From 01-06-1972 to 10-06-1977
Dr. Lakshmi Singh Negi took over the charge of Vice-Chancellor, Assam
Agricultural University, Jorhat w.e.f. 01-06-72 to 10.06.77. Born on September
18, 1913 in Chini Village of Kinnaur District of Himachal Pradesh, Dr. Negi
graduated and post graduated (Master’s degree) in Agriculture from the Punjab
University, Lahore with gold medal and making University record. He obtained
Ph.D. degree from Minnesota, USA. Before joining Assam Agricultural University,
Jorhat, Dr. Negi served many institutions in different positions such as
Economic Botanist of Cereals, Cotton and Oilseeds, Government of Punjab (August
1953 to January 1957); Director of Agriculture, Himachal Pradesh (January 1957
to April 1963); Dean, College of Agriculture, Punjab Agricultural University (April 1963 to March
1964); Director of Agriculture cum Additional Commissioner for Agricultural
Production, Himachal Pradesh (April 1964 to March 1968); Vice- Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Viswa
Vidyalaya, Jabalpur (March 1968 to May1972). In addition to the above, he acted
as Member/President/ Chairman of about 8 numbers of committees/ bodies of
education and research mostly in ICAR. He has about 46 scientific papers to his
credit. Dr. Negi extensively toured the world over. He visited the USA (four
times), Federal republic of Germany, Philippines, Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand,
Canada, United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Holland, Sweden and Italy.
