Biographical note

Dr P K Joshi superannuated as the Director-South Asia, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC. Prior to this he was holding the positions of the Director, National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, and the Director of the National Centre of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research. He has extensively worked in South and Southeast Asian countries in the areas of technology policy, natural resource management, climate change, markets and institutional economics. Dr Joshi has received several awards for his outstanding contribution in social science and agricultural economics research and management. He is the fellow of several professional societies and academies. He was Foreign Secretary and Secretary of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences. Presently, he is the President of the Agricultural Economics Research Association-India. Dr Joshi represented the Government of India in different high level delegations, such as the SAARC, BRICS, UN-CAPSA and IAASTD. He was also a member of the core group of the Indian government's "Right to Food" National Human Rights Commission.