Tsering Stobdan"

Dr. Tsering Stobdan is a Ladakh-based agriculture scientist at the Defence Institute of High Altitude Research. His research has influenced agriculture policies, and his technological innovations have reached over 130 villages in Laakh. He identified a native apricot as the world's unique and sweetest apricot that later became Ladakh's first GI tag product.

The Ladakh Greenhouse technology he developed is popular among the farmers. He is a recipient of the Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Award for Outstanding Research in Tribal Farming Systems from the Indian Council of Agricultural Research. He is a fellow of the Indian Academy of Horticultural Sciences and an executive member of the Seabuckthorn Association of India.