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| name = R. K. Behl
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1951|05|15|df=yes}}
Date of Death= 06.11.2025
| birth_place = [[Hanumangarh]], Rajasthan, India
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| alma_mater = [[Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University]]
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'''Rishi Kumar Behl''' (born 15 May 1951) is an Indian scientist, professor, and author.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Bharat Ratna C Subhramaniyam Award for Out Standing Teachers by Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi |url=http://www.ifeed.org/pdf/media/BOOK_Renewable-Energy-Sources-and-their-Applications.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620021343/http://www.ifeed.org/pdf/media/BOOK_Renewable-Energy-Sources-and-their-Applications.pdf |archive-date=June 20, 2024 |access-date=13 October 2017 |publisher=IFEED |page=3}}</ref>

He is former director, Universal Institute of Technology, [[Hansi]], Hisar, Associate Dean in College of Agriculture, [[Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rishi_Behl|title=Rishi Behl|website=ResearchGate}}</ref> He is General Secretary of International Foundation for Sustainable Development in Africa and Asia, Germany.<ref>{{cite web |title=IFSDAA → International Foundation for Sustainable Development in Africa and Asia / GERMANY |url=https://www.aasf.de/ifsdaa/2017-international-training-program-germany/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010211503/https://www.aasf.de/ifsdaa/2017-international-training-program-germany/ |archive-date=October 10, 2017 |website=Afrikanisch-Asiatische Studienförderung e.V. Göttingen}}</ref> He is presently working in [[Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Mullana]].

==Education and career==
BSc (Agri, 1972) from [[Rajasthan University]], Jaipur, MSc (Agri, Plant Breeding, 1974) and PhD (Genetics, 1980) from Haryana Agriculture, university, [[Hisar (city)|Hisar]], India. He received advance training in Plant Breeding at University of Goettingen, Germany between 1982 and 1984. He served CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar between 1978 and 2011 Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding and then as Associate Dean, College of Agriculture. He has worked as Director, New Initiatives at Manav Institute, Jevra in Hisar.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Commemoration |url=https://www.kopykitab.com/ebooks/2016/06/7119/sample/sample_7119.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011071720/https://www.kopykitab.com/ebooks/2016/06/7119/sample/sample_7119.pdf |archive-date=October 11, 2017 |access-date= |website=}}</ref> He has also worked in Jagan Nath University, NCR as a Dean of Faculty of Sciences.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jagan Nath University Bahadurgarh{{!}} Home |url=https://www.jagannathuniversityncr.ac.in/infrastructure/agri-research-farm.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314113249/https://www.jagannathuniversityncr.ac.in/infrastructure/agri-research-farm.php |archive-date=March 14, 2024 |access-date=2021-05-10 |website=www.jagannathuniversityncr.ac.in}}</ref>

==Activities==
He is founder secretary and now president of International Council of Sustainable Agriculture (ICSA).<ref>{{cite web |title=Founder Secretary and now President of ICSA, India |url=https://www.aasf.de/app/download/.../Biographies+IFSDAA+Seminar+2017+WS.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231103101816/https://www.aasf.de/app/download/.../Biographies+IFSDAA+Seminar+2017+WS.pdf |archive-date=November 3, 2023 |access-date=13 October 2017 |publisher=IFEED |page=4}}</ref> He is founder Member Secretary of SSARM (Society for Sustainable Agriculture and Resource Management), India.<ref name=":0" />

He participated in and organized several international conferences in India and abroad.{{citation needed|date=October 2017}}

He has been also member of various editorial boards, including editor in chief of ''Annals of Biology'' for about three decades, associate editor of ''Annals of Agri Bio Research'', editorial board member of ''Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science Germany'', international advisory board member of ''Tropics Japan'', associate editor, ''Cereal Research Communication Hungary'', associate editor, ''South Pacific Journal of Natural Science Fiji'', senior editor, ''Journal of Basic Microbiology'', Germany, and has about 200 publications in international and national journals and 30 edited books and manuals to his credit.{{citation needed|date=October 2017}}

