Ramakrishnan Jeyarajan

Background

Jeyarajan, Ramakrishnan was born on June 16, 1935 in Rajapalayam, Tamilnadu, India. Son of Muthukaruppan and Ramakrishnan (Jeevarathinam) Ramakrishnan.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, Madras Agricultural College, Coimbatore, India, 1957; Master of Science in Agriculture, Madras Agricultural College, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy in Plant Pathology, Madras Agricultural College, 1965.

Career

Research assistant in Plant Pathology, Madras Agricultural College, 1965-1967; virologist, Punjab Agricultural U., Ludhiana, India, 1967-1972; associate professor Plant Pathology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural U., Coimbatore, 1972-1980; professor Plant Pathology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural U., 1980-1995; retired, Tamil Nadu Agricultural U., 1995. Consultant Green Technology Agro Products Private Ltd., Coimbatore, since 1995. President Society Mycology and Plant Pathology, Undaipur, 1995-1996.

Member Quinquinneal Review Team Control Plantation Crops Research Institute, Kasargod, 1994-1996. Member research advising committee Rubber Research Institute India, Kottayam, 1990-1993.

Achievements

• Ramakrishnan Jeyarajan has been listed as a noteworthy plant pathology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Indian Phytopathol. Society, Indian Society Plant Pathologists, Asian Agi-History Foundation.

Interests

• Avocations: chess, bridge.

Connections

Married Jeyarajan Vasundaradevi, September 1, 1963. Children: Jeeva, Usha, Vijayakumar.

Father:

Muthukaruppan Ramakrishnan

Mother:

Ramakrishnan (Jeevarathinam) Ramakrishnan

Spouse:

Jeyarajan Vasundaradevi

child:

Jeeva Jeyarajan

child:

Vijayakumar Jeyarajan

child:

Usha Jeyarajan