National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Prabhu Lakshminarayana Pingali
PRAVASI FELLOW, ELECTED 2020

Born in Gudivada, Andhra Pradesh, India on February 12, 1955. Educated at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Rajasthan, India with a M.A. (Hons) in Economics in 1977 and at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA with a PhD in Economics (minor in Statistics) in 1982.

Professor of Applied Economics and Director of the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI), and Professor of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States, 2013 - Present.

Deputy Director, Agriculture Development, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, United States, 2008-13; Director, Agricultural and Development Economics Division, Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), Rome, Italy, 2002-08; Director, Economics Program, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Texcoco, Mexico, 1996-2002; Affiliate Professor, University of the Philippines, Los Banos, Philippines, 1987-96; Program Leader and Agricultural Economics, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Laguna, Philippines, 1987-96; Visiting Scholar, Stanford University, Food Research Institute, Stanford, California, United States, 1994; Economist/Consultant, The World Bank, Washington, DC, United States, 1982-87); Research Assistant, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, 1977-82; and Researcher, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, India, 1976.

Awards/Honours: Outstanding Alumnus, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, 2018; Outstanding Alumnus, North Carolina State University, 2010; Honorary Life Member (Equivalent to Fellow), International Association of Agricultural Economists, 2009; Elected Member (Foreign Associate), U.S. National Academy of Sciences, 2007; Distinguished Fellow, American Agricultural Economics Association, 2006; Outstanding Publication Award shared with A.C. Rola for "Pesticides, Rice Productivity, and Farmers' Health: An Economic Assessment," Philippine National Academy of Sciences and Technology, 1997; Policy Article Prize shared with John Antle for "Pesticides, Farmer Health and Productivity,” Center for International Food and Agricultural Policy, University of Minnesota, 1995; M.S. Swaminathan Award for Social Science Research and Development for the book "Pesticides, Rice Productivity and Farmers' Health: An Economic Assessment," M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, 1993; and Quality of Research Discovery Award for the book entitled "Agricultural Mechanization and the Evolution of Farming Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa,” American Agricultural Economics Association, 1988.

Fellow: IAAE, AAEA

Research Areas: Agricultural Development, Economic Development, Food and Nutrition Policy, Rural Poverty Reduction, Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems

Address: Professor of Applied Economics & Director, Tata-Cornell Institute (TCI), College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, SC Johnson College of Business, Room 375J Warren Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA; [Tel: Off. (607) 255-4416; Email: plp39@cornell.edu]