National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Swapan Kumar Datta
FOREIGN FELLOW, ELECTED 2005

Born in Sirajganj on 28 January 1953. Educated at Jnanadayini High School, Sirajganj, 1958-68; Presidency College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 1972-74; Ph.D. 1980; German Language at Goethe Institute, Freiburg, Germany (1985); DAAD Fellow at Institute for Resistance Genetics, Gruenbach, Germany, 1985-86; FMI (Friedrich Miecher Institute) Fellow, Basel, Switzerland, 1987; IP-Agricultural Biotechnology Management, Cornell University (2002).

Lecturer in Botany, Ramakrishna Mission V.C. College, 1976-79; Lecturer/Reader in Botany, Visva-Bharati University, 1979-89, Santiniketan; Senior Scientist at ETH-Zurich, Switzerland, 1987-93; Senior Scientist & Plant Biotechnologist at International Rice Research Institute, Manila, 1993-2005; HarvestPlus Global Rice Crop Leader at IRRI, Philippines, 2003-2004; Sir Rash Behari Ghosh Professor, 2005-09, University of Calcutta, Kolkata; Deputy Director General (Crop Science), Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, 2009-14

Awards/Honours: Panchanan Maheshwari Medal, 2006; TATA Innovation Fellow, 2007

Fellow: National Academy of Sciences, India

Research Areas: Plant biotechnology, gene technology, molecular breeding of rice, IPR-international agricultural science policy and management

Address: Bengal Ambuja-Udita, Flat # 020302, 1050/1 Survey Park, Kolkata 700075, W.B.; [Tel: Cell: 8768644777; Email: swpndatta@yahoo.com]

Member Executive Council 1 Jan, 2021 to 31 Dec 2023; Member Executive Council 1 Jan, 2011 to 31 Dec, 2013