Auteur: Bhag Singh

BHAG SINGH (b. 1935) is an agricultural scientist by training and holds a doctorate in genetics from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute. He has spent more than twenty years of his life as a post-graduate teacher and researcher in this discipline. Dr Bhag Singh has been particularly interested in the indigenous plant wealth of the north eastern region of India inhabited by varied ethnic groups endowed with a rich culture and tradition of their own. Out of this grew his research study on the Races of Maize in India which earned him the prestigious Fakhruddin Ali Ahmad Award in 1979. A member of several scientific societies he has contributed to important scientific journals and presented papers at various conferences He has also participated in several national and international training programmes. He is currently engaged in carrying out investigations towards the establishment of the First Gene Sanctuary for Citrus in the Garo Hills as the Officer-in-Charge at the National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, Shillong. Meghalaya.