Background

Sarial, Ashok Kumar was born on April 8, 1959 in Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India. Son of Bidhi Chand and Panchho Devi.

Education

Business activity statement in Plant Breeding & Genetics Major, Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyala, Palampur, India, 1980. Master of Science in Plant Breeding, Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyala, Palampur, India, 1983. Doctor of Philosophy in Plant Genetics, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 1995.

Career

Assistant professor College Agriculture, CCS Haryana Agricultural University Campus, Kaul, India, 1986—1994, associate professor plant breeding, since 1998. Head Regional Rainfed Lowland Research Station, Indian Council Agricultural Research, India, 2001—2001. Associate professor applied genetics Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, 2004—2006.

Achievements

• Ashok Kumar Sarial has been listed as a noteworthy agricultural studies educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow: Indian Society Genetics and Plant Breeding. Member: American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Connections

Married Sindhu Sareen. Children: Natasha Saryal, Aman Saryal.

Father:

Bidhi Chand

Mother:

Panchho Devi

Spouse:

Sindhu Sareen

child:

Natasha Saryal Sarial

child:

Aman Saryal Sarial