Abidi,Saiyed Asif Husain

Tyagi, Akhilesh Kumar T023

FELLOW, ELECTED 2001

Born in Wairaferozpur, Bulandshahr, India on 15 May 1956. Educated at Public Intermediate College, Siyana, 1965-70; Government Intermediate College, Meerut, 1970-72; Meerut College, 1972-74; DAV (Post Graduate) College, Dehradun, 1974-76; Institute of Advanced Studies, Meerut, 1976-77; Delhi University, 1977-84; Duesseldorf University, Germany, 1984-85; Munich University, Germany, 1985-86; B.Sc., 1974; M.Sc. 1976; M.Phil. 1977; Ph.D. 1983.
Director, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi, 2009 to date.
Reader, 1988-94, Professor, 1994 to date, Head, Department of Plant Molecular Biology, 1988, 1992-95 & 1998-01, Chairman, Board of Research Studies, Faculty of Interdisciplinary and Applied Sciences, 1995-2003, and Director, Interdisciplinary Centre for Plant Genomics, 2005-09, Delhi University South Campus, New Delhi; Director, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi, 2009-16; Executive Director-in-Charge, National Agri-food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali, 2013-16; President, National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI), Allahabad, 2015-16.
Awards/Honours: National Bioscience Award, 1999; WTN, San Francisco World Technology Award (as part of IRGSP), 2003; International Year of Rice Research Accomplishment Award (as part of IRGSP), 2004; NASI B.P. Pal Memorial Lecture Award, 2005; ISCA Platinum Jubilee Lecture Award, 2006; NASI Reliance Industries Platinum Jubilee Award in Biological Sciences, 2006; IBS Birbal Sahni Medal, 2006; INSA B.N. Chopra Lecture Award, 2007; J.C. Bose National Fellowship, 2007; ISCA B.P. Pal Memorial Award, 2008; Shri Om Prakash Bhasin Award for Science and Technology, 2011; ISCA Sushil Kumar Mukherjee Commemoration Lecture Award, 2012; NASI Professor Shri Ranjan Memorial Lecture Award, 2013;ISPP Professor SK Sinha Memorial Lecture Award, 2013; WAST Professor Archana Sharma Memorial Lecture Award, 2014; TOSI Professor TN Khoshoo Memorial Lecture Award, 2015.
Fellow: Indian National Science Academy; National Academy of Sciences, India; Indian Academy of Sciences; The World Academy of Sciences
Research Areas: Plant Biology
Address: Professor and JC Bose National Fellow, Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi, South Campus, New Delhi 110021; Number 1, Type VB Residences, University of Delhi, South Campus, New Delhi 110021; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Res. [phone]; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Tyagi, N.K. T024

FELLOW, ELECTED 1996

Born in Ismilepur, Bijnor, India on 12 January 1947. Educated at Primary School, Beelna (Moradabad) 1950-55; Inter College Hasanpur, Moradabad, 1955-60; Govt. Inter College, Amroha, 1960-62; G.B.Pant University, Pantnagar, 1963-67; IIT Kharagpur, 1967-69; JNTU, Hyderabad, 1977-80; B.Sc. 1967; M Tech, 1967; Ph.D. 1983; Sr. Fulbright Fellowship, 1990.
Independent Consultant - Land, Water and Environment, 2011 to date.
Water Management Engineer, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneshwar 1970-75; Senior Scientist 1975-81, Head of Division 1985-88, Principal Scientist 1986-94 and Director, Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, 1994-2004; Member, Agricultural Scientists' Recruitment Board, New Delhi, 2005-11.
Awards/Honours: Jawahar Lal Nehru Award, 1984; Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Prize, 1996; ISAE Gold Medal, 1998; WIPO Award,1998; Basantrao Naik Award, 1999; Rajendra Prashad Puruskar 2004. Member CIGR Land and Water Section 2010-13.
Fellow: Indian Society of Agricultural Engineering, Indian Society for Coastal Agricultural Research; Indian National Academy of Engineering; National Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology.
Research Areas: Water resources management, salinity, environment
Address: 101/A5, Olive Country, Sector-5, GH-09, Vasundhara, Ghaziabad 201012, U.P.; Permanent Address: Houst T-64, Village: Ismilepur, P.O. Shivala, District Bijnor - 246734, U.P.; [Cell: 09818911253; Email: [e-mail]]
Recognition Award, 1999-2000

