Background
Baloch, Umar Khan was born on February 12, 1942 in Dara Ismail Khan, NWFF, Pakistan. Son of Sardar Sohnhran Khan and Bakht (Bibi) Baloch.
Baloch, Umar Khan was born on February 12, 1942 in Dara Ismail Khan, NWFF, Pakistan. Son of Sardar Sohnhran Khan and Bakht (Bibi) Baloch.
Bachelor of Science (honours) in Agriculture, University Peshawar, Pakistan, 1963. Master of Science (honours) in Agriculture, University Peshawar, Pakistan, 1965. Master of Science Agriculture, American University Beirut, Lebanon, 1969.
Doctor of Philosophy, Sind Agricultural University, Tandojam, Pakistan, 1991.
Research officer/assistant entomologist Agricultural Research Institute, Government of North-West Frontier Province, Peshawar, 1963-1974. Deputy director research Agricultural Research Council, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad, 1974-1977. Senior entomologist Chad Basin Development Authority, Maiduguri, Nigeria, 1976-1979.
Director of research Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (Palo Alto Research Center), Islamabad, Pakistan, 1979-1993. Deputy director general National Agricultural Research Center, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, Pakistan, 1993-1999. Member (natural resources) Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, Pakistan, since 1999.
National coordinator Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations)/United Nations, Rome, 1982-1992, National, Academy of Sciences, United States, 1991-1994. National director United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Vienna, 1982-1998, project director World Bank, Washington, 1983-1989.
Fellow Entomological Society London. Member Crop Protection Association Pakistan (president since 1996), Entomological Society of America, Pakistan Neonatological Society (vice president), Weed Science Society Pakistan (vice president), Hematological Society Pakistan, Entomological Society Pakistan.
Married Khurshid Umar, July 12, 1960. Eight children.