Anand Kumar SinghAnand Kumar Singh. (aka Awtar Kumar Singh) is presently the deputy director general of horticulture, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, ?has a?bachelor's degree in Agriculture from Banaras Hindu University, a master's and PhD in Horticulture wih a specialization in Pomology from Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. His research areas include genetic improvement of fruit crops, plant Tissue culture and transcriptome analysis of mango. He was honored with several prestigious awards, notable being, Mombusho Award (1989) by Japanese Govt., visiting scientist award by Association of International Education, Japan (1999);? DBT Overseas Associateship Award (2006);? Gold Medal: ? The Horticultural Society of India (2008); Fellow of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences(2016) and many more Read More Read Less