Autor: Dr. Kumar Arvind

Dr. Arvind Kumar Program Leader Global Rice Science Partnership (GRi SP); Senior Plant Breeder, Rainfed Lowland International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines Dr. Kumar is a veteran of the field having a career of more than 23 years in Plant Breeding and Genetic Resources. He started his academic journey at IGVK, Raipur and in 2004 went to International Rice Research Institute in Philippines to help with the development of high yielding rice. Since then, Dr. Kumar has had 50 varieties of rice to his credit, released in ten different countries including ten varieties in India. This includes the first variety Sahbhagi Dhan and recently released varieties DRR 44, DRR 42, DRR 46. grown on large area the subcontinent region. He has six genes/improved germplasm registered at NBPGR, New Delhi, India’s highest level Plant Genetic Resources Center. He also has 3 patents and more than 30 QTLs registered to him which are going to change the way rice is grown in the future. Dr. Kumar is truly an agriculturalist with a vision for the future for the science behind it. He has guided more than 25 students to their Ph D. Co-author of more than a 100 research papers on plant breeding and Dr. Kumar is supervising global projects with vast implementations in agriculture. He has also been a recipient of the Young Scientist’s Award from the Government of Madhya Pradesh, Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award from the Government of India and a fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural Science Dr. Kumar is currently the Program Leader of the Global Rice Science Partnership (GRi SP) to help with the adoption of improved rice varieties and serves as a Senior Plant Breeder at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines.