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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Hari Krishan Jain
| image = https://imgur.com/pss18PU
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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1930|5|28}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|04|08|1930|05|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Gurgaon]], [[Haryana]], India
| death_place =
| residence = India
| nationality = [[Indian nationality|Indian]]
| fields = [[Cytogenetics]] [[Plant Breeding]]
| workplaces = {{ublist | [[Indian Agricultural Research Institute]] | [[International Service for National Agricultural Research]] | [[Council for Scientific and Industrial Research]]}}
| alma_mater = {{ublist | [[University of Delhi]] | [[Indian Agricultural Research Institute]] | [[University of Wales]]}}
| doctoral_advisor =
| doctoral_students =
| known_for = [[Genetic recombination]]
| awards = 1966 [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] 1967 [[Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award]] 1973 [[Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship]]
1981 [[Padma Shri]] 1982 [[Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application|Norman Bourlaug Award]] 1986 [[Om Prakash Bhasin Award]] 1999 [[National Academy of Agricultural Sciences]] Dr. B. P. Pal Award 2004 [[Indian Science Congress Association|ISCA]] B. P. Pal Gold Medal
}}
'''Hari Krishan Jain''' (28 May 1930 - 8 April 2019) was an Indian [[cytogeneticist]] and plant breeder, known for his contributions to the field of [[genetic recombination]] and the control of interchromosome level.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dr. Hari Krishan Jain Obituary |url=http://www.isgpb.org/documents/archive/19-521.pdf |access-date=13 August 2019}}</ref><ref name="Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners">{{cite web | url=http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf | title=Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners | publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research | date=1999 | access-date=4 September 2016 | pages=31 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043957/http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He is a former chancellor of the [[Central Agricultural University]], Imphal,<ref name="Swaminathan sees glorious future for NE agriculture">{{cite web | url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=feb0211/oth05 | title=Swaminathan sees glorious future for NE agriculture | publisher=Assam Tribune | date=2016 | access-date=9 September 2016}}</ref> a former director of the [[Indian Agriculture Research Institute]] and a recipient of honours such as [[Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award]], [[Borlaug Award]] and [[Om Prakash Bhasin Award]].<ref name="Indian Fellow - H. K. Jain">{{cite web | url=http://insaindia.res.in/detail.php?id=N74-0336 | title=Indian Fellow - H. K. Jain | publisher=Indian National Science Academy | date=2016 | access-date=9 September 2016}}</ref> The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1966, for his contributions to [[biological sciences]].<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/AwardeeList.aspx | title=View Bhatnagar Awardees | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | access-date=4 September 2016}}</ref> He received the fourth highest Indian civilian honor, the [[Padma Shri]], in 1981.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2013 | access-date=20 August 2016}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Hari Krishan Jain, born on 28 May 1930<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/content/Detail.aspx?AID=481 | title=Brief Profile of the Awardee | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | access-date=4 September 2016}}</ref> in a [[Jainism|Jain family]] in [[Gurgaon]], in the Indian state of [[Haryana]] to Chameli Devi and Nemi Chand Jain, graduated in Botany (BSc hons) from the [[University of Delhi]] in 1949 after which he secured an associate-ship from the [[Indian Agriculture Research Institute]] (IARI) in 1951.<ref name="H. K. Jain on Encyclopedia of Jainism">{{cite web | url=http://en.encyclopediaofjainism.com/index.php?title=DR._H.K._JAIN | title=Dr. H. K. Jain on Encyclopedia of Jainism | publisher=Encyclopedia of Jainism | work=Encyclopedic article | date=2016 | access-date=12 September 2016}}</ref> Subsequently, he pursued his doctoral studies at the [[Aberystwyth]] campus of the [[University College of Wales]], on a Science Research Scholarship of the Royal Commission, London to secure his PhD and returned to India to start his career as a cytologist at IARI in 1956. He stayed at IARI till his superannuation from service as its Director in 1983 during which time he served as the Head of Genetics Division from 1966 to 1978. In 1984, he became associated with the [[International Service for National Agricultural Research]] of the [[Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research]] (CGIAR) where he served as the deputy director general. Later, he continued his academic life at the Rajasthan College of Agriculture of [[Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology]], Udaipur<ref name="GuptaKumar2006">{{cite book|author1=Ameeta Gupta|author2=Ashish Kumar|title=Handbook of Universities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rs-jsaPenxYC&pg=PA511|year=2006|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist|isbn=978-81-269-0608-6|pages=511–}}</ref><ref name="Invited speakers">{{cite web | url=http://www.curaj.ac.in/2015/conf/NCTAS%202015.pdf | title=Invited speakers | publisher=Central University of Rajasthan | date=2016 | access-date=10 September 2016}}</ref> till he was appointed as the chancellor of the [[Central Agricultural University]], Imphal.<ref name="Swaminathan sees glorious future for NE agriculture" />

Jain is married to Kusum Lata and the couple has two children, Neera and Reena.

