Background
Bhat, Bal Krishen was born on May 3, 1940 in Srinagar, India. Came to the United States 1989. Son of Justice Janki Nath and Dhanwati (Kaul) Bhat.
Bhat, Bal Krishen was born on May 3, 1940 in Srinagar, India. Came to the United States 1989. Son of Justice Janki Nath and Dhanwati (Kaul) Bhat.
Master of Science, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy, I.A.R.I., New Delhi, 1967.
Research associate, Rockefeller Foundation, New Delhi, 1967;
plant breeder in charge of research, Birla Institute of Science Research, Rupar, Punjab, India, 1967-1968;
scientist C Reg. Research Laboratory, Council of Science and Industrial Research, Srinagar, India, 1968-1974;
head, Council of Science and Industrial Research, Srinagar, India, 1972-1979, 87-89;
scientist E I, Council of Science and Industrial Research, Srinagar, India, 1974-1979;
scientist E II, Council of Science and Industrial Research, Srinagar, India, 1981-1985;
deputy director, Council of Science and Industrial Research, Srinagar, India, 1985-1989;
vice-president, director research, Botanical Resources, Inc., Independence, Oregon, 1989-1995;
consultant, since 1995. Research fellow U. Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, 1979-1981, senior research fellow, 1981-1986.
Consultant in field.
Fellow: Indian Society Genetics and Plant Breeding. Member: American Botanical Council, Council for Agricultural Science and Technology, Society for Advancement of Breeding Research in Asia and Oceania, Crop Science Society of America, American Society Agronomy.
Married Sarla Kaul, September 23, 1966. Children: Arun Bhat, Anupama Bhat.