National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Govind Pratap Rao
FELLOW, ELECTED 2025

Born in Deoria, Uttar Pradesh, India on 15 January 1960. Educated at Govt Jubille College, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, 1973-75; Maharana Pratyap Inter College, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, 1975-77; DDU Gorakhpur University, Uttar Pradesh, 1979-86; B.Sc. (Biol.) 1979; M.Sc. (Botany) 1981; Ph.D. (Botany, Splz. Plant Virol) 1986; Post Doc at University of Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA, 1994; CIRAD, Montpellier, France, 1998.

ICAR-Emeritus Scientist (Crop Protection), Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa Campus, New Delhi 2023 to date.

Scientific Officer (Pl. Pathology), 1987-96 and Senior Scientific Officer& Head (Pl Pathol), 1997-2008, U.P. Council of Agricltutral Research, Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh; Officer-in-Charge cum Joint Director, Sugarcane Research Staion Indian, Kunraghat, Gorakhpur, 2008-2010; Officer-in-Chrage, Sugarcane Seed Multiplication farm, UPCSR, Sadat, Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh 2009-2010; Principal Scientist (Pl Pathology), ICAR- Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 2010-2022; Director, Institute of Agricultural and Natural Sciences, DDU Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, 2022-23.

Awards/Honours: National Biotechnology Associateship Award, DBT, 1991-1992; Young Scientist Award, DST, 1994-1995; DST Overseas BOYSCAST Award,1996; President Award, Society for General Microbiology, UK, 1998; Best U.P. Agriculture Scientist Award, UPCAR, Lucknow, 2002; VigyanRatna Award, Council of Science & Technology, Govt. of UP, 2003-2004; Jin XiuQiu Award,People’s Govt of Guangxi Province, Nanning, China, 2006; Global Award of Excellence, IS2008, Al-Ahrish, Egypt; Dr. Ram Badan Singh VishishtKrishiVaigyanikPuraskar, UPCAR, 2014; Leadership Excellence Award in Sugarcane Crop Protection, Thailand Society of Sugar Cane Technologists, Bangkok, 2016; General Secretary, Indian Virological Society, New Delhi, 2011-2020; Secretary, Society for Sugar Research & Promotion, New Delhi, 1995-2024; Secretary, Society for Conservation and Research Development of Medicinal Plants, New Delhi, 2005-205; Editor-in-Chief and Chief Executive Editor, Sugar Tech, Springer Nature 2009-2025; Editor-in-Chief, Medicinal Plants Journal, 2005-2025; Editor-in-Chief, Phytopathogenic Mollicutes, 2010-2025; S.N. DasguptaMemorial Award, Indian Phytopathology Society, New Delhi, 2019; Prof KS Bhargava Memorial Award, Society for Plant Research, 2023; Sugar Expert to Govt of Sri Lanka, 2001-2002 and Nepal 1991-2004; Associate Editor, 3 Biotech, Springer Nature, 2019-25; European Journal Plant Pathology, 2024 onwards; Secretary, Indian Mycoplasmalogists’ Association of India, Hisar, 2024-to date.

Fellow: Indian Virological Society, New Delhi; Indian Phytopathogical Society, New Delhi; Society for Plant Research, Bareilly, India; Society for Sugar Research & Promotion, New Delhi, India; Royal Association for Science-led Socio-cultural Advancement, New Delhi; International Association of Professionals in Sugar and Integrtaed Technologies, P.R.China

Research Areas: Plant Pathology, Phytoplasmas, Plant Viruses

Address: ICAR-Emeritus Scientist (Crop Protection), Division of Plant Pathology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012; B-707, MOD Apartment, Vasundhara Enclave, New Delhi, New Delhi 110096; [Tel: Cell: 9711763384; Email: gprao_gor@rediffmail.com; gpraossrp@gmail.com]