Ram Chet Chaudhary

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Ram Chet Chaudhary is an Indian agricultural scientist and a 2024 Padma Shri Awardee.

Born on 8th November 1944, Prof. (Dr.) Chaudhary received his B. Sc. Ag degree from the Deen Dayal Upadhyay, Gorakhpur University in 1963, M. Sc. Ag. in 1965 from then Government Agriculture College, Kanpur, and Ph. D. in Agricultural Botany from Agra University. His Ph.D. thesis work was completed at CSIR – National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow. He received his Post Doctorate from Technical University, Munich Germany.

After receiving his Ph. D. Degree in 1969, Prof. (Dr.) Chaudhary served as Assistant Professor in G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, Associate Professor in Plant Breeding Department, and Associate Director of Crops research Centre. After that he served as Chief Scientist, Rice Director in Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa (Bihar). That followed the glorious journey as Rice Specialist in the World Bank in Nigeria followed by 10 years as Plant Breeder and INGER Global Coordinator of International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). The last formal job of Dr. Chaudhary was with the FAO in various countries of Asia, Middle East and Africa. By that he contributed greatly for the welfare of mankind for the food and health to more than 40 countries of the world. Dr Chaudhary is all set to appear for Sanely Spoken, a podcast wing of [https://sanelywritten.com Sanely Written]. Provided by Wikipedia