Vijaypal Singh


Thakur Vijay Pal Singh is an Indian scientist associated with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research and is known for his contributions to the science of rice breeding. A post graduate and a doctoral degree holder in Agriculture Botany from Agra University, he started his career as a research assistant at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi and is a professor at the ICAR sponsored Centre of Advanced Faculty Training in Agronomy. Singh is credited with a book, Responses of Irrigation Scheduling and I.N.M. on Scented Rice and several articles published in peer reviewed journals. He was honored by the Government of India, in 2012, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri.