National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Dharam Pal Abrol
FELLOW, ELECTED 2018

Born in village Kangri Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir, India on 6th February 1959; Educated at Govt. High School Baja Bain ( District Rajouri J&K, 1965-75), B.Sc Govt. Gandhi Memorial Science College, Jammu, 1975-79; M.Sc Jammu University Jammu, 1979-81; Ph.D Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar 1981-86.

Former Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology, Chatha Jammu, 2016 to 2021

Professor of Entomology, 2006-2021 and Head, Division of Entomology 2008-15 and Controller of Examinations, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & technology Chatha Jammu, 2012. Director Education, 2017, Incharge Head, Division of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Agricultural Extension Education, Agroforestry, Food Science and Technology. Visiting Professor, Jagiellonian University Krakow, Poland., ETH - Swiss Federal Institure of Technology Zurich, Switzerland: Terengganu, Malaysia: Bussan, South Korea, Daejeon South Korea, King Saud University Saudi, Arabia, King Mongut University Thailand.. Completed two collaborative projects one with ETH Zurich, Switzerland and another with Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland on honeybees and bumblebees.

Awards/Honours: Chief Editor Academic Journal of Entomology, Associate Editor: Journal of Biopesticides, Editor: Indian Bee Journal, Bee Care,. Member Editorial board Indian Journal of Natural Products and Resources (IJNPR). Life member Trust for Advancement of Agricultural Sciences (TAAS), Life member, All India beekeepers Association Pune, India, Life member, International Union on Study of Social Insects, Indian chapter UAS, Bangalore, India (1986 - present), Member of the "Entomological Society of India", New Delhi. Member, Green Farming India Member, Current Science Association of India Member, Indian Ecological Society of India Member, Indian Society of Applied Entomology Udaipur, Rajasthan Member, IUCN network for conservation of bumblebees U.K, Member Life Science Society, India.. Chairman Expert committee to prepare Draft proposal for establishment of Horticulture University in Jammu & Kashmir State.

He is a recipient of the Young Scientist Award (1992) — conferred by the Jammu and Kashmir State Council for Science and Technology a prestigious state award for his outstanding contributions in the field of agricultural sciences.

He is also the recipient of Pran Vohra Award 1993 — a prestigious Young Scientist Award conferred by the Indian Science Congress Association, Calcutta, for his outstanding and innovative research in the field of agricultural sciences. He was also conferred the Prof T. N. Ananthakrishnan Award 1997–1998 — a prestigious national award for his outstanding contributions in the field of entomology by the T. N. Ananthakrishnan Foundation, G.S. Gill Research Institute, Chennai. Prof Abrol won the Dr Rajendra Prasad Puruskar 1999–2000 award — a prestigious national award from the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, for his Hindi book on beekeeping entitled ‘Madhmakhi Palan-Sidhant Evam Vidhian’.

He received the 11th Apicultural Association Award (2010) for outstanding contributions in apiculture. King Saud University conferred on him a gold medal for development of Apiculture in Asia.

At present Prof Abrol is Member PRT team for Accreditation of several universities. Member QRT team for evaluation of AICRP Projects. Expert member Neonicotinoids Group Asian Countries. Serving as Core Member SERB DST GOI, New Delhi. Member Asian Chapter Apimondia from India and as Expert for various selection committees.

Fellow: Royal Entomological Society London (UK). Member NITI Aayog Sub-Committee 1 for Development of Beekeeping, Member QRT Team AICRP on Honeybees & Pollinators

Research Areas: Pollination biology, honeybee management, Integrated Pest Management

Address: Ex-Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chatha, Jammu 180009, J&K; 351/4, Channi Himmat Housing Colony, Jammu 180015, J&K; [Tel: Res. (0191) 2462451; Cell: 9419185305; Fax: (0191) 22629451; Email: dharam_abrol@rediffmail.com; honeybee_abrol@yahoo.com]