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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian plant geneticist (born 1962)}}<br />
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{{Infobox scientist<br />
|honorific_prefix = Dr.<br />
|name = Ashok Kumar Singh<br />
|image = AKS-1.jpg<br />
|image_size = 220px<br />
|caption = Director and Vice Chancellor<br />
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1962|07|01}}<br />
|birth_place = Barahat, Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh, India<br />
|alma_mater = [[Banaras Hindu University]]<br/>[[Indian Agricultural Research Institute]]<br />
|known_for = Pusa Basmati rice varieties<br />
|field = [[Genetics]] and [[Plant Breeding]]<br />
|work_institution = [[Indian Agricultural Research Institute]], New Delhi<br />
|prizes = Rafi Ahmad Kidwai Award (2013), Borlaug Award (2012); Sh. O.P. Bhasin Award (2017)<br />
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'''Ashok Kumar Singh''' (born 1 July 1962){{citation needed|date=April 2023}} is an Indian scientist who works in the field of [[Plant Genetics]] and [[Plant Breeding|Breeding]].<ref name="NAAS">{{cite web|title=Fellow of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences|url=http://naas.org.in/detail.php?id=483|website=naas.org.in|access-date=2023-01-05}}</ref> He is known for his contribution to [[Basmati]] rice breeding.<ref name= "Basmati">{{cite journal|title=Marker assisted selection: a paradigm shift in Basmati breeding|author1=Ashok Kumar Singh|author2=Gopala Krishnan S|author3=Vijaipal Singh|author-link3=Vijaipal Singh|author4=Prabhu KV|author5=Trilochan Mohapatra|author-link5=Trilochan Mohapatra|author6=Nagendra Kumar Singh|author-link6=Nagendra Kumar Singh|author7=Sharma TR|author8=Nagarajan M|author9=Vinod KK|author10=Singh D|author11=Singh UD|author12=Chander S|author13=Atwal SS|author14=Seth R|author15=Singh VK|author16=Ellur RK|author17=Singh A|author18=Anand D|author19=Khanna A|author20=Yadav S|author21=Goel N|author22=Singh A|author23=Shikari AB|author24=Singh A|author25=Marathi B|journal=Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding|volume=71|issue=2|year=2011|pages=120–128|url=https://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:ijgpb&volume=71&issue=2&article=005|access-date=2023-01-05}}</ref> He is former director and Vice-Chancellor of the [[Indian Agricultural Research Institute]], [[New Delhi]], a deemed to be university.<ref Name="IARI">{{cite web|title=Indian Agricultural Research Institute|url=https://www.iari.res.in/index.php/en/component/sppagebuilder/?view=page&id=222|website=iari.res.in|access-date=2023-01-05}}</ref> Dr Singh is an alumnus of [[Banaras Hindu University]], [[Varanasi]] where he did his bachelor's degree and Masters Program in agriculture with specialisation in plant genetics and breeding. He received doctorate degree from the [[Indian Agricultural Research Institute]], New Delhi for his research on [[rice breeding]].<ref name="NAAS"/><br />
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==Awards and honours==<br />
Dr. Ashok Kumar Singh has received several awards and recognitions for his services to the society.<ref Name="IARI"/> He is fellow of [[Indian National Science Academy]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Fellow of Indian National Science Academy|url=https://insaindia.res.in/?page_id=3148|website=insaindia.res.in|access-date=2023-01-05}}</ref> New Delhi; [[National Academy of Agricultural Sciences]], New Delhi<ref name="NAAS"/> and [[Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding]], New Delhi.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fellow of Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding|url=https://www.isgpb.org/fellow/singh-dr-ashok-kumar|website=isgpb.org|access-date=2023-01-05}}</ref><br />
*ICAR-[[Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award|Rafi Ahmad Kidwai Award]] (2013)<br />
*ICAR-Bharat Ratna Dr. C. Subramanian Award (2013)<br />
*IARI – Best teacher award (2002)<br />
*IARI- B.P. Pal Award (2007)<br />
*ICAR – Special Recognition Certificate (2009)<br />
*Agriculture Leadership Award (2011)<br />
*[[Borlaug Award]] (2012)<br />
*Dr. AS Cheema Award (2012)<br />
*[[Om Prakash Bhasin Award]] (2017)<br />
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==Publications==<br />
Dr. Singh has published more than 120 research articles in international and national journals on rice genetics, molecular breeding, and grain quality. '''Marker Assisted Plant Breeding: Principles and Practices'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Marker Assisted Plant Breeding: Principles and Practices|author1=BD Singh|author2=AK Singh|publisher=Springer|year=2015|url=https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-81-322-2316-0|access-date=2023-01-05}}</ref> is a book he co-authored with Professor Brahma Deo Singh and published by Springer. A complete list of Dr Singh's publications is available at Google scholar citations page.<ref name="google">{{cite web|url=https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=Sf4wVkcAAAAJ&hl=en|title=Ashok Kumar Singh - Google Scholar|website=scholar.google.co.in|access-date=2023-01-05}}</ref><br />
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