Vijaypal Singh Mehandiyan

Vijaypal Singh Mehandiyan, also called Dr. V.P. Singh, is Padma Shri awardee and Retired Head (Division of Genetics) at Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi.

Early life

He is Rajpur Kala (राजपुर कला) village in Jansath tahsil of Muzaffarnagar district in Uttar Pradesh.

Achievements

He is popularly known as the Father of Basmati Rice in India, introduces us to the never-before-seen aspects of basmati rice.

Padma Shri

He is ex-scientist in agriculture field in PUSA Delhi and awarded Padma Shri by President of India on his work for creation of new Rice breed named India Gate Basmati Rice.

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