Kaderbad Ravindranath, (sometimes spelled as Khaderbad) (born 4 January 1936) is an Indian agricultural research scientist and cotton breeder who received "Life Time Achievement Award" for his contributions to the cotton research.
He developed a new cotton variety named "Narasimha" which is widely used as a parent line by more than 20 leading cotton seed manufacturers in their cotton hybrid seed programs.
The hybrids made of "Narasimha-cotton" are cultivated in over one crore (10 million) acres contributing a tax amount of 300 crore Rupees (Rs 3 Billion) on sale of cotton and seed.