Jaswant Singh Kanwar
Agriculture
Indian National Science Academy
India
Biography
Jaswant Singh Kanwar obtained his FSc (Agriculture) from Khalsa College, Amritsar (1944), MSc (1950) and PhD (1953) from Adelaide, Australia. He carried out post doctoral (1958) research at State University of California, Ohio, USA. He was Lecturer-cum-Research Assistant, Punjab Agricultural College, Lyallpur (1944-47) and Government Agricultural College, Ludhiana (1947-50); Colombo Plan Research Fellow, Waite Agricultural Research Institute, Adelaide, Australia (1950-53); Assistant Professor (1953-55), Professor (1955-62), First Director of Research at HAU; Dean, Agricultural College (Hisar) (1962-66), Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) Ludhiana; First Deputy Director General (Soil Agronomy, Water and Engineering) of ICAR (1966-73); and First Deputy Director General of ICRISAT (1973-88).
Research Interest
Soil Science, Agriculture
