National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Siba Prasad Datta
FELLOW, ELECTED 2018

Born in Mireswari, Chittagong, East Pakistan (Now Bangladesh) on 2 March 1963. B.Sc. 1987, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur; M.Sc. 1990, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur; Ph.D. 2003, University of Nottingham, U.K.

Principal Scientist, 2009-17; Professor, Division of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 2017 to date.

Awards/Honours: Bharat Ratna Dr. C. Subramanium Award for Outstanding Teacher, ICAR, 2016; Dr. B.C. Deb Memorial Award for Soil / Physical Chemistry, ISCA, 2007-08; Jawaharlal Nehru Award for Outstanding Post Graduate Agricultural Research, ICAR, 1998; The XII International Congress Commemoration Award for Outstanding Contribution in Research, ISSS, 2011; Best Teacher Award, ICAR-IARI, 2012; Commonwealth Fellowship, UK, 2003; Dhiru Morarji Memorial Award, FAI, 1998-99, 2008-09 and 2015-16.

Research Areas: Soil Chemistry, Fertility and Pollution

Address: Principal Scientist, Division of Soil Science and Agril. Chemistry, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012; 1 A Scientist Apartments, Pusa Campus, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi; [Tel: Off. (011) 25841494; Cell: 8376836507; Fax: (011) 25841529; Email: spdatta@yahoo.com]