Degree

Subject

Year

Institution

Doctorate in Agriculture

Agriculture

2007

Belford University USA

M.Sc.

Agriculture(Plant breeding & Genetics) specialization in bio-technology

1999

College of Agriculture, Jabalpur

Under JNKVV Jabalpur(MP)

B.Sc.

Agriculture

1996

College of Agriculture, Gwalior

Under JNKVV Jabalpur(MP)

Research Topic

EFFECT OF GENOTYPES AND CULTURE MEDIUM ON IN-VITRO RESPONSE OF MATURE COTYLEDON CULTURE  IN PIGEONPEA (Cajanus cajan (L.)Mill sp.)

§         Selection of demonstration and nursery sites in India

§         Collection of high yielding Jatropha provenances from various part of India as well as from potential countries.

§         Raising of hi-tech nurseries for high yielding Jatropha seedlings.

§         Breeding trials for developing high oil and yield bearing variety.

§         Conduct research and training through demonstrations at various part of India.

§         Optimization of package of practices for jatropha cultivation in various kind of soil, irrigation facilities, management etc.

§         Optimization of plantation distance for different plantation models and environmental conditions.

§         Verification of plantation field for quality plantation.

§         Responsibility for plantation in Madhya Pradesh in various model of plantations

Experience, accomplishments,

and Trainers Training

§         Invited as TERI representative

International

§         Visited UAE (Dubai) at Advanced Biotech Center to conduct demonstrations on desert reclamation using mycorrhiza and Jatropha. The objective of the demos was to cultivate/develop farming by putting low input (Half irrigation and Half manuring) in high temperature.

§                    Vegetable production

§                    Date palm inoculation

§                    Introduction of new floriculture plants

§                   Football stadium grass development

§                   Carpet grass demonstration

§                    Barseem cultivation 

National

§         Chattisgarh state government  invited to identify the opportunities for rural & tribal community  development.

§         Rajasthan NTPC invited for establishment of energy option for rural electrification through bio-diesel.

§         Ramagundam NTPC invited to identify the solution for ash dyke reclamation and fugitive dust  emission control.

§         Tamilnadu state ministry of small scale industry invited for a lecture on Bio-diesel in India.

§         Invitation from Santi Kul Krishi Evam Gram Vikas Sansthan for a lecture on Jatropha cultivation and bio-diesel production.

§         Training to the trainers (agriculture officers) and farmers on jatropha plantation and its economics in Tamilnadu.

§         Training to the trainers (agriculture officers) and farmers on jatropha plantation and its economics in Andhrapradesh.

§         Titagarh group of industry (West Bengal) invited to give a training to DFOs on jatropha plantation and its specifications.

§         Short term certificate course has been done on the topic SCIENTIFIC METHOD OF GRAIN STORAGE & QUALITY CONTROL from Indian Grain Storage Management & Research Institute of MINISTRY GOVT.OF INDIA. 

§         Practical experience of field trials and research Trials evaluation, designing and management.

§         Fair knowledge of statistical analysis

Position

Organization

Since

To

Place

Quality control officer

Proagro seed company LTD            A Bayer group of company

Feb-2000

July-2001

Hyderabad

Elite Event In-charge (INDIA)

 (Transgenic Mustard)

Proagro seed company LTD             A Bayer group of company

July-2001

Jan-2003

Gurgaon

Research scientist

The Energy & Resources Institute (TERI)

June-2003

Oct-2006

Delhi

Head R&D and Operation

(Bio-diesel Division)

Ruchi Soya Industry Ltd.

Nov-2006

Continued

Indore

Partner in Projects handled with TERI

§         Detail Project Report for National Mission on Bio-fuel

§         Setting up of Orchard of Provenanacial Genotypes of Jatropha curcas

§         Disposal of Black Liquor through HRTS

§         Bamboo plantation  using fly ash for Tribal development

§         Plantation of Jatropha between vetiver grass on Ash dyke

§         Ash dyke reclamation  through  jatropha plantation and vetiver grass

§         Managing Crop Residues-IRRI

§         Development of Tree-born oil seeds

§         Distillery Effluent disposal –Green cap project

§         Green Belt Development in Malara Heaps

§         Reclaiming Ash pond

§         Technology Demonstration project

§         Textile dye effluent disposal through HRTS

§         Selection of Elite genotype of Jatropha curcas & Vetiver Grass in response of different strain of mycorrhizal inoculation

§         Reclamation of ash ponds and cultivation of Jatropha curcas and Veteveria zizanoides using arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi as technology demonstration for biofuel production and environmental cleaning.

§         Field validation and product formulation of AMF bio inoculant with particular reference to low-input wheat-rice and wheat-pulse cropping systems.

§         Feasibility study on bio-diesel for Mission Biotechnologies.

§         Feasibility report of bio-diesel for Rak biofuels.

Pre-feasibility and feasibility studies on Bio-diesel for the Industries

§         Uttranchal bio-fuel Board,Uttranhal

§         KCP Sugar Industries,Tamilnadu

§         Asia Jatropha Nursery,Andhra Pradesh

§         British Petroleum

§         Mission Biotechnologies, Malaysia

§         Dalmia Group of Industries,Orrisa

§         HPCL,Delhi

§         Titagargh Group of Industries,West Bengal

§         Guru govind singh oil,Punjab

§         Rack bio-fuels,Andhra Pradesh

§         Tinna oil ,Delhi

§         Toyota Motors

§         NTPC (National