Prayag Dutta Tewari

Background

Tewari, Prayag Dutta was born on August 28, 1935 in Tanahu, Nepal. Son of Burma Dutta and Kaushila Devi Tewari.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, College of Agriculture, Poona, India, 1960; Master of Science in Agriculture, Federal Institute Technology, Zurich, 1966.

Career

Assistant agronomist, Department Agriculture, Nepal, 1960-1963; project manager, Ministry of Agriculture & Food, Nepal, 1967-1971; deputy manager, Department of Agriculture, Kathmandu, Nepal, 1971; general manager, Agricultural Marketing Corporation, Kathmandu, 1972; institute development officer, Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations), Yemen, Arab Republic, 1973-1974; joint secretary, Ministry of Food & Agriculture, Kathmandu, 1975-1976; senior extension agronomist, Ministry of Agriculture, Yemen, 1977-1979; project manager, Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations), Yemen, 1980-1981; technical advisor, International Fund for Agricultural Development, Rome, 1982; project implementation officer, International Fund for Agricultural Development, since 1983.

Achievements

• Prayag Dutta Tewari has been listed as a noteworthy Agriculturist by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Indu Tewari, August 8, 1938. Children: Gaurab, Prashamsa.

Father:

Burma Dutta

Mother:

Kaushila Devi Tewari

Spouse:

Indu Tewari

child:

Gaurab Tewari

child:

Prashamsa Tewari