== Legacy ==
Jain's early researches on [[Lilium]], a genus of herbaceous plants, and its [[meiotic]] cell division revealed the correlation between the chromosome condensation and [[nucleolar]] synthesis.<ref name="Indian Fellow - H. K. Jain" /> After joining IARI, he and his colleagues worked on the ''cytological mechanisms of [[genetic recombination]]'', on [[Delphinium]], a perennial flowering plant genus. His work contributed to the development of a protocol for controlling the interchromosome level, which was experimentally evidenced by subsequent researches by others.<ref name="Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners" /> Later, he worked on tomato and [[Drosophila]] (popularly known as ''fruit flies'') and his studies assisted in the discovery of ''chemical mutagen specificity''. He headed the wheat development programs of IARI and initiated three such programs to develop high-yielding varieties of wheat. [[Ribosomal]] synthesis in plant cells was another area of his researches. He is credited with developing the concept of ''national multilineal complex'' of varieties and the proposal of the ''multiple and inter-cropping patterns'', later popularized by the Indian Agricultural Research Institute.<ref name="Agriculture and Allied Sciences -1986 - H. K. Jain">{{cite web | url=http://www.opbfawards.com/jain.html | title=Agriculture and Allied Sciences -1986 - H. K. Jain | publisher=PPF Awards | date=2016 | access-date=12 September 2016}}</ref> He authored five books<ref name="H. K. Jain on Library of Congress">{{cite web | url=https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchType=7&searchId=434&maxResultsPerPage=100&recCount=100&recPointer=0&resultPointer=0& | title=H. K. Jain on Library of Congress | publisher=Library of Congress | work=Search results | date=2016 | access-date=12 September 2016}}</ref> which included ''Plant Breeding: Mendelian to Molecular Approaches''<ref name="JainKharkwal2012">{{cite book|author1=H.K. Jain|author2=M.C. Kharkwal|title=Plant Breeding: Mendelian to Molecular Approaches|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=13DvCAAAQBAJ|date=6 December 2012|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-94-007-1040-5}}</ref> ''Genetics: Principles, Concepts and Implications'',<ref name="Genetics: Principles, Concepts and Implications">{{cite book | title=Genetics: Principles, Concepts and Implications | publisher=Science Pub Inc | author=H. K. Jain | year=1999 | pages=438 | isbn=978-1578080540}}</ref> and ''Green Revolution: History, Impact and Future''<ref name="Jain2010">{{cite book|author=H. K. Jain|title=Green Revolution: History, Impact and Future|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0aC62aMi_ToC|year=2010|publisher=The Green Revolution: Histor|isbn=978-1-933699-63-9}}</ref> and several articles which document the body of his work.<ref name="Author Details">{{cite web | url=http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/MR/search/authors/view?firstName=H&middleName=K&lastName=Jain&affiliation=Rajasthan%20College%20of%20Agriculture%2C%20Maharana%20Pratap%20University%20of%20Agriculture%20and%20Technology%2C%20Udaipur-313001%2C%20India&country= | title=Author Details | publisher=Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) | date=2016 | access-date=9 September 2016}}</ref>

Jain has served as a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC-C) to the Government of India (1982–83) and the [[Uttar Pradesh]] State Planning Commission (1978–80). He chaired the Food and Agriculture Committee of the [[Bhabha Atomic Research Centre]] (1980–83) and the Indian chapter of the [[Man and the Biosphere Programme]] of the [[UNESCO]] (1978–83) and has been a member of the advisory committee on biotechnology of the [[Department of Science and Technology (India)|Department of Science and Technology]] (1982–83). He chaired the consultative group on agriculture of the [[International Council for Science]] (ICSU) (1973) and is an Emeritus scientist of the [[Council for Scientific and Industrial Research]], having been elected to the position in 1993. He also sat in the council of the [[Indian National Science Academy]] from 1979 to 1981<ref name="Indian Fellow - H. K. Jain" /> and served as the vice president of the [[National Academy of Agricultural Sciences]] from 2009 to 2011.<ref name="NAAS fellows">{{cite web | url=http://naasindia.org/page.php?pageid=27 | title=NAAS fellows | publisher=National Academy of Agricultural Sciences | date=2016 | access-date=6 September 2016}}</ref>

