Food legumes to prevent an impeding nutrition famine in India

Abstract

Prof. S.K. Sharma received MSc and PhD in Genetics from IARI, New Delhi. He started his scientific career from CPRI, Shimla during 1976 and moved to Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University, Palampur during 1980 and rose to the position of Programme Director, Advanced Centre of Hill Bioresources & Biotechnology and Dean, College of Basic Sciences. He joined as Director, NBPGR, New Delhi, during 2006 and worked until 2010 when he was appointed as Vice-Chancellor, CSK Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University, Palampur. Having an illustrious academic, research and administrative career he combines in him a range of expertise, a teacher, researcher and institutional leader with background in Genetics, Crop Improvement, Biotechnology and PGR. He has been on board of numerous national and international expert and advisory committees for improvement of food legumes, including Chair, Research Advisory Committee of ICAR-IIPR, Kanpur and currently Chair, QRT.