भा.कृ.अनु.प - भारतीय बीज विज्ञान संस्थान, मऊ

 Director       

 Email: director[dot]seed[at]icar[dot]gov[dot]in, sanjay[dot]kumar8[at]icar[dot]gov[dot]in

 Phone: 0547-297072   

Field of Specialisation: Wheat Breeding & Seed Production Management

M.Sc :  G B Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar

Ph.D :    G B Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar

Joining date in ICAR  (yyyy/mm/dd) :  1991/12/03

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Past Position : More than 30 years of research career as  different positions of Scientist at ICAR- Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi [Head, ICAR-IARI Regional Station, Shimla, Head, Seed Production Unit & Nodal Officer (Seed), ICAR-IARI, New Delhi,]

Major Achievements:

• Developed 42 wheat varieties and 4 barley varieties for different production conditions of the country.
• Registered twelve Germplasm of wheat and barley for different characteristics.
• Published more than 110 research papers in National and International journals.
• Developed different models for commercialization of crop varieties.
• Agri-technologies popularization  through entrepreneurship &  business incubation, Facilitated creation of FPO’s mainly for seed business.

Awards/Honours: 

• Nanaji Deshmukh ICAR Award for Outstanding Interdisciplinary Team Research in Agricultural and Allied Science.
• Fellows of Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding, and Indian Society for Advancement of Wheat Research.
• Presently President of Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding (2023-24)