National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. (Ms) Rashmi Aggarwal
FELLOW, ELECTED 2019

Born at Jalandhar, Punjab on 22 August, 1960. Educated at Delhi University (B.Sc. 1980, Topped Hindu College); Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, M. Sc. (1982) and Ph. D (1986)

Former Dean & Joint Director (Education) (Addl. Charge) Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi (2018-2022) and former Head, Division of Plant Pathology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi (2014 -2022).

Scientist, 1985-90; Scientist (Sr. scale), 1990-98; Sr. Scientist, 1998-2005; National Fellow (Pr. Scientist), 2005-14, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi.

Awards/Honours: B.B.Mundkur memorial award by Indian Phytopathological Society, 2022; Dr T S Thind Outstanding Plant Pathologist Award by the Indian Society of Plant Pathologist (INSOPP), 2021; Punjab Rao Deshmukh Outstanding Women Scientist Award 2020; Pathologist of Distinction by ISPP during ICPP 2018 at BOSTON, USA; Prof. M.Wazid Khan Memorial Award by Aligarh Muslim University, for outstanding contributions in Plant Pathology, 2018; Nanaji Deshmukh ICAR Award for Outstanding Interdisciplinary Team Research, 2018; Outlook Agriculture Conclave and Innovation Award in the category `Innovation in crop protection through scientific process', 2018 by Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; FAO Fellow to the University of Western Australia, Nedlands, 1999; National Fellow, (2005-2014), ICAR; V.P. Gokhale Award, 2002 by MACS; Sharda Memorial Award, 1990; Indian Phytopathological Society Gold Medal, 1996; Prof. M. J. Narasimhan Medal, 1997; KPV Menon best poster award; K. C. Mehta and Manoranjan Mitra award (IPS); Zonal President (IPS); Senior Editor & Editor, IPS, 2010-16; Chief Editor IPS News Letter (2020-2022) etc.

Fellow: FAO Fellow (Australia, 1999); National Fellow (ICAR); Fellow of Indian Phytopathological Society, New Delhi; Fellow of Society of Biocontrol Advancement, Bangluru; Fellow of Indian Mycological Society, Kolkata.

Research Areas: Fungal Pathology, Host Pathogen Interactions, Management of Plant Diseases, Pathogenomics

Address: T-304, Anupam Apartments, East Arjun Nagar, New Delhi 110032; [Tel: Cell: 9999675782; Email: aggarwal8789@gmail.com]