Upadhyaya, Hari Deo U001

FELLOW, ELECTED 2017

Born at Shiwala, district Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh on 12 August 1953. Educated at Rashtriya Vidyalaya Inter College, Khair, Aligarh, High School, 1968-70; Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, B. Sc. Hons., 1970-74; GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttar Pradesh 1974-76, M. Sc. Plant Breeding; 1976-1980, Ph. D. Plant Breeding.
Director/Head, Genebank and Principal Scientist, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, Telangana 2009 to date.
Post Doctoral Fellow, ICRISAT, Patancheru, 1980-1982; Pool Officer, G B Pant University of Ag. & Tech. Pantnagar, 1983; Asstt. Prof./Soybean Breeder, Dharwad, UAS Bangalore, 1983-1987; Associate Prof./Groundnut Breeder and Head Oilseeds, Raichur, UAS Dharwad, Raichur 1987-1990; Groundnut Breeder, UAS Dharwad, 1990-1991; Scientist, Groundnut Breeder, ICRISAT, 1991-1994; Senior Scientist, Groundnut Breeder, ICRISAT, 1994-2002; Principal Scientist, Genetic Resources, ICRISAT, 2002-2009; Assistant Director, Grain Legumes Program and Head Genebank, ICRISAT, 2011-2013; Director/Head, Genebank and Principal Scientist, ICRISAT, 2009 to date.
Awards/Honours: King Baudouin Award, as member of ICRISAT chickpea team, 2002; Member of American Association for Advancement of Science, 2003; Doreen Mashler Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005; Millennium ICRISAT Outstanding Scientist Award, 2003, 2005, 2009; CGIAR Science Award for Outstanding Partnership as Member of Genebank Community, 2006; Frank N Meyer Medal for Plant Genetic Resources by CSSA, 2013; Crop Science Research Award by CSSA, 2013; Plaque of Appreciation by Vietnam Academy of Agriculture Sciences, Hanoi, 2014; Outstanding Scientific contributions through NARC-ICRISAT Partnership by Nepal Agricultural Research Council, 2014; Dr Harbhajan Singh Memorial Award by the Indian Society of Plant Genetic Resources for the biennium, 2013-2014; Recognized as a Genebank innovator by GCDT, 2013; ICRISAT Director General Gold Medal Award, 2014; Chair of the Crop Science Research Award Committee of CSSA, 2016.
Fellow: American Society of Agronomy, USA; Crop Science Society of America, USA; Honorary Fellow of Indian Society of Plant Genetic Resources, India; Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding, India.
Research Areas: Genetics and Plant Breeding, Plant Genetic Resources
Address: Head Genebank, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru 502324, Telangana; [Cell: 9866986262; Email: [e-mail]]
Varadachari, Chandrika V001

FELLOW, ELECTED 2007

Born in Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, India on 6 May 1956. Educated at St. Marys School, Tiruchirapalli; St. Agnes Convent, Howrah; St. Marys School, Gauhati; Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata; University of Calcutta, Kolkata; B.Sc. (Honours) Chemistry 1976; M.Sc. 1978 and Ph.D. 1987 (Agricultural Chemistry & Soil Science).
Director, Raman Centre for Applied and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Kolkata, 1997 to date; President & CTO, AgTec Innovations Inc., Los Altos, California, USA, 2010 to date.
Scientist, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata 1990-92; Scientist, CSME, Kolkata, 1993-96.
Awards/Honours: University of Calcutta Gold Medal, 1978; AC Sen Memorial Gold Medal, University of Calcutta, 1978; INSA Young Scientist, 1986; DST Young Scientist, 1988; UNESCO-ROSTCA award in Chemistry 1990; Lockheed-Martin India Innovation Gold Medal, 2008.
Fellow: West Bengal Academy of Science & Technology.
Research Areas: Fertilizer technology; analytical methods; computational mineralogy; soil biogeochemistry; soil environmental chemistry, patents and intellectual property rights
Address: Director, Raman Centre for Applied and Interdisciplinary Sciences, 16A Jheel Road, Kolkata 700075, W.B.; 4A Ratnabali, 7A Judges Court Road, Alipore, Kolkata 700027, W.B.; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Res. [phone], Cell: 09831088010; Email: [e-mail]]
Member Executive Council 1 Jan, 2016

