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Name | Dr.A.Vishnuvardhan Reddy |
| Designation | Director – ICAR-Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research, Hyderabad | |
| Experience | 24 years in research Worked in oilseeds, pulses, millets, rice, and seed research and production in the capacities of scientist, principal scientist (oilseeds), Director (Seeds) and Director (Rice) (1992-2007 in ICAR and 2007 to 02.08.16 ANGRAU and presently as Director, ICAR-Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research, Hyderabad from 03.08.2016) |
Awards Received
| 1 | Jawaharlal Nehru Award 1993 in Crop Improvement from ICAR |
| 2 | Chaudhary Devi Lal Outstanding AICRP (Castor) Award-2005 of ICAR |
| 3 | Andhra Pradesh Scientist Award-2008 |
| 4 | Best AICRP (Castor) Centre Award by ICAR-2009-10 |
| 5 | Seedsmen association annual award-2012 |
| 6 | World telugu conference award-2012 |
| 7 | Distinguished scientist award -2015 |
| 8 | Neelakantapuram Kaverappa Gold Medal for Best Agricultural Research Scientist award by ANGRAU-2014 |
Contributions
- Developed 9 hybrids / varieties: PCH 111 and PCH 222 (Castor), APSH-66 (Sunflower), YLM-66 (Sesamum), TSF-1 (Safflower), Balaji (Jatropha) and RNR-15048 (Rice), PHB-3 (Pearl millet), RGT-1 (Red gram).
- Developed 216 diverse inbreds, 45 CMS lines and 63 ‘R’ lines of sunflower.
- Coordinated evaluation trails of cotton, maize, rice, sunflower of seed industry in Andhra Pradesh.
- General Secretary for the Indian Society of Oilseeds Research, Hyderabad (2004-2006)
- Vice President, A.P Chapter of Genetics and Plant breeding Society, 2012 to till date.
- Editor, Journal of Oilseeds Research (2001-2007)
- Research projects awarded through competitive research grant : 14 Projects with a total grant of Rs. 915.80 lakhs
- Patents & IPR : 9 parental lines registered with NBPGR
- Publications : 126 research articles in referred journals, 24 book chapters, authored 9 books, popular articles 47 and papers presented in conferences 39
- Guided 39 Ph.D and M.Sc (Ag) students of ANGRAU, JNTU, BHU
- Nodal Officer for Biofuel Research in Andhra Pradesh
- Review committee for the on Spot verification for plant genome savior community award, PPV& FRA
- Life Member in Six Scientific Societies and fellow of ISOR