Rajeev Kumar Varshney
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| Citizenship | India |
| Education | IPK-Gatersleben, Germany Chaudhary Charan Singh University Aligarh Muslim University |
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| Institutions | Murdoch University |
| Doctoral advisors | P K Gupta and P C Sharma |
Rajeev Kumar Varshney FRS FAA (born 13 July 1973) is an Indian agricultural scientist who focuses on bioinformatics, biotechnology, climate change, computational biology, and genomics. He is a professor at Murdoch University, where he is also associated with the Food Futures Institute.[1] Varshney has received several notable fellowships and awards.
Notable fellowships
[edit]Varshney holds the following notable fellowships:
- Australian Academy of Science, 2025.[2]
- Royal Society, 2023.[3]
- African Academy of Sciences, 2022.[4]
- Indian Academy of Sciences, 2019.[5]
- American Society of Agronomy, 2018.[6]
- American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2016.[7]
- The World Academy of Sciences, 2016.[8]
- German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, 2016.[9]
- National Academy of Sciences, India, 2015.[10]
- Indian National Science Academy, 2013.[11][12]
- National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, India (NAAS) in 2010.[13]
Notable awards
[edit]Varshney has received the following notable awards:
- Asian Scientist 100, Asian Scientist, 2021.[14]
- Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award for contributions to agricultural science, 2019.[15][16]
- G. D. Birla Award for Scientific Research, 2018.[17]
- Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology[18][19]
References
[edit]- ^ "Rajev K. Varshney FRS". Murdoch University. n.d. Archived from the original on 14 June 2025. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
- ^ "Rajeev Varshney". Australian Academy of Science. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- ^ "Rajeev Varshney". royalsociety.org. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
- ^ "AASciences Fellow Rajeev Varshney"
- ^ 2019 Indian_Academy_of_Sciences Fellows, List of Fellows and Honorary Fellow elected during 2018 (effective 2019) of Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore Retrieved on 2 January 2019
- ^ 2018 ASA Fellows, " 2018 ASA Fellows " Retrieved on 4 October 2018
- ^ 2016 AAAS Fellows approved by the AAAS Council, " 2016 AAAS Fellows approved by the AAAS Council." Retrieved on 25 November 2016
- ^ TWAS adds 40 new Fellows, "The election of 40 new TWAS Fellows took place at the Academy's 27th General Meeting in Kigali." Retrieved on 19 November 2016
- ^ List of Members, "German National Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina" Retrieved on 9 September 2016
- ^ Rajeev Varshney receiving fellowship from The National Science Academy, India, 2015 retrieved on 7 July 2020
- ^ Prestigious Indian National Science Academy (INSA) fellowship conferred on Rajeev K Varshney, "ICRISAT newsletter happenings no. 1605" retrieved on 10 January 2014.
- ^ Agri scientist Rajeev Varshney conferred award, "zeenews online portal". Retrieved on 10 January 2014
- ^ ICRISAT scientists receives National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS) India, award "ICRISAT Newsletter Happenings no. 1419" Retrieved on 18 June 2010
- ^ "The Asian Scientist 100". Asian Scientist. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
- ^ List of Awardees for ICAR Awards 2019[permanent dead link], Retrieved on 19 July 2020
- ^ ICAR recognizes ICRISAT scientist with prestigious Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award, Retrieved on 19 July 2020
- ^ Rajeev Varshney gets 28th GD Birla Award for Scientific Research ".Retrieved on 12 March 2019.
- ^ Brief profile of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize awardee, "website of SSB prize award ". Retrieved on 8 September 2016.
- ^ 11 selected for Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award, "The Hindu". Retrieved on 27 September 2015.
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