Prof. Panjab Singh

Prof Panjab Singh is presently the chancellor of the Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agriculural University, Jhansi, Chancellor, Manglayatan University, jabalpur and President of the Foundation for Advancement of Agriculture and Rural development (FAARD Foundation). Prof Singh, a noted Agricultural Scientist and academician, has been serving the Govt. of India at various levels and has been Secretary, Dept of Agriculture Research and Education (DARE), and Director General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).Prof Singh has served as Vice Chancellor and Director in four major Universities and research Institutes including famous Indian Agricultural Institute (Pusa Institute), New Delhi and great among universities like Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi and Jawaharlal Nehru Agricultural University, Jabalpur. Besides Prof. Singh has been with the FAO of United Nations and headed the crop sector while being located at FAO regional office for Asia and Pacific in Bangkok (Thailiand). Prof. Panjab Singh has been the leader and member of several high level delegations, teams, scientific bodies, search and nomination committees etc, both at the national and international levels. This indeed has given him a wide range of experience of working with various systems within and outside the country.

Prof. Panjab Singh finds his keen interest towards up-liftment of rural masses specially the weaker ones (deprived of education, economy and social status) and attempts to bring them up through social and technological interventions. Prof. Singh feels that a lot needs to be done and believes that a lot can be done. What we need to do is to identify areas of interest and set priorities and work on partnership mode with the rural population. His dream would to make them technically and socially competent and empower them to earn their respectful living in their rural settings.