National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. D.L.N. Rao
FELLOW, ELECTED 2004

Born in Pulletikurru, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India on 26 November 1954. Educated at Andhra Education Higher Secondary School, New Delhi, 1961-70; Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi, 1970-73; Indian Agricultural Research Institute, 1973-78; B.Sc. 1973; M.Sc. 1975; Ph.D. 1979; Commonwealth Scholar at Biological Laboratory, University of Kent at Canterbury, England, 1986-87; Visiting Research Fellow at Deptt. Of Biological Sciences, Wye College, University of London, UK, 1995; Visiting Research Fellow, Deptt. Of Biological Sciences, University of Sussex, UK, 1995.

Former ICAR-Emeritus Scientist, IISS, Bhopal; Independent Researcher and Advisor

Scientist, 1978-84, Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal; Senior Scientist, 1984-98, Project Coordinator, AICRP on Biological Nitrogen Fixation, 1998-2004, Head, Division of Soil Biology, 2005-06, and Director (Acting), 2003, IISS, Bhopal; Principal Scientist and Project Coordinator of All India Network Project on Soil Biodiversity-Biofertilizers, Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal, 2004-16. ICAR-Emeritus Scientist, IISS, Bhopal 2017-2020; Adjunct Professor, RVSKVV, Gwalior. 2019-20.

Awards/Honours: 12th International Congress of Soil Science Commemoration Award 2000; FAI Silver Jubilee Award of Excellence for Biofertilizer Research, 2002; Dr. R.V. Tamhane Memorial Lecture Award, ISSS, 2007; Prof. S.K. Mukherjee Memorial Lecture Award, ISSS, Kolkata, 2015; Dr. M.V. Shantaram Memorial lecture Award, ISSS, Hyderabad, 2016; Councillor, ISSS, 1994-95; Editor, Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science, 1998-99, 2001 to 2006; Editor, Indian Journal of Microbiology, 2006-11; Editor, Agropedology, 2005 -2008; Editor, Journal of Indian Society of Coastal Agricultural Research, 2004. Vice-President, Indian Society of Agricultural Resource Management, 2003-04, Member, Rajasthan Soil Health Improvement Task Force, 2012; Consortium Leader India-UK Nitrogen Fixation Centre (Newton-Bhabha Fund) 2016-2019. Member, Research Advisory Committee, National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Microorganisms, Mau, 2011-14, 2014-16. Member, QRT, NBAIM, Mau, 2017-18; Member-Secretary, QRT,AICRP on Biological Nitrogen Fixation 1999, Member-Secretary, QRT, Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal, 2012; Member, Institute Management Committee- NRC on Weed Sciences, Jabalpur, 2001-04, 2004- 07; Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur 2006-09; NBAIM, Mau 2007-10; NRC on Seed Spices, Ajmer, 2008-11. Advisor, UGC Program, Deptt. of Microbiology, 2002-03; Advisor, Deptt. of Biotechnology, 2005, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, Member, Programme Advisory Committee (AMAAS), ICAR-NBAIM, Mau, 2020-, Member, Asian PGPR Task Force, 2020- .

Fellow: Indian Society of Soil Science.

Research Areas: Soil Microbiology, Biological Nitrogen Fixation, Biofertilizers, Organic Farming, Soil Health

Address: HIG-H/383, Ayodhyanagar, Bhopal 462041, M.P.; [Tel: Cell: 9303129740; Email: dlnrao.icar@gmail.com]