National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Dhyan Pal Singh
FELLOW, ELECTED 1996

Born in Etah, UP, India on 14 July 1943. Educated at R.B.S. College, Agra; B.Sc. And M.Sc., Agra Univ., 1961-65; Ph.D, MLU Halle-Wittenberg, Germany, 1968-72; UNESCO Fellowship, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia, 1978.

Prof. of Agronomy, 1982, Head Department of Agronomy, 1992-94, 1997-98, Dean College of Agriculture, 1994-97 and Acting Vice Chancellor, 1996, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, India; Vice Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India, 2002-2007; Member, State Farmer Commission, Government of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal, 2007-10; Consultant, Haryana Kisan Ayog, Govt. of Haryana, C.C.S. HAU Campus, Hisar, Haryana, 2010-2013; Secretary, Board of Management, R.B.S. College, Agra, 2009-14; Observer, RBS Engineering & Technology Campus, Agra, 2009-17.

Awards/Honours: Best Research Worker Award (Germany), 1971; ICAR Award for Team Research, 1987-88; HAU Silver Jubilee Award, 1995; Hari Krishna Shastri Memorial Award, 2000; ISA Gold Medal 2005; ISA Lifetime Achievement Award, 2009-10; President, Indian Society of Agronomy, 2005-07; President, Society for Sustainable Agriculture and Research Management, 1997 to date.

Fellow: Indian Society of Agronomy; Indian Society of Plant Breeding and Genetics; Indian Society of Plant Physiology; Society of Extension Education.

Research Areas: Crop water management, stress physiology, soil-crop-water-atmosphere relation studies, integrated farming system, global climate change

Address: House No. 581, Sector 15 A, Hisar 125001, Haryana; [Tel: Cell: 9416206449; Email: dpsingh1943@gmail.com]