National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. B. Mohan Kumar
FELLOW, ELECTED 2008

Born in Kerala, India, on 14 October 1953. Educated at AVHS, Thazhava, 1966-1969; DB College, Sasthamcottah, 1969-1971; College of Agriculture, Thiruvananthapuram, 1971-1975; College of Horticulture, Thrissur, 1976-1978; Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 1979-1984; Utah State University, USA, 1986-1987; Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, 1995-96; BSc (Ag), 1975; MSc (Ag), 1978; PG Diploma (Seed Technology), 1980; PhD, 1984; Diploma (Forestry), 1987; Diploma (Management), 1996.

Junior Assistant Professor, 1975-80; Assistant Professor, 1980-85; Associate Professor, 1985-1998; Professor and Head, Department of Silviculture & Agroforestry, 1998-2008; and Associate Dean, College of Forestry, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, 2008-12; Assistant Director General (Agronomy, Agroforestry and Climate Change), ICAR, New Delhi, 2012-15; Professor/Dean, School of Ecology and Environment Studies, Nalanda University, Rajgir, Bihar, 2015-18; ICAR Emeritus Scientist, College of Forestry, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, 2018-20; Vice-Chancellor, Arunachal University of Studies, Namsai, Arunachal Pradesh, India, 2020 to 2023. Courtesy Professor, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA, 2006 to date. Associate Editor, Agroforestry Systems, 2005 to date; Associate Editor, Frontiers in Environmental Sciences/Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2014 to date; Associate Editor, Carbon Footprints, 2020 to 2023; Editorial Board Member, Forest Ecology and Management, 1990 to 2016; Editor, Journal of Tropical Agriculture, 2004 to 2012. Lead Author, Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services, Asia-Pacific Assessment (2015-1018); Member, NASI Council (2021 to 2022).

Awards/Honours: Lifetime Achievement Award of Indian Society of Agroforestry, 2022, First Dr. KG Tejwani Award of Indian Society of Agroforestry, 2008; Scholar in Residence, Center for Agroforestry, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA, 2016; CNRS Visiting Scholar, Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail, France, 2010; Erasmus Mundus Visiting Scholarship, University of Wales, UK, 2009; IR3S Visiting Professor, The University of Tokyo, Japan, 2008; Fulbright Scholarship, University of Florida, USA, 2007; JSPS Invitation Fellowship, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan, 2003-04; USAID Postdoctoral Fellowship, Utah State University, USA, 1986-87; IARI Senior Fellowship; KAU Certificate of Appreciation.

Fellow: National Academy of Sciences, India; National Institute of Ecology; Kerala Academy of Sciences, Indian Society of Agroforestry; Industry-Academy of the International Artificial Intelligence Industry Academy Alliance (AIIA), Hong Kong (2024).

Research Areas: Agroforestry, forest ecology, silviculture

Address: No. 48, Pushpavihar, Nadathara, Thrissur 680751, Kerala; [Tel: Cell: 9995815730; Email: bmohankumarkau@gmail.com]

Member Executive Council 1 Jan, 2022 to 31 Dec, 2024