Nandini Nimbkar

Dr. Nandini Nimbkar is an American academic from India, and current President of the Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI).
Dr. Nimbkar started at NARI as a researcher. She became director and then in 1990 president of the institute. Nimkbar has 23 years of experience in agriculture research, and is also a member of the senate and academic council of Shivaji University. She has overseen the setup of a large sweet sorghum breeding program at NARI. Dr. Nimbkar has been recently nominated by Ministry of Agriculture (India), Government of India, as a member of Research Advisory Committee to National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management (NIASM), Baramati, India.

• Bachelor's degree from the University of Pune in 1974.
• Master's degree in Agronomy from the University of Florida in 1977.
• Doctorate in Agronomy from the University of Florida in 1981.
• Honored as one of the 47 most distinguished alumnae of University of Florida in 1997.