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{{short description|Indian scientist (born 1945)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2019}}
{{Infobox scientist
|name = Vijaipal Singh
|image = Singh, Vijaipal.jpg
|image_size = 220px
|caption =
|birth_date = 17 Janualry 1945
|birth_place = Narsan Kalan, Haridwar District of Uttarakhand State, India
|death_date = 
|death_place =
|alma_mater = [[Agra University]]
|known_for = [[Pusa Basmati 1121]] rice variety
|field = [[Genetics]] and [[Plant Breeding]]
|work_institution = [[Indian Agricultural Research Institute]], New Delhi
|prizes = [[Padma Shri]]
}}
'''Vijaipal Singh''' (born 17 January 1945)<ref name="Vijai Pal Singh">{{cite web | url=http://naas.org.in/detail.php?id=530 | title=National Academy of Agricultural Sciences | publisher=National Academy of Agricultural Sciences | date=2022 | access-date=4 December 2022}}</ref> in Narsan Kalan, Haridwar District of Uttarakhand State, India is an Agricultural scientist associated with the [[Indian Council of Agricultural Research]] (ICAR) and is known for his contributions to the science of rice genetics and breeding. He is well known for his contributions in developing the most popular Basmati rice variety, [[Pusa Basmati 1121]].<ref name= "Pusa Basmati 1121">{{cite journal | title="Pusa Basmati 1121 – a rice variety with exceptional kernel elongation and volume expansion after cooking" |author1=Vijaipal Singh |author2=Ashok Kumar Singh |author3=Trilochan Mohapatra |author4=Gopala Krishnan S |author5=Ranjith Kumar Ellur|journal=Rice |volume=11 |issue=19 |date=2018 |doi=10.1186/s12284-018-0213-6|doi-access=free |pmc=5890003 }}</ref> A post graduate and a doctoral degree (PhD) holder in Agriculture Botany from [[Agra University]], he started his career as a research assistant at the [[Indian Agricultural Research Institute]] (IARI), New Delhi in 1968<ref name="Vijai Pal Singh" /> and retired as a professor at the Division of Genetics, IARI.<ref name="Vijai Pal Singh"/> Singh is credited with several articles published in peer reviewed journals.<ref name="MADS-box Gene family in Rice">{{cite journal | title=MADS-box Gene family in Rice: genome-wide identification, organization and expression of profiling during reproductive development and stress |author1=Rita Arora |author2=Pinky Agarwal |author3=Swatismita Ray |author4=Ashok Kumar Singh |author5=Vijay Pal Singh |author6=Akhilesh K Thyagi |author7=Sanjay Kapur | journal=BMC Genomics |date=July 2007 | volume=8 | issue=242 |pages = 242| doi=10.1186/1471-2164-8-242|pmid=17640358 |pmc=1947970 |doi-access=free }}</ref> In recognition of his services to the nation, he was honored by the [[Government of India]], in 2012, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Shri |publisher=Padma Shri |date=2014 |access-date=11 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref>

==Awards and honors==
[[File:VPSingh Padmashri.jpg|thumb|left|Dr Vijaipal Singh receiving [[Padma Shri]] from the Honourable President of India Mrs [[Pratibha Patil]] on 4 April 2012]]
V. P. Singh was honoured with Hari Om Ashram Trust Award by the [[Indian Council of Agricultural Research]] in 1974-75; Jawaharlal Nehru Award in 1977; B. P. Pal Memorial Award in 2005; ICAR Team Award in Crop Improvement in 2007; Third Rao Bahadur B. Viswanath Award by the [[Indian Agricultural Research Institute]] in 2006-07; ICAR Recognition Certificate in 2009; Padma Shri in 2012;<ref name="Padma Shri"/> Shri O.P. Bhasin Memorial Award in 2012; Doyen of Rice 2019 by Association of Rice Research Workers, [[Central Rice Research Institute]], Cuttack and Basmati Rattan Award in 2019.

== References ==
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==Sources==
* {{cite journal | title=MADS-box Gene family in Rice: genome-wide identification, organization and expression of profiling during reproductive development and stress |author1=Rita Arora |author2=Pinky Agarwal |author3=Swatismita Ray |author4=[[Ashok K Singh|Ashok Kumar Singh]] |author5=Vijai Pal Singh |author6=Akhilesh K Thyagi |author7=Sanjay Kapur | journal=BMC Genomics |date=July 2007 | volume=8 | issue=242 |pages=242 | doi=10.1186/1471-2164-8-242|pmid=17640358 |pmc=1947970 |doi-access=free }}
* {{cite journal | title=Pusa Basmati 1121 – a rice variety with exceptional kernel elongation and volume expansion after cooking |author1=Vijaipal Singh |author2=[[Ashok K Singh|Ashok Kumar Singh]] |author3=[[Trilochan Mohapatra]]|author4=Gopala Krishnan S |author5=Ranjith Kumar Ellur|journal=Rice |volume=11 |issue=19 |date=2018 |doi=10.1186/s12284-018-0213-6|doi-access=free |pmc=5890003 }}

==External links==
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV4F4sUV7xE | title=Civil Investiture Ceremony - Padma Shri | publisher=YouTube | work=Video | date=4 April 2012 | access-date=1 December 2014}}

{{2000s Padma Shri Award Recipients in Science & Engineering}}

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