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Brahma Singh is an Indian Horticultural scientist, known for his expertise on protected cultivation and his efforts in developing agro-technologies for the high altitude areas of the Himalayan region of Leh and for identifying and popularizing the fruit crops of seabuckthorn and Indian mulberry (Noni). The Government of India honoured him, in 2014, by awarding him the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, for his contributions to the fields of science and technology. ==Biography== Brahma Singh was born at a small hamlet of Paladi〔 in Muzaffarnagar district〔 in the India state of Uttar Pradesh, on 15 December 1941.〔 He did his schooling at the Rashtriya High School from where he passed his matriculation in 1959〔 and completed his junior college in 1961 from the Jat Inter College, Muzaffarnagar in 1961. Singh graduated (BSc Hons) in agriculture and agri-horticulure〔 from the G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology in 1964 and passed MSc from the same university in 1966.〔 Subsequently, he did his doctoral studies at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pantnagar and secured PhD in 1970.〔〔〔〔 After obtaining the doctoral degree, Dr. Singh started his career as an assistant professor at the Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar in 1970〔 and worked there till 1974, when he joined the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) at their Uttaranchal facility of Defence Agricultural Research Laboratory as the Grade I Senior Scientific Officer.〔〔 In 1979, he was transferred to the Defence Food Research Laboratory, Mysore with a promotion to the post of the Deputy Director. The next assignment as the Director at the Defence Research Laboratory in Tezpur, Assam,〔 a stint of five years till 1990.〔 This was followed by his transfer to the Field Research Laboratory, Leh in Jammu and Kashmir, as the Director,〔〔 starting a significant chapter in his career. In 1995, Singh shifted to the DRDO headquarters in Delhi as the Director of the Life Sciences〔 with the additional responsibility of the Secretary of the Life Sciences Research Board〔〔 till his official retirement from DRDO service in 2001.〔 In 2002, Dr. Singh was elevated to the status of ''Emeritus Scientist''〔 and was placed at the Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences of DRDO for one year and was appointed the General Manager of the Uttaranchal Seeds and Tarai Development Corporation at for another one year term.〔 In 2004, Singh moved to the Rashtrapati Bhavan, home to the famous Mughal Gardens, as the Officer on Special Duty (Horticulture) at the President's Secretariat where he worked till 2007.〔〔 His tenure there also resulted in Dr. Singh publishing two coffee table books, ''Trees of Rashtrapati Bhavan'' and ''Roses of Rashtrapati Bhavan''. Dr. Brahma Singh is the advisor of the World Noni Research Foundation based in Chennai.〔〔 He also holds the Presidency of the Indian Society For Protected Cultivation, New Delhi.〔〔 He is also the Joint Secretary of ISNS.〔 Dr. Brahma Singh lives in Mayur Vihar in New Delhi.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brahma Singh」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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