Subrahmaniam Nagarajan
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Subrahmaniam Nagarajan is an Indian wheat
pathologist. He studied in Chennai
till high school and completed his early education at the Agriculture College, Coimbatore
, then pursued his masters at the Indian Agriculture
Research Institute, New Delhi
and received his doctorate in Agriculture
from the Delhi University. He is the Project Director of the All India Wheat program and author of more than 120 research papers, 50 book chapters and two textbooks.
Nagarajan, who is internationally respected as a wheat pathologist, has been recognized with the Borlaug award recently for his contribution to the advancement of the wheat program, pathology of wheat rusts
and its elimination, and as an educator. He joined the IARI / ICAR in 1974 as wheat pathologist. Due to Nagarajan's work, for the last 12 years there has been no serious crop loss due to rust epidemics.
He joined as Director, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
in April 2002. As Director of IARI, he developed the vision document and re-set the research agenda making a shift from production-oriented research to quality improvement, value addition and market-oriented research.
Besides this, he is the Current Chairperson of the Monitoring and Evaluation Committee (MEC)
CoChairman of RCGM and Member SAO(O) of the Department of Biotechnology
. Nagarajan also serves as Acting Chairperson of Monitoring and Evaluation Committee (MEC) of the Department of Biotechnology on transgenic crops, Board of Management Member of the National Dairy Research Institute and Indian Veterinary Research Institute. In addition, he is a member of the Indo-US working group on Biotechnology and a member of Indo-French working group on Agriculture.
Wheat
Wheat is a cereal grain, originally from the Levant region of the Near East, but now cultivated worldwide. In 2007 world production of wheat was 607 million tons, making it the third most-produced cereal after maize and rice...
pathologist. He studied in Chennai
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
till high school and completed his early education at the Agriculture College, Coimbatore
Coimbatore
Coimbatore , also known as Kovai , is the second largest city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is a major commercial centre in Tamil Nadu and is known as the "Manchester of South India"....
, then pursued his masters at the Indian Agriculture
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
Research Institute, New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
and received his doctorate in Agriculture
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
from the Delhi University. He is the Project Director of the All India Wheat program and author of more than 120 research papers, 50 book chapters and two textbooks.
Nagarajan, who is internationally respected as a wheat pathologist, has been recognized with the Borlaug award recently for his contribution to the advancement of the wheat program, pathology of wheat rusts
Wheat diseases
-In Europe:Cereals are at risk from numerous diseases due to the level of intensification necessary for profitable production since the 1970s. More recently varietal diversification, good plant breeding and the availability of effective fungicides have played a prominent part in cereal disease...
and its elimination, and as an educator. He joined the IARI / ICAR in 1974 as wheat pathologist. Due to Nagarajan's work, for the last 12 years there has been no serious crop loss due to rust epidemics.
He joined as Director, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
in April 2002. As Director of IARI, he developed the vision document and re-set the research agenda making a shift from production-oriented research to quality improvement, value addition and market-oriented research.
Besides this, he is the Current Chairperson of the Monitoring and Evaluation Committee (MEC)
CoChairman of RCGM and Member SAO(O) of the Department of Biotechnology
Biotechnology
Biotechnology is a field of applied biology that involves the use of living organisms and bioprocesses in engineering, technology, medicine and other fields requiring bioproducts. Biotechnology also utilizes these products for manufacturing purpose...
. Nagarajan also serves as Acting Chairperson of Monitoring and Evaluation Committee (MEC) of the Department of Biotechnology on transgenic crops, Board of Management Member of the National Dairy Research Institute and Indian Veterinary Research Institute. In addition, he is a member of the Indo-US working group on Biotechnology and a member of Indo-French working group on Agriculture.
Awards
- Winner of Dr. Norman BorlaugNorman BorlaugNorman Ernest Borlaug was an American agronomist, humanitarian, and Nobel laureate who has been called "the father of the Green Revolution". Borlaug was one of only six people to have won the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal...
Award of the Coromandel Fertilizers (2004–2005) instituted in honour of NobelNobel PrizeThe Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
laureate Dr Norman E. Borlaug. - Winner of B. P. Pal Memorial Award (Honoured by Indian Science Congress).
- Recognised with the Rafi Ahmed KidwaiRafi Ahmed KidwaiRafi Ahmed Kidwai , was an Indian independence activist and a socialist, sometimes described as an Islamic socialist...
Award of the ICAR (1987-79). - Award of Distinction conferred at International Plant Protection Congress, The Hague (1995).
- Honoured with Om Prakash Bashin Award (2001).
- Honoured with Dr.K.S.Bilgrami Award of INSA (2004).
- Fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (1992).
- Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad (2002).
- Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (1978) Germany