National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Subhash Babu
FELLOW, ELECTED 2025

Born in Amlonipur, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh (UP), India on 01April 1984. Educated at Bharat Sevak Samaj Inter College, Rajpuri Nawada, Bareilly, UP, 1993-98; CAS Inter College, Faridpur,Bareilly, UP, 1998-2000; Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur, UP, 2000-2004; Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, UP, 2005-2007;Indian Agricultural Research Institute, 2007-2012; B.Sc. Ag.(Hon.) 2004; M.Sc. (Ag.) Agronomy, 2007; Ph.D. (Agronomy), 2012.

Senior Scientist, Division of Agronomy, ICAR-Indian AgriculturalResearch Institute, New Delhi, 2020 to date.

Scientist, ICAR-NAARM, Hyderabad, 2011;Scientistand Scientist (Senior Scale), ICAR Research Complex for North Eastern Hill Region, Sikkim Centre, Tadong, Gangtok, Sikkim, 2011-15, 2015-16;Scientist (Senior Scale), ICAR Research Complex for North Eastern Hill Region, Umiam, Meghalaya, 2016-19.

Awards/Honours: ICAR-Junior Research Fellowship, 2005-2007; BHU Medal, 2007; Mahatim Singh Memorial Gold Medal, 2007; IARI-Senior Research Fellowship, 2007-2011; Best Scientist of the Institute Award (ICAR-Sikkim Centre), 2016; IAHF Young Scientist Award by Indian Association of Hill Farming (IAHF), Meghalaya, 2016; Young Scientist Award by Bioved Research Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad, 2016; ISA P.S. Deshmukh Young Agronomist Award, 2018 by Indian Society of Agronomy (ISA); NESA Young Scientist of the Year Award by National Environmental Science Academy, New Delhi, 2020; ISA-Associateship by ISA, 2021; Member, Indian National Young Academy of Science (INYAS), New Delhi 2023; Member, National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI)-2025; Member, ICAR-National Level Committee for refinement of on farm research data sheets of AICRP on IFS, 2018; Member, Board of Studies (Agronomy) and RDC (Agronomy), Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, 2024 to date; Coordinator, INYAS, NCR Zone, 2024; Associate Editor, Indian Journal of Agronomy, 2020-2024; Editor and Section Editor (Crop Production), Indian Journal of Hill Farming, 2018-2021, 2021 to date; Editor, Annals of Agricultural Research, 2021-25; Senior Editor, Journal of Plant Disease Sciences, 2020-22; Editor, Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy, 2023 -2025; Associate Editor, Frontiers in Agronomy, Frontiers in Soil Science (Soil Plant Interaction Sections), 2022 to date; Chief Editor, The International Journal of Agriculture and Allied Sciences (IJAAS), 2023 to date; Editor, Indian Journal of Soil Conservation, 2023 to date; Editor, Indian Journal of Weed Science 2025 to date; Editor, Indian Journal of Dryland Agricultural Research and Development 2024 to date; Advisory Board Member, Heliyon, 2023 to date; Editor, Scientific Report, 2024 to date; Joint Secretary, IAHF, Meghalaya, 2018-21; Councillor, ISA-North Eastern States, 2015-16; Councillor (Delhi), Indian Society of Weed Science, Jabalpur,2023-2025; Joint Secretary, Indian Ecological Society, North East Chapter, 2018-2020; Treasurer, Indian Society of Agronomy, New Delhi, 2024 to date.

Fellow: INSA Associate Fellow; Distinguished Fellow, YesEarth 2023

Research Areas: Crop Diversification, Farming Systems, Organic Farming, Precision Farming, Agroforestry

Address: Senior Scientist, Division of Agronomy, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa Campus, New Delhi 110012; D-34, D-Type Quarter, Near Mother Dairy, ICAR-IARI, Pusa Campus, New Delhi 110012; [Tel: Off. (011) 25843588; Cell: 8414876512; Email: subhiari@gmail.com; subhashbabu@iari.res.in]

NAAS Associate, 2023