979. Department of Atomic Energy Fellowship, 1979-81; Punjab Rao Deshmukh Woman Agricultural Scientist Award, 2002; ICAR-IARI Best Teacher Award, 2008; Co-editor of Pesticide Research Journal. 2013 to date.
Fellow: Indian Chemical Society
Research Areas: Agricultural Chemicals
Address: Professor & Principal Scientist, Division of Agricultural Chemicals, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012; A-5 Pushpanjali Enclave, Pitampura, New Delhi 110034; [Cell: 9899029981; Email: [e-mail]]
Mukherjee, Prasun Kumar M029

FELLOW, ELECTED 2014

Born in village Nowanagar, West Bengal, on 18 October, 1963. Educated at Khujutipara RGJ High School, Burdwan Municipal High School, Visva Bharati, GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar. Ph.D. (Plant Pathology) 1991.
Scientific Officer G, Nuclear Agriculture and Biotechnology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai.
Principal Scientist (Plant Pathology), Central Institute for Cotton Research (CICR), Nagpur, 2011-13 on deputation.
Awards/Honours: Dr. K.S. Krishnan DAE Research Fellowship; Prof. M.J. Narasimhan Academic Merit Award, Indian Phytopathological Society; Pran Vohra Award, Indian Science Congress Association; BOYSCAST Fellowship (DST); VASVIK Award, 2014.
Fellow: National Academy of Sciences, India.
Research Areas: Biological control, Trichoderma, fungal genetics, secondary metabolism
Address: Scientific Officer G, Nuclear Agriculture & Biotechnology Div., Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai 400085, Maharashtra; Satpura 57, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai 400094, Maharashtra; [Tel: Off: [phone], Cell: 09757414312; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Mukhopadhyay, Amar Nath M030

FELLOW, ELECTED 1995

Born in Katwa (W.B.), India on 12 March 1940. Educated at College of Agriculture, Banaras Hindu University 1957-66; University of New Castle Upon Tyne, UK, 1977-78; B.Sc. 1960; M.Sc. 1962; Ph.D. 1968.
Director, Biopesticide Division, Super Agro India Pvt. Ltd., Kolkata, 2005 to date.
Prof. Plant Pathology, 1982-84, Gujarat Agric. University, Anand and Prof. & Head Plant Pathology, 1984-86, Prof. Plant Pathology, 1986-92, and Dean, College of Agric. 1992-97, GB Pant Agriculture University, Pantnagar; Vice-Chancellor, Assam Agric. University, Jorhat 1997-2000, Director General, Tea Research Association, 2000-2001.
Awards/Honours: Prof. M.J. Narasimhan Award 1972; Prof. M. S. Pavgi Award, 1994; Editor-in-Chief 1983-84; President, Indian Society of Mycology and Plant Pathology, 1985; President, Indian Science Congress (Agric.), 1996; President, Indian Phytopathological Society 1996; Lifetime Achievement Award, Agric. & Hort. Development Society 2008; BHU Distinguished Alumnus Award, 2008; Dr. N. Prasad Memorial Award, 2009; Lifetime Achievement Award 2009 of GBPUAT and Uttarakhand Council of Science & Technology; ISMPP Lifetime Achievement Award, 2012; Asian PGPR Lifetime Achievement Award, 2014; IPS Recognition Award, 2012. IPS Lifetime Achievement Award 2016.
Research Areas: Plant pathology, biocontrol of plant diseases
Address: 'Sangini', 151 Akanksha, Udyan II, Raibareilly Road, Lucknow 226025, U.P.; [Cell: 9793200333; Email: [e-mail]]
Member Executive Council 1 Jan, 2010 to 31 Dec, 2012; Member Executive Council 1 Jan, 2000 to 31 Dec, 2002; Dr. K.C. Mehta Memorial Award 2015-2016

Naidu, Kora Mohan N002

FELLOW, ELECTED 1995

Born in Nemali, Tiruttani, India on 22 August 1937. Educated at Board High School, Tiruttani, 1948-52; S.V. College, Tirupati, 1952-54; Agricultural College, Bapatla, 1954-57, BHU, 1957-59, P.G. School, IARI, 1960-63; M.Sc. 1959; Ph.D. 1963.
Director, Rajshree Sugars & Chemicals Limited, Coimbatore, to date; Director, Sarvaraya Sugars Limited, Chilluru, A.P.; Director, Trident Sugars Limited, A.P.
Pool Officer, IARI, 1964-65; Sugarcane Physiologist, 1965-72, Head, Division of Plant Physiology, 1972-79, and Director, 1979-94 Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore; Joint Director, NAARM; Hyderabad, 1994-95.
Awards/Honours: Lifetime Achievement Award, Sugar Technologist's Association of India.
Research Areas: Plant physiology
Address: 95A/24, Lalbahadur Colony, Peelamedu, Coimbatore 641004, Tamil Nadu; [Tel: Res. [phone]; Cell: 09842256066; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Naik, Prakash Shamrao N003

