Rishi Kumar Behl

R. K. Behl
Scientist
Personal details
Born	(1951-05-15)15 May 1951 Hanumangarh, Rajasthan, India
Alma mater	Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University
Profession	professor Author

Rishi Kumar Behl (born 15 May 1951) is an Indian scientist, professor, and author. ^[1]

He is former director, Universal Institute of Technology, Hansi, Hisar, Associate Dean in College of Agriculture, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University. ^[2] He is General Secretary of International Foundation for Sustainable Development in Africa and Asia, Germany. ^[3] He is presently working in Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Mullana.

Education and career

BSc (Agri, 1972) from Rajasthan University, Jaipur, MSc (Agri, Plant Breeding, 1974) and PhD (Genetics, 1980) from Haryana Agriculture, university, Hisar, India. He received advance training in Plant Breeding at University of Goettingen, Germany between 1982 and 1984. He served CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar between 1978 and 2011 Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding and then as Associate Dean, College of Agriculture. He has worked as Director, New Initiatives at Manav Institute, Jevra in Hisar. ^[4] He has also worked in Jagan Nath University, NCR as a Dean of Faculty of Sciences. ^[5]

Activities

He is founder secretary and now president of International Council of Sustainable Agriculture (ICSA). ^[6] He is founder Member Secretary of SSARM (Society for Sustainable Agriculture and Resource Management), India. ^[1]

He participated in and organized several international conferences in India and abroad.^{[ citation needed ]}

He has been also member of various editorial boards, including editor in chief of Annals of Biology for about three decades, associate editor of Annals of Agri Bio Research, editorial board member of Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science Germany, international advisory board member of Tropics Japan, associate editor, Cereal Research Communication Hungary, associate editor, South Pacific Journal of Natural Science Fiji, senior editor, Journal of Basic Microbiology, Germany, and has about 200 publications in international and national journals and 30 edited books and manuals to his credit.^{[ citation needed ]}

He is editor of various books and manuals. ^{[7] [8] [9]} A few books are as under-

• Vistas in Computer Aided Agri-Bio-Engineering Technologies ^[10]
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• Biotechnology and Plant Breeding Perspectives ^[10]
• Crop Science and Technology for Food Secrurity[ sic ], Bioenergy and Sustainability ^[10]
• Crop Science and Land Use for Food and Bioenergy ^[10]
• Resource Management Towards Sustainable Agriculture and Development ^[10]
• Rishi Kumar Behl, ed. (2014). Cutting Edge Science an Technologies towards Food, Environment and Health (First ed.). Agrobios (International). ISBN   978-9381191033. ^[11]
• Behl, R. K; Maherchandani, N; Haryana Agricultural University; Plant Science Colloquium; Regional Seminar on Innovative Ideas in Plant Research, eds. (1990). Trends in crop improvement. Hisar, India: P.S.D.S. Printers. OCLC   35503440..
• Behl, R. K; Arora, S. K; Tauro, P, eds. (1994). Impact of modern agriculture on environment: proceedings of Indo-German conference on impact of modern agriculture on environment, December 1–3, 1993. Hisar: CCS Haryana Agricultural University. OCLC   66891687.
• Behl, R. K; Chhabra, A. K, eds. (2003). Enhancing production and food value of plants: genetic options. Hisar: SSARM. ISBN   978-81-87267-05-8. OCLC   240207895..
• Behl, R. K; Asif, A. R. Ed; et al., eds. (2014). Cutting edge science and technologies for food, environment and health. Jodhpur: Agrobios (International). ISBN   978-93-81191-03-3. OCLC   1193076467..
• Behl, R. K, ed. (2012). Crop science and technology for food security, bioenergy and sustainability. Jodhpur: Agrobios (International). ISBN   978-93-81191-00-2. OCLC   821155430..
• Behl, R. K; Kubat, J; Kleynhans, T (2007). Resource management towards stainable agriculture and development. Jodhpur: Agrobios. ISBN   978-81-904309-7-5. OCLC   663930785..
• Behl, R. K; Khurana, A. L; Dogra, R. C, eds. (1995). Plant microbe interaction in sustainable agriculture. Hisar: Bio Science Publ. OCLC   176912668..
• Behl, R. K, ed. (2009). Sustainable agriculture for food, bio-energy and livelihood security: proceeding of the International Conference on Sustainable Agriculture for Food, Bio-Energy and Livelihood Security, February 14–16, 2007. Jodhpur: Agrobios (International). ISBN   978-81-904309-6-8. OCLC   463396789..
• Behl, R. K; Merbach, W; Meliczek, H; Kaletsch, C (2010). Crop science and land use for food and bioenergy. Jodhpur: Agrobios. ISBN   978-81-904309-8-2. OCLC   665194075.
• El Bassam, Nasir; Behl, R. K; Prochnow, B, eds. (1998). Sustainable agriculture for food, energy and industry: strategies towards achievement : proceedings of the international conference held in Braunschweig, Germany, June 1997. London: James & James Science Publishers. ISBN   978-1-873936-76-4. OCLC   40649620..

References

1. "Bharat Ratna C Subhramaniyam Award for Out Standing Teachers by Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi" (PDF). IFEED. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 June 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
2. "Rishi Behl". ResearchGate.
3. "IFSDAA → International Foundation for Sustainable Development in Africa and Asia / GERMANY". Afrikanisch-Asiatische Studienförderung e.V. Göttingen. Archived from the original on 10 October 2017.
4. "Commemoration" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 October 2017.
5. "Jagan Nath University Bahadurgarh| Home". www.jagannathuniversityncr.ac.in. Archived from the original on 14 March 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
6. "Founder Secretary and now President of ICSA, India" (PDF). IFEED. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 November 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
7. Behl, Rishi. "A Local Solution for Global Energy Issue" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 November 2023.
8. "LIVIVO – Search results – AU="Behl, Rishi Kumar"". www.livivo.de.
9. "Behl, R. K. [WorldCat.org]". www.worldcat.org.
10. "IFSDAA Publikationen". Afrikanisch-Asiatische Studienförderung e.V. Göttingen.
11. Behl, Rishi Kumar; Asif, Abdul Rahman; Merbach, Wolfgang (11 October 2017). Cutting Edge Science and Technologies for Food, Environment and Health. Agrobios (International). ISBN   9789381191033 – via Google Books.