| Author of Sustainable Livelihood Security Models like biovillage, biovalley and bioparks and of the concept, "Non-violence to Nature should become a Non-negotiable Human Ethic" |
| has been acclaimed as one of the twenty most influential Asians of the 20th Century by TIME Magazine |
| has been described by the United Nations Environment Programme as "the Father of Economic Ecology" and by Javier Perez de Cuellar, former Secretary General of the United Nations, as "a living legend who will go into the annals of history as a world scientist of rare distinction" |
| has been widely referred to as the scientific leader of the green revolution movement |
| an acknowledged world leader in the field of sustainable food security |
| Fellow of many of the leading scientific academies of India and the world |
| Foreign Associate, National Academy of Sciences of the United States, 1977 |
| Former Chairman, National Commission on Farmers Chairman of National Committee set up by the Government of India, 1980-2002: (i) Expert Group on programmes for the alleviation of poverty, (ii) Task force for the study of eco-development in the Himalayan Region, (iii) Task Force for developing an eco-development plan for Goa, (iv) Committee for the development of water resources of Western Ghats, (v) Expert Group on perishable agricultural commodities and (vi) Study Group on fuel wood requirements Honorary Positions in International Committees / Organisations: Founder Chairman, Trustees of the Iwokrama International Centre for the Sustainable Management of Rainforests, Guyana, 1992-99 |
| Chairman, (i) Committee of the Whole, UN Conference on Desertification, Nairobi, 1977, UN Science Advisory Committee to take follow up action on the Vienna Plan of Action, 1980 |
| (ii) U.N. Advisory Committee on Science and Technology for Development, 1980-83, (iii) UN Advisory Committee on Science and Technology for Development, 1980-83, (iv) Governing Board CAB International, 1991-94, (v) Global Hunger Project, 1994-2000 and (vi) Genetic Resources Policy Committee of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, 1994-2002 |
| Independent Chairman, FAO Council, 1981-1985 |
| Vice-Chairman, (i) Technical Advisory Committee to the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), 1971-1977, and (ii) Protein-Calorie Advisory group of United Nations, 1972-1977 |
| President, (i) International Federation of Agricultural Research Systems for Development (IFARD), 1976-1983, and (ii) International Bee Research Association (IBRA), 1978-1990 |
| Founder-Trustee, Biobliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt |
| Trustee, Ford Foundation, 1989-97 |
| Member, (i) Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee, Tropical Diseases Research, World Health Organisaion, 1983-85 and (ii) China International Council for Sustainable Development, 1992-2002 |
| Andrew D. White Professor-at-Large, Cornell University, U.S.A., 1989-95 Author of Sustainable Livelihood Security Models like biovillage, biovalley and bioparks and of the concept, "Non-violence to Nature should become a Non-negotiable Human Ethic" |
| has been acclaimed as one of the twenty most influential Asians of the 20th Century by TIME Magazine |
| has been described by the United Nations Environment Programme as "the Father of Economic Ecology" and by Javier Perez de Cuellar, former Secretary General of the United Nations, as "a living legend who will go into the annals of history as a world scientist of rare distinction" |
| has been widely referred to as the scientific leader of the green revolution movement |
| an acknowledged world leader in the field of sustainable food security |
| Fellow of many of the leading scientific academies of India and the world |
| Foreign Associate, National Academy of Sciences of the United States, 1977 |
| Former Chairman, National Commission on Farmers Chairman of National Committee set up by the Government of India, 1980-2002: (i) Expert Group on programmes for the alleviation of poverty, (ii) Task force for the study of eco-development in the Himalayan Region, (iii) Task Force for developing an eco-development plan for Goa, (iv) Committee for the development of water resources of Western Ghats, (v) Expert Group on perishable agricultural commodities and (vi) Study Group on fuel wood requirements Honorary Positions in International Committees / Organisations: Founder Chairman, Trustees of the Iwokrama International Centre for the Sustainable Management of Rainforests, Guyana, 1992-99 |
| Chairman, (i) Committee of the Whole, UN Conference on Desertification, Nairobi, 1977, UN Science Advisory Committee to take follow up action on the Vienna Plan of Action, 1980 |
| (ii) U.N. Advisory Committee on Science and Technology for Development, 1980-83, (iii) UN Advisory Committee on Science and Technology for Development, 1980-83, (iv) Governing Board CAB International, 1991-94, (v) Global Hunger Project, 1994-2000 and (vi) Genetic Resources Policy Committee of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, 1994-2002 |
| Independent Chairman, FAO Council, 1981-1985 |
| Vice-Chairman, (i) Technical Advisory Committee to the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), 1971-1977, and (ii) Protein-Calorie Advisory group of United Nations, 1972-1977 |
| President, (i) International Federation of Agricultural Research Systems for Development (IFARD), 1976-1983, and (ii) International Bee Research Association (IBRA), 1978-1990 |
| Founder-Trustee, Biobliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt |
| Trustee, Ford Foundation, 1989-97 |
| Member, (i) Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee, Tropical Diseases Research, World Health Organisaion, 1983-85 and (ii) China International Council for Sustainable Development, 1992-2002 |
| Andrew D. White Professor-at-Large, Cornell University, U.S.A., 1989-95 Honorary Positions in organisations devoted to Nature Conservation and Sustainable Development: Founder Chairman, Society forthe promotion of Wasteland Development, India, 1982 - 86 |
| Chairman, (i) Advisory Panel on Environment, Forestry and Food Security of the World Commission on Environment and Development, 1984-86, (ii) Editorial Advisory Panel for the World Resources Report, 1986-1998, and (iii) Board of Trustees, Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi, since 2003 |
| President, (i) International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resoucres, 1984-90, (iii) International Society for Mangrove Ecosystems, 1990-93 and (iv) World Wide Fund for Nature (India), 1989-96 |
| Honorary Vice-President, World Wild Life Fund International, 1985-87 |
| Trustee, (i) World Resources Institute, 1985-1994 and (ii) Better World Society, 1986-1992 |
| Founder Member and later Chairman, Board of Trustees of the International Council for Research on Agro-forestry, 1977-1982 |