Varadarajan, Srinivasan V002

FELLOW, ELECTED 2002

Born in Bangalore, India, on 31 March 1928. B.Sc. and MA, Univ. of Madras, India, 1943-48; M.Sc., Andhra Univ., Waltair, 1948-49; Ph.D., Univ. of Delhi, 1949-52; 1851 Overseas Exhibition Fellow, Univ. of Cambridge, 1953-56 and Ph.D. Visiting Lecturer-Asst. Prof. Biology, Mass. Inst. Technology, 1956-57; Beit Memorial Fellow in Medical Research University, Cambridge, 1957-59.
Head of Research, Hindustan Lever (Unilever India), 1960-74, Member, Board of Directors, Research and Chemicals Group, 1966-74; Govt. of India Companies: CMD, Indian Petrochemicals Corpn. Ltd., 1974-81; Engineers India Limited, Director 1974-82, CMD 1975-78 and 1981-82; Indian Vaccines Corpn. Ltd., 1991-96; Chairman, Petrofils Polyester 1975-80; Chairman, Bridge and Roof India 1974-83.
Secretary, Govt. of India, Department of Science and Technology 1982-84; Dept. of Scientific and Industrial Research and Director General, CSIR 1984-86; Dept. of Biotechnology 1983-86, Member, Public Enterprises Selection Board 1980-86, Chief Consultant, Planning Commission 1986-88, Member, Executive Board, Third World Network of Scientific Organizations (TWNSO),Trieste, Italy 1996-98.
Chairman and Member, Scientific Advisory Committees, Govt. of India Petroleum Natural Gas, Biotechnology, Environment and Special committees in areas of Human Nutrition; Application of Science in Preservation of Art Objects, Archaeological Monuments; Chairman, National Committees related to Petroleum Refinery in the region of Taj Mahal and remedies measures 1974 and 1994; Evaluation and execution of steps on elimination of further toxic hazards at the city of Bhopal; Member, Governing Boards: Indian Institute of Science, IIM Ahmedabad 1974-92, Petrotech Society, 1998 to date, National Council of Applied Economic Research, 1981-86 Trustee: Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts 1985-89, Member, Oxford Energy Policy Club, St. Anthony's College, 1977-81.
Awards/Honours: Om Prakash Bhasin Foundation Award, 1986; Padma Bhushan, 1985; D.Sc. (h.c.); IIT, Madras, Banaras Hindu University, Guru Nanak Dev Univ., Amritsar & Andhra Univ.; D. Litt.; Kanpur University; INSA CV Raman Medal; INAE Lifetime Contribution Award. President, Indian Natl. Science Acad., 1996-98; President, Indian Acad. Sci, 1980-82; President, Indian Natl. Acad. Engg. 1992-95; President, Nutr. Soc. Ind. 1980-82; President, Development of Library Network (DELNET), 1995 to date; Chairman National Committee on Tea Research.
Fellow: Indian Academy of Sciences, 1972; Indian National Science Academy, 1983; National Academy of Sciences, India, 1982; Third World Academy of Sciences; Indian National Academy of Engineering, 1987; Nutrition Society of India; All India Management Association; Society of Engineers.
Research Areas: Energy, Fertilizers, Environment, Chemical Technology, Engineering for Manufacture, Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, R&D and Industry Management, Science Policy
Address: 4A, Girdhar Apartments, 28, Feroz Shah Road, New Delhi 110001; [Tel: Off. [phone], 23221931; Res. [phone], 23713137; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Varade, Supda Bhiku V003

