Modadugu Vijay Gupta | |
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Born |
Bapatla, Madras Presidency, British India |
17 August 1939
Nationality | Indian |
Education | PhD in Biology |
Alma mater | University of Calcutta |
Occupation | Biologist |
Dr. Modadugu Vijay Gupta (17 August 1939) is an Indian biologist and fisheries scientist. He was awarded the World Food Prize in 2005, for development and dissemination of low-cost techniques for freshwater fish farming (using tilapia species) by the rural poor. He is considered a pioneer in the blue revolution of Southeast Asia. In 2015, was selected for the first Sunhak Peace Prize, in recognition of his creating an aquaculture system for the poor, rural populations in Asia, Africa and the Pacific.
Born on August 17, 1939, Gupta hails from Bapatla in the State of Andhra Pradesh, India.
Till his recent retirement, Dr. Gupta served as the Assistant Director General at WorldFish, an international fisheries research institute under the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) based at Penang in Malaysia.