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Place of BirthDate of BirthNationality:Spouse's nameBIODATA OF DR. G.S. KHUSHRurkee, Punjab, IndiaAugust 22, 1935. IndianDr. Harwant K. Khush13 MAR1v.A' AYSiA,ChildrenBusiness AddressTelephoneHome addressTel. & FaxE-mailRanjiv (son), Manjeev, Sonia, Kiran (daughters)Adjunct ProfessorDept. of Plant SciencesUniversity of California, Davis, CA 95616530-754-511139399 Blackhawk PlaceDavis, CA 95616530-750-2440gurdev@khush.orgEducation(1)(2)(3)Matriculation Punjab University1951 (topped the list ofsuccessful candidates of theschool in first division)B.Sc. (Agri) Punjab AgriculturalUniversity, Ludhiana, Punjab,India 1955 (First division)Ph.D. (Genetics)University of California, DavisDavis, California 1960PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS HELD(1) Research Assistant, University of California, Davis, June 1957 to July 1960.(2) Assistant Geneticist, University of California, Davis, August 1960 to July 1967.(3) Plant Breeder, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), August 1967 to June 1972.(4) Plant Breeder and Head, Plant Breeding Dept., (IRRI), July 1972 to December 1985.(5) Principal Plant Breeder and Head, Division of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biochemistry,(IRRI), January 1986 to February 2002.(6) Adjunct Professor University of California, Davis 2002-todatecvgsk:April 2002

2NATIONAL AWARDSBest all round student award of Punjab Agricultural University, 1955.Achievement Award by the Bureau of Plant Industry, Manila, Philippines, 1983K. Ramiah Medal, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 1997Medal for the "Cause of Agriculture and Rural Development" of Vietnam, 1998International Agricultural Cooperation Prize, Ministry of Agriculture, Government ofChina, 1999Friendship Award, Government of China, 1999B.P. Pal Memorial Award, Indian Science Association, 2000Padma Shri Award by President of India, 2000Gold Medal, Ministry of Agriculture, Islamic Republic of Iran, 2000Gopalan Oration Award and Gold Medal 2000International Cooperation Award, Government of Egypt, 2001Citation by President, Government of Philippines, 2002Plaque of Appreciation by the President of Indonesia, 2002Amrik Singh Cheema Award by Young Farmer's association of Punjab,2006Swaminathan Award for leadership in agriculture by TAAS, 2006Golden Sickle Award, Government of Thailand, 2007NCCPB Genetics and Plant Breeding Award, 2007CV Raman Medal, Indian National Science Academy, 2007INTERNATIONAL AWARDSBorlaug Award for Achievements in Plant Breeding, 1977Japan Prize, Science and Technology Foundation of Japan, 1987International Agronomy Award, American Society of Agronomy, USA, 1989Emil M. Mrak International Award, University of California, Davis, USA, 1990World Food Prize, World Food Prize Foundation, USA, 1996Rank Prize, Rank Prize Foundation, United Kingdom, 1998Wolf Prize in Agriculture, Wolf Prize Foundation, Israel, 2000(8)(9)International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Award, Government of China,2001International Khwarizmi Award, Science and Technology Organisation of Iran, 2004cvgsk:April 2002

3MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIESGenetic Society of AmericaAmerican Society of AgronomyCrop Science Society of AmericaCrop Science Society of the PhilippinesIndian Society of Genetics and Plant BreedingSociety for the Advancement of Breeding Researches in Asia and Oceania (SABRAO)President, SABRAO (1997-2001)HONORARY DEGREES(1) Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa), Punjab Agricultural University, India 1987(2) Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa), Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, India 1995(3) Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa), C.S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology,India 1995(4) Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa), G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology,India 1996(5) Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa), De Montfort University, Leicester, England 1998(6) Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa), Assam Agricultural University, India, 2000(7) Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa), Cambridge University, United Kingdom, 2000.(8) Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) N.D. University of Agriculture and Technology,India 2003(9) Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) Ohio State University, USA, 2006(10) Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa ) Guru Nanak Dev University, India, 2007FELLOWSHIP OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIESHonorary Fellow Award, Crop Science Society of the Philippines, 1986American Society of Agronomy Fellows Award, 1987Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Fellows Award, 1991Crop Science Society of America, Fellows Award, 1996Honorary Fellow Award, Bangladesh Agronomy Society, 1999cvgsk: April 2002

4FELLOWSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC ACADEMIES(1)' New York Academy of Sciences, 1975(2) Indian National Science Academy, 1977,.-(3)- Foreign Associate, U.S. National Academy of Sciences, 1989(4) Third World Academy of Sciences, 1990(5) Indian Academy of Sciences, 1991(6) National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (India) 1991(7)- Royal Society of London, 1995(8) Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 1997(9) World Innovation Foundation, 2000(10) Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2002(11) National Academy of Sciences, India 2003MEMBERSHIP IN EDITORIAL BOARDS OF SCIENTIFIC JOURNALSJournal of Theoretical and Applied Genetics (TAG) (1980-1994)Plant Breeding Abstracts (1988-1994)Breeding Science (2000-2006)Genetics and Plant Breeding (1990-2000)Crop Improvement (1985- )Oryza (1987- )Journal of Genetics (1985-2007)Rice Genetics Newsletter (Founding Editor)Journal of Crop Production (1995- )Scientia Agricultura Sinica (2000- )BUILDINGS NAMED IN HONOR OF G . S. KHUSH(1) G.S.Khush Genetic Engineering Laboratories, Agricultural Biotechnology ResearchInstitute of Iran(2) G.S.Khush Biotechnology Laboratories , Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India(3) Khush Hall, International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos Philippinescvgsk:April 2002

5CONSULTANCIES(1) Served as consultant to rice improvement programs of Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan,Burma, Cambodia, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Korea, Madagascar, Nepal, SriLanka, and Vietnam(2) Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Rockefeller Foundation's Program on RiceBiotechnology (1990-2000)(3) Member, Technical Advisory Group, Agricultural Biotechnology for SustainableProductivity Project, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA.(1995-2000)(4) Scientific Advisor, The Third World Academy of Sciences, Italy (1990-2001)(5) Scientific Advisor, International Science Foundation, Sweden ( 1989-2000)(6) Member, Scientific Advisory Committee (Overseas), Department of Biotechnology,Government of India, New Delhi (1998-2007)(7) World Bank (2003-2006)HONORARY PROFESSORSHIPS(1) University of the Philippines Los Banos, Philippines(2) Norman Borlaug Institute of Plant Science, De Montfort University, England(3) Huazong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China(4) Wuhan University, Wuhan, China(5) Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, China(6) Tehran University, Iran(7) China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou, China(11) Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China(12) Hunan Academy of Agricultural Science, Changsha, China(13) Uzbek Rice Research Institute, Tashkent, Uzbekistancvgsk: April 2002

6RICE BREEDERS TRAINED(1) Postdoctoral level 26(2) Ph D. degree 24(3) MSc degree 25(4) Non degree 60(5) Formal courses on rice breeding 210PUBLICATIONS(1) Books written 3(2) Books edited 6(3) Invited review articles 24(4) Book chapters 84(5) Papers in refereed journals 168(6) Books reviewed 10MAJOR RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS(1)(2)(3)Studied the cytotaxomic relationships of cultivated rye and wild species of genus Secale.Carried out cytogenetic explorations of tomato genome through induced deficiencies andprimary, secondary, tertiary, telo and compensating trisomics.Associated linkage groups of rice with respective chromosomes through primary trisomicanalysis and determined the orientation of linkage and position of centromeres usingsecondary trisomics and telotrisomics of rice..(4) Identified numerous genes for disease and insect resistance in rice.(5) Led the rice breeding program of IRRI for 35 years. More than 320 breeding linesdeveloped at IRRI have been released as varieties by national rice improvement programsthroughout the world. Numerous other lines have been used in the hybridizationprograms. IRRI developed breeding materials and their progenies are now planted to60% of the world rice land. One of the IRRI varieties, IR36, was planted to I 1 millionhectares of rice land in 1980s. No other variety of rice or any other food crop has beenplanted that widely before. World rice production more than doubled from 257 milliontons in 1966 to 600 million tons in 2000. Increased production from these varieties feeds1 billion more rice consumers annually.cvgsk:April 2002