FELLOW, ELECTED 1993

Born in Narvel, Maharashtra, India, on 5 December 1936. Educated at E.S. High School, Shelgaon Bazaar, Maharashtra, 1951-54; College of Agriculture, Nagpur, 1955-59; Indian Agricultural Research Institute, 1959-61; Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, Research Fellow, 1962 - 63; University of California, Riverside, 1968 - 69; Post Doctoral Fellow; B.Sc. 1959; M.Sc. 1961; Ph.D. 1966.
Lecturer of Soil Science, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 1963 - 70; Soil Physicist, 1970 - 74; and Head, Dept. of Chemistry and Soil Science, 1974-80 Marathwada Agricultural University, Parbhani; Visiting Prof., Timyrizov Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Moscow, Russia, 1980; Joint Director, Water And Land Management Institute, Aurangabad, 1980-94; Technical Consultant, Indo-Dutch Project, Hyderabad, 1992; Member of Second Maharashtra Water and Irrigation Commission, 1995-99.
Awards/Honours: International Irrigation Center Achievement Certificate, 1986; Vasantrao Naik Krishi Puraskar, 1996; Soil Conservation Society of India Gold Medal, 2003; President, Geoforum.
Fellow: Indian Society of Soil Science.
Research Areas: Soil physics, irrigation & drainage, water & land management
Address: 2, Hirakhan Housing Society, Vedantnagar, Station Road, Aurangabad 431005, Maharashtra; [Tel: Res. [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Varma, Ajit V004

FELLOW, ELECTED 1996

Born in Allahabad, India on 24 September 1939. M.Sc. (1959), Ph.D. (1964), Allahabad University, Allahabad, India.
Chairman, Faculty Research Committee (Biosciences & Biotechnology) 2013 to date, Distinguished Scientist & Professor of Eminence, Amity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
Microbiologist, 1963-71, and Senior Microbiologist, 1971-74, IARI, New Delhi; Associate Professor, 1975-84, and Professor, Jawahar Lal Nehru University, New Delhi, 1985-2004; Director General, Amity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, 2004-12.

Visiting Professor/Research Scientist, Technical University, Graz, Austria; University of Tuebingen, Germany, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany, Technical University, Muenchen, Germany, Kingstan, Jamaica, Max Planck, Germany, Helmholtz Zentrum, Muenchen, Germany, Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany, CSIC, Madrid, Spain, University of Dundee, Scotland, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, and ICGEB, Italy. Member, ISCA; Executive Council, & Univ. Res. Council, Amity University Uttar Pradesh; Academic Council, Amity University Rajasthan; ASSOCHAM- Knowledge Millennium Council, Expert Committee on Agriculture & Food Processing, and Expert Committee on S&T and Innovation.

Awards/Honours: BP Koirala Award (Nepal); Alexander-von-Humboldt Fellow (Germany)
Fellow: International Society of Symbiosis, Boston, USA
Research Areas: Microbial technology
Address: Chairman, Faculty Research Committee (Biosciences & Biotechnology), Disntinguished Scientist & Professor of Eminence, AIMT & Vice Chairman, ASTIF, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Sector 125, NOIDA 201303, U.P.; J-201, Som Vihar, R.K. Puram Sector 12, New Delhi 110022; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Res. [phone]; Cell: 9717180098, 9810899562; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Varma, Anupam V005

FELLOW, ELECTED 1990

Born in Delhi, India on 23 July 1940. Educated at Agarwal Intermediate College, Allahabad 1953-57; Allahabad University, Allahabad 1957-64; Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, U.K. 1964-67; B.Sc. 1959; M.Sc. 1961; Ph.D. 1967.
INSA Honorary Scientist and IARI Adjunct Professor, Advanced Centre for Plant Virology, IARI, 2010 to date.
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, ICAR National Professor, 2000-05, and INSA Senior Scientist, 2005-10, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi.
Awards/Honours: FAO/IAAS: World Food Day Award, 1985; VASVIK Award, 1989; O.P. Bhasin Award, 1992; James Wallace Award, Int. Org. 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; INSA: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Medal, 2010; IPS: Prof. A.P. Misra Lifetime Achievement Award, 2011; NASI: BP Pal Memorial Award, 2013. Chair, International Council for Science (ICSU) Regional Committee for Asia and the Pacific, 2006-08.
Fellow: Indian National Science Academy; National Academy of Sciences, India; Indian Phytopath. Soc.; Indian Virol. Soc.
Research Areas: Plant virology, plant pathology, plant biotechnology, crop protection
Address: Adjunct Professor, Advanced Centre for Plant Virology, Division of Plant Pathology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012; 253, Jaimaa Apartments, Plot 16, Sector 5, Dwarka, New Delhi 110075; House No. 136, Housing Board Colony, Palampur - 176061 (H.P.); [Tel: Off. [phone]; Res. 25072511, Cell: 9810217141, 9816866744 (Palampur); Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Founder Member Executive Council 5 Jun, 1990 to 30 Dec, 1991; Secretary 1 Jan, 1992 to 31 Dec, 1998; Vice-President, 1 Jan, 2015 to 31 Dec, 2017; Dr. K.C. Mehta Memorial Award 1999-2000; Editor-in-Chief, NAAS Journal 'Agricultural Research', 2012 to date.

