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Rattan Lal

American soil scientist of Indian origin
Person Human Q62712764

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[16]
Date of birth
September 5, 1944, 1944[7]
Place of birth
Punjab
Occupation
scientist, university teacher, pedologue, agronomist
Employer
University of Sydney, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ohio State University[9]
Field of work
soil science[8]
Educated at
Punjab Agricultural University, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Ohio State University
Award received
Borlaug Award, Japan Prize, honorary doctorate, World Food Prize, Padma Shri in Science & Engineering[10][11][12][13][14]
Academic degree
Doctor of Philosophy[17]
Family name
Lal[18]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Invasion Biology[21]
Member of
The World Academy of Sciences[15]
Name in native language
Rattan Lal[20]
Professorship
full professor[19]
🏷️ Also known as
en R. Lal en Lal en Lal R en Lal R. en Rattan Lal en R Lal el ραταν λαλ ja ラタン・ラル ru Лал, Раттан ru Раттан Лал zh 拉坦·拉尔
🔖 Identifiers · 23
ISNI
0000000122825319
ORCID iD
0000-0002-9016-2972
VIAF cluster ID
85262279
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n82017410
GND ID
115580271
CANTIC ID
981058512902206706
Curriculum vitae URL
senr.osu.edu
DDB person (GND) ID
115580271
Geni profile ID
6000000129586976935
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11h3cl_zhr
IdRef ID
073260584
J9U entity ID
987007274474205171
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KBR person ID
14387807
NL CR AUT ID
uzp2006368886
NUKAT ID
n99041834
Open Library ID
OL358188A
Research.com ID
rattan-lal
SBN author ID
UBOV042744
SHARE Catalogue author ID
79465
SVKKL authority ID
p0062227-Lal-R-1944
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058512902206706
X (Twitter) username
lal_rattan
Yale LUX ID
person/11e639a1-9f37-40e6-9255-2868ab11292c

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Landuse and land cover identification and disaggregating socio-economic data with convolutional neural network, Soil parent material, texture and oxide contents have little effect on soil organic carbon retention in tropical highlands
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Landuse and land cover identification and disaggregating socio-economic data with convolutional neural network, Soil parent material, texture and oxide contents have little effect on soil organic carbon retention in tropical highlands
Affiliated with 1
Ohio State University
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Summary

Rattan Lal was born on September 5, 1944[1], in Punjab[2]. He has worked as a scientist[3], university teacher[4], pedologist[5], and agronomist[6].

FAQs

Where was Rattan Lal born?

Rattan Lal was born in Punjab[2].

What did Rattan Lal do for work?

Rattan Lal worked as a scientist[3], university teacher[4], pedologist[5], and agronomist[6].

What awards did Rattan Lal receive?

Honors received include Borlaug Award[10], Japan Prize[11], honorary doctorate[12], and World Food Prize[13].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [7] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 21d ago · Kuldeepburjbhalaike · 2026-10-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Award received → Borlaug Award, Japan Prize, honorary doctorate +2
    "Created claim: Award received: Padma Shri in Science & Engineering"
  2. 22w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → p0062227-Lal-R-1944
    "Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: p0062227-Lal-R-1944, batch #259496"
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