Background
Sivakumar, Mannava V.K. was born on August 30, 1950 in Guntur, India. Son of Narasimharao and Saraswathi Mannava.
researcher agricultural engineer
Sivakumar, Mannava V.K. was born on August 30, 1950 in Guntur, India. Son of Narasimharao and Saraswathi Mannava.
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, A.P. Agricultural University, India, 1970. Master of Science in Agronomy, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 1972. Doctor of Philosophy in Agroclimatology, Iowa State University, 1977.
Principal agroclimatologist International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Hyderabad, India, 1981—1984, Niamey, Niger, 1984—1991, team leader resource management program Niger, 1991—1993, director soils and agroclimatology division Niger, 1993—1996. Acting chief agricultural meteorology division World Meteorological Organization, Switzerland, 1997—1998, chief agricultural meteorology division Geneva, since 1998.
Fellow: National Academy Agricultural Sciences of India, American Society Agronomy, Indian Meteorological Society (honorary). Member: African Meteorological Society, Royal Academy Overseas Sciences (correspondent), Soil Science Society of America.
Married Vanaja Seethamraju, June 23, 1978. Children: Vishwanath Mannava, Priya Mannava.