Prof. R. B. Singh, Director IARI
Indian Agricultural Research Institute
Pusa Campus
New Delhi-110012
India
Phone no- 5754595, 5787461
Fax no- 5766420, 5751719
E mail - rbs@bic-iari.ren.nic.in
E-mail - rbs@iari.ernet.in
Prof. R. B. Singh
Prof. R. B. Singh, renowned Scientist, who has been
steering international agrucultural research. He gave up his lucrative
job in the United Nation's Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO)and
took up the reins of the premier
agricultural research institute of the country, the
Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI).
Prof. Singh, with a brilliant academic record, took his doctrate degree from the Universsity
of North California, USA. He was Professor and Head of
Department of Genetics and Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, Banaras Hindu University
before he joined the UN.
Prof. Singh has over 200 research papers to his credit and has guided 40 Ph.D. thesis.
He was elected the 'Scientist of the Year' by the American Association of Agricultural Scientists
of Indian Origin. He has helped over 25 countries in their developmental efforts.