National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Rakesh Pandey
FELLOW, ELECTED 2015

Born in village Jaisinghpur, Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India on 12 October 1960, Educated at Janta Inter College Belhari, Sultanpur 1974-1978, Lucknow University, Lucknow, 1978-80, Kanpur University, Kanpur, 1980-82, B.Sc., 1980, M.Sc. 1982, Ph.D. 1989.

Scientist, Senior Scientist, Principal Scientist, Senior Principal Scientist & Head 1998-2020, Professor Emeritus AcSIR & CSIR-Emeritus Scientist 2020 to date, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow.

Awards/Honours: DAAD Fellow, Germany, 1991-93; Young Scientist Award, 1995; Senior DAAD Fellow, Germany, 1999; CSIR Technology Award 1999; Rajbhasha Hindi Award, 2000; Golden Peacock Eco-innovation Award 2007; Prof. V.P. Bhide Memorial Award, 2008; Outstanding Scientist Award, 2010; Dr. S.L. Mishra Medal 2011; Young Researcher Award, 2014; Prof. R.K. Srivastava Memorial Oration Award by Indian Science Congress Association 2015; Prof. H.S. Srivastava Memorial Award by PHSS Foundation 2015; Prof. J.F. Dastur Memorial Award-2017 by Indian Phytopathological Society, New Delhi, Prof. H. M. Shah Memorial Award-2017 by Nematological Society of India, New Delhi, Dr. Manmohan Attavar Gold Medal in Floriculture-2017 by The Horticultural Society of India, IARI New-Delhi 2017, Dr. M.R. Siddiqui Memorial Award-2018 (AMU, Aligarh), Prof. Uma Kant Sinha Memorial Award- 2020, Ex. President- Indian Phytopathological Society, IARI, New Delhi (2022-23).

Visiting Scientist Fellow, University of Pittsburgh, USA, 2003-2005; Editor, Journal of Mycology and Plant Pathology 2002-2006, Indian Journal of Plant Pathology, 2001-2006, U.P. Biodiversity Board 2009-12, Medicinal Plants 2010-2014 and Indian Phytopathology, 2014; President (MEZ) Indian Phytopathological Society, 2013-14; DAAD Alumni, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Thailand 2014; DAAD Alumni, Faculty of Agriculture, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh and Faculty of Agriculture - HKBP Nommensen University, Medan, Indonesia 2015; DAAD Alumni, Kathmandu Forestry College, Nepal 2016; DAAD Alumni, George-August University, Gottingen, Germany-2017.

Fellow: Indian Phytopathological Society; Nematological Society of India; The Indian Botanical Society; Indian Society of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Indian Academy of Horticulture Sciences

Research Areas: Nematology, Agricultural Microbiology, Plant Pathology, Mycorrhizal Symbiosis, Molecular & Developmental Biology, Biogerontology & Neurobiology

Address: Professor Emeritus AcSIR & CSIR Emeritus Scientist, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, P.O. CIMAP, Lucknow 226015, U.P.; 6/954, Vikas Nagar, Lucknow 226022, U.P.; [Tel: Off. (0522) 2718530, 2718520; Res. (0522) 3555373; Cell: 9793993218, 9453023391; Fax: (0522) 2716141; Email: rakeshpandey66@gmail.com; r.pandeycimap@gmail.com; rakeshpandey66@hotmail.com]