Dr. Arun Kumar Joshi
FELLOW, ELECTED 2016

Born in Uttar Pradesh, India on 2 August, 1958. Educated at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi; B.Sc. (Ag) 1978; M.Sc.(Ag.) 1980; Ph.D. 1983.

CIMMYT Asia Representative & Managing Director Borluag Institute for South Asia (BISA), New Delhi, 2016 to date.

Professor, 2006-2016; Reader, 1998-2006; Lecturer (Sr. Scale) 1990-1998; Lecturer, 1985-1990 - Genetics and Plant Breeding, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.

Awards/Honours: The Jeanie Borlaug Laube WIT Mentor Award 2014, Borlaug Global Rust Initiative, Cornell University, USA

Fellow: Indian National Science Academy (INSA); The National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI); Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding; Society for Advancement for Wheat Research; Society for Advancement of Wheat Research, IIWBR

Research Areas: Wheat genetics and breeding; seed system; climate smart agriculture

Address: CIMMYT Asia Representative & Managing Director, Borluag Institute for South Asia (BISA), CIMMYT, G-2, B-Block, NASC Complex, DPS Marg, New Delhi 110012; Flat 633, Race Course Valley, Race Course, Dehradun 248001, Uttarakhand; [Tel: Cell: 9415221526; Email: a.k.joshi@cgiar.org; joshi_vns@yahoo.co.in]