National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Ram Kewal Singh
FELLOW, ELECTED 2021

Born in Rajepur Dhawan, Ambedkar Nagar, India on 31 March 1962. Educated at Ram Awadh Janta Inter College, Bariyawan, Ambedkar Nagar, 1974-76; B. N. Inter College, Akbarpur, Ambedkar Nagar, 1976-78; Lucknow University, Lucknow, 1978-87; B.Sc. 1980; M.Sc. 1982; Ph. D. 1987.

Dean, College of Agriculture, Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Jhansi, 2023 to date

Research Associate, 1987-89, Botany Department, Lucknow University, Lucknow; Scientific officer, 1989-97, Senior Scientific Officer, 1997-2000, U.P. Council of Sugarcane Research, Shahjahanpur; Senior Scienist, 2000-05, National Research Centre for Soybean, Indore; Senior Scientist, 2005-08, Principal Scientist, 2008-16, Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Lucknow; Assistant Director General ( Commercial Crops), Crop Science Division, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi, 2016-2023.

Awards/Honours: DST- SERC Visiting Fellowship Award, 1997-98; DBT-National Biotechnology Associateship Award, 1999-2000; DBT-CREST Award, 2012-13; Distinguished Scientist Award, 2014 by Society for Green World for Sustainable Environment; Award of Excellence, 2019 by Society for Sugar Research & Promotion; Academic Excellence Award, 2019 by Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Lucknow; Outstanding Scientist Award, 2020 by The Society for Science of Climate Change and Sustainable Environment.

Fellow: Indian Society of Genetics & Plant Breeding; Society for Sugar Research and Promotion; International Society for Noni Science; The Society for Science of Climate Change and Sustainable Environment; Society for Conservation & Resource Development of Medicinal Plant; Royal Association for Science-led Socio-cultural Advancement

Research Areas: Genetic, genomics and molecular breeding

Address: Dean, College of Agriculture, Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Gwalior Road, Near Pahuj Dam, Jhansi 284003, U.P.; Flat No. 8 Type VI, University Campus, Jhansi 284003, U.P.; [Tel: Off. (0510) 2730800; Cell: 9450930028; Fax: (0510) 2730800; Email: ikrps@yahoo.com; ikrps62@gmail.com; dean.agri.rlbcau@gmail.com]

Dr. N.G.P. Rao Endowment Award 2019-2020