Brief profile

● Education- Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, PH.D, 1968-72; Post Doctoral, Alexander von Humbolt Fellow, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart (Germany) 1980-82 and 1986; Re-visited 1986.

● Achievements - Vice-chancellor, MAU, Parbhani, 1997-2000; Director, Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur, 2000-2003; Agriculture Commissioner; Government of India, New Delhi; 2003-2004; Chairman, Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board, New Delhi; 2004-2011.

● Positions currently holding - Adjunct Professor IARI, New Delhi; Chairman, Agriculture Finance Corporation Mumbai; Member, African Biosafety Network Expertise, Burkina Faso; Executive Board Member, International Service for Acquisition Agri-biotech Applications, USA; Board Member of Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola and Sher-e-kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences And Technology, Srinagar,

J&K; and Gondawana University, Gadchiroli; Chairman, Science and Technology

Resource Centre (STRC), Gadchiroli and Member, Rajiv Gandhi Science and Technology Commission, Government of Maharashtra; Vice President, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences New Delhi and Director of Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation

Ltd. Mumbai.

● Awards and Honours - Prof. M.j.narasimhan Academic Award, 1074; V.P. Gokhale Award, 1998; Vasantrao Naik Krishi Award, 2002; Outstanding Team Research Award, 2003; Dr. B. Vishwanath Award, 2005; Life Time Achievement Awards, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2015; Lekhiram Memorial Award, 2009; Doda Raghav Reddy Award, 2010; Leadership Award 2010; Amit Prabudh Manishi Award, 2012; IPS Recognition Award, 2012; Sasya Suraksha Mahajani Award, 2012; Honoured with two civilian awards for social, cultural and scientific activities in the City of Nagpur; viz., Global Nagpur And Sarathi Awards. Sheti Sanman Puraskar by ABP MAZA Marathi Channel, 2016; Annasaheb Shinde Puraskar in 2017 for agri contribution Dr A.p.misra. Life Time Achievement Award -2017 by IIPS, New Delhi. Padmabhushan Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil National Award-2017 by Rayat Shikshan Santha, Satara; D.SC. (Honoris Causa), Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa Samastipur (Bihar), 2009; OUAT, Bhubaneshwar (Orissa), 2010 and Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat (Assam), 2010; President Indian Phytopathological Society, 1997-98; SMPP, Udaipur, 2006-09, Doctor’s Krishi Academy, Lucknow, 2006-11; CRDA, Hissar, 2010-11, Chief Editor, IPS New Delhi, 2004-06.

● Fellow: Maharashtra Academy of Sciences; Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology and National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi.

● President: Indian Society for Cotton Improvement, Mumbai (2008 to date) and South Asia Biotechnology Centre, New Delhi.