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358:(ICAR), the apex agency in India for agricultural education and research. After his retirement from the ICAR in 1994, he continued his association with the agency as its B. P. Pal National Professor and in 2004, he was appointed as a member of the science council of the
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Chopra, V. L. (1967). "Tests for genetic effects of irradiated or chemically treated media in drosophila and micro-organisms".
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Chopra's career took prominence when he became the director of
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Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research
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Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science
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in 1983. The Government of India included him in the
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1406:V. L. Chopra; Vedpal S. Malik; S. R. Bhat (1999).
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254:National Academy of Agricultural Sciences
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2429:Indian Council of Agricultural Research
1355:Technologies for Livelihood Enhancement
1331:. Oxford & IBH Publishing Company.
1223:. Oxford & IBH Publishing Company.
1180:. IRRI. pp. 8–. GGKEY:YXH28B902QS.
1099:"BIT to inaugurate biotech block today"
764:Technologies for Livelihood Enhancement
648:. Oxford & IBH Publishing Company.
629:. Oxford & IBH Publishing Company.
480:at the 2nd Asia Pacific Conference and
466:Technologies for Livelihood Enhancement
407:Gujarat State Fertilizers and Chemicals
356:Indian Council of Agricultural Research
226:Indian Council of Agricultural Research
2514:Indian officials of the United Nations
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1466:. International Congress of Genetics.
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788:List of University of Edinburgh people
610:. International Congress of Genetics.
567:(TWAS) following suit in 1989 and the
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348:Indian Agricultural Research Institute
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325:Indian Agricultural Research Institute
2464:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
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1156:. The World Academy of Sciences. 2016
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415:International Rice Research Institute
262:European Academy of Sciences and Arts
1244:V. Chopra; K. Peter (12 July 2005).
943:"Chopra, Virender Lal - NAAS Fellow"
724:V. Chopra; K. Peter (12 July 2005).
508:in 1985 and he was selected for the
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1220:Plant Breeding: Theory and Practice
646:Plant Breeding: Theory and Practice
561:National Academy of Sciences, India
538:Indian Science Congress Association
504:list for the civilian award of the
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258:National Academy of Sciences, India
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2479:Humboldt Research Award recipients
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1490:. Indian Academy of Sciences. 2016
403:MS Swaminathan Research Foundation
212:Birbal Sahni Birth Centenary Award
185:Silver Jubilee Commemoration Medal
16:Indian biotechnologist (1936–2020)
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391:International Genetics Federation
352:Food and Agriculture Organization
1352:V. L. Chopra (15 January 2015).
842:"Profile of Virender Lal Chopra"
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492:Virender Chopra was awarded the
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1385:. Oxford & IBH Publishing.
1358:. New India Publishing Agency.
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557:Indian National Science Academy
530:Indian National Science Academy
433:. He was the chancellor of the
399:Indian National Science Academy
339:in 1967, presenting the thesis
250:Indian National Science Academy
234:Central Agricultural University
2504:20th-century Indian biologists
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601:. Oxford & IBH Publishing.
411:non governmental organizations
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1810:Kershasp Tehmurasp Satarawala
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565:The World Academy of Sciences
266:The World Academy of Sciences
2459:University of Cologne alumni
1614:award recipients (1980–1989)
1247:Handbook of Industrial Crops
1073:"Dr Chopra on CGIAR Council"
793:Central University of Kerala
726:Handbook of Industrial Crops
446:Handbook of Industrial Crops
435:Central University of Kerala
364:Planning Commission of India
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1409:Applied Plant Biotechnology
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385:Positions and publications
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2454:Delhi University alumni
2449:Indian agriculturalists
2439:Indian biotechnologists
2344:# Posthumous conferral
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2314:Suresh Shankar Nadkarni
1815:Subodh Chandra Sengupta
1304:. Academic Foundation.
1077:The Hindu Business Line
1008:"V. L. Chopra on CGIAR"
747:. Academic Foundation.
544:(NAAS) awarded him the
514:Om Prakash Bhasin Award
482:Genetics, new frontiers
337:University of Edinburgh
278:Om Prakash Bhasin Award
169:Om Prakash Bhasin Award
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2051:Pushpa Mittra Bhargava
2035:Srinivasan Varadarajan
1967:Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon
1795:Swraj Paul, Baron Paul
1488:"Fellow Profile - IAS"
1439:. Science Publishers.
1412:. Science Publishers.
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873:"The war against rust"
690:. Science Publishers.
667:. Science Publishers.
498:Coromandel Fertilisers
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2030:Bhalchandra Udgaonkar
2025:Gurbachan Singh Talib
1957:Eknath Vasant Chitnis
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1271:V. L. Chopra (2001).
1217:V. L. Chopra (1989).
705:V. L. Chopra (2001).
644:V. L. Chopra (1989).
606:V. L. Chopra (1984).
591:Selected bibliography
581:role model scientists
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329:University of Cologne
130:Agricultural research
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2218:Shreyans Prasad Jain
2208:Ashok Sekhar Ganguly
2081:Sidney Dillon Ripley
1770:Richard Attenborough
1678:Avabai Bomanji Wadia
1653:A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
1301:Search for New Genes
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707:Breeding Field Crops
559:(INSA) in 1984. The
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454:Search for New Genes
450:Breeding Field Crops
240:and a member of the
197:World Food Day Award
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2294:Anna Rajam Malhotra
2203:Kartar Singh Duggal
2167:Laxmi Prasad Sihare
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1992:Kalanidhi Narayanan
1962:Virender Lal Chopra
1952:Shiba P. Chatterjee
1714:Khadim Hussain Khan
1704:Gottipati Brahmayya
298:Rawalpindi District
222:Virender Lal Chopra
44:Virender Lal Chopra
25:Virender Lal Chopra
2469:Indian agronomists
2444:Indian geneticists
2198:Ram Prakash Bambah
2152:Annada Shankar Ray
2106:Gulshan Lal Tandon
1982:Tribhuvandas Luhar
1886:Sripada Pinakapani
1881:Hosur Narasimhaiah
1871:Jnan Prakash Ghosh
1775:Doraiswamy Iyengar
1724:Jal Minocher Mehta
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879:. 15 December 1984
571:in 1990. Besides,
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458:Benjamin Peary Pal
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179:Honor Summus Medal
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2101:Badri Nath Tandon
1825:Arun Kumar Sharma
1734:Syed Zahoor Qasim
1473:978-0-89059-037-9
1446:978-1-886106-78-9
1419:978-1-57808-033-5
1365:978-93-83305-81-0
1338:978-81-204-0151-8
1311:978-81-7188-632-6
1284:978-81-204-1435-8
1257:978-1-56022-283-5
1230:978-81-204-0388-8
1107:. 8 November 2005
912:on 13 August 2016
773:978-93-83305-81-0
754:978-81-7188-632-6
735:978-1-56022-283-5
716:978-81-204-1435-8
697:978-1-57808-033-5
674:978-1-886106-78-9
655:978-81-204-0388-8
636:978-81-204-0151-8
617:978-0-89059-037-9
488:Awards and honors
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2162:Man Mohan Sharma
2142:Roddam Narasimha
2071:V. Krishnamurthy
2007:Gopala Ramanujam
1987:Sadat Abul Masud
1931:Baldev Upadhyaya
1861:Michael Ferreira
1856:Horace Alexander
1805:K. G. Ramanathan
1785:K. Sankaran Nair
1749:Jhabarmal Sharma
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