Government of India committee member
Serving on the High Level Committee on MSP, Natural Farming & Crop Diversification at Krishi Bhawan.
श्री कृष्णबीर चौधरी
Krishan Bir Chaudhary
Leadership in Indian Agriculture — for the farmer, for the nation.
Seed sovereignty. Fair price. Sustainable innovation. Service to farmers.
President, Bharatiya Krishak Samaj · M.Sc., D.Litt. (Honoris Causa)
Leadership & recognition
Why his word carries weight
Institutional roles, legal victories, and national recognition — trust earned in ministries, courts, and fields.
President, Bharatiya Krishak SamajHigh Level Committee — MSP, Natural Farming & Crop Diversification (GOI)Krishi Ratan, 1998 · D.Litt. (Honoris Causa), 2021Editor, Kisan Ki Awaaz · Author, Development Misplaced (Penguin, 2014)
Decades of institutional leadership
Former Chairman of SFCI and the Indian Sugarcane Development Council; Director, NAFED; founder member, SFAC.
Proven legal & policy impact
EPO wheat patent revoked (2004); Seeds Bill and Pesticide Management Bill inputs prioritised in parliamentary committee reports.
Recognised national & global voice
Krishi Ratan (1998), Guest of Honour at the 88th Indian Science Congress (2001), D.Litt. Honoris Causa (2021).
Clearer path on MSP & fair price
Policy work grounded in field reality — reserve-price justice and crop diversification that protects farmer income.
Defence of seed rights
Legal and public advocacy so farmers can save, exchange, and reuse seed without illegal patents or royalty capture.
Sustainable farming guidance
Natural farming and IPM-aligned approaches that safeguard soil, health, and long-term productivity.
A national media megaphone
Editorial and television platforms that carry the annadata’s concerns into living rooms and negotiating rooms.
12 February 2021
D.Litt. (Honoris Causa)
University of Central America, Bolivia
4 January 2001
Guest of Honour — 88th Indian Science Congress
Honoured by Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi · IARI, New Delhi
1998
Krishi Ratan
Conferred by Shri Sharad Pawar, then CM of Maharashtra
How engagement works
From enquiry to public follow-through
A clear path for press, policy partners, farmer organisations, and collaborators.
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Share your enquiry
Write via email or WhatsApp — press invitations, policy briefings, farmer organisation correspondence, and collaboration requests.
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Briefing & alignment
Clarify the issue — MSP, seed law, natural farming, media, or BKS chapter work — and the outcome you need for farmers or institutions.
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Policy, platform & organisation work
Engage through Bharatiya Krishak Samaj networks, High Level Committee context, parliamentary and media channels as appropriate.
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Public follow-through
Sustain the message through Kisan Ki Awaaz, national television, and continued farmer-organisation capacity building.
Journey
A lifetime in service of the annadata
From institutional chairmanships and parliamentary testimony to global trade fora — milestones that shaped Indian farmer advocacy.
About
Farmer-statesman of Indian agriculture.
Eminent farmer leader and agricultural policy expert — President of Bharatiya Krishak Samaj, member of the Government of India’s High Level Committee on MSP, natural farming and crop diversification, and a familiar voice across national television and international trade fora.
Editor of Kisan Ki Awaaz · Author of Development Misplaced (Penguin, 2014)
- President — Bharatiya Krishak SamajPresent
- Member — High Level Committee on MSP, Natural Farming & Crop DiversificationPresent
- Editor — Kisan Ki AwaazOngoing
Areas of public work
Where his leadership serves farmers
Policy advocacy, legal defence of farmers’ rights, media platforms, and organisation building — grounded in decades of institutional service.
MSP & agri-policy advocacy
High-level work on Minimum Support Price, natural farming, and crop diversification — including membership of the Government of India High Level Committee.
Learn moreSeed sovereignty & legal defence
Seeds Bill testimony, EPO wheat-patent challenge with Greenpeace (2004), and campaigns against illegal royalty regimes that threaten farmers’ seed rights.
Learn moreSustainable & natural farming
IPM stewardship (GOI–UNDP), natural farming alignment, and farmer-centric models that protect soil, health, and livelihoods.
Learn moreTrade, WTO & food sovereignty
Indian farmers’ voice at WTO ministerials in Hong Kong, Geneva, Bali, and Nairobi — plus FAO and Terra Madre engagements.
Learn moreMedia & public communication
Editorial leadership via Kisan Ki Awaaz, national TV appearances, and press interventions on pesticide policy, biopiracy, and fair price.
Learn moreBKS organisation building
National presidency of Bharatiya Krishak Samaj and state chapter guidance — including West Bengal chapter formation in 2026.
Learn moreFeatured heritage story
Kisan Bhavan
Project archives document the foundation / inauguration of Kisan Bhawan as an institutional home for farmer organisation work. The commemorative plaque and ceremony photographs below are from the project asset library — not generic portraits sourced from the internet.
Archival ceremony photographs from the project library document the 26 December 1996 inauguration — including the plaque naming H. D. Deve Gowda and Dr. Krishan Bir Chaudhary.
Why it was established
Kisan Bhawan was established as the institutional building of Bharat Krishak Samaj in New Delhi — a permanent address for farmer meetings, advocacy, and organisational work. Construction was undertaken by NBCC, as recorded on the inauguration plaque.
Historical significance
The inauguration brought the farmer organisation’s institutional home into the national frame — with the Prime Minister of India as inaugurating authority and Krishan Bir Chaudhary’s executive chairmanship recorded on the stone itself.
Foundation stone & H. D. Deve Gowda
Former Prime Minister Shri H. D. Deve Gowda inaugurated Bharat Krishak Samaj Kisan Bhawan (New Delhi) on 26 December 1996, as engraved on the commemorative plaque and shown in the project’s ceremony photographs.
Krishan Bir Chaudhary’s role
The Kisan Bhawan plaque names Dr. Krishan Bir Chaudhary as Executive Chairman, Bharat Krishak Samaj. Ceremony photographs show him on the dais during the occasion alongside national leaders.
Media & press
Featured media & press
Editorial platforms, national press, and public interviews carrying the farmer’s voice into policy rooms and living rooms.
Relationships getting lost in the whirlpool of convenience
A Hindi social commentary by Shri Krishnaveer Chaudhary (राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष, भारतीय कृषक समाज) on how technology, social media, and the pursuit of convenience erode human relationships, tolerance, and genuine sensitivity.
View clippingDevelopment Misplaced
Published analysis of misplaced development priorities and the farmer’s place in national economic thinking.
Learn moreKisan Ki Awaaz
Ongoing editorial platform amplifying farmer concerns, policy briefings, and field realities.
Learn moreProposed data protection panel on agrochemicals should be dissolved
Opinion intervention on agrochemical policy and the proposed data-protection panel.
Learn moreTestimonials & recognition
Voices and platforms that matter
“I thank you for the leadership you are providing for our agricultural renewal… We are looking forward to your guidance and advice.”
National television voice
Regular commentary across DD News, DD Kisan, Sansad TV, Aaj Tak, Republic Bharat, ZEE News and more.
Penguin author
Development Misplaced (Penguin, 2014) — policy critique rooted in farmer reality.
Editorial platform
Editor, Kisan Ki Awaaz — monthly English magazine amplifying the annadata’s voice.
Television platforms
DD News · DD Kisan · Sansad TV · Aaj Tak · Republic Bharat · ZEE News · TV9 Bharatvarsh · Zee Hindustan · Zee Business · News18 India · ABP · News Nation · India TV · NDTV