Krishna Lal Chadha

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Krishna Lal Chadha
Born15 November 1936 (1936-11-15) (age 87)
Bhopalwala, Sialkot, India
OccupationHorticultural scientist
Years activeSince 1963
AwardsPadma Shri

Borlaug Award
Om Prakash Bhasin Award
Dr. H. M. Marigowda Award
S. K. Mitra Memorial Award
S. S. Ranade Memorial Life Time Achievement Award
HSI-Shivashakthi Life Time Achievement Award
AIKGA Millennium Achievement Award
Dr. B. P. Pal Memorial Award
NAAS Leadership Award
WebsiteOfficial web site

Krishna Lal Chadha is an Indian horticultural scientist, author and a former National Professor of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research.[1] He was honored by the Government of India, in 2012, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri.[2]

Biography

Krishna Lal Chadha was born on 15 November 1936 in Bhopalwala,

Panjab University, Chandigarh from where he secured BSc (Agriculture) in 1955 and MSc (Horticulture) in 1960.[4] Thereafter, he joined the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi for higher research and obtained a PhD in 1964.[3][5]

Chadha started his career as an Assistant Horticulturist at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in 1963 and worked only for a year to move to Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana as a Fruit Specialist in 1964.[4] After working there for five years, he joined the Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Bengaluru in 1969 as Senior Horticulturist. In 1972, he moved to the Central Mango Research Station, Lucknow as the Project Coordinator (Fruits) and, later, got promoted as the Head of the Centre.[4] The next move was back to IIHR, Bengaluru as the Director of the institute in 1980 for a stint till 1986 when he was called to the government cadre as the Horticultural Commissioner, Government of India[6] and later, as the Executive Director of the National Horticultural Board.[7] In 1987, he was promoted as the Deputy Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research from where he retired in 1996.[3] In 1997, he was selected as the ICAR National Professor,[6] a post he held till 2001 and is an Adjunct Professor of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute ever since.[3]

Krishna Lal Chadha has held the chairs of the Indian Society of Agri-business Professional (ISAP), International Mango Working Group and the Indian Agribusiness Systems (Agriwatch), New Delhi during 2007-08.

USAID on mango production to Horticultural Export Improvement Association (HEIA), Cairo, Egypt, Bioversity International (former IPGRI) on genetic resources in citrus, mango and sub-tropical fruits and the World Bank on nursery production of horticulture and Forestry species.[4] He is the incumbent president of the Horticultural Society of India.[8][9]

Chadha is a Fellow of the International Society for Horticultural Science,

Five Year Plan and two Task Forces for the Government of Kerala and Government of Rajasthan.[4]

Krishna Lal Chadha lives in New Delhi, where the Horticultural Society of India has its headquarters.[3]

Legacy

Chadha is credited with 30 books on the topics of agriculture and horticulture,[14] which include Advances in Horticulture,[15] a 13 volume publication covering 9410 pages.[4] He has also brought out a Handbook of Horticulture.[16] Some of the other notable books are Biotechnology of Horticulture and Plantation Crops,[17] Agriculture and Environment,[18] The Grape : Improvement, Production and Post-Harvest Management[19] and The Apple : Improvement, Production and Post Harvest Management.[20] Many books on horticulture and agriculture have cited Chadha in their works.[21][22]

Awards and recognitions

Krishna Lal Chadha has been conferred the doctoral degree of DSc (Honoris Causa) by the

Republic Day honours list for the award of Padma Shri.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "ICAR". ICAR. 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Padma Shri" (PDF). Padma Shri. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "NAAS profile". NAAS. 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "HSI". HSI. 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  5. ^ "IARI". IARI. 2014. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  6. ^ a b "Aspee Foundation". Aspee Foundation. 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  7. ^ "NHB". NHB. 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  8. ^ a b "ACTA". ACTA. 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  9. ISSN 0972-8538. Archived from the original
    on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  10. ^ "ISHS". ISHS. 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  11. ^ "ISHS about". ISHS. 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  12. ^ "NAAS Fellow". NAAS Fellow. 2014. Archived from the original on 27 January 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  13. ^ "ISVS". ISVS. 2014. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  14. ^ "List of Books". DK Agencies. 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  15. ^ "Advances in Horticulture". Amazon. 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  16. ISBN 978-8171640065
    .
  17. ISBN 9788185048420
    .
  18. ISBN 978-8185048444
    .
  19. ISBN 81-85048-40-1. Archived from the original
    on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  20. ISBN 978-8185048437
    .
  21. ISBN 9780824701055
    .
  22. ISBN 9788189422462
    .

Further reading

External links
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