Dr Himanshu Pathak, DG, ICAR Appointed as New Director General of ICRISAT
Dr. Himanshu Pathak has been appointed as the new Director General of ICRISAT, becoming the first Indian to hold this position. He is currently serving as the Secretary of the DARE and Director General of the ICAR.
Dr. Himanshu Pathak, Secretary of the Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE) and Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), has been appointed as the new Director General of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT). Dr. Pathak is the first Indian to hold this prestigious position and only the second individual of Indian origin, following Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, to lead a research institute within the global CGIAR system.
About Dr. Himanshu Pathak
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Dr. Himanshu Pathak is currently serving as the Secretary of the Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE) and Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). He was previously the Director of the ICAR-NRRI in Cuttack, India.
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He did his Ph.D. in Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry from Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India. And later on, completed MSc in Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry from Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. He also studied BSc in Agriculture from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
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He has won some prestigious awards like the Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) Young Scientist Award, 1994; Indian Society of Soil Science Golden Jubilee Commemoration Young Scientist Award, 1998; ISCA Dr. B.C. Deb Memorial Award, 2001; IRRI Outstanding Administrative Support Award, 2007; ISCA President, Agriculture and Forestry Sciences Section, 2008-09, and many more.
Congratulations, Dr. Himanshu Pathak! Wishing you all the best in your new role as Director General of ICRISAT!
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