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G. Balasubramani


G. Balasubramani

ICAR-Central Institute for Cotton Research,India

Biography

Professor Dr. C. D. Mayee born in July 1946 in Buldana, Maharashtra, India. He did his PhD in Plant Pathology from ICAR-IARI, New Delhi with Gold medal in 1972. German Language Grundstuffe I and II course at Goethe Institute, Rothenburg (Germany) in1980. Post Doc, AVH Fellow, (Germany) University of Hohenheim (1980-82). He was Vice Chancellor, Marathwada Agriculture University, Parbhani, June, 1997-August, 2000, later Director of ICAR-Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur 4.8.2000 to 14.7.2003, Then he served as Agricultural Commissioner, Govt. of India, New Delhi (15.07.2003 – 05.12.2004). Then be became Chairman, Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board, New Delhi (6.12.2004.-14.07.2011). Presently engaged as ADJUCNT PROFESSOR, I.A.R.I, New Delhi, Chairman, Agriculture Finance Corporation, Mumbai, and Executive Member of International Service for Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications, USA, and African Biosafety Network, Burkina Faso. In research consistently worked in the area of plant protection for management of crop diseases of dry land crops like cotton, sorghum, pearl-millet, pulses, groundnut, and sunflower. Twenty five years of continuous research with the help of students (guided 20 PhD and 30 M.Sc. students) and series of ICAR funded projects. Cotton crop has been one of the passions for Dr. Mayee and his interest of R & D multiplied after assuming the positions of Director, Cotton Institute and Agriculture Commissioner at New Delhi. Cotton has always been benefited by new technologies. In 2002, the first GM crop i.e. Bt cotton has been permitted for commercial use in India. The evaluation, assessment, safety and all regulatory issues were handled by Dr. Mayee since 1998 and single handled perused for the release of the technology for cotton farmers of India in GEAC, New Delhi. Dr. Mayee received several academic awards such as Narasimhan Academic Merit Award (1974), Pesticide Award (1989), HAR & DF Award L (1978), V.P. Gokhale Award (1998), Outstanding Team Award of ICAR (2003) Sasya Suraksha Award and the prestigious Recognition Award by IPS, New Delhi for his research contributions.

Abstract

Abstract : Expression analysis of cotton fiber strength associated genes using RILs mapping population