NormandDew91793: A new article on Narinder Singh Randhawa, Padma Bhushan award winner

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A new article on Narinder Singh Randhawa, Padma Bhushan award winner

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| occupation = Agricultural scientist<br>Writer
| yearsactive = 1967–1996
| known for = Plant nutrition<br>Soil fertility
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| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]]<br>[[Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award]]<br>National Citizen Award
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'''Narinder Singh Randhawa''' (1927–1996) was an Indian agricultural scientist, writer and the director general of the [[Indian Council of Agricultural Research]] (ICAR).<ref name="Haque1996">{{cite book|author=Tajamul Haque|title=Sustainability of Small Holder Agriculture in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qJPp0jKFr4EC&pg=PA7|date=1 January 1996|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=978-81-7022-578-2|pages=7–}}</ref><ref name="Malik1997">{{cite book|author=Bala Singh Malik|title=Farm Women: Their Roles and Training Needs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vo8un0T_mwkC&pg=PA3|date=1 January 1997|publisher=Discovery Publishing House|isbn=978-81-7141-391-1|pages=3–}}</ref> He was the president of the Indian Society of Soil Science during 1980–81 term<ref name="Presidents">{{cite web | url=http://www.isss-india.org/history | title=Presidents | publisher=Indian Society of Soil Science | date=2016 | access-date=23 July 2016}}</ref> and was a recipient of National Citizen Award and [[Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award]] of the [[Indian Council of Agricultural Research]]. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Bhushan]], in 1989, for his contributions to agricultural science.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2016 | access-date=3 January 2016}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Randhawa, born on 13 March 1927, secured his doctoral degree (PhD) from the [[University of California]] in 1964.<ref name="Deceased Fellow">{{Cite web |url=http://insaindia.res.in/detail/N81-0623 |title=Deceased Fellow |date=2016 |publisher=Indian National Science Academy |access-date=23 July 2016}}</ref> Returning to India, he joined the ''All India Coordinated Project on Micronutrients in Soils and Plants'' of the [[Indian Council of Agricultural Research]] as a national coordinator in 1967 and served the project till 1977. During this period, he also served [[Punjab Agricultural University]] as a professor at the Department of Soils and stayed at the university till 1979, holding positions such as that of a senior professor, head of the department, dean of the College of Agriculture, and the director of research. In 1979, he returned to ICAR as the deputy director general and continued there till his superannuation in 1985 as the director general. In between, he also had a short stint as a government secretary at the Department of Agricultural Research and Education of the [[Ministry of Agriculture]].<ref name="Deceased Fellow" />

Randhawa was known to have done research in micro-nutrient management of soil and [[soil fertility]] and published several books, articles and monographs.<ref name="editor chief">{{cite web | url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=BO1a-JEAAAAJ&hl=en | title=editor chief | publisher=Google Scholar | date=2016 | access-date=23 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="Mudahar2013">{{cite book|author=Mohinder Mudahar|title=Fertilizer sulfur and food production|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jmVDBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA235|date=17 April 2013|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-94-017-1540-9|pages=235–}}</ref><ref name="Adriano2013">{{cite book|author=Domy C. Adriano|title=Trace Elements in Terrestrial Environments: Biogeochemistry, Bioavailability, and Risks of Metals|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J1FWBgAAQBAJ&pg=PT42|date=19 March 2013|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-0-387-21510-5|pages=42–}}</ref> He was a member of the [[Indian National Science Academy]] Council (1993–95), the research advisory council of the [[Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research]] (1986–90) and the consultative group of the [[CGIAR Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers|CGIAR Consortium of International Agricultural Research Center]] (1985–90). He presided two science organizations, Indian Society of Soil Sciences and Indian Society of Plant Nutrition and was the vice president of the [[National Academy of Agricultural Sciences]] and the vice chair of the [[International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics]], Hyderabad from 1985 to 1990. He delivered several award orations including the inaugural ''Dr. S. P. Raychaudhuri Memorial Lecture'' of the Indian Society of Soil Science (1990)<ref name="Dr. S.P. Raychaudhuri Memorial Lecture">{{cite web | url=http://www.isss-india.org/memorial-lectures | title=Professor J.N. Mukherjee – ISSS Foundation Lecture | publisher=Dr. S.P. Raychaudhuri Memorial Lecture | date=2016 | access-date=23 July 2016}}</ref> and the ''Professor N.R. Dhar Memorial Lecture'' of the [[National Academy of Sciences, India]] (1993).<ref name="Professor N.R. Dhar Memorial Lecture">{{cite web | url=http://www.nasi.org.in/leca.htm | title=Professor N.R. Dhar Memorial Lecture | publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India | date=2016 | access-date=23 July 2016}}</ref> The Indian Council of Agricultural Research awarded him the [[Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award]] in 1975 and he received the civilian honor of the [[Padma Bhushan]] in 1989.<ref name="Padma Awards" /> A recipient of the National Citizen Award (1990), he was an elected Fellow of the [[National Academy of Agricultural Sciences]]<ref name="NAAS Fellow">{{cite web | url=http://naasindia.org/page.php?pageid=8 | title=NAAS Fellow | publisher=National Academy of Agricultural Sciences | date=2016 | access-date=23 July 2016}}</ref> and the [[Indian National Science Academy]].<ref name="Deceased Fellow" />