=== Books ===
* {{cite book | title=Genetics: Principles, Concepts and Implications | publisher=Science Pub Inc | author=H. K. Jain | year=1999 | pages=438 | isbn=978-1578080540}}
* {{cite book | lccn=85904176 | title=Indian Agriculture in 2000 AD | publisher=Indian National Science Academy | author=H. K. Jain | year=1985 | pages=45}}
* {{cite book | title=Organization and structure in national agricultural research systems | publisher=International Service for National Agricultural Research | author=H. K. Jain | year=1989 | pages=49 | lccn=90129370}}
* {{cite book|author=H. K. Jain|title=Green Revolution: History, Impact and Future|year=2010|publisher=The Green Revolution: Histor|isbn=978-1-933699-63-9}}
* {{cite book|author1=H.K. Jain|author2=M.C. Kharkwal|title=Plant Breeding: Mendelian to Molecular Approaches|date=2012|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-94-007-1040-5}}

== Awards and honors ==
Jain received the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], the highest award of the [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]] in 1966 for his contributions to biological sciences.<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee" /> The [[Indian Council of Agricultural Research]] awarded him the [[Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award]] the next year<ref name="Indian Fellow - H. K. Jain" /> and he was elected for the [[Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship]] in 1973 for his project, ''A Study of the Evolving Concepts of the Genetics and their Agricultural & Social Implications''.<ref name="List of Jawaharlal Nehru Fellows">{{cite web | url=http://www.jnmf.in/flist.html | title=List of Jawaharlal Nehru Fellows | publisher=Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund | date=2016 | access-date=11 September 2016}}</ref> The Government of India included him in the [[Indian honours system|Republic Day honors]] list for the civilian award of the [[Padma Shri]] in 1981 and he received the [[Borlaug Award]] in 1982.<ref name="Borlaug award">{{cite journal | url=http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Downloads/article_id_052_01_0008_0008_0.pdf | title=Borlaug award | author=Announcements | journal=Current Science | date=January 1983 | volume=52 | issue=1}}</ref> The [[Om Prakash Bhasin Award]] reached him in 1986<ref name="Om Praksh Bhasin Award">{{cite web | url=http://www.opbfawards.com/agriculture.html | title=Om Praksh Bhasin Award | publisher=Om Prakash Bhasin Foundation | date=2016 | access-date=11 January 2015}}</ref> and the [[National Academy of Agricultural Sciences]] honored him with Dr. B. P. Pal Award in 1999.<ref name="Dr. B. P. Pal Award">{{cite web | url=http://naasindia.org/page.php?pageid=25 | title=Dr. B. P. Pal Award | publisher=National Academy of Agricultural Sciences | date=2016 | access-date=11 September 2016}}</ref> He is also a recipient of the B. P. Pal Memorial Award of the [[Indian Science Congress Association]] which he received in 2004.<ref name="Indian Fellow - H. K. Jain" />

Jain was elected as a fellow of the [[Indian National Science Academy]] in 1974{{Refn|group=note|Jain delivered the [[Indian National Science Academy|INSA]] Jawarharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Lecture of 1996<ref name="Indian Fellow - H. K. Jain" />}} and he became an elected fellow of the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] in 1975.<ref name="IAS Fellows">{{cite web | url=http://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Jain,_Prof._Hari_Krishan | title=IAS Fellows | publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences | date=2016 | access-date=12 September 2016}}</ref> Two more Indian academies, the [[National Academy of Sciences, India]]<ref name="NASI fellows">{{cite web | url=http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=R | title=NASI fellows | publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India | date=2016 | access-date=6 September 2016 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315130140/http://nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=R | archive-date=15 March 2016 }}</ref> and the [[National Academy of Agricultural Sciences]] elected him as their fellow in 1988 and 1991 respectively.<ref name="NAAS fellows" /> The [[Indian Agricultural Research Institute]] honored him with the degree of Doctor of Science ([[honoris causa]]) in 2005 and the [[Central Agricultural University]], where he served as the vice chancellor, instituted an annual award, the Dr. H. K. Jain CAU Award, in his honor in 2015, to recognize excellence in agricultural research.<ref name="First Dr. H. K. Jain Award">{{cite web | url=http://www.cau.ac.in/docs/FirstDrHKJainAward.pdf | title=First Dr. H. K. Jain Award | publisher=Central Agricultural University | date=2015 | access-date=12 September 2016}}</ref>

== See also ==
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* [[Indian Agricultural Research Institute]]
* [[Central Agricultural University]]
* [[Genetic recombination]]
* [[Green Revolution#References|Green Revolution]]
* [[Green Revolution in India]]
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== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{cite web | url=http://203.64.245.61/news/2010/Promotion_Letter_of_Green_Revolution.pdf | title=The Green Revolution : History, Imapact and Future | publisher=Studium Press LLC, Houston | work=Promotion letter | date=2010 | access-date=12 September 2016}}

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