Dr C. Prasad is the Former Deputy Director General, ICAR, New Delhi, India and the Founder President, VARDAN - A Trust to serve the poor, weaker & minority of the country; Education: B.Sc. (Agri.), Ranchi, India; M.S. (Agril. Education), Minnesota, USA; Ph.D. (Agril. Extension Education), Wisconsin, Madison, USA; and D.Sc. (Honoris Causa), CSA University of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur, U.P. India; National Service: Asst. Professor of Agricultural Extension (IARI), New Delhi; Professor of Agricultural Extension, College of Agriculture, Jobner, Udaipur University; Professor of Agricultural Extension, IARI, New Delhi; Asst. Director General (Agricultural Education), ICAR; Deputy Director General, ICAR, New Delhi and Director, National Academy of Agriculture Research Management (NAARM), Hyderabad, India; International Assignments: Consultant, UNESCO, Teacher Education for Rural Development, Bangkok, Thailand; Expert, UNESCO on Vocational Training, Philippines; Consultant, FAO, Agricultural Education & Training, Sri Lanka; Senior Advisor/Team Leader: Strengthening Agricultural Education, Research and Extension, Sri Lanka; Consultant, FAO, Training Staff of Agricultural Communication & Community Radio, Bangladesh; and Senior Consultant, World Bank, Agricultural Research Management, BARC, Bangladesh; Publications: Articles, Papers, Bulletins and Chapters in Books over 250 including four Edited Books & two original Books; Prominent Awards: Excellence in Extension Award by Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Chandra Shekhar (1993); D.Sc. Degree (Honoris Causa) by His Excellency, the Governor of U.P. Shri Motilal Vora (1994); Lifetime Achievement Award by Her Excellency, the President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil (2011); the Lifetime Achievement Award by Hon’ble Ex. Minister of Agriculture, Shri Shripad Yesso Naik, Goa (2012); the Global Lifetime Achievement Award (highest Award out of 43 International Scientist Competitors) by Hon’ble Chief Minister of Pondicherry, Shri N. Rangasamy (2012); & Late Dr. Sanjay Kushwaha Memorial Award Conferred upon Dr. Prasad by the Society of Plant Protection Sciences at the hand of Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor, MPUAT, Udaipur (2015).
Mr. Chhotey Lal born February 14, 1939 at Bareilly, obtained his Graduate and Master degrees in Political Science and Library Science respectively from the Agra University (Bareilly College) and the University of Delhi, India. He worked in Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 1968-72. He served as Reference Librarian at Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) since 1972 to 1989. He served as the Deputy Librarian at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi from 1985-87. He was Head Library Services, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi from 1989 to 1999. He, besides working as Librarian, was also a Faculty Member of the Postgraduate School of IARI, New Delhi for teaching PG students, a course on Agricultural Information System. After retirement, he got engaged himself in social service
as well as the academic activities. He served as Consultant, National Commission on Cattle Protection, Government of India 2001-02; associated with a Trust (VARDAN) - Devoted to serving the poorer & weaker sections of the society as well as professional research and development; Member of Vidyalaya Management Committee (VMC) of a Central School in Delhi; Faculty Member, Delhi Library Association; Counselor of Indira Gandhi National Open University for teaching B.L.I.Sc. courses. Presently he is a Member of Delhi Library Board. He is Life Member of Indian Library Association and Delhi Library Association. To his credit he has published five Books including: Reference Sources in Indian Agriculture and Biology (1975), Information Sources in Science and Technology (1986), Oil Seeds in India-An Overview (1995), Agricultural Libraries & information System-A Handbook for Users (1998), Indian Farming-A Cumulative Index (1950-51 to 2005-06); and 30 articles published in various journals/magazines and Conference Proceedings. He was honored with Best Librarian Award 1999 and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Fellowship 2002.