Randhawa died on 26 November 1996, at the age of 69.<ref name="Deceased Fellow" /> The [[National Academy of Agricultural Sciences]] have instituted an annual award, ''Dr. N.S.Randhawa Award'', in his honor.<ref name="Dr. N.S.Randhawa Award">{{cite web | url=http://www.cirs.info/prix-fiche,langue.eng-id.1419.html | title=Dr. N.S.Randhawa Award | publisher=International Center for Scientific Research | date=2016 | access-date=23 July 2016}}</ref> His contributions have been compiled in an article, Contributions of ''Dr. N. S. Randhawa to Indian Horticulture'', published in Punjab Horticultural Journal.<ref name="Dr. N. S. Randhawa to Indian Horticulture">{{cite journal | url=http://agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do?recordID=US201302314913 | title=Dr. N. S. Randhawa to Indian Horticulture | author=K. K. Singh | journal=Punjab Horticultural Journal | year=2013 | issn=0033-4324}}</ref>

== Bibliography ==
* {{cite book|author1=Dalip Singh Sidhu|author2=S. S. Miglani|author3=N. S. Randhawa|title=Farm business analysis of Sutlej Bed Seed Farm, Ropar, 1974-75|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yxs9AAAAYAAJ|year=1975|publisher=Communication Centre, Punjab Agricultural University}}
* {{cite book | title=Micronutrient Research in Soils and Plants in India: A Review | author=J. S. Kanwar, N.S. Randhawa | year=1978 | pages=185 | isbn=978-0861865567}}
* {{cite book|author1=J. C. Katyal|author2=N. S. Randhawa|author3=Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations|title=Micronutrients|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aGEhAQAAIAAJ|year=1983|publisher=Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations|isbn=978-92-5-101445-5}}
* {{cite book|author1=Gurcharan Singh Randhawa|author2=Amitabha Mukhopadhyay|title=Floriculture in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2H4-39ZufiEC|year=1986|publisher=Allied Publishers|isbn=978-81-7023-057-1}}
* {{cite book|author1=J. C. Katyal|author2=N. S. Randhawa|title=Les oligo-éléments|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yEmugO3FXFAC|year=1986|publisher=Food & Agriculture Org.|isbn=978-92-5-201445-4}}
* {{cite book|author=N. S. Randhawa|title=Agricultural Research in India: An Overview of Its Organization, Management and Operations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TkHbAAAAMAAJ|year=1987|publisher=Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations|isbn=978-92-5-102613-7}}
* {{cite book|author1=G. S. Bhalla|author2=N. S. Randhawa|author3=D. S. Tyagi|title=Implementation and Administration of Agricultural Price Policy in Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZGPhIsdbFEIC|year=1989|publisher=Food & Agriculture Org.|isbn=978-92-5-102798-1}}
* {{cite book|author1=N. S. Randhawa|author2=K. V. Sundaram|title=Small Farmer Development in Asia and the Pacific: Some Lessons for Strategy Formulation and Planning|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MVKlYUtieR0C|year=1990|publisher=Food & Agriculture Org.|isbn=978-92-5-102895-7}}
* {{cite book|author1=N.S. Randhawa|author2=Takele Gebre|title=Multilevel Planning for Agricultural and Rural Development in Ethiopia: Content, Impact and Prospects|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8Qr-PAAACAAJ|year=1991|publisher=FAO}}
* {{cite book|author1=N. S. Randhawa|author2=P. B. S. Sarma|author3=National Academy of Agricultural Sciences|title=National water policy, agricultural scientists' perceptions: proceedings of the round table conference, August 12-14, 1994|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8i1IAAAAYAAJ|year=1998|publisher=National Academy of Agricultural Sciences|isbn=978-81-900426-1-1}}
* {{cite book | title=Neem | publisher=New Age International Publishers | author=N.S. Randhawa, B.S. Parmar | year=2007 | pages=348 | isbn=978-8122420463}}

== See also ==
* [[Punjab Agricultural University]]
* [[Indian Council of Agricultural Research]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{cite book | url=http://www.iuss.org/files/revieuw_of_soil_research_in_india_part_i_compressed.pdf | title=Review of Soil Research in India | publisher=Indian Society of Soil Science | author=12th International Congress of Soil Science | date=February 1982}}
* {{cite web | url=http://drtc1.isibang.ac.in/indus/handle/1/2/browse?value=Forwarded+by+Dr.+N.S.+Randhawa+DG%2C+ICAR.&type=author | title=Browsing Indian Agricultural Repositories by Author "Forwarded by Dr. N.S. Randhawa DG, ICAR." | publisher=Indus | date=2016 | access-date=23 July 2016}}

== Further reading ==
* {{cite journal | url=http://www.insa.nic.in/writereaddata/UpLoadedFiles/PINSA/Vol37B_1971_6_Art06.pdf | title=Forecast and Control of Nutritional Diseases in Plants (full text) | author=N. S Randhawa, N. S Parischa | journal=Punjab Agricultural University | year=1971 | volume=37 | issue=6}}

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