Dr. Sanjay Kumar
FELLOW, ELECTED 2010

Born in Chhur, Meerut, U.P., India on 14 February 1963. Educated at SSD Boys Inter College, Meerut (UP),1973-75; RHS for Boys, Sindri (Bihar),1975-78; Lucknow Christian College, Lucknow (UP) 1978-1982; G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar (UP), 1983-1986; Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 1986-1991; BOYSCAST Fellow of DST; DBT Overseas Associate; International Research Associate, Ecogen Project, KSU (USA); M.Sc. 1986; Ph.D. 1991.

Chairman, Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board, Krishi Anusandhan Bhawan-I, New Delhi

Scientist B, 1990-95; Scientist C, 1995-2000; Scientist E1, 2000-04; Scientist E-II, 2004-08; Scientist F, 2008-13; Scientist G, 2013-15; Director, 2015-23 at CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur (H.P.).

Awards/Honours: INSA Young Scientists Medal, 1995; VASVIK Award 2013; Professor G.V. Joshi Memorial Lecture Award-2015; RD Asana Endowment Award 2018; Special Contrbution Award by Ultra International, 2018; and Ultra International Team Award, 2018; Prof. Shri Ranjan Memorial Lecture Award, 2020; Outstanding Alumnus Award of College of Basic Sciences and Humanities (2020); Dr. Subodh Kumar and Mamata Mukherjee Memorial Award, 2023.

Fellow: Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi; National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad; Crop Improvement Society of India.

Research Areas: Plant adaptation, metabolic engineering, bioprospecting genes/enzymes, high altitude biology

Address: Chairman, Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board, Krishi Anusandhan Bhawan-I, New Delhi 110012; House # 1, Thamsar View Colony, Village Matt (Chamotu), Sungal, Palampur 176061, H.P.; [Tel: Cell: 9816621463, 7018253996; Fax: (01894) 230433; Email: sanjayplp1@gmail.com; chairman@asrb.org.in]