Rajiv Khosla

Rajiv Khosla is an Indian-American scientist and Professor of Precision agriculture. He is best known for his work on measurement and management of in-field soil and crop spatial variability for nutrients.

Biography

Khosla received his B.Sc. in agriculture sciences from the University of Allahabad, India in 1992. He received his M.S. in soil physics and his Ph.D. from Virginia Tech in 1992 and 1995, respectively. Since 1999, he has been on the faculty of Colorado State University where he held the Monfort Professorship from 2008-2010.[1]

Khosla is a Honorary Lifetime Fellow of International Society of Precision Agriculture and a Fellow of the Soil and Water Conservation Society, the American Society of Agronomy, and the Soil Science Society of America. In 2012, he served as Jefferson Science Fellow in the Bureau of East Asia Pacific Affairs at the United States Department of State.[2] In 2015, he was named the Precision Agriculture Educator of the Year.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Biographies of Jefferson Science Fellows". National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2012-01-01. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
  2. ↑ "Three Academics Named 2012 Jefferson Science Fellows". IndiaWest. 2012-09-09. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
  3. ↑ "Awards Of Excellence: Dr. Raj Khosla Named 2015 Precision Ag Educator Of The Year". PrecisionAg. 2015-07-28. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
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