Dr Himanshu Pathak is the incumber Secretary of Department of Agriculture Research and Education (DARE) and the Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
Dr Pathak took over the charge of Secretary, DARE and DG, ICAR from Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra on 1st August 2022, and prior to that he was serving as the Director, the ICAR-National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management, Baramati, India. Previously, he held a position as the Director of the ICAR-NRRI in Cuttack.H e is a scientist of global repute working in the area of Abiotic stress, Climate change and Soil science.
He is currently the Vice Chair of the ICRISAT Governing Board.