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The overall objective of my 23 years of the profession (scientist & manager) has been to contribute income generation, create employment opportunities (short-term) and balanced diets to improve the physical health (long-term) of communities in low and middle-income countries. I have implemented a number of research and food and nutritional security projects in Asia and Africa. |
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Agriculture, Livelihoods, Microfinance, Rural
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My name is Sanjeet Kumar. The overall objective of my profession has been to contribute income generation, create employment opportunities (short-term) and balanced diets to improve physical health (long-term) of communities in low and middle income countries, along with mentoring students, peers and researchers. In the beginning of my profession (1996-2006), I served for Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi and was based at the ICAR-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research (ICAR-IIVR), Varanasi, India. The recipient of three “Young Scientist Awards,” by different scientific societies of India, I was also a member of a team that received an “Outstanding Team Research Award” from the ICAR. In West Africa, as a joint employee, with a team of scientists and staffs, we disseminated locally adapted improved heat tolerant exotic and traditional vegetable varieties among landless women communities and fostering seed system development. The significant impact of these efforts on the livelihood of communities was recognized by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Science Award for Outstanding Partnership won by WorldVeg and ICRISAT in 2010. Since 2011 I am leading WorldVeg GlobalBreeding program.
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1994-1998: Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, India
Ph.D., Genetics, Dissertation “Genetic and Cytogenetic Analyses of Sterility Behaviour in indica ? japonica Crosses of Rice, Oryza sativa L.” (Grade: 3.52/4.0)
Major Subjects: Genetics, Cytogenetics and Plant Breeding
Minor subjects: Biotechnology and Agricultural Statistics
1993-1994: Institute of Advance Studies, Meerut University, Meerut, India
M.Phil., Agricultural Botany (Genetics and Plant Breeding), Dissertation “Mathematics of Meiosis in Interchange Heterozygotes, Polyploids and Hybrids” (Marks: 79.3%)
1990-1992: Institute of Advance Studies, Meerut University, Meerut, India
M.Sc.Ag., Agricultural Botany (Genetics and Plant Breeding), Dissertation “Meiotic Analyses of Interchanges and Autotetraploids of Lentil (Lens culinaris L.)” (Marks: 74.9%)
Medals and Fellowships
• Gold Medal for best student in M.Phil. (1993)
• Chancellor Medal for best student of the University in an academic year (1993)
• Merit fellowship in M.Phil. (1993)
• Research fellowship in Ph.D. (1994-9
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