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Senior Scientific Councilors |
Dr. V. L.
Chopra, New Delhi, India
Born in Adhwal, India on August 9, 1936. Educated at
Ramjas School, Delhi, 1947-51; Hindu College, Delhi
1952; Central College of Agriculture, Delhi,
1952-55; Indian Agricultural Research Institute,
1955-57; Institute of Genetics, Edinburg, Scotland,
UK, 1964-67; B.Sc. 1955; Assoc. IARI, 1957; Ph.D.
1967.
Prof. of Genetics, 1970-84, and Head, Division of
Genetics, 1977-80, IARI, New Delhi; Director,
National Biotechnology Centre, New Delhi, 1985-90;
Chief Technical Adviser, FAO, Vietnam, 1990-91;
Director General, ICAR & Secretary to Government of
India, 1992-94; National Professor B.P. Pal Chair,
National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology,
IARI, New Delhi, 1994-2002; Member, Planning
commission, Government of India, New Delhi, 2004-09.
Awards/Honors: Borlaug Award, 1983; Padma Bhushan,
1985; FICCI Award, 1986; Watumull Foundation, USA
Honor Summus Medal, 1987; O.P. Bhasin Award, 1987;
Food Day Award, 1993; ISCA Birbal Sahni Birth
Centenary Award, 1997; INSA Silver Jubilee
Commemoration Medal, 1991; INSA Aryabhat Medal,
2001.
Fellow: Indian National Academy; National Academy of
Sciences, India; Indian Academy of Science; European
Academy of Arts, Science and Humanity; Third World
Academy of Sciences.
Research Areas: Plant Biotechnology, crop genetics
and breeding.
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Dr. Kirti Singh, New Delhi, India
Born in Jaunpur, India on May 26, 1934. Educated at
Central Hindu School, Varanasi 1948-50; Government
Agricultural College, Kanpur 1951-55; University of
Florida, USA, 1958-62; B.Sc. 1955; M.S. 1960; Ph.D.
1962.
Chairman, World Noni Research Foundation; Scientists
Pool Officer 1962-63; Vegetable Specialist, Jammu
and Kashmir, Srinagar 1963-65; Associate
Professor/Vegetable Botanist, Punjab Agricultural
University, Ludhiana/Hisar, 1965-70; Professor and
Head, Department of Vegetable Crops, Haryana
Agricultural University, Hisar, 1970-77; Dean of
Agriculture, Narendra Deva University of
Agricultural and Technology, Faizabad (UP);
Vice-Chancellor, Himachal Pradesh Agricultural
University, Palmpur, 1989-93, Vice-chancellor,
Indira-Gandhi Agricultural University, Raipur
1993-95; Member, 1995-98 and Chairman, 1998-99,
Agricultural Science Recruitment Board; Advisor,
Government of Nepal Establishment of Agricultural
University, 1995; FAO Consultant in Cambodia 1999.
Awards/Honors: Leonard Vaughan Award of Amer.
Soc. Hort. Sci. 1961; Hort. Society of India Gold
Medal 1993; D.Sc. (h.c.) TNAU, 2000; PNASF Gold
Medal 2002; Purvanchal Rathna Award, 2003; Senior
Vice-President, Hort. Society of India; HIS Shiv
Shakti Life Time Achievement Award, 2007; World
Wellness Open University Life Time Achievement
Award, 2008.
Fellow: National Academy of Sciences, India;
Indian Potato Association; Indian Society of
Vegetable Science; Horticultural Society of India;
National Academy of Biological Science.
Research Area: Vegetable Science.
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Dr. S. Bisalaiah, Bangalore, India
Born in Maddur Village, Chamarajnagar District,
Karnataka, India on February 15, 1938. Educated at
Masters degree in Economics, University of Mysore,
1961; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1975.
