	Name:	Dr. Blaise Desouza Head, Crop Production
	eMail:	blaise_123@rediffmail.com
	Date of Birth	03-02-1967
	Education	Ph.D (Agronomy, IARI New Delhi )
	Address	Central Institute for Cotton Research PB.No.2, Shankarnagar PO, Nagpur - 440 010, Maharashtra , INDIA Office Tel. No.: 07103-275549 Office Fax No.: 07103-275529

Educational Qualifications:

Level	Degree	Institute/ Board/ University	Year	Subject(s) with major field	Fellowship/ scholarship	Class/ Division/ Grade/ marks	Rank/ Medal/ Award
Graduation	B.Sc. (Ag)	APAU, Hyderabad	1988	Agronomy, Soil Science, Genetics and Plant Breeding, Pl Physiology, Extension, Economics, Entomology, Pathology, Horticulture	Merit Scholarship	FIRST 9.33/10.00	UNIVERSITY FIRST Recipient of 5- Gold Medals. Merit scholarship
Masters	M.Sc (Agron)	IARI, New Delhi	1990	Agronomy Ag. Statistics	ICAR Jr. Fellowship	FIRST 3.97/4.00	FIRST in the Division Gold Medal
Ph.D	Ph.D (Agron)	IARI, New Delhi	1994	Agronomy Soil Science, Ag. Physics, Pl Physiology	IARI Sr. Fellowship	FIRST 4.00/4.00	FIRST in the Division IARI Merit Gold Medal

Professional Experience

Designation	Organization	Institution & place of posting	Period (from - to)
Head, Crop Production	ICAR	CICR, Nagpur	16-8-2011 till date
Principal Scientist	ICAR	IISS, Bhopal	22-12-2007 to 12-8-2011
Senior Scientist	ICAR	CICR, Nagpur	9-10-2001 to 21-12-2007
Scientist (Sr. Scale)	ICAR	CICR, Nagpur	27-07-1998 to 08-10-2001
Scientist	ICAR	CICR, Nagpur	27-07-1994 to 26-07-1998
Post Doc	FRG, Bonn	Institute of Plant Nutrition, Freising	1-10-1993 to 24-07-1994

Research Papers in refereed journals: 36