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M. V. Rao
Mangina Venkateswara Rao is an Indian agricultural scientist, plant breeder, geneticist and the chairman of the Agri Biotech Foundation (formelry AP Netherlands Biotechnology Programme). He is a former Vice Chancellor of the Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University and a former Deputy Director of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). Rao, a recipient of the Norman Borlaug Award, was awarded the fourth highest civilian award of the Padma Shri, by the Government of India, in 1999.
== Biography ==
Rao was born on 21 June 1928 at Perupalem, in West Godavari District along the coast of the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.〔 After securing a master's degree, he continued his research at Purdue University in plant breeding, genetics and plant pathology to obtain a doctoral degree. Joining the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) as Assistant Wheat Breeder in 1956, he was initially involved with wheat research, and became an Assistant Professor in 1958. In 1966, he was promoted as the Genteticist and then as Senior Geneticist,〔 eventually becoming the Coordinator in 1971 and the head of the ''All India Wheat Improvement Project'' of ICAR in 1978, a post he held till 1981. During this period, he was associated with the Green Revolution in India, related to wheat production. He became the Deputy Director General (Crop Sciences) of ICAR in 1981 and stayed at the post till he was appointed as the founder director of the ''Prime Minister's Technology Mission on Oilseeds'', in 1986, a post which holds the rank of a Special Secretary. It was during this period that the ''Yellow Revolution'', an integrated programme for the development of oilseeds, was initiated and fostered by the government. In 1989, he was invited to the World Bank as an Agricultural Expert, where he worked till 1990. The next year, he joined Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University as its vice chancellor and remained there till 1997.〔 While holding the vice-chancellorship, he became associated with ''Agri Biotech Foundation'' (ABF - formerly known as ''Andhra Pradesh Netherlands Biotechnology Programme'') as its chairman in 1995 and remains active there.〔 Under his stewardship, the institute has developed several genetically modified seed varieties of cotton, sorghum, castor and red gram.
Rao is a former vice president of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (2000–2003) and is known to have been associated with several Indian state and central government agencies; chairing the Committee of the ''New National Seed Policy'' was one such assignment. He was a member of the task group which prepared guidelines for the formulation of the ''National Agricultural Technology Project'' (NATP), a World Bank project for the agricultural development in Bangladesh, and sits on the on the NATP Scientific Advisory Panel on ''Coastal Eco System''.〔 He is a former member of the Board of Directors of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), India, sitting on the board from 1984 to 1989. He has been a member of the ''Wheat Advisory Committee'' of the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), a trustee of the International Rice Research Institute, Philippines and a member of the External Expert Panel of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Mexico.〔 He is a member of the board of the ''Intercultural Cooperation Foundation'' India (ICF) along with Arcot Ramachandran, renowned Indian anthropologist. Besides his contributions to the Green and Yellow revolutions in India, he has also mentored over 25 research scholars during his stint at the International Rice Research Institute.〔
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