Himanshu Pathak

Himanshu Pathak is an Indian agricultural scientist. He currently serves as Director General of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, headquartered in Hyderabad, India and as the President of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
Before joining ICRISAT, as its DG, he served as Secretary, Department of Agricultural Research and Education and Director General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research. He also served as Chairman of the Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board.

Education

Pathak completed his undergraduate studies in agriculture at Banaras Hindu University in 1986. He obtained his M.Sc. in Environmental Sciences in 1988 and his Ph.D. in 1992 from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute.

Awards and recognitions

Honorary Member of the Indian Society of Soil Science
President of the Indian Society of Soil Science, 2024
Advisory Committee Member of the Research and Innovation Circle of Hyderabad
Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship, Germany
Silver Jubilee Commemoration Medal of the Indian National Science Academy, 2016
Award of Appreciation from International Rice Research Institute, 2023
Research

Pathak’s research focuses on abiotic stress in crops and the impacts of climate change on agricultural systems. He contributed to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report. From 2011 to 2015, he served as India’s representative in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change negotiations.

Publications

Selected works

Pathak H, Fagodiya R.K., Singh A.. Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium budget in crop production in South-Asia: regional and country trends during the last five decades. Scientific Reports 14:29136. doi:.