Atmaram Bhairav Joshi | |
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Born | India | 17 November 1916
Died | 3 July 2010 Pune, Maharashtra, India | (aged 93)
Occupation | Agricultural scientist |
Known for | Crop breeding |
Awards | Padma Shri Norman Borlaug Award B. D. Tilak Lecture Award |
Atmaram Bhairav Joshi (1916 – 2010) was an Indian agricultural scientist and academic,[1] known for his contributions to the field of wheat and other crop breeding.[2][3] He was the vice-chancellor of Mahatma Phule Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Rahuri and the chairman of the Research Advisory Committee of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi.[1] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri in 1975.[4]