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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br>International Service in Crop Science Award<br>[[TWAS]] Prize<br>Pravasi Bharatiya Samman<br>Netlink Foundation Award
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'''Sant Singh Virmani''' is a US-based Indian plant breeder, rice scientist and a former Principal Scientist at the [[International Rice Research Institute]] (IRRI).{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} He served IRRI from 1979 to 2005 and retired from its service as the deputy head of the Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biochemistry Division.<ref name="Indians who served at IRRI">{{cite web | url=http://india.irri.org/indians-who-served-at-irri | title=Indians who served at IRRI | publisher=IRRI India | date=2016 | access-date=January 22, 2016}}</ref>

Virmani is an elected Fellow of the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]] (AAAS) and a recipient of the International Service in Crop Science Award from the Crop Science Society of America (CSSA).<ref name="Our history">{{cite web | url=http://irri.org/about-us/our-history | title=Our history | publisher=International Rice Research Institute | date=2016 | access-date=January 22, 2016}}</ref> He received the [[TWAS]] Prize in 2000 followed by the [[Pravasi Bharatiya Samman]] of the [[Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs]], Government of India in 2003.<ref name="Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award (List of Recipients 2003-2015)">{{cite web | url=http://moia.gov.in/writereaddata/pdf/recipients_2003_2015.pdf | title=Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award (List of Recipients 2003-2015) | publisher=Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, Government of India | date=2016 | access-date=January 22, 2016}}</ref> The Government of India honoured him again with the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2008, 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=January 3, 2016}}</ref> A few months later, Netlink Foundation honoured him for ''his service to humanity in combating hunger and poverty around the world'' with a plaque.<ref name="News Room">{{cite web | url=http://www.netlinkfoundation.org/newsroom.html | title=News Room | publisher=Netlink Foundation | date=2008 | access-date=January 22, 2016}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[International Rice Research Institute]]
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== External links ==
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCkYEJ-ofTs | title=IRRI Pioneer Interviews--Challenges for IRRI: Sant Virmani | publisher=International Rice Research Institute | work=[[YouTube]] video | date=25 June 2009 | access-date=January 22, 2016}}

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