FELLOW, ELECTED 2004

Born in Kapshi, India on 23 August 1952. Educated at Devchand College, Arjunnagar, 1969-71; Gopal Krishna Gokhale College, Kolhapur, 1971-72; Indian Agricultural Research Institute, 1973-79; B.Sc. 1973; M.Sc. 1976; Ph.D. 1981.
Scientist S-1 (Genetics &Cytogenetics), 1979-84, Sr. Scientist (Genetics &Cytogenetics), 1986-98, Principal Scientist, Genetics &Cytogenetics/Biotechnology, 1998-2005, and Project Coordinator (Potato), 2005-11, CPRI, Shimla; Director, Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi, 2011-2014; Biotechnology Overseas Associateship, 1987-88.
Awards/Honours: Hari Om Ashram Trust Award, 1997-98; CPRI Merit Awards, 2000 and 2004; ICAR Team Research Award, 2001-02; Chaudhary Devi Lal Outstanding AICRP Award, 2005; ICAR Outstanding Multidisciplinary Team Research Award, 2010.
Fellow: Distinguished Fellow, Indian Potato Association; Fellow, Horticultural Society of India, New Delhi; Fellow, Confederation of Horticulture Associations of India, New Delhi; Honorary Fellow, National Academy of Biological Sciences, Chennai.
Research Areas: Genetics and plant biotechnology
Address: Flat No. 505, Building A-6, Kumar Pinnacle, Tadiwala Road (Off Dhole-Patil Road), Pune 411001, Maharashtra; [Cell: 9418023852, 7620931614; Email: [e-mail], [e-mail]]
Sh. L.C. Sikka Endowment Award 2009-2010

Nair, Krishnapillai Madhavan N004

FELLOW, ELECTED 2015

Born in Alappuzha, Kerala, India on 5 May 1954. Educated at Thiruvampady High School, Alappuzha, 1964-69; Sanatana Dharma College, Alappuzha, 1971-74; University College, Thiruvananthapuram, 1974-76; Research Scholar 1976-1980 at National Institute of Nutrition and Osmania University, Hyderabad, 1976-81; B.Sc. 1974; M.Sc. 1976; Ph.D. 1981.
Scientist `F', National Institute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Hyderabad, 2011 to date.
Research Assistant 1980-82, Assistant Research Officer 1982-1991, Research Officer 1991-96, Senior Research Officer 1996-2001, Assistant Director 2001-06, and Deputy Director, National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, 2006-11; Scientist `F' (Retd), National Institute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Hyderabad, 2011-16.
Awards/Honours: Public Health Service International Research Fellow, Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in Health Sciences, U.S. Department of Health and Human Service, NIH, U.S.A (1988-89); ICMR's B.G.R.C. Silver Jubilee Oration Award (1996) Vice President of Nutrition Society of India (2016-2018), Member, Childhood Anaemia Task Force, MoH&FW, GoI; Member, Technical Advisory Group, UNICEF-CNNS, MoH&FW, GoI and Member, Scientific Panel of Nutritionals and Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, FSSAI, GoI.
Fellow: National Academy of Medical Sciences; Telengana Akademy of Sciences.
Research Areas: Translational research, public health nutrition and biochemistry
Address: LIG B 422, Dr. A.S. Rao Nagar, Hyderabad 500062, Telangana; [Tel: Res. [phone], Cell: 09849665422; Email: [e-mail]]
Nair, P.K. Ramachandran N005

FOREIGN FELLOW, ELECTED 2001

Born in Kerala, India, on 12 March 1942. Educated at Kerala University, 1958-61, and 1966-68; Pantnagar Agricultural University, 1968-71; and Goettingen University, Germany, 1976-78; B.Sc. 1961; M.Sc. 1968; Ph.D. 1971; D.Sc. 1978.
Distinguished Professor and Director, Center for Subtropical Agroforestry, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, IFAS, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA, 1987 to date.
Res. Asst, Kerala Agri. Univ., Vellayani, 1961-68; Post-Doctoral Fellow, Rothamsted Experiment Station, Herts, U.K., 1971-72; Agronomist (Soils), CPCRI (ICAR), Kasaragod, Kerala, 1972-76; Senior Humboldt Fellow, Goettingen University, Germany, 1976-78; Founder-Scientist, ICRAF (World Agroforestry Centre, CGIAR), Nairobi, Kenya, 1978-87.
Awards/Honours: ASA International Agronomy Award, 2000; SSSA International Soil Science Award, 2001; Barrington-Moore Award, Society of American Foresters, 2004; CSSA International Crop Science Award, 2004; Distinguished International Educator, University of Florida, 2004; Scientific Achievement Award, International Union of Forestry Research Organizations, 2005; Fulbright Commission Senior Specialist Award, 2005; Advisor/Mentoring Award, University of Florida, 2005 - 2006; Humboldt Prize (Research Award), Germany, 2006; Hind Rattan (Jewel of India) Award, 2010; Honorary Doctorate Degrees from: Kyoto University, Japan, 2002; University of Science & Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, 2005; University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, 2006, and University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 2008.
Fellow: American Society of Agronomy; Crop Science Society of America; Soil Science Society of America; World Innovation Foundation, UK; American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Research Areas: Agroforestry, sustainable land-use systems
Address: Distinguished Professor and Director, Center for Subtropical Agroforestry, SFRC/IFAS, University of Florida, 118 N-Z Hall, P.O. Box 110410, Gainesville, FL 32611-0410, USA; 4721 S.W 97th Terrace, Gainesville, Florida 32608-7109, USA; [Tel: Off. ([phone]; Res. 3757828; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Nair, Suresh N006

FOREIGN FELLOW, ELECTED 2006

Born in Kannur (Cannanore), Kerala, India on 28 February 1961. Educated at the St. Xavier's Collegiate School, Kolkata, 1969-76; B.Sc. Botany (Hons) Hindu College, Delhi, 1978-81; M.Sc. Botany, Department of Botany, University of Delhi, 1981-83; Ph.D. University of Delhi, 1990.
Group Leader, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi, 1989 to date; Visiting faculty, Department of Entomology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA, 2000-01.
Fellow: Royal Entomological Society (FRES), London, UK
Research Areas: Plant biotechnology, genome analysis, molecular markers, molecular breeding and marker-assisted selection, insect-plant interaction, rice gall midge genomics
Address: Group Leader, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067; D-21, Press Enclave, Saket, New Delhi 110017; [Tel: Off. [phone], 26741007; Res. [phone]; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]