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Dr. Charudatta Mayee

Director

Born on July 15, 1946. B.Sc. (Agri.) (1965); M.Sc.(Agri.) (1967); Ph.D, IARI (1972). Post Doctoral, Alexander von Humbolt Fellow, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart (Germany) 1980-82 and 1986.

Currently, Adjunct Professor IARI, New Delhi; Chairman, Agriculture Finance Corporation Mumbai; Member, African Biosafety Network Expertise, Burkina Faso; Executive Board Member, Internatinal Service for Acquisition Agri-Biotech Applications, USA; Board Member of DR PDKV AKOLA and SKAUST, Srinagar, J&K; and Gondawana University, Gadchiroli. Chairman, STRC, Gadchiroli and member RGST, Govt. of Maharshtra. VICE PRESIDENT, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences New Delhi.

Professor and Head, Marathwada Agricultural University, Parbhani, 1976-1991 and 1993-1995; Associate Dean, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, 1991-93; Associate Director, NARP, Aurangabad, 1995-97; Vice-Chancellor, MAU, Parbhani, 1997-2000; Director, Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur, 2000-2003; Agriculture Commissioner; Govt. of India, New Delhi; 2003-2004; Chairman,Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board, New Delhi; 2004-2011.

Awards and Honours

  • Prof. M. J. Narasimhan Academic Award, 1074;
  • V.P. Gokhale Award, 1998;
  • Vasantrao Naik Krishi Award, 2002;
  • Outstanding Team Research Award, 2003;
  • Dr. B. Vishwanath Award, 2005;
  • Life Time Acievement Awards, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2015;
  • Lekhiram Memorial Award, 2009;
  • Doda Raghav Reddy Award, 2010;
  • Leadership Award 2010;
  • Amit Prabudh Manishi Award, 2012;
  • IPS Recognition Award, 2012;
  • Sasya Suraksha Mahajani Award, 2012;
  • Honoured with two civilian awards for social, cultural and scientific activities in the CITY OF NAGPUR; viz., GLOBAL NAGPUR AND SARATHI AWARDS.
  • SHETI SANMAN PURASKAR by ABP MAZA Marathi Channel, 2016;
  • Annasaheb Shinde Puraskar in 2017 for agri contribution DR A.P.MISRA.
  • Life Time Achievement Award 2017 by IIPS, New Delhi.
  • PADMABHUSHAN KARMAVEER BHAURAO PATIL NATIIONAL AWARD-2017 by RAYAT SHIKSHAN SANTHA, Satara;
  • D.Sc.(HonorisCausa), Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa Samastipur(Bihar), 2009; OUAT, Bhubaneshwar(Orissa), 2010 and Assam Agricutultural University, Jorhat (Assam), 2010;
  • President, Indian Society for Cotton Improvement, 2008 to date, and Founder President, South Asia Biotechnology Centre, New Delhi, President Indian Phytopathological Society, 1997-98; SMPP, Udaipur, 2006-09, Doctor’s Krishi Academy, Lucknow, 2006-11; CRDA, Hissar, 2010-11, Chief Editor, IPS New Delhi, 2004-06.

Fellow

Maharashtra Academy of Sciences.; Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology and National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi

President

Indian Society for Cotton Improvement, Mumbai and South Asai Biotechnology Centre, New Delhi.