Rajiv Khosla is an Indian-American scientist and professor of precision agriculture. He is best known for his work on measurement and management of in-field soil and crop spatial variability for nutrients.

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Khosla received his B.Sc. in agriculture sciences from the University of Allahabad India in 1992. He received his M.S. in soil physics and his Ph.D. from Virginia Tech in 1992 and 1995, respectively. Since 1999, he has been on the faculty of Colorado State University where he held the Monfort Professorship from 2008-2010.[1]

Khosla is an Honorary Lifetime Fellow of International Society of Precision Agriculture, a selected Jefferson Science Fellow,[2] and a Fellow of the Soil and Water Conservation Society, the American Society of Agronomy,[3] and the Soil Science Society of America.[4] In 2012, he served as Jefferson Science Fellow in the Bureau of East Asia Pacific Affairs at the United States Department of State.[5] In 2015, he was named the Precision Agriculture Educator of the Year.[6]

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  1. ^ "JNT Alumni 1991 - The JN TATA Endowment for the Higher Education of Indians". Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Rajiv Khosla". Global Positioning System. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  3. ^ "American Society of Agronomy Presents 2011 Class of Fellows". American Society of Agronomy. 24 August 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Past Award Recipients Search". Soil Science Society of America. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Three Academics Named 2012 Jefferson Science Fellows". IndiaWest. 9 September 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Awards Of Excellence: Dr. Raj Khosla Named 2015 Precision Ag Educator Of The Year". PrecisionAg. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2019.

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