Education
Rishi Kumar Behl is an Indian scientist, professor, and author.
He is awardee of Bharat Ratna C. Subarmanyam award for outstanding teachers in field of plant sciences.
He is former director, Universal Institute of Technology, Hansi, Hisar, Associate Dean in College of Agriculture, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University. He is General Secretary of International Foundation for Sustainable Development in Africa and Asia, Germany.
B.Sc (Agri, 1972) from Rajasthan University, Jaipur, M.Sc (Agri, Plant Breeding,1974) and Ph.D (Genetics,1980) from Haryana Agriculture, University, Hisar, India. He received advance training in Plant Breeding at University of Goettingen, Germany between 1982-84. He served CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar between 1978-2011 Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding and then as Associate Dean, College of Agriculture. He has worked as Director, New Initiatives at Manav Institute, Jevra in Hisar.[4]
Career
He is founder Secretary and now President of International Council of Sustainable Agriculture (ICSA).[5] He is founder Member Secretary of SSARM (Society for Sustainable Agriculture and Resource Management), India.[6]
He participated in and organized several international conferences in India and abroad.[citation needed]
He has been also member of various editorial boards including editor in chief of Annals of Biology for about three decades, Associate Editor of Annals of Agri Bio Research, Editorial Board Member of Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science Germany, International Advisory Board Member of Tropics Japan, Associate Editor, Cereal Research Communication Hungary, Associate Editor, South Pacific Journal of Natural Science Fiji, Senior Editor, Journal of Basic Microbiology, Germany and has about 200 publications in international and national journals and 30 edited books and manuals to his credit.[citation needed]
He is editor of various books and manuals. A few books are as under-
Vistas in Computer Aided Agri-Bio-Engineering Technologies
Biotechnology and Plant Breeding Perspectives
Crop Science and Technology for Food Secrurity [sic], Bioenergy and Sustainability
Crop Science and Land Use for Food and Bioenergy
Resource Management Towards Sustainable Agriculture and Development
Rishi Kumar Behl, ed. (2014). Cutting Edge Science an Technologies towards Food, Environment and Health (First ed.). Agrobios (International). ISBN 978-9381191033.
