ICAR Director Himanshu Pathak is new ICRISAT Director General

The announcement was made by governing board chair professor Prabhu Pingali during an all-staff event on October 18 at the ICRISAT headquarters in Hyderabad

Sangareddy: The governing board of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) formally announced the appointment of Dr Himanshu Pathak as the Director General-designate of the globally acclaimed institute. The announcement was made by governing board chair professor Prabhu Pingali during an all-staff event on October 18 at the ICRISAT headquarters in Hyderabad.

Dr Pathak has a distinguished career in advancing global agricultural research and development and will bring a wealth of experience to ICRISAT. He currently serves as secretary of the Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE) and Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). Professor Pingali said Dr Pathak’s strategic vision and proven leadership would be instrumental as ICRISAT confronts the challenges of expanding drylands and drives forward its mission to build resilient, sustainable agri-food systems for the most vulnerable across Asia, Africa, and beyond.

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“Under Dr Pathak’s guidance, we are confident that ICRISAT will continue to build powerful new alliances and set new benchmarks in agricultural innovation and global food security and the Governing Board and I look forward to working closely with him”, Prof Pingali said.

Dr Pathak will officially assume his role next year.