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'''Bonbehari Vishnu Nimbkar ''' (17 July 1931 – 25 August 2021) was an Indian agricultural scientist and social worker, known for his work in the fields of [[animal husbandry]] and agriculture.<ref name="Company Profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.indiamart.com/nimbkar-seeds/ | title=Company Profile | publisher=India Mart | date=2015 | access-date=6 December 2015}}</ref> He founded [[Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute]], an Indian [[non-governmental organization]] engaged in research and development in animal husbandry | '''Bonbehari Vishnu Nimbkar ''' (17 July 1931 – 25 August 2021) was an Indian agricultural scientist and social worker, known for his work in the fields of [[animal husbandry]] and agriculture.<ref name="Company Profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.indiamart.com/nimbkar-seeds/ | title=Company Profile | publisher=India Mart | date=2015 | access-date=6 December 2015}}</ref> He founded [[Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute]], an Indian [[non-governmental organization]] engaged in research and development in agriculture, renewable energy and animal husbandry. His work garnered him many awards, including the [[Padma Shri]] and the [[Jamnalal Bajaj Award]]. | ||
== Early life == | == Early life == | ||
B. V. Nimbkar was born on 17 July 1931 in [[Goa]] to [[Kamala Nimbkar]] (''née'' Elizabeth Lundy) and Vishnu Nimbkar. He attended [[George School]], a Quaker-run preparatory school in Newtown, Pennsylvania.<ref name="Greater Game: India's Race with Destiny and China">{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/greatergameindia0000vanp | url-access=registration | quote=Bonbehari Vishnu Nimbkar. | title=Greater Game: India's Race with Destiny and China | publisher=McGill-Queen's Press | author=David Van Praagh | year=2003 | pages=464 | isbn=978-0-7735-7130-3}}</ref> His mother also attended the same school.<ref name="India: Newtoner's Second Home">{{cite web | url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/53109038/ | title=India: Newtoner's Second Home | publisher=The Bristol Daily | date=20 October 1962 | access-date=6 December 2015}}</ref> After obtaining a master's degree from the [[University of Arizona]],<ref name="Factors affecting the protein composition of cereal crops with particular reference to sorghum (Sorghum vulgare)">{{cite journal | url=http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/319572 | title=Factors affecting the protein composition of cereal crops with particular reference to sorghum (Sorghum vulgare) | author=Nimbkar, BonBehari Vishnu, 1931- | journal=The University of Arizona | year=1955}}</ref> he returned to India. | B. V. Nimbkar was born on 17 July 1931 in [[Goa]] to [[Kamala Nimbkar]] (''née'' Elizabeth Lundy) and Vishnu Nimbkar. He attended [[George School]], a Quaker-run preparatory school in Newtown, Pennsylvania.<ref name="Greater Game: India's Race with Destiny and China">{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/greatergameindia0000vanp | url-access=registration | quote=Bonbehari Vishnu Nimbkar. | title=Greater Game: India's Race with Destiny and China | publisher=McGill-Queen's Press | author=David Van Praagh | year=2003 | pages=464 | isbn=978-0-7735-7130-3}}</ref> His mother also attended the same school.<ref name="India: Newtoner's Second Home">{{cite web | url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/53109038/ | title=India: Newtoner's Second Home | publisher=The Bristol Daily | date=20 October 1962 | access-date=6 December 2015}}</ref> After obtaining a master's degree in Agronomy from the [[University of Arizona]],<ref name="Factors affecting the protein composition of cereal crops with particular reference to sorghum (Sorghum vulgare)">{{cite journal | url=http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/319572 | title=Factors affecting the protein composition of cereal crops with particular reference to sorghum (Sorghum vulgare) | author=Nimbkar, BonBehari Vishnu, 1931- | journal=The University of Arizona | year=1955}}</ref> he returned to India. | ||
== Career == | == Career == | ||