He is editor of various books and manuals.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Behl |first=Rishi |title=A Local Solution for Global Energy Issue |url=http://www.ifeed.org/pdf/reviews/REVIEW_121215_Distributed-RE-for-Off-Grid-Communities.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231103101837/http://www.ifeed.org/pdf/reviews/REVIEW_121215_Distributed-RE-for-Off-Grid-Communities.pdf |archive-date=November 3, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livivo.de/app/search/search?qid=1&AU=%22Behl,+Rishi+Kumar%22|title=LIVIVO – Search results – AU="Behl, Rishi Kumar"|website=www.livivo.de}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldcat.org/wcidentities/lccn-nb98078784|title=Behl, R. K. [WorldCat.org]|website=www.worldcat.org}}</ref> A few books are as under-
* Vistas in Computer Aided Agri-Bio-Engineering Technologies<ref name="aasf.de">{{cite web|url=https://www.aasf.de/publikationen/ifsdaa-publikationen/|title=IFSDAA Publikationen|website=Afrikanisch-Asiatische Studienförderung e.V. Göttingen}}</ref>
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* Biotechnology and Plant Breeding Perspectives<ref name="aasf.de"/>
* Crop Science and Technology for Food {{sic|Secrurity}}, Bioenergy and Sustainability<ref name="aasf.de"/>
* Crop Science and Land Use for Food and Bioenergy<ref name="aasf.de"/>
* Resource Management Towards Sustainable Agriculture and Development<ref name="aasf.de"/>
* {{cite book | editor = Rishi Kumar Behl| title = Cutting Edge Science an Technologies towards Food, Environment and Health| edition = First| publisher = Agrobios (International)| date = 2014 | isbn =978-9381191033}}<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M_5srgEACAAJ&q=%22Rishi+kumar+behl%22|title=Cutting Edge Science and Technologies for Food, Environment and Health|first1=Rishi Kumar|last1=Behl|first2=Abdul Rahman|last2=Asif|first3=Wolfgang|last3=Merbach|date=11 October 2017|publisher=Agrobios (International)|isbn=9789381191033|via=Google Books}}</ref>
* {{Cite book |title=Trends in crop improvement |date=1990 |publisher=P.S.D.S. Printers |editor-last=Behl |editor-first=R. K |location=Hisar, India |language=English |oclc=35503440 |editor-last2=Maherchandani |editor-first2=N |editor-last3=Haryana Agricultural University |editor-last4=Plant Science Colloquium |editor-last5=Regional Seminar on Innovative Ideas in Plant Research}}.
* {{Cite book |title=Impact of modern agriculture on environment: proceedings of Indo-German conference on impact of modern agriculture on environment, December 1–3, 1993 |date=1994 |publisher=CCS Haryana Agricultural University |editor-last=Behl |editor-first=R. K |location=Hisar |language=English |oclc=66891687 |editor-last2=Arora |editor-first2=S. K |editor-last3=Tauro |editor-first3=P}}
* {{Cite book |title=Enhancing production and food value of plants: genetic options |date=2003 |publisher=SSARM |isbn=978-81-87267-05-8 |editor=Behl, R. K |location=Hisar |language=English |oclc=240207895 |editor-last2=Chhabra |editor-first2=A. K}}.
* {{Cite book |title=Cutting edge science and technologies for food, environment and health |date=2014 |publisher=Agrobios (International) |isbn=978-93-81191-03-3 |editor-last=Behl |editor-first=R. K |location=Jodhpur |language=English |oclc=1193076467 |editor-last2=Asif |editor-first2=A. R. Ed |display-editors=etal}}.
* {{Cite book |title=Crop science and technology for food security, bioenergy and sustainability |date=2012 |publisher=Agrobios (International) |isbn=978-93-81191-00-2 |editor-last=Behl |editor-first=R. K |location=Jodhpur |language=English |oclc=821155430}}.
* {{Cite book |last1=Behl |first1=R. K |title=Resource management towards stainable agriculture and development |last2=Kubat |first2=J |last3=Kleynhans |first3=T |date=2007 |publisher=Agrobios |isbn=978-81-904309-7-5 |location=Jodhpur |language=English |oclc=663930785}}.
* {{Cite book |title=Plant microbe interaction in sustainable agriculture |date=1995 |publisher=Bio Science Publ. |editor-last=Behl |editor-first=R. K |location=Hisar |language=English |oclc=176912668 |editor-last2=Khurana |editor-first2=A. L |editor-last3=Dogra |editor-first3=R. C}}.
* {{Cite book |title=Sustainable agriculture for food, bio-energy and livelihood security: proceeding of the International Conference on Sustainable Agriculture for Food, Bio-Energy and Livelihood Security, February 14–16, 2007 |date=2009 |publisher=Agrobios (International) |isbn=978-81-904309-6-8 |editor=Behl, R. K |location=Jodhpur |language=English |oclc=463396789}}.
* {{Cite book |last1=Behl |first1=R. K |title=Crop science and land use for food and bioenergy |last2=Merbach |first2=W |last3=Meliczek |first3=H |last4=Kaletsch |first4=C |date=2010 |publisher=Agrobios |isbn=978-81-904309-8-2 |location=Jodhpur |language=English |oclc=665194075}}
* {{Cite book |title=Sustainable agriculture for food, energy and industry: strategies towards achievement : proceedings of the international conference held in Braunschweig, Germany, June 1997 |date=1998 |publisher=James & James Science Publishers |isbn=978-1-873936-76-4 |editor-last=El Bassam |editor-first=Nasir |location=London |language=English |oclc=40649620 |editor-last2=Behl |editor-first2=R. K |editor-last3=Prochnow |editor-first3=B}}.

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