Varshney, Rajeev K. V006

FOREIGN FELLOW, ELECTED 2010

Born in Bahjoi, Moradabad, U.P, India on 13 July 1973. Educated at C.P. Arya Adarsh Inter College, Bahjoi, 1986-1990; Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 1990- 1995; Ch Charan Singh University, Meerut, 1995-2001; B.Sc. (Honours) 1993; M.Sc. 1995; Ph.D. 2001.
Principal Scientist (Applied Genomics), Research Program Director - Grain Legumes & Director, Centre of Excellence in Genomics, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, India, 2008 to date; and Winthrop Research Professor (Plant Biology), The University of Western Australia (UWA), Perth, Australia, 2010 to date.
Research Scientist, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics & Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany, 2001-05; Senior Scientist (Applied Genomics), ICRISAT, Patancheru, India, 2005-08.
Awards/Honours: Young Crop Scientist Award of Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), 2013; INSA-Young Scientist Medal, 2008; NASI Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award, 2007; ICRISAT Promising Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award, 2007 & 2008; AMU Gold Medal, 1995. Review Editor, Theoretical and Applied Genetics (2008 onwards); Associate/Subject Editor: Molecular Genetics and Genomics (2013 onward), The Plant Genome (2012 onwards), Plant Breeding (2012 onwards), Frontiers in Plant Genetics and Genomics (2010 onwards), Journal of Food Legumes (2010 onwards), Plant Genetic Resources (2005 onwards), BMC Plant Biology (2009-2011), BMC Genetics (2009-2011), Molecular Breeding (2008-2013), Euphytica (2005-2012), Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology (2008-2012).
Fellow: Indian National Science Academy (INSA); Society for Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology; Association for Promotion of DNA Fingerprinting and Other DNA Technologies; Indian Society for Genetics and Plant Breeding; Indian Botanical Society.
Research Areas: Applied Genomics and Molecular Breeding
Address: Research Program Director-Grain Legumes & Director, Centre of Excellence in Genomics, ICRISAT, Patancheru 502324, Telangana; Villa No. 127, Vasudeva Bloomfield Ecstasy, Tellapur Road, Gopanpally, Mandal RC Puram, Distt Medak, Hyderabad 502032, Telangana; [Tel: Off. [phone]; Res. 08455-297827, Cell 09949994070; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
NAAS Associate, 2008.

Vasal, Surinder Kumar V007

FOREIGN FELLOW, ELECTED 2001

Born in Amritsar, Punjab, India on 12 April 1938. B.Sc., Khalsa College, Amritsar, 1957; M.Sc., Kanpur Agricultural College, 1959; Ph.D. IARI, 1966; Post-doctoral Fellow, CIMMYT, Mexico, 1970.
Distinguished Scientist, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Mexico to date.
Research Assistant, 1959-66, and Assistant Botanist Maize-cum-Assistant Professor, 1966-67, Department of Agriculture, H.P; Research Associate, Rockefeller Foundation, Thailand, 1967; International Staff, 1971-84, Germplasm Coordinator, 1985-90, Coordinator Lowland Tropical, 1991-98, Maize Program, CIMMYT, Mexico.
Awards/Honours: La Asociacion Mexicana de Semilleros 'Premio Cesar Garza' Award, 1993; International Service in Crop Science Award, 1996; International Agronomy Award, 1999; World Food Prize, 2000; Dr. M.S. Swaminathan Award by TAAS.
Fellow: American Society of Agronomy; Crop Science Society of America.
Research Areas: Plant breeding & genetics
Address: Distinguished Scientist, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Apdo. Postal 6-641, 06600 Mexico, D.F., Mexico; Patricio Sanz 222BIS, Colonia Del Valle, Mexico D.F. 03100, Mexico; Delhi Address: C2-2394, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi - 110070; [Tel: Off. (52) 55 58047511 (Direct), 58042004; Res. (52) 55 56827849; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]
Vass, Kuldeep Kumar V008

