National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Gyan Prakash Mishra
FELLOW, ELECTED 2024

Born in Varanasi, India on 03rd March, 1978. Educated at BHU, Varanasi, 1995-99; IARI, New Delhi, 1999-2006; B.Sc. 1999; M.Sc. 2001; Ph.D. 2006; Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of California, Riverside, USA and Purdue University, USA, 2010-11.

Principal Scientist and Head, Division of Seed Science & Technology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi

Lecturer 2006-07, JUIT, Solan, Himachal Pradesh; Scientist ‘C’ 2007-2012, DRDO-Defence Institute of High Altitude Research, Leh-Ladakh; Senior Scientist 2012-2015, ICAR-Directorate of Groundnut Rersearch, Junagadh, Gujarat; Senior Scientist 2015-17, ICAR-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh; Senior Scientist 2017-18, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi; Principal Scientist 2018-23, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi.

Awards/Honours: IARI Best Student of the Year Award, 2001; DRDO National Science Day Award, 2009; Limca Book of Records, 2009; DST BOYSCAST Fellow, 2010; ISCA Pran Vohra Award, 2012; NAAS Associate, 2018; ISVS Dr Harbhajan Singh Memorial Award, 2018; NASI Membership, 2018; ICARDA Certificate of Recognition, 2018; ICAR Dr Rajendra Prasad Award, 2020; IARI Dr Ramnath Singh Award (Biennial), 2021; ISGPB Dr Harbhajan Singh Memorial Award, 2022.

Fellow: Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding

Research Areas: Marker assisted breeding of crop plants, Breeding of lentil and mungbean crops

Address: Head, Division of Seed Science and Technology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012; Flat# 404, 04th Floor, Saryu Apartment, Pusa Campus, IARI, New Delhi 110012; [Tel: Off. (011) 25841428; Cell: 8140128622, 8810254373; Email: gyan.gene@gmail.com; gyan.mishra@icar.gov.in]

Associate 2018