National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Aditya Pratap
FELLOW, ELECTED 2024

Born in Distt. Sirmour, Himachal Pradesh, India on 18 October 1976. Educated at Nahan, 1987-1994, CCS Uni., 1994-97, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur, 1997-2003; B.Sc. (Ag.) 1997; M.Sc. (PBG) 1999; Ph.D. 2003; NE Borlaug international Agricultural Science and Technology Fellow, Ohio State University, USA, 2011.

Project Coordinator, All India Coordinated Research project on Kharif Pulses, ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur, 2023 to date

Assistant Professor 2004-08, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Jammu; Senior Scientist 2008-14, ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur, Principal Scientist 2014-23, ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur.

Awards/Honours: Vice Chancellor’s Appreciation Award, CSKHPKV, Palampur, 2003, Norman E. Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship, USA, 2011, ICAR-Lal Bahadur Shastri Outstanding Young Scientist Award-2014, IIPR Best Scientist Award 2012, 2015, Member, Indian Delegation to Mozambique for ‘Establishment of Pigeonpea Seed Production Training and Demonstration Centre, 2016, National Best Centre Award for Outstanding Contributions in Greengram, 2018, WorldVeg Best Research Team Award to International Mungbean Improvement Network, 2018, IIPR Best Scientist Award (Sr. Category), 2021; Editor, JFL, PLOS One, Frontiers in Plant Science, Frontiers in Genetics, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, BMC Plant Biology, HJAR and IJPGR, Secretary, Indian Society of Pulses Research and Development, 2020-2023, Organizing Secretary, ICPulses2023, Member, National Academy of Sciences (NASI), 2024

Fellow: Indian Society of Pulses Research and Development

Research Areas: Pulses breeding, Genetics and genomics, Marker assisted breeding, Plant tissue culture, Prebreeding and Distant hybridization

Address: Project Coordinator, All India Coordinated Research Project on Karif Pulses, ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur 208024, U.P.; Naivaidyam, #4/624, Ambedkarpuram, Awas Vikas 3, Kalyanpur-Kanpur 208017, U.P.; [Tel: (0512) 2580994-95, Exn. 6203; Cell: 9452060055, 8318242160; Email: adityapratapgarg@gmail.com; Aditya.Pratap@icar.gov.in]