Atmaram Bhairav Joshi (1916 – 2010) was an Indian agricultural scientist and academic,[1] known for his contributions to the field of wheat and other crop breeding.
[1] After securing a post graduate diploma from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi (IARI) in 1939,[2] he passed his MSc in 1945 and PhD in 1950 from the University of Cambridge.
[1][5] His career started in 1940 as a research assistant at his alma mater, IARI, where he rose in ranks to become a professor, the dean of post graduate studies (1958–65) and the director of the institution (1965–66).
[6] After superannuation in 1977, he was appointed as the vice-chancellor of the Mahatama Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri and worked there till his retirement in 1980.
[9] He was the coordinator of the ICAR sponsored Wheat Research Project (1960–66)[1] During his tenure as the vice-chancellor of the MPKV university, he also served as a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee to the prime minister of India (1972–76).
[1] He introduced crop improvement of wheat and cotton through quantitative genic exploitation and is known to have contributed to the success of the Green Revolution in India in the 1960s and 1970s.
[1] The Task Force of Kothari Commission, in which Joshi was a member, is reported to have made several recommendations aimed at developing agricultural education in India.