National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Dendi Damodar Reddy
FELLOW, ELECTED 2022

Born in Puljala, Nagarkurnool, Telangana, India on 15 June 1967. Educated at Govt. Zilla Parishad High School, Karwanga, 1977-82; Govt. Junior College, Aliya, Hyderabad, Telangana, 1982-84; Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University (Now PJTSAU), Hyderabad, 1984-88; Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, 1988-94; B.Sc. (Ag.) 1988; M.Sc. (SSAC) 1990; Ph.D. 1994.

Principal Scientis (Former Director, ICAR-CTRI), ICAR – National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM), Hyderabad, Telangana, 2023 - to date.

Scientist (T), 1994-95, ICAR-NAARM/CRIDA, Hyderabad; Scientist, 1995-2001, ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science (IISS), Bhopal; Senior Scientist, 2001-2007, ICAR-IISS, Bhopal; Principal Scientist, 2007-2009, ICAR-IISS, Bhopal; Head - Division of Crop Chemistry & Soil Science, 2009-2014, ICAR-Central Tobacco Research Institute (CTRI), Rajahmundry; Director, 2014-2022, ICAR – Central Tobacco Research Institute, Rajahmundry.

Awards/Honours: Dr. S.P. Roychoudhary Gold Medal of Indian Society of Soil Science (DC), 1995; NAARM Merit Award, 1995; Lal Bahadur Shastri Young Scientist Award:1999-2000 of ICAR, 2001; Golden Jubilee Commemoration Young Scientist Award of Indian Society of Soil Science, 2001; IMPHOS-FAI Award of Fertilizer Association of India, 2003; Shri B. Lakshminarayana Memorial Award: 2002-03 of Indian Agricultural Research Institute, 2005; Doreen Mashler Award of International Crops Research Institute for Semi Arid Tropics, 2006; NAAS Associate, 2006; IMPHOS-FAI Award of Fertilizer Association of India, 2009; Dr. B.C. Deb Memorial Award for Soil/ Physical Chemistry: 2010-2011 of the Indian Science Congress Association, 2011; Cashless ICAR Institute Award of ICAR (as Director of CTRI), 2017; The 12th International Congress Commemoration Award of the Indian Society of Soil Science, 2017; Tobacco Board Award of the Indian Society of Tobacco Science, 2019; FTCCI Excellence Award (as Director of CTRI), 2019; Chairman, FAD-4, Bureau of Indian Standards, 2015-19; Member, Board of Management (ICAR Nominee), YSRHU, 2016-18; Member, Tobacco Board, Ministry of Commerce, GoI, since 2014; Chairman, Scientific Advisory Committee of KVK, Kalavacharla and KVK, Kandukur, 2017-20; Member, Academic Council, YSRHU, 2016-18; President, Indian Society of Tobacco Science, 2015-17, 2017-19; Member, Institute Management Committee, ICAR- Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal for 2008 - 2010; WHO Temporary Advisor, 2017.

Fellow: Andhra Pradesh Academy Sciences, 2017; Indian Society of Tobacco Science, 2019

Research Areas: Tropical Soil Fertility, Plant Nutrition, Crop Residue Management, Commercial Agriculture, Research Systems Management

Address: Principal Scientist (Former Director, ICAR-CTRI), ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, Rajendranagar, Hyderanad 500030, Telangana; # 204-Keerthi Damodar Apt. (17-1-383/90), Vinaynagar, Saidabad, Hyderabad 500059, Telangana; [Tel: Off. 040-24015070, 24581555; Cell: 9440802569; Email: ddreddy132@gmail.com; ddreddy132@yahoo.com; dd.reddy@icar.gov.in]

NAAS Associate, 2006