ICAC elevates Keshav Kranthi as Chief Scientist
January 26, 2021
Former director of CICR-Nagpur will now lead technical collaborative projects globally
Global cotton research and advisory body, International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC), has elevated Keshav R Kranthi as the chief scientist.
The former director of Central Institute for Cotton Research (CICR), Nagpur, Kranthi had moved to Washington, US after ICAC appointed him as the head of technical services division in March 2017.
“Dr Keshav Kranthi the globally renowned cotton scientist who has served as Head of Technical Services for the ICAC since 2017 has been appointed Chief Scientist, reflecting recent changes both in his work and in the direction of the organisation,” an ICAC statement said on Tuesday.