S Prakash Tiwari

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S Prakash Tiwari
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Tiwari in 2005
Born (1948-11-14) 14 November 1948 (age 75)
Jabalpur
Occupations
  • Biotechnologist
  • Geneticist
  • Agriculturalist
Years activeSince 1978
Known forAgricultural research

S Prakash Tiwari is an Indian biotechnologist, geneticist, agriculturalist and a former Deputy Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). [1] [2] He was Vice-Chancellor of Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner, [3] [4] and Director of National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM), Hyderabad. [5] He is also a former director of National Research Centre on Soybean, Indore. [6]

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Early life and 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, UK. [7]

Career

Tiwari created a rapid method for plant anatomy using fluorescence microscopy in 1986. [8] He is known for this work on soybean and identifying characteristic of pod anatomy associated with resistance to pod-shattering in soybean. [9] [10] [11]

In 2005, Tiwari served as member of Exim Committee. [12]

Tiwari is currently in the Advisory Committee of Society for Soybean Research and Development. [13] He 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). [14]

Tiwari served as chairman, Research Advisory Committee of Indian Institute of Soybean Research, Indore from 2016 to 2019. [15] [16] [17] 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. [18] He also served as board member of Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad, from 2005 to 2008. [19]

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. [20] [21]

Awards

Tiwari signing diplomatic agreement with 28th Premier of Western Australia, Alan Carpenter and Sharad Pawar, Union Minister of Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and President of the International Cricket Council. Dr S Prakash Tiwari signing joint agriculture agreement with Australia.jpg
Tiwari signing diplomatic agreement with 28th Premier of Western Australia, Alan Carpenter and Sharad Pawar, Union Minister of Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and President of the International Cricket Council.

Diplomatic missions

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