National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Ranganathan Sridhar
FELLOW, ELECTED 2000

Born in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, India on 11 June 1943. Educated at St. Joseph's Sec. High School, Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, India, 1953-59; Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India 1959-69; B.Sc. (Ag) 1963; M.Sc.(Ag) 1965; Ph.D. 1970. Post-doctoral Fellow, International Rice Research Institute, The Philippines 1970-72.

Pool Officer, 1973-75, Scientist, S-1, 1975-76, Scientist, S-2, 1976-82, Scientist, S-3, 1982-85, Principal Scientist, 1986-2003, and Head, Department of Plant Pathology, 2002-2003, ICAR - National Rice Research Institute (formerly: Central Rice Research Institute), Cuttack, Odisha, India; Consultant/Visiting Professor and Head, Dept of Biotechnology, International Institute of Biotechnology and Toxicology, Padappai, Tamil Nadu, India 2004-14.

Awards/Honours: Editor-in-Chief of ORYZA, 1986-89; Indian Phytopathological Society Dr. K.C. Mehta and Manoranjan Mitra Award, 2001; Assoc. Editor, Indian Phytopathology, 2001-2003; Member, Management Committee (1989-91, 1996-99); Research Coordination Committee (1991-99); Research Advisory Committee of ICAR - National (Central) Rice Research Institute (2011-14), Research Advisory Committee of ICAR - Central Tobacco Research Institute, Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India (2011-14); Extended Quinquennial Review Team for ICAR - Indian Rice Research Institute (formerly: Directorate of Rice Research), Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, India (2012-20); Consortium Advisory Committee (CAC) of the National Agricultural Innovotion Project (NAIP) of ICAR: "Allele Mining for Blast Resistance Genes for the Development of Race-Non-specific Disease Resistance" - a network project coordinated by the ICAR - National Institute of Biotechnology (formerly: National Research Centre for Plant Biotechnology) (2008-12); External Reviewer for Rice Diseases Online Resource, Rice Diseases: Biology and Selected Management Practice, 2018, PDF e-book, eds: Mew TW, Hibino H, Savary S, Vera Cruz CM, Opulencia R, Hettel GP; The International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, The Philippines; Felicitation by the ICAR - National (Central) Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha, India in recognition of significant contribution to rice research and development (2012); Certificate of Reviewing, Indian Phytopathological Society, 2020; and IPS Recognition Aaward (2022).

Fellow: Indian Phytopathological Society

Research Areas: Plant pathology, pathogen diversity, disease resistance, plant-microbe interactions, rice pathology

Address: Plot 54, Orchid, Padmavathy Street, Santosh Nagar Extension, Madanandapuram, Porur, Chennai 600125, Tamil Nadu; [Tel: Cell: 9841029224; Email: rangsridhar@yahoo.com]