Akhilesh Kumar Tyagi

| birth_place = Waira Firozpur, Bulandshahr district, Uttar Pradesh, India | death_date = | death_place = | fields = {Plant genomics | workplaces = | alma_mater = | doctoral_advisor = | doctoral_students = | known_for = Studies on crop improvement | awards = }} Akhilesh Kumar Tyagi (born 15 May 1956) is an Indian plant biologist and the former director of National Institute of Plant Genome Research. Known for his studies on plant genomics and biotechnology, Tyagi is an elected fellow of all the three major Indian science academies namely Indian Academy of Sciences, Indian National Science Academy and National Academy of Sciences, India as well as The World Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences. The Department of Biotechnology of the Government of India awarded him the National Bioscience Award for Career Development, one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to biosciences in 1999. Provided by Wikipedia