Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Fellow, Elected 1991

Born in Haidarabad, Unnao, U.P. on 1 January 1936. Educated at Kanpur Inter College, 1946-50; Govt. Agricultural College, Kanpur 1950-56; Mississippi State University, USA, 1958-61; B.Sc. 1954; M.Sc. 1956; Ph.D. 1961.

Asstt. Agronomist, Mississippi State University 1961; Pool Officer (CSIR), National Sugar Institute, Kanpur; Asstt. Professor Agronomy, 1963-64; Agronomist 1964-73, Professor of Agronomy 1973-83 & 1986-91, Head Division of Agronomy 1983-86 & 1991-95, ICAR National Professor 1996-2000, and INSA Senior Scientist, 2004-05, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. Visiting Scientist, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA, 1993; UNESCO Consultant to SR Vietnam, 1986, 1987.

Awards/Honours: Hooker Award 1974-75; Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Prize 1974-75; FAI Silver Jubilee Award 1982; ICAR Team Award 1997-98; Indian Society of Agronomy Medal 1995. FAI Dhiru Morarji Memorial Award 1997-98, 1999-2000 and 2002-03; FAI Shriram Puraskar 2003-04; Lifetime Achievement Award by the Indian Society of Agronomy, 2012.

Fellow: Indian National Science Academy; National Academy of Sciences, India; Indian Society of Agronomy.

Research Areas: Soil fertility & fertilizer use; cropping systems

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Editor 1 Jan, 2008 to 31 Dec, 2010