Assistant Professor/Associate Professor and
Professor, University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS),
Bangalore; Registrar and Vice-Chancellor, UAS,
Bangalore; Coordinator, Project Planning and
Monitoring Cell, UAS, Bangalore; Visiting Professor,
Planning Commission chair, University of Mysore;
Member, Academic and Administrative Audit Committee,
Bangalore University; Member, Karnataka State
Science and Technology Academy; Chairman, Karnataka
Agriculture Price Commission; Chairman, B.M.S.
college pf Engineering and B.M.S. College for Women;
Monitoring and Evaluation Expert, World Bank
Forestry Project, Nigeria; Thrice Consultant to
F.A.O. (Rome), U.N. Social Commission for Asia and
Pacific, Bangkok; Once Consultant to World Bank, and
F.A.O.; Once Consultant to Asian Development Bank.
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Dr. R. Dwarakinath, Bangalore, India
Born in Doddaganjur, Chintamani Taluk, Karnataka on
September 9, 1926. B.Sc. Agri Mysore University,
1949; M.S.-Extension Education, University of
Tennessee, USA, 1960; Ph.D. – Extension Education,
Cornell University, USA, 1973.
Soil Survey Officer, Bhadra Reservoir Project,
Shimoga, 1949-1950; District Agriculture Officer
(Probationer), State Dept of Agriculture, 1950-52;
Extension Keyman, Pilot Extension Project; (Ford
Foundation) Malavalli, Mandya dist, then Project
Executive Officer, NES Project, Malavlli, 1952-1956;
Principal, Pilot Training Centre, (Ford Foundation)
Mandya, 1956-1958; Asst. Prof. of
Agronomy-Extension, Agricultural College, Bangalore,
1958-60; Director of In-service Training, Govt. of
Karnataka. 1960-64; Principal, Orientation and Study
Centre, Hyderabad, GOI, 1964-65; 1965 to 1973
Director of Extension, University of Agricultural
Sciences, Karnataka, 1965-73; Director of
Agriculture, Govt. of Karnataka, 1973-79;
Vice-chancellor, University of Agricultural
Sciences, Karnataka; 1979-81; Chief Technical
Adviser, FAO, Indonesia, 1981-87;
Tasks and Assignments :Resource person to the
Danida Appraisal Mission on Farm Women Extension
programme in Madhya Pradesh, 1990; Team Leader of
Danida study group to identify training needs of the
project staff of MAPWA – Madhya Pradesh Women in
Agriculture, 1991; Member, State Planning Board,
Karnataka, 1992-99; 1995 - Member, Bio-diversity
Conservation Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences,
Indian Institute of Science under the project of the
Karnataka Council for Science and Technology, 1995;
Chairman, Fifth Research Review Committee, Indian
Coffee Board, 1996; Member, Research Council,
Central Silk Board, India 1997-2011; Resource
Person, WYTEP (Danida), Karnataka, 1998; Resource
Person, MAPWA (Danida) Madhya Pradesh, 1998;
Chairman, Karnataka Agriculture Commission, 2000;
Chairman, AME Foundation, Bangalore, 2002 -to date.
Awards/Honours: Rajyothsava Award, Karnataka;
National Extension Award, Indian Society of
Extension Education; “Sir M. Visvesvaraya Senior
Scientist State Award" October 2004; “Lifetime
Achievements Award” by Indian Society of Extension
Education, January 2005; 2008 “Lifetime Achievement
Award” by International Society of Extension
Education, Sep’ 2008.
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Dr. G. K. Veeresh, Bangalore, India
Born on April 4, 1934. Educated at B.Sc. (Agri),
Mysore University, 1957; M. Sc.(Agri), IARI, New
Delhi, 1960; Ph.D., UAS, Bangalore, 1973;
Postgraduate Fellow at Rothemsted Experimental
Station, U.K. and Oregon State University,
Corvallis. USA, 1975.
Lecturer, Agricultural College, Hebbal, Bangalore,
1961-1967; Assistant Professor, UAS, Bangalore,
1967-1975; Professor, Department of Entomology, UAS,
Bangalore, 1975-1982; Senior Professor, Department
of Entomology, UAS, Bangalore, 1982-1986; Head,
Division of Plant and Soil Sciences, UAS, Bangalore,
1986-1994; Special Officer for establishment of new
Colleges under UAS, Bangalore, 1988-1993; Director
of Instruction (Agri), UAS, Bangalore, 1988-1993;
Dean, University of Agricultural Sciences,
Bangalore, 1993-1994; ICAR Emeritus Scientist at the
University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore,
1994-1995; Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive Head,
University Administration, University of
Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Bangalore, 1995-1998;
Member, National Agriculture Technology
Project-Coastal system, 1998-2000; Member, R.P.C.,
NATP, New Delhi, 2000; Member, Karnataka
Agricultural Commission; Chairman, High Power
Committee on Farmers Suicide, Government of
Karnataka, 2001-2002; Chairman, Minimission on
organic farming, GOK, 2004.
