Mr. P.A. Shankar

Director

Started the career as Instructor for Agricultural Science for a period extending more than 39 years from 1967 to 2006 and become the Head of the College at University of Agricultural Science, Bangalore. He was awarded with Doctoral Degree from Reading University, England. 

Carried out various research activities for the development of agricultural science and engaged in various out – reach programmes to encourage farmers to have modern technology to increase the yield and to reduce the spoilage of farm products, also impart hand-on training facilities, carried out women empowerment programmes for the development of the Agriculture. 

After the retirement he is presently the Chairman of a committee monitoring the research activities of National Agricultural Innovation Project of Indian Council of Agricultural Sciences, a member of Research Advisory Committee of National Diary Research Institute and also a member of Advisory Committee constituted by Indian Council of Agricultural Science to propose and monitor research and development carried out under national fund earmarked for strategic and frontier research.