Draft:Saroj Kanta Barik

About
Saroj Kanta Barik is a professor at the North-Eastern Hill University, a central university under the Government of India, affiliated with the Department of Botany. He is also the former Director of the CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Director of the CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research and one of the eight Theme Directors for the CSIR Agriculture, Nutrition and Biotechnology theme.

He has implemented more than 40 R&D national and international projects as Principal Investigator, including 12 mega-projects as National Chief Technical adviser/Team Leader/National and International Coordinator. He has served/is serving as Chairman/Expert Member of more than 110 scientific committees of Govt. of India and State Governments. He has also worked in scientific institutions/universities in Mexico, China, Pakistan, Japan, Ecuador, Australia, Singapore, Nepal, Bangladesh, Germany, France and Switzerland.

Recognitions
Prof. Saroj K Barik is the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions, including:

Fellowships

 * Elected as Fellow of Indian National Science Academy (2024)
 * Elected as Fellow of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (2020)
 * Elected as Fellow of National Academy of Sciences, India (2018)
 * Elected as Fellow of The Linnean Society of London (2020)
 * LEAD Fellowship (Rockefeller Foundation) (2002)
 * Elected as Fellow of International Society for Environmental Botanists (2017)

Awards

 * Biodiversity Lecture Award of the National Academy of Sciences, India (2019)
 * Professor Birbal Sahni Medal of the Indian Botanical Society (2019)
 * Dr. Mopuri Brahmam Memorial Award for Biodiversity of Orissa Botanical Society (2016)
 * Dr. Brandis Award for best research in Silviculture of Indian Forester (2009)
 * Professor R.N. Tandon Memorial Award of the National Academy of Sciences, India (2020)
 * LMA Award for Innovation and Creativity of The Lucknow Management Association (2020)
 * Samanta Chandra Sekhar Award of Odisha Bigyan Academy, Department of Science and Technology, Government of Odisha (2020)

Selected recognitions

 * Vice-President, National Academy of Sciences, India
 * Board Member, Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), DST, Govt. of India
 * Member, Governing Body, MoEF&CC - GB Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development
 * Member, Governing Body, DBT- National Institute of Plant Genomics Research, New Delhi
 * Member, Research Monitoring and Advisory Committee (RAMC), MoEF&CC-Botanical Survey of India.
 * Member, Scientific Advisory Committees/Research Councils of DBT-IBSD, DBT-NIPGR, CSIR-CIMAP, CSIR-IIIM, CSIR-NEIST, CSIR-IHBT, CSIR-IITR, CSIR-NBRI and ICAR-NBPGR.
 * President, International Society for Environmental Botanists https://www.isebindia.in/
 * President, Institute of Ethnobotany, Jiwaji University, Gwalior
 * President, Prof. H.S. Srivastava Foundation for Science and Society