President, Association for Promotion of Organic
Farming 2000 to date.
ICAR Scientific Panel Entomology, 1978-79; ICAR
Quinquenmial Review Team on Tobacco, 1981-82;
Karnataka Forest Advisory Board, 1984-85; ICAR
Scientific Panel Education, 1986-88; Central
Insecticide Board, Carbamate Group, 1988; Tea
Research Association of India- Scientific Advisory
Board, 1988-90; R&D Advisory Committee, Rallis India
Limited, 1990-92; Scientific Advisory Committee,
Ministry of Commerce (Plantation), Government of
India, 1991; National Research Council (U.S.A),
Committee on Sustainable Agriculture and Natural
Resource Management Co-operative Research Programme-
Washington, 1991-92; R & D Advisory Committee, EID
Parry (India), 1993-94; ICAR Quinquennial Review
Team. Central Plantation Crops Research Institute
and AICRP on Palms, 1993-94; ICAR Dean’s Committee
for developing curriculum for Agriculture, 1993-94;
Rajiv Gandhi Foundation on Biocontrol, 1994; ICAR
Quinquennial Review Team National Centre for
Integrated Pest Management Directorate, 1994-95;
Member, Assessment Committee of Central Coffee
Research Institute on Pest and Diseases, 1994-95;
ASRB (ICAR): Nominated to act as Chairman on the
Departmental Promotion Committee in the discipline
of Entomology for two years, 1995-96; Chairman, ICAR
Quinquennial Review Team on AICRP Biological
control, 1998-99; Director, Board of Directors,
Nagarjuna Agriculture Research & Development
Institute, 1998-2000; Chairman, Review of Oak Tassar
Silk – Central Sericulture Board, 2000; Member,
Monitoring and Evaluation of World Bank Project –
NATP –IPM, 2001-03; Founder Member International
Partners for Sustainable Agriculture (IPSA)
Washington, 1998; Chairman, International Union for
Biological Sciences – Commission on Social Insects,
1986-90; Vice-Chairman, International Soil Science
Society Commission-D-Soil Zoology, 1984-88;
President, Indian Society of Soil Biology and
Ecology, 1976-90; President, International Union for
Study of Social Insects – Indian Chapter, 1990;
President, Alumni Association, UAS, Bangalore, 1990;
President, Association for Promotion of Organic
Farming (Rg), 1996; President, Arboriculture
Association of India (Rg), 2000 to date
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Dr. M. Mahadevappa, Bangalore, India
Born in Madapura, Karnataka, India on August 4,
1937. Educated at Government Primary School,
Madapura, 1948; Government Boys Middle School,
Chamarajanagar, 1952; Municipal High School,
Chamarajanagar, 1955; Sharada Vilas College, Mysore,
1957; B.Sc., Agricultural College, Bangalore, 1960;
M. Sc. And Ph.D., Agricultural College, Coimbatore,
1960 and 1965.
Professor of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Seed
Instruction, 1993-94; Vice-Chancellor, University of
Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Dharwad, 1994-2000;
Chairman, Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board,
New Delhi, 2001-02. Director, JSS Rural Development
Foundation, Ramanuja Road, Mysore, to date.
Awards/Honours: KKM Award, 1972; Hooker
Award, 1981; Karnataka Government Rajyothsava Award,
1984, 1984; Nagamma Dattathreya Award, 1989; Sir
Chotu Ram Award, 1996; Basava guru Karunya Award-Ilkal,
1996; Bharat Ratna Sir. M. Vishweshwarayyya Memorial
Award, 1999; Padma Shri, 2005; Lifetime Achievement
Award, Agriculture Leadrship Award, 2009.
