Prof. Baijnath Singh (Born October 01, 1949) comes from village Goplapur, District Gorakhpur Uttar Pradesh, India. His early education was at Khadda and Sakhwania, now in Kushinagar district, Uttar Pradesh. He did his graduation in 1967, & Post graduation in 1969 with Honorsfrom Govt. Agricultural College, Kanpur Uttar Pradesh, and PhD in Genetics from IARI, New Delhi in 1975. He joined as CSIR Pool Officer in 1975 and Assistant Professor in 1976 at GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar. He became Associate Professor in 1979 and University Professor in 1985 at Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa Bihar. He was Visiting Scientist at IRRI, Philippines from 1987 to 1990, and Chairman, Department of Plant Breeding at RAU Pusa Bihar during 1990 to 1991. Later, he joined as WARDA Lowland Rice Breeder at IITA, Ibadan Nigeria from1991 to 1997, and at ADRAO Bouake, Ivory Coast from 1997 to 1999. After return to India, he was Director, CRRI Cuttack from 2000 to 2003, and Officer -on -Special Duty at DRR, Hyderabad from 2003 to 2005. Later, he joined as Director Research at Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi Jharkhand from 2005 to 2011. After retirement, he was consultant to Asian Development Bank, FAO, and National Food Security Mission with Govt. of India. He is now settled at Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh and working with farmers through "Center for Research and Development" Trust to increase the income and livelihood of rural farm families with new technologies and innovations. He has published 38 papers in Refereed journals of International and National repute, 23 symposia proceedings, 44 short notes in IRRN, and 68 Short communication & Abstracts. He has delivered 125 talks in different symposia, seminars, workshops, training, and as invited lectures in international and national forum. He has also written 42 popular articles for farming community. He encouraged to publish 108 Technology and Information Bulletins, Newsletters at CRRI Cuttack, and at BAU Ranchi. He was associated with the selection and development of rice varieties: Prasad and Govind at Pantnagar; Rajshree and Sudha at Pusa Bihar; Cisadane and WITA 1 to WITA 12 at WARDA; Naveen and Vandana at CRRI Cuttack; and Hybrid PA6444, Lalat and Birsa Dhan 111 at BAU Ranchi. He was Principal Investigator of many NATP, NAIP, DBT, DST, IFAD, IRRI and ICRISAT funded projects at Cuttack, and Ranchi. He was honored with "Jharkhand Gaurav Samman" by Prabhat Khabar Newspaper on its 25th Anniversary celebrations at Ranchi in August 2009 for contributions in agricultural research anddevelopment in Jharkhand. He is widely travelled in India, and 36 countries globally for rice research and scientific meetings.
