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Dr. S. Nagarajan (Born November 1945 In Chennai, India) to Mr. Subramanyam and Sundarambal. 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.

Dr S Nagarajan, who is internationally respected as a wheat pathologist, has been recognized with the Borlaug award 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.

His research interest includes the epidemiology of the cereal rusts, propounded the stem rust rules, proposed Gene Deployment, developed new tillage options, initiated wheat molecular biology program and many more.

The execution of the strategy he did, as Project Director of the All India Wheat program was so perfect that for the last nearly 12 years there has been no serious crop loss due to rust epidemics. Thus India saves each year nearly 6 to 7 million tons of wheat grain that was other wise lost due to the outbreak of wheat rust diseases in different parts of the country. He is author of more than 120 research papers, 50 book chapters and two textbooks.

Positions Held: 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 marketoriented research. Current Chairperson of the Monitoring and Evaluation Committee (MEC) CoChairman of RCGM and Member SAO(O) of the Department of Biotechnology Acting Chairperson of Monitoring and Evaluation Committee (MEC) of the Department of Biotechnology on transgenic crops Board of Management Member, National Dairy Research Institute and Indian Veterinary Research Institute Member of the Indo-US working group on Biotechnology Member of Indo-French working group on Agriculture Member of the Centre Commissioned External Review (CCER) Served as Member in the Central Pesticide Registration Committee and Central varietal Identification Committee

Awards Won: Winner of Dr. Norman Borlaug Award of the Coromandel Fertilizers (2004-2005) instituted in honour of Nobel laureate Dr Norman E. Borlaug. Winner of B. P. Pal Memorial Award (Honoured by Indian Science Congress) Recognised with the Rafi Ahmed Kidwai 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

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