S Prakash Tiwari is an Indian

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and a former Deputy Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). He was

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Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University (SKRAU), formerly Rajasthan Agricultural University, is a state agricultural university located in Bikaner in the Indian state Rajasthan. The university, formerly a part of the Mohanlal Sukhad ...

, Bikaner, and Director of National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM), Hyderabad. He is also a former director of National Research Centre on Soybean, Indore.

Early life and education

Dr. Tiwari, was born in Jabalpur and obtained his

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from

Indian Agriculture Research Institute The Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), commonly known as the Pusa Institute, is India's national institute for agricultural research, education and extension. The name Pusa Institute is derived from the fact that the institute was or ...

and further completed

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from

National Institute of Agricultural Botany The National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) is a plant science research company based in Cambridge, UK. The NIAB group The NIAB group consists of: * NIAB * NIAB EMR - a horticultural and agricultural research institute at East M ...

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, UK.

Career

S Prakash Tiwari created a rapid method for plant anatomy using fluorescence microscopy in 1986. He is known for this work on

Soybean The soybean, soy bean, or soya bean (''Glycine max'') is a species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible bean, which has numerous uses. Traditional unfermented food uses of soybeans include soy milk, from which tofu ...

and identifying characteristic of Pod Anatomy associated with resistance to Pod-Shattering in Soybean. In 2005, Dr. Tiwari served as member of Exim Committee. Dr. Tiwari is currently in the Advisory Committee of ''Society for Soybean Research and Development''. He was instrumental in preparing an in-depth report on the state of plant genetic resources available for food and agriculture for the

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(

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). Dr. Tiwari served as chairman, Research Advisory Committee of ''Indian Institute of Soybean Research'',

Indore Indore () is the largest and most populous city in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It serves as the headquarters of both Indore District and Indore Division. It is also considered as an education hub of the state and is the only city to ...

from 2016 to 2019. He served as Chairman of the

National Biodiversity Authority The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) is a statutory autonomous body under the Ministry of Environment and Forests (India), Ministry of Environment, Forests and climate change, Government of India established in 2003 to implement the provisi ...

under the Ministry of Environment, Forests and climate change,

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, Expert Committee on Normally Traded Commodities from 2005 to 2007. He also served as board member of Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University,

Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...

, from 2005 to 2008. 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.

Awards

* As

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of the

Bikaner Bikaner () is a city in the northwest of the state of Rajasthan, India. It is located northwest of the state capital, Jaipur. Bikaner city is the administrative headquarters of Bikaner District and Bikaner division. Formerly the capital ...

, Dr. Tiwari was honoured by Amritam Jalam and Hariyalo

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern s ...

for contributions towards

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and

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. * Fellow of the

National Academy of Agricultural Sciences The National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS) is a Government of India funded agency, established in 1990, is a research platform in the fields of crop husbandry, animal husbandry, fisheries and agro-forestry. It acts as a research base for ...

, India (FNAAS) Dr S Prakash Tiwari signing joint agriculture agreement with Australia

Diplomatic missions

* Dr. Tiwari served as a member of the

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ITPGRFA The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (also known as ITPGRFA, International Seed Treaty or Plant Treaty), is a comprehensive international agreement in harmony with the Convention on Biological Diversity ...

. * Dr. Tiwari served as Chairman,

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Tiwari organized President George W. Bush's visit to ANGRAU Hyderabad as a

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member of ANGRAU and as Chairman of the Indo-US Knowledge Initiative. * 1997: Established an Indo-Mongolian Friendship Farm at Darkhan, Mongolia, improving diplomatic relations with Mongolia * 2007: Served as Chairman of Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) for the International Network for Genetic Evaluation of Rice (INGER)

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* 2009: Dr. Tiwari led an international delegation to

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to strengthen Indo-Afghan relations as well as to explore the possibility of establishing an Afghan University of Agriculture and Technology with the support of India. * The India-Brazil-South Africa Joint Working Group on Agriculture was initiated in

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, by Dr. Tiwari. * A six-member expert team led by Dr. Tiwari visited Sri Lanka to assist in revitalising agriculture as part of the Rs. 500 crore package announced by the Indian government to assist in relief, reconstruction, and rehabilitation for three lakh refugees.B. Muralidhar Reddy,

References

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