National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Pramod Kumar Joshi
FELLOW, ELECTED 2007

Born in Almora, Uttarakhand, India on 2 March 1953. Educated at Government Higher Secondary School, Nainital, 1963-67; Government Intermediate College, Nainital, 1967-69; GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar; B.Sc. (Hons.) Ag & AH, 1972; M.Sc. (Agri.), 1974; Ph.D., 1979.

Superannuated Director - South Asia, International Food Policy Research Institute, South Asia Regional Office, Washington DC/New Delhi 2012-19.

Scientist, Division of Agricultural Economics, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 1976-81; Senior Scientist, Principal Scientist and Head, Division of Agricultural Economics, Central Soil Salinity Research Institute (CSSRI), Karnal, 1981-1993; Senior Economist, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, 1993-1998; Principal Scientist, National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, New Delhi, 1998-2003; South Asia Coordinator, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, 2003-06; Director, National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (NCAP), New Delhi, 2006-09; Director, National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM), Hyderabad, 2009-11; Superannuated Director - South Asia, International Food Policy Research Institute, South Asia Regional Office, Washington DC/New Delhi 2012-19.

Awards/Honours: Professor R.C. Agrawal Lifetime Award and D.K. Desai Award of the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics; R.T. Doshi Award of the Agricultural Economics Research Association. Dr. M.S. Randhawa Memorial Award, 2009-2010 of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences; Global Leadership Award in Agriculture (2018) by the Indian Chambers of Food and Agriculture; Lifetime Alumni Award by the GB Pant University of Agriculture & Technology (2019).

Chairman, Governing Board, SAARC Agricultural Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh: 2006-08; Chairman, Governing Board, UN-Center for Poverty Alleviation through Secondary Crops (UN-CAPSA), Bogor, Indonesia, 2007-08; Member, International Steering Committee, Challenge Programmes on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security; Alliance of CGIAR and Earth System Science Partnership (2008-12); Member, International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD), The World Bank, Washington, DC; Member, Core Group on Agriculture, BRICS countries (2008-09); Member, Core Group on 'Right to Food' of National Human Rights Commission, GOI; Member, Editorial Board, Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics: 1988-2005; Member, Research Program Committee, Indian Society of Agricultural Economics, Mumbai: 2005-08; Vice President (2003-06) and Secretary (2007-12), Agricultural Economics Research Association, New Delhi; Member, Editorial Board, Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, and Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, New Delhi (2008-11); Member, Editorial Board, Agricultural Economics Research Review, 2013-2014; Member, Editorial Board of International Journal of Agri-Business of Developing and Emerging Economics, USA; President-elect-2014 of Indian Society of Agriculture Economics and Indian Society of Agricultural Marketing; Conference President of Agricultural Economics Research Association (AERA); President, Agriculture Economics Research Association, India (2017 – till ).

Fellow: Indian Society of Agricultural Economics; India Society of Agricultural Engineering, International Society of Noni Sciences

Research Areas: Technology policy, market and institutional economics

Address: Flat No: 14112, ATS Pristine, Sector 150, Noida, GB Nagar Distt 201310, U.P.; [Tel: Cell: 9818506753; Email: pkj.in@outlook.com; pkj.ncap@gmail.com]

Vice-President 1 Jan, 2024; Secretary 1 Jan, 2020 to 31 Dec, 2022; Foreign Secretary 1 Jan, 2016 to 31 Dec, 2018; Dr. M.S. Randhawa Memorial Award 2009-2010