National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Amaresh Chandra
FELLOW, ELECTED 2010

Born in Chandauli, Varanasi, India on 1 January 1962. Educated Sakaldiha Inter College, 1975-79; Science Faculty, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 1979-86; School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 1986-90; B.Sc. (Hons) 1982; M.Sc. 1985; Ph.D. 1993.

Director, ICAR-Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, Jhansi, 2021 to date.

Scientist 1990-95, Scientist (Sr. Scale) 1995-99, Senior Scientist 1999-2007, and Principal Scientist 2007-09, Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, Jhansi. Principal Scientist and Head, Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Lucknow, 2009-21.

Awards/Honours: CSIRO Visiting Scientist Award, 1998-99; ICRISAT Visiting Scientist Award, 2005-06; INSA-Royal Society London Inter-Academy Exchange Award, 2008-09; Hari Om Ashram Trust Award, 2012-13; President Range Management Society of India, Associate Editor of Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, BMC Plant Biology; Consulting Editor of Sugar Tech.

Fellow: Range Management Society of India; UP Academy of Agricultural Sciences; Society of Agricultural Biochemist; Member, National Academy of Sciences, India.

Research Areas: Plant biochemistry, molecular marker, plant biotechnology and source-sink molecular dynamics in sugarcane

Address: Director, ICAR-Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, Jhansi 284003, U.P.; [Tel: Off. (0510) 2730666; Res. (0510) 2730333, Cell: 09450041285; Fax: (0510) 2730833; Email: director.igfri@icar.gov.in; amaresh_chandra@rediffmail.com; amaresh.chandra@icar.gov.in; amaresh62@yahoo.com]