| Mahadevappa, Madappa Elected Fellow - 2007 Agricultural Sciences & Forestry – Genetics & Plant Breeding DB: 04-08-1937 | |
Birth place | Sharada Vilas College, Mysore (B.Sc. (Ag.),1957); Agricultural College, Bangalore (M.Sc.(Ag.), 1960); Agricultural College & Research Institute, Coimbatore (Ph.D., 1965). | |
Education | Director, JSS Rural Development Foundation, Ramanuja Raod, Mysore to date; Chairman, Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board, New Delhi (2001-2002); Vice-Chancellor, University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Dharwad (1994-2000); Director of Instruction (1993-1994); Professor of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Seed Technology, UAS, Bangalore (1981-1993); Associate Professor; Assistant Professor | |
Positions held | Agriculture-Genetics, Plant Breeding, Seed Technology, Parthenium weed management | |
Research Area | KKM Award (1972); Hooker Award (1981); Karnataka Govt. Rajyothsava Award (1984); Nagamma Dattathreya Award (1989); Sir Chotu Ram Award (1996); Basava Guru Karunya Award (1996); Bharat Ratna Sir M. Vishweshwarayya Memorial Award (1999); Padma Shri (2005). | |
Awards and fellowships | National Academy Sericulture Sciences; Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding; Indian Society of Seed Technologists; Indian Science Writer’s Association. | |
| Address -Residence | ‘Samarasa’1576, 1st Cross, Chandra Layout, Bangalore – 560 040, Karnataka [O: 0821- 2520092; R: 080-23216040; M: 094483 60991; mahadevrice@yahoo.com] | |