Fellow: National Academy Of Sericulture
Sciences; National Academy of Biological Sciences;
Indian Society of Genetic and Plant Breeding; Indian
Society of Seed Technologists; Indian Science
Writer’s Association.
Research Areas: Genetics, Plant Breeding,
Seed Technology, Parthenium Weed Control.
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Dr. P.G. Chengappa, Bangalore, India
Born in Kodagu district, Karnataka, India on
February 11, 1952. Educated at B.Sc. (Agri.),
Agriculture College Dharwad, 1973; M.Sc.
Agricultural Economics, UAS, Bangalore, 1976; Ph.
D., Agricultural Economics, IARI, New Delhi, 1990.
Capacities of Director of Instruction (Agri.), UAS,
Bangalore; Registrar and Director of Student
Welfare, UAS, Bangalore; Professor and Head of
Agricultural Marketing, UAS, Bangalore; Director of
Instruction (Agri.), UAS, Bangalore;
Vice-chancellor, UAS, Bangalore; Professor, UAS,
Bangalore
Research Assistant at the Dry land Agricultural
Research Project of the UAS; Agricultural Economist,
Indian Coffee Board; Associate Professor of
Agricultural Marketing, Associate Professor, UAS,
1980; Professor and Head Department of Agricultural
Marketing and Cooperation, 1983; Socio Economist,
Interjiatipnai, Plant Genetics Research Institute.
Agricultural Economist, CGIAR; Visiting Scientist,
IRRI, Manila, University of Reading, College pf
Wales Aberystwyth, United Kingdom; Vice-President,
Indian Society of Agricultural Economics;
Vice-President, Agricultural Economics Research
Association, New Delhi; National Professor, ICAR,
2007
Visiting Scientist, International Crop Research
Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad
(1995); Consultant at the International Rice
Research Institute (IRRI), Manila (2001);
Facilitator, DSE, Feldafing, Germany to an
international training course on Agricultural
Marketing (1997); Socio Economist, IPGRI South Asia
Office, New Delhi, 2002-03; Consultant,
International Food Policy Research Institute,
Washington (2005-06).
Instrumental in UAS receiving the ICAR's Sardar
Patel best Agricultural University award.
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Prof. R.S. Deshpande, Bangalore, India
Born in India. Educated at B.Sc. (Mathematics,
Physics and Chemistry); M.A. (Economics,
Econometrics, Mathematical Economics); Ph.D.
(Economics) Marathawada University, Aurangabad
(1967-73).
Currently he is Director of Institute for Social
and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore.
Member, Editorial Board, Indian Development Review,
New Delhi, 2008; Member, Management Council of
Bombay School of Economics, Mumbai University,
Mumbai, 2007-08; Member Editorial Board, Indian
Journal of Agricultural Economics, Mumbai,
2001-2007; Member, Academic Council and Trustee,
Indian Institute of Dalit Studies, New Delhi 2006
onwards; Member, Management Committee, National
Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy
Planning, 2005 onwards; Chairman of the session on
Liberalisation, Domestic Price Agricultural Growth,
Indian Society of Agricultural Economics, 2004;
Member, Editorial Board, Agricultural Economics
Research Review, New Delhi, 2001-03; ICAR Nominee,
Research Advisory Council, Central Plantation
Research Institute, Kasargod. 2004; Managing Editor,
Journal Social and Economic Development, ISEC,
Bangalore. 2005-06; UGC Nominated Expert on Special
Assistance Programme of Shivaji University, Kolhapur
2000-2005; UGC Nominated Expert on Special
Assistance Programme of Kerala University,
Trivandrum, 2000-2005; Vice President, Indian
Society of Labour Economics, New Delhi. 2001
Vice-Chairman, WTO Cell, Government of Karnataka,
2008; Convener Expert Group for Preparing Manual for
Comprehensive District Agricultural Plan, Planning
Commission, Government of India, 2007-08; Member,
Sub-Committee on Stagnation in Productivity of major
crops in India of the National Development Council
Government of India (Chairman: Hon. Shri. Navin
