1Former Director,
Dr Pooran Gaur (PhD Crop Science - University of Saskatchewan, Canada, former Director of ICRISAT’s Asia Research Program based in Hyderabad, India an Honorary Fellow of the Indian Society of Pulses Research and Development (ISPRD) is an Adjunct Professor of the University of Western Australia. A plant breeder and geneticist by training, he has over three decades of experience in chickpea genetics and breeding. He led the global chickpea breeding program of ICRISAT for 17 years (2001-2017) during which 65 chickpea varieties were released in eight countries from ICRISAT-bred material. He was Chair of the International Steering Committee for the Seventh International Food Legume Research Conference (IFLRC-VII) held in Morocco in 2018. He is recipient of Doreen Margaret Mashler Award, the highest scientific award of ICRISAT. He has published over 180 journal articles, edited three books and contributed over 60 papers/chapters in proceedings and books.
