S Prakash Tiwari

S Prakash Tiwari
12-S.P.-Tiwari (1).jpg 12-S.P.-Tiwari (1).jpg Tiwari in 2005
Born	(1948-11-14) 14 November 1948 Jabalpur
💼 Occupation	Biotechnologist Geneticist Agriculturalist
📆 Years active	Since 1978
🏅 Awards	Honoured by Amritam Jalam and Hariyalo Rajasthan for contributions towards rainwater harvesting and tree plantation

S Prakash Tiwari is an Indian biotechnologist, geneticist, agriculturalist and a former Deputy Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). He was Vice-Chancellor of Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner, and Director of National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM), Hyderabad.

Education

Tiwari, was born in Jabalpur and obtained his PhD in genetics from Indian Agriculture Research Institute and further completed postdoc from National Institute of Agricultural Botany, Cambridge.

Career

• In 1986, he created a rapid method for plant anatomy using fluorescence microscopy.
• He is known for this work on Soybean and identifying characteristic of Pod Anatomy Associated with Resistance to Pod-Shattering in Soybean
• Tiwari is currently in the Advisory Committee of Society for Soybean Research and Development.
• Tiwari was instrumental in preparing an in-depth report on the state of plant genetic resources available for food and agriculture for the FAO (United Nations).
• Tiwari served as chairman, Research Advisory Committee of Indian Institute of Soybean Research, Indore from 2016 to 2019.
• He served as Chairman of the National Biodiversity Authority under the Ministry of Environment, Forests and climate change, Government of India, Expert Committee on Normally Traded Commodities from 2005 to 2007.
• He served as board member of Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad, from 2005 - 2008.
• Considering the importance of pulses in meeting the dietary requirements of a growing number of vegetarians. An initiative led by Tiwari focused on developing new cropping systems for pulses.

Awards

• As Vice Chancellor of the Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner, Tiwari was honoured by Amritam Jalam and Hariyalo Rajasthan for contributions towards rainwater harvesting and tree plantation.
• Fellow: National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, India (FNAAS)

Noteworthy diplomatic missions

• Tiwari served as a member of the Governing Body of ITPGRFA.
• In 2009, Tiwari was in Afghanistan to strengthen Indo-Afghan relations as well as to explore the possibility of establishing an Afghan University of Agriculture and Technology with the support of India.
• The India-Brazil-South Africa Joint Working Group on Agriculture was initiated in Cape Town, South Africa, by Tiwari.
• A six-member expert team led by Tiwari visited Sri Lanka to assist in revitalising agriculture as part of the Rs. 500 crore package announced by the Indian government to assist in relief, reconstruction, and rehabilitation for three lakh refugees.

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