In 1956, he started farming in [[Phaltan]], a taluka in [[Satara district]] in western [[Maharashtra]], and is reported to have started a seed business and processing plant called Nimbkar Seeds, with financial assistance from [[Rockefeller Foundation]]. In 1968, he founded the [[Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute]] (NARI), a non-profit, [[non-governmental organization]], for advanced research in agriculture.<ref name="Research Institutions Policy Research Journal – Energy Alternatives India">{{cite web | url=http://www.eai.in/dir/ren/bio/eth/res/ | title=Research Institutions Policy Research Journal – Energy Alternatives India | publisher=Energy Alternatives India | date=2015 | access-date=6 December 2015}}</ref> The organization has since grown to include activities in renewable energy, animal husbandry and sustainable development. His company Nimbkar Seeds is credited with the introduction of pure-bred [[Boer goats]] for the first time in India.<ref name="Company Profile" /> He remained the president of NARI till 1990 and the organization, as of 2021, is headed by his daughter [[Nandini Nimbkar]], assisted by Chanda Nimbkar and Nandini's husband, [[Anil K. Rajvanshi]].<ref name="Indian NGO awarded for its innovative lantern-cum-stove">{{cite journal | url=http://southasia.oneworld.net/news/indian-ngo-awarded-for-its-innovative-lantern-cum-stove#.VmPw2fmGSko | title=Indian NGO awarded for its innovative lantern-cum-stove | journal=Owsa | publisher=One World South Asia | date=15 July 2009 | access-date=6 December 2015}}</ref><ref name="Nature of Human Thought">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=__YlBAAAQBAJ&q=B+V+Nimbkar&pg=PA14 | title=Nature of Human Thought | publisher=Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute | author=Anil K Rajvanshi | year=2010 | pages=180 | isbn=9788190578127}}</ref> | In 1956, he started farming in [[Phaltan]], a taluka in [[Satara district]] in western [[Maharashtra]], and is reported to have started a seed business and processing plant called Nimbkar Seeds, with financial assistance from [[Rockefeller Foundation]]. In 1968, he founded the [[Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute]] (NARI), a non-profit, [[non-governmental organization]], for advanced research in agriculture.<ref name="Research Institutions Policy Research Journal – Energy Alternatives India">{{cite web | url=http://www.eai.in/dir/ren/bio/eth/res/ | title=Research Institutions Policy Research Journal – Energy Alternatives India | publisher=Energy Alternatives India | date=2015 | access-date=6 December 2015}}</ref> The organization has since grown to include activities in renewable energy, animal husbandry and sustainable development. His company Nimbkar Seeds is credited with the introduction of pure-bred [[Boer goats]] for the first time in India.<ref name="Company Profile" /> He remained the president of NARI till 1990 and the organization, as of 2021, is headed by his daughter [[Nandini Nimbkar]], assisted by Chanda Nimbkar and Nandini's husband, [[Anil K. Rajvanshi]].<ref name="Indian NGO awarded for its innovative lantern-cum-stove">{{cite journal | url=http://southasia.oneworld.net/news/indian-ngo-awarded-for-its-innovative-lantern-cum-stove#.VmPw2fmGSko | title=Indian NGO awarded for its innovative lantern-cum-stove | journal=Owsa | publisher=One World South Asia | date=15 July 2009 | access-date=6 December 2015}}</ref><ref name="Nature of Human Thought">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=__YlBAAAQBAJ&q=B+V+Nimbkar&pg=PA14 | title=Nature of Human Thought | publisher=Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute | author=Anil K Rajvanshi | year=2010 | pages=180 | isbn=9788190578127}}</ref> | ||
