Sanjaya Rajaram (1943-2021) Mexican scientist

Sanjaya Rajaram (1943-2021) Mexican scientist
Sanjaya Rajaram
BIRTH 1943
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
DEATH 17 Feb 2021 (aged 77–78)
Ciudad Obregon, Cajeme Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
BURIAL Cremated
Mexican scientist

Agricultural Scientist and Researcher. Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram Devi was an Indian-born Mexican scientist and winner of the 2014 World Food Prize. He was awarded this prize for his scientific research in developing 480 wheat varieties that have been released in 51 countries.

This innovation has led to an increase in world wheat production, by more than 200 million tons, building upon the successes of the Green Revolution. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of Padma Shri in 2001.

Sanjaya Rajaram Mexican scientist (1943-2021)

Rajaram went on to earn a B.Sc. in agriculture from the University of Gorakhpur, a M.Sc. in genetics and plant breeding from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) in New Delhi and a Ph.D. in plant breeding from the University of Sydney. While at the IARI in 1964, he studied genetics and plant breeding under Prof. M.S. Swaminathan. In 1969 Rajaram began working in Mexico as a wheat breeder at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT).

Sanjaya Rajaram Buried Cremated

He was recruited by and worked alongside scientists Norman Borlaug and his deputy, Canadian Glenn Anderson, in experimental wheat fields in El Batan (Texcoco), and in the Mexican cities of Toluca and Ciudad Obregon, Sonora. In 1972, he became the director of CIMMYT at the age of 29. After 33 years at CIMMYT, including seven as Director of the Global Wheat Program, Rajaram joined the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) as Director of Integrated Gene Management before formally retiring in 2008.

During his distinguished career, Rajaram’s work resulted in the release of more than 480 varieties of bread wheat in 51 countries, which are grown on more than 58 million hectares worldwide. Rajaram, an elected Fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, is also the owner and director of Resource Seed Mexicana, a small private company specializing in wheat development and promotion.

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Sanjaya Rajaram (1943-2021) Mexican scientist

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