Patnaik) 2007; Member, Research Advisory Committee
of National Centre for Agricultural Economics and
Policy Research (NCAEPR), New Delhi, 2007-08;
Member, Research Advisory Committee of Indian
Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New
Delhi, 2007-08; Member, Research Advisory Committee
of Central Sericultural Research and Training
Institute, Central Silk Board, Ministry of Textile,
Government of India, Mysore, 2007-10; Chairman,
Drafting Committee on Karnataka’s Agricultural
Policy, 2006; Chairman, Expert group on Revising the
Farm Management Scheme, Government of Karnataka,
2005-06; Member, Mini Mission on Agricultural
Marketing, Credit and Food Processing, Govt of
Karnataka, Bangalore, 2004; Member, Agricultural
Prices Commission, Govt of Karnataka, Bangalore,
2004-2006 onwards; Member, Expert Committee for
Investigating into the Causes of Suicides by
Farmers’, Government of Karnataka, Bangalore. Oct
2001 to April 2002; Member, Expert Committee on
Preparedness for WTO and its Impact on Agriculture,
Ministry of Commerce, Government of India, New
Delhi, 2002- onwards; Expert member of the Working
Group 59th Round National Sample Survey Organisation,
New Delhi 2002-2003; Chairman of the Drafting
Committee of the Report of the WTO Cell 2001;
Member, Minimum Wages Committee, Govt of Karnataka,
Bangalore, 2001-02.
Area of Specialization: Agricultural
Development Policy; International Trade in
Agriculture and WTO ; Agricultural Production and
Resource Economics; Watershed Management and
Irrigation; Econometrics & Applied Statistics
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Dr. Vishnu Swarup, New Delhi, India
Born on July 30, 1925. Educated at Wesley High
School, Azamgarh, U.P., 1940; Allahabad Agricultural
Institute, Naini, Allahabad, Intermediate in
Agriculture 1940-42; Government Agriculture college,
Kanpur, B.Sc. 1944 and M.Sc. 1946; Indian
Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, Assoc.
IARI 1948; Kansas State University, USA, M.S. 1954
and Ph.D. 1955.
Vegetable Breeding Assistant, 1948-53, and Assistant
Oilseed Specialist, , Department of Agriculture, U.P.
1953-54; Graduate Research Assistant, Department of
Botany, 1953-55; Assistant Instructor, Department of
Agronomy, 1955-56; Kansas State University,
Manhattan, Kansas, USA; Assistant Geneticist,
1956-58; Assistant Professor, 1958-59; Division of
Botany, Vegetable Specialist, 1959-62; Geneticist
(Floriculture), 1962-68; Senior Geneticist
(Floriculture), 1969-70; Division of Horticulture,
Chief Vegetable specialist, 1970-71; Project
co-Coordinator, 1971-82; Division of Vegetable Crops
and Floriculture, IARI, New Delhi; FAO Vegetable
Expert in Nigeria, Consultant in the Philippines and
Zimbabwe and Consultant of the Commonwealth
Secretariat in the South Africa Development
Community (SADC) Countries; Visiting Scientist in
Bulgaria and Hungary.
Awards/Honours: Delhi Agri-Horticultural
Society Dayawati Vira Medal, 1988; HIS Golden
Jubilee Award, 1993; Dr. M.H. Marigowda Memorial
National Award, 1998; All India Kitchen Garden
Association Gold Medal Award; PNASF Gold Medal for
life-time-achievement in vegetable research and
development in India, 2002.
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Dr. Anupam Varma, New Delhi, India
Born in Delhi, India on July 23, 1940. Educated at
Agarwal Intermediate College, Allahabad 1953-57;
Allahabad University 1957-61; Rothamsted
Experimental Station, Harpenden, U.K. 1964-67; B.Sc.
1959; M.Sc. 1961; Ph.D. 1967.
INSA Senior Scientist, Advanced Centre for Plant
virology, IARI, 2005 to date.
FAO Applied Plant Virologist FAO, Nigeria 1979-81;
Professor of Virology, 1984-86; Professor of Plant
Pathology, 1986-88, Head Division of Plant
Pathology, 1988-95; Dean, 1995-2000; and ICAR
National Professor, AdvancedCentre for Plant
Virology, 200-2005; Indian Agricultural Research
Institute, New Delhi. Chair, International Council
For Science Regional Committee for Asia and Pacific,
2006-08.
