Virender Lal Chopra
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Died | 18 April 2020 | (aged 83)
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Virender Lal Chopra (9 August 1936 – 18 April 2020) was an Indian biotechnologist, geneticist, agriculturalist and a director-general of the
Biography
Virender Lal Chopra was born on 9 August 1936 at
Chopra's career took prominence when he became the director of
Chopra died on April 18, 2020, in New Delhi.
Positions and publications
Chopra served as the president of the
Chopra was the author of many books and articles on plant breeding and genetics. Plant Breeding: Theory and Practice,[14] Handbook of Industrial Crops,[15] Breeding Field Crops[16] and Search for New Genes are some of the notable books, the last one was co-written by Benjamin Peary Pal and R. P. Sharma.[17] Approaches for Incorporating Drought and Salinity Resistance in Crop Plants,[18] Technologies for Livelihood Enhancement,[19] Genetics: Applied genetics,[20] and Applied Plant Biotechnology are some of his other books.[21] He presented papers at many science and agricultural conferences; Agricultural Biotechnology at the 2nd Asia Pacific Conference[22] and Genetics, new frontiers at the XV International Congress of Genetics are two such papers.[23]
Awards and honors
Virender Chopra was awarded the
Chopra was an elected fellow of the several science academies in India and abroad. The Indian Academy of Sciences (IAS) was the first to elect him in 1982,[24] followed by the Indian National Science Academy (INSA) in 1984.[3] The National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI) enrolled him as an elected fellow in 1988,[25] with The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) following suit in 1989[11] and the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences in 1990.[4] Besides, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology and Banaras Hindu University, four other universities honored him with honorary doctorates.[11] He was one among the Indian scientists featured in the list of role model scientists in Reference Curve for Indian Role Model Scientists, a scientific study published in 2001 on the scientists and their work.[26]
Selected bibliography
- V. L. Chopra; B. C. Joshi; R. P. Sharma, H. C. Bansal (1984). Genetics: Applied genetics. Oxford & IBH Publishing.
- V. L. Chopra (1984). Genetics, new frontiers: proceedings of the XV International Congress of Genetics. International Congress of Genetics. ISBN 978-0-89059-037-9.
- V. L. Chopra; Rajendra Singh Paroda (1986). Approaches for Incorporating Drought and Salinity Resistance in Crop Plants. Oxford & IBH Publishing Company. ISBN 978-81-204-0151-8.
- V. L. Chopra (1989). Plant Breeding: Theory and Practice. Oxford & IBH Publishing Company. ISBN 978-81-204-0388-8.
- V. L. Chopra; R. P. Sharma; Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan (1996). Agricultural Biotechnology: 2nd Asia Pacific Conference. Science Publishers. ISBN 978-1-886106-78-9.
- V. L. Chopra; Vedpal S. Malik; S. R. Bhat (1999). Applied Plant Biotechnology. Science Publishers. ISBN 978-1-57808-033-5.
- V. L. Chopra (2001). Breeding Field Crops. Oxford Ibh. ISBN 978-81-204-1435-8.
- V. Chopra; K. Peter (12 July 2005). Handbook of Industrial Crops. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-56022-283-5.
- Benjamin Peary Pal; V. L. Chopra; R. P. Sharma (2007). Search for New Genes. Academic Foundation. ISBN 978-81-7188-632-6.
- V. L. Chopra (15 January 2015). Technologies for Livelihood Enhancement. New India Publishing Agency. ISBN 978-93-83305-81-0.
See also
References
- ^ "Profile of Virender Lal Chopra". Marquis Who's Who. 2016. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- ^ a b c "The war against rust". India Today. 15 December 1984. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Indian Fellow". Indian National Science Academy. 2016. Archived from the original on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f "Chopra, Virender Lal - NAAS Fellow". National Academy of Agricultural Sciences. 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ a b "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "V. L. Chopra on CGIAR" (PDF). Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
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- ^ "Dr Chopra on CGIAR Council". The Hindu Business Line. 10 April 2004. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ^ "BIT to inaugurate biotech block today". The Hindu. 8 November 2005. Retrieved 4 May 2016.[dead link]
- ^ "V.L. Chopra sworn in as Planning Commission Member". Prime Minister's Office, Government of India. 26 August 2004. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ a b c "TWAS Fellow". The World Academy of Sciences. 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ Rice Today, July-September, 2004, Vol. 3, No. 3. IRRI. pp. 8–. GGKEY:YXH28B902QS.
- ^ "Chancellor". Central University of Kerala. 2016. Archived from the original on 12 September 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ISBN 978-81-204-0388-8.
- ISBN 978-1-56022-283-5.
- ISBN 978-81-204-1435-8.
- ISBN 978-81-7188-632-6.
- ISBN 978-81-204-0151-8.
- ISBN 978-93-83305-81-0.
- ISBN 9780890590379.
- ISBN 978-1-57808-033-5.
- ISBN 978-1-886106-78-9.
- ISBN 978-0-89059-037-9.
- ^ "Fellow Profile - IAS". Indian Academy of Sciences. 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ "NASI Fellow". National Academy of Sciences, India. 2016. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ V. L. Kalyane; V. K. Madan; Vijai Kumar (July 2001). "Reference Curve for Indian Role Model Scientists" (PDF). Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science. 6 (1): 57–70.
Further reading
- V. L. Kalyane; V. K. Madan; Vijai Kumar (July 2001). "Reference Curve for Indian Role Model Scientist". Malaysian Journal of Library and Information Science. 6 (1): 57–70.