Jauhar Ali, a rice breeder, has significantly contributed to developing multiple-stress tolerant inbred and hybrid varieties and capacity-building to strengthen global agricultural research. Currently, he leads the hybrid rice program at IRRI and heads the Hybrid Rice Development Consortium (HRDC). He has made significant efforts to deliver the three-line and two-line hybrid rice technologies in Asia and Africa. Through his research efforts, 65 Green Super Rice (GSR) inbreds were released and cultivated over 3.5m ha in different countries. He has published >90 peer-reviewed publications. He has trained 2100 researchers through targeted courses and guided 18 MS and 19 Ph.D. students.
Tamil Nadu Young Scientist Fellowship Award 1996-97
Tamil Nadu State Council of Science and Technology
Tamil Nadu Young Scientist Fellowship Award from Tamil Nadu State Council of Science and Technology for 1996-97.
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Award- 1994
Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Award- 1994 by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Outstanding Ph.D. Research Work on Crop Improvement.
Leadership Award 2019
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)
Received the “Leadership” Award given on 2nd April, 2019 by the Dr Huajun Tang, President of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) for “taking enormous efforts towards developing the GSR technology along with breeding of desirable varieties for its wide-scale adoption in Asia and Africa besides providing the required leadership as a GSR Project Leader at IRRI for Asia and East & Southern Africa.”