Prof. Panjab Singh (President)

Prof. Panjab Singh hails from Village – Anantpur, District – Mirzapur, 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 Nehre Agricultural University, Jabalpur. Besides Prof. Singh 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.