FELLOW, ELECTED 2005

Born in Jammu & Kashmir, India on 24 November 1947. Educated at SRMP School, Jammu and SP Higher Secondary School, Srinagar, 1958-62; Sri Pratap College, Srinagar 1962-65; Post-graduate Department of Botany, Kashmir University, Srinagar, 1966-72; B.Sc. 1965; M.Sc. 1967; Ph.D. 1976; Post-doc, Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Scotland, U.K. 1993.
Junior Fishery Scientist, CIFRI Barrackpore, 1972-1975, Senior Scientist & Officer-in-Charge Coldwater Fisheries Station, CIFRI, Srinagar-Kashmir, 1975-1987; Principal Scientist & Scientist In-Charge Wetland Fisheries, 1988-94, and Head, Divison of Fish Health and Environment, CIFRI, Barrackpore, 1994-97; Director, National Research Centre on Coldwater Fisheries, Bhimtal (Nanital), Uttrakhand, 1997-2005; Director, Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkatta, 2005-09.
Awards/Honours: Norman H. Dill Memorial Gold Medal, 2001; Environmental Conservation Excellency Award, 2002; Vice-Chairman Asian Fisheries Society (Indian Branch); Vice-President, National Institute of Ecology.
Fellow: Inland Fisheries Society of India; National Institute of Ecology; Zoological Society of India; Society of Biosciences; Association of Aquaculturists; Indian Fisheries Association; Academy of Science, Engineers & Technologists.
Research Areas: Inland Aquatic ecology, Ecology & Fisheries management in tropical and temperate rivers, reservoirs wetland and lakes; Coldwater Fisheries and Aquaculture; Environment management and EIA studies; Trout and Snow-trout culture; High altitude ecology.
Address: Ex-Director, CIFRI, C-218, Pocket-VII, Kendriya Vihar - II, Sector 82, Noida 201304, U.P.; [Tel: Res. [phone]; Cell: 9999330182; Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]]
Editor 1 Jan, 2015 to 31 Dec, 2017

Venkatesh, Byrappa V009

FOREIGN FELLOW, ELECTED 2009

Born in Bangalore, India on 16 April 1953. Educated at National High School, Bangalore, 1965-69; National College, Bangalore, 1969-70; College of Fisheries, Mangalore, 1970-76; National University of Singapore, Singapore, 1987-91; Postdoctoral Fellow, MRC, Cambridge, UK, 1991-1992; Royal Society Study visit to UK, 1998; B.F.Sc. 1974; M.F.Sc. 1977; Ph.D. 1991.
Professor and Research Director, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Biopolis, Singapore 2008 to date; and Adjunct Professor, Dept of Paediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore 2008 to date; Chairperson, Genome 10K Project; Senior Advisor to China National Genebank, BGI, Shenzhen, China; Distinguished Visiting Scientist, Centre for Human Genetics, Bangalore, India.
Scientist, Central Inland Fish Res. Inst., Barrackpore, 1977-1983; Development Officer, NABARD, Bangalore, 1983-87; Jr Research Fellow, Molecular Genetics Unit, MRC, Cambridge, UK, 1991-92; Principal Investigator, Inst of Mol and Cell Biology, Singapore, 1992-2002; Adjunct Associate Professor, Dept of Paediatrics, National University of Singapore, 2002-2007.
Awards/Honours: University of Agricultural Sciences Gold Medal, 1974 & 1977; Colombo Plan Scholarship, 1979; The Best Overseas Indian Fisheries Scientist, 2003, Professional Fisheries Graduate Forum, Mumbai; National Science Award, Singapore, 2004.
Fellow: Human Genome Organization.
Research Areas: Genomics, Molecular Genetics, rare Genetic Diseases.
Address: Professor and Research Director, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, 61, Biopolis Drive, Singapore 138673; 28, Swimming Pool Avenue Road, Malleswaram, Bangalore 560003, Karnataka; [Tel: Off. 65-65869571; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]]