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Dr.
Ashok Kumar Singh
Director and Vice Chancellor
Born01 July 1962
Barahat, Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Alma materBanaras Hindu University Indian Agricultural Research Institute
Known forPusa Basmati 1509 rice variety
AwardsRafi Ahmad Kidwai Award (2013), Borlaug Award (2012); Sh. O.P. Bhasin Award (2017)
Scientific career
FieldsGenetics and Plant Breeding
InstitutionsIndian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi

Dr Ashok Kumar Singh (b. 01 July 1962, Barahat, Ghazipur, U.P., India) is an Indian Scientist specialized in the field of Plant Genetics and Breeding. He is well known for his contribution to Basmati rice breeding. He is currently the Director and Vice-Chancellor of Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, a deemed to be University. Dr Singh is an Alumni of Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi where he did his bachelors and Masters Program in agricculture with specialisation in plant genetics and breeding. He received doctorate degree from Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi for his research on rice breeding.

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