Awards/Honours: FAO/IASS World food Day
Award, 1985; VASVIK Award, 1989; O.P. Bhasin Award,
1992; James Wallace Award, Int. Or. Citrus Virol.,
1999; NASI R.N. Tandon Award, 2000; INSA T.S.
Sadasivan Award, 2002; ISCA Millennium Plaque of
Honour Award 2006; IVS K.S. Bhargava Award 2007;
PNASF Gold Medal Award, 2009.
Fellow: Indian National Science Academy;
National Academy of Sciences; Indian Phytopath.
Soc.; Indian Virol. Soc.
Research Areas: Plant Virology, Plant Pathology,
Plant Biotechnology, Crop Protection.
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Prof. U.V. Sulladmath, Bangalore, India
Born in Dharwad, India on August 5, 1925. Educated
at B.Sc. (Agri.) Hons. Bombay University, 1948; M.Sc.
(Agri.), Horticulture, Karnataka University, 1958;
M.S. (Tenn) Horticulture, University of Tennessee,
USA, 1961; Ph. D., Indian Agri. Research Institute,
New Delhi, 1971.
Teaching, Research and Extension in Horticulture in
the State Departments of Horticulture/Agriculture
and the University of Agricultural Sciences, (1948
to 1985); Professor & Head, Division of
Horticulture, University of Agri. Sciences,
Bangalore, (1971 to 1985); Assistant Coordinator of
the U.N.D.P. Centre of Advanced Studies in Tropical
Horticulture in the University of Agri. Sciences,
(1979 to 1986); Emeritus Scientist of the Indian
Council of Agricultural Research in the University
of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, (1985 to 1989).
Member / Executive Councillor ‘of 8 professional
societies / organizations; Member of the ICAR
Scientific Panel for Fruits, Plantation Crops and
Medicinal Plants since (1981 to 1993); Member of
Boards of Studies in Horticulture / Agriculture of
several Agricultural Universities; Expert member of
Selection Committees of several Agricultural
Universities and Agricultural Scientists’
Recruitment Board; External examiner for
Post-Graduate students of several Agri.
Universities.
Worked as Project Director with Indian Horticulture
Consultancy Service, Bangalore for one year and a
half ; Worked as Project Co-ordinator, Export
Oriented Project for Flowers and Vegetables. All
India Scheduled Castes Development Co-operative
Society Limited, Bangalore, from January 1990 to
December 1991; Prepared several reports/project
proposals for State Government and private
organizations; Consultant / Advisor, Centre for
Technology Development, Bangalore from April 1991.
to date.
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Dr. C.P.A. Iyer, Bangalore, India
Born in Kerala State, India. Educated at B.Sc.(Hons.),
Agriculture, University of Delhi, 1958; M. Sc. and
Ph.D. Degree in Horticulture I.A.R.I., New Delhi.
Ph. D., Institute of Horticultural Plant Breeding,
Wageningen, The Netherlands, in 1965.
Geneticist(Fruits), Indian Institute of
Horticultural Research, Bangalore, 1968; Head,
Division of Fruit Crops at the same Institute; ICAR
All India Project Coordinator for fruits and
coordinated research project on fruits on an all
India basis. Subsequently appointed Director,
Central Institute of Horticulture, Lucknow, India.
Evolved many hybrid varieties in mango, guava and
papaya. Dr. Iyer was invited by the CSIRO, Australia
to take up the prestigious McMaster Fellowship to
organize the Australian National Mango Breeding
Project which he successfully carried out in 1994.
Dr. Iyer has published more than 200 papers in
scientific journals. Has guided many students for
their M. Sc. and Ph.D. Degrees. Board of Examiners
in many Universities in India and abroad.
FAO Horticulturist of FAO, UNDP/FAO Mango project,
Bangladesh, Nigeria, Myanmar and Bangladesh.
Keynote speaker and Chairman of many sessions during
International Mango Symposium held in India,
Australia ,Israel and Brazil.
Continues to take active part in international
consultancy, writing books, giving lectures and
attending symposia.
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