Some of Nimbkar's research areas included studying the causes for [[desertification]] particularly in the Western Maharashtra region and the lasting impact of [[Hybrid plant|hybrid plants]] and [[High-yielding variety|high-yielding varieties]] of crops on the underlying soil.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Singer|first=Carol A.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c-cTAAAAYAAJ& | Some of Nimbkar's research areas included studying the causes for [[desertification]] particularly in the Western Maharashtra region and the lasting impact of [[Hybrid plant|hybrid plants]] and [[High-yielding variety|high-yielding varieties]] of crops on the underlying soil.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Singer|first=Carol A.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c-cTAAAAYAAJ&q=B.V.+Nimbkar&pg=PA12|title=Desertification: January 1985-September 1992|date=1992|publisher=National Agricultural Library|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|date=5 June 2015|title=A Word of Warning on Hybrids|url=https://www.epw.in/journal/1967/47/agriculture-specials/word-warning-hybrids.html|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|language=en|volume=2|issue=47|pages=7–8}}</ref> His research work and articles were published in national and international journals.<ref name="EPW profile">{{cite journal | url=http://www.epw.in/author/b-v-nimbkar | title=EPW profile | journal=Economic and Political Weekly | date=2015 | pages=7–8 | access-date=6 December 2015}}</ref><ref name="Potential introgression pathways and strategies for wider use of the FecB gene in Maharashtra state and other parts of India">{{cite journal | url=https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/20103013858 | title=Potential introgression pathways and strategies for wider use of the FecB gene in Maharashtra state and other parts of India | author=Nimbkar C., J.H.J. van der Werf, P.M. Ghalsasi1, B.V. Nimbkar, and S.W. Walkden-Brown | journal=ACIAR, Australia}}</ref><ref name="Desertification of Western Maharashtra: Causes and possible solutions. I. Comparative growth of eight tree species">{{cite journal | url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0378-1127%2886%2990024-1 | title=Desertification of Western Maharashtra: Causes and possible solutions. I. Comparative growth of eight tree species |author1=B. V. Nimbkar |author2=Nandini Nimbkar |author3=N. Zende | journal= Forest Ecology and Management| volume=16 | issue=1–4 | pages=243–251 | year=1986 | doi=10.1016/0378-1127(86)90024-1}}</ref> | ||
Nimbkar was the recipient of the [[Padma Shri]], India's fourth highest civilian honor, in 2006, for his contributions to the field of agriculture. He was also the recipient of the [[Jamnalal Bajaj Award]] in 2016 for the application of science and technology toward rural applications.<ref>{{Cite news|others=PTI|date=25 August 2021|title=Maharashtra: Padma Shri awardee agriculture scientist B.V. Nimbkar dead|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/maharashtra-padma-shri-awardee-agriculture-scientist-bv-nimbkar-dead/article36102638.ece|access-date=28 August 2021|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name="krishijagran-obit"/> | Nimbkar was the recipient of the [[Padma Shri]], India's fourth highest civilian honor, in 2006, for his contributions to the field of agriculture. He was also the recipient of the [[Jamnalal Bajaj Award]] in 2016 for the application of science and technology toward rural applications.<ref>{{Cite news|others=PTI|date=25 August 2021|title=Maharashtra: Padma Shri awardee agriculture scientist B.V. Nimbkar dead|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/maharashtra-padma-shri-awardee-agriculture-scientist-bv-nimbkar-dead/article36102638.ece|access-date=28 August 2021|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name="krishijagran-obit"/> | ||
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Nimbkar was married and had three daughters, [[Nandini Nimbkar]], an academic and agricultural scientist, Chanda Nimbkar, a geneticist and animal husbandry research scientist, and Manjiri Nimbkar, a physician and social worker.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chanda Nimbkar – The Scientific Woman|url=https://thescientificwoman.com/chanda-nimbkar/|access-date=28 August 2021|website=thescientificwoman.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Pragat Shikshan Sanstha|url=https://pssphaltan.org/peopledetail.php?peopleid=4f54726a4b081|access-date=28 August 2021|website=pssphaltan.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Pragat Shikshan Sanstha|url=https://pssphaltan.org/peopledetail.php?peopleid=4f59e0be2d28b|access-date=28 August 2021|website=pssphaltan.org}}</ref> | Nimbkar was married and had three daughters, [[Nandini Nimbkar]], an academic and agricultural scientist, Chanda Nimbkar, a geneticist and animal husbandry research scientist, and Manjiri Nimbkar, a physician and social worker.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chanda Nimbkar – The Scientific Woman|url=https://thescientificwoman.com/chanda-nimbkar/|access-date=28 August 2021|website=thescientificwoman.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Pragat Shikshan Sanstha|url=https://pssphaltan.org/peopledetail.php?peopleid=4f54726a4b081|access-date=28 August 2021|website=pssphaltan.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Pragat Shikshan Sanstha|url=https://pssphaltan.org/peopledetail.php?peopleid=4f59e0be2d28b|access-date=28 August 2021|website=pssphaltan.org}}</ref> | ||
Nimbkar died at Phaltan on 25 August 2021 | Nimbkar died at Phaltan on 25 August 2021, one month after his 90th birthday.<ref>{{Cite news|date=25 August 2021|title=Maharashtra: Padma Shri awardee agriculture scientist B.V. Nimbkar dead|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/maharashtra-padma-shri-awardee-agriculture-scientist-bv-nimbkar-dead/article36102638.ece|access-date=25 August 2021|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name="krishijagran-obit">{{cite news |last1=Raina |first1=Ayushi |title=Padma Shri Awardee Agriculture Scientist B V Nimbkar Passes Away |url=https://krishijagran.com/news/padma-shri-awardee-agriculture-scientist-b-v-nimbkar-passes-away/ |access-date=28 August 2021 |work=krishijagran.com |date=27 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref> | ||
== Selected bibliography == | == Selected bibliography == | ||
* {{cite journal | title=Potential introgression pathways and strategies for wider use of the FecB gene in Maharashtra state and other parts of India | author=Nimbkar C., J. H. J. van der Werf, P. M. Ghalsasi, B. V. Nimbkar, and S. W. Walkden-Brown | journal= | * {{cite journal | title=Potential introgression pathways and strategies for wider use of the FecB gene in Maharashtra state and other parts of India | author=Nimbkar C., J. H. J. van der Werf, P. M. Ghalsasi, B. V. Nimbkar, and S. W. Walkden-Brown | journal=ACIAR, Australia |issn=0816-4266 |url=https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/20103013858 }} | ||
* {{cite journal |title=Desertification of Western Maharashtra: Causes and possible solutions. I. Comparative growth of eight tree species |last1=Nimbkar |first1=B. V. |last2=Nimbkar |first2=N. |last3=Zende |first3=N. |journal=Forest Ecology and Management |date=October 1986 |volume=16 |issue= | * {{cite journal |title=Desertification of Western Maharashtra: Causes and possible solutions. I. Comparative growth of eight tree species |last1=Nimbkar |first1=B. V. |last2=Nimbkar |first2=N. |last3=Zende |first3=N. |journal=Forest Ecology and Management |date=October 1986 |volume=16 |issue=1–4 |pages=243–251 |doi=10.1016/0378-1127(86)90024-1}} | ||
* {{cite journal | title=Jumble of Sundry Facts |url=https://www.epw.in/journal/1971/40/official-papers-specials/jumble-sundry-facts.html |url-access=subscription | author=B. V. Nimbkar | journal=Economic and Political Weekly | date=October 1967 | volume=IV | issue=40}} | * {{cite journal | title=Jumble of Sundry Facts |url=https://www.epw.in/journal/1971/40/official-papers-specials/jumble-sundry-facts.html |url-access=subscription | author=B. V. Nimbkar | journal=Economic and Political Weekly | date=October 1967 | volume=IV | issue=40}} | ||
* {{cite journal | title=A Word of Warning on Hybrids |url=https://www.epw.in/journal/1967/47/agriculture-specials/word-warning-hybrids.html |url-access=subscription | author=B. V. Nimbkar | journal=[[Economic and Political Weekly]] | date=December 1967 | volume=II | issue=47}} | * {{cite journal | title=A Word of Warning on Hybrids |url=https://www.epw.in/journal/1967/47/agriculture-specials/word-warning-hybrids.html |url-access=subscription | author=B. V. Nimbkar | journal=[[Economic and Political Weekly]] | date=December 1967 | volume=II | issue=47}} | ||