Atmaram Bhairav Joshi
| Atmaram Bhairav Joshi | |
|---|---|
| Born |
November 17, 1916 India |
| Died | July 3, 2010 (aged 93) Pune, Maharashtra, India |
| Occupation | Agricultural scientist |
| Known for | Crop breeding |
| Awards |
Padma Shri Norman Borlaug Award B. D. Tilak Lecture Award |
Atmaram Bhairav Joshi, popularly known as A. B. Joshi, was an Indian agricultural scientist and academic, known for his contributions to the field of wheat and other crop breeding. He was the vice chancellor of Mahatma Phule Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Rahuri and the chairman of the Research Advisory Committee of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri in 1975.
Born on 17 November 1916, A. B. Joshi graduated (BSc Honours) from Nagpur University in 1937. After securing a post graduate diploma from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi (IARI) in 1939, he passed his MSc in 1945 and PhD in 1950 from the University of Cambridge. His career started in 1940 as a research assistant at his alma mater, IARI, where he rose in ranks to become a professor, the dean of post graduate studies (1958-65) and the director of the institution (1965-66). In 1966, he was posted at the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) as the deputy director general, a post he held till 1972 when he returned to IARI as its director. After superannuation in 1977, he was appointed as the vice chancellor of the Mahatama Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri and worked there till his retirement in 1980.
Joshi was a member of the Task Force on Agricultural Education of the Kothari Commission (1964-66) set up by the Government of India to advise on general principles and policies for the development of education in India. He was the coordinator of the ICAR sponsored Wheat Research Project (1960-66) During his tenure as the vice chancellor of the MPKV university, he also served as a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee to the prime minister of India (1972-76). Joshi died on 3 July 2010 at the age of 93, at Pune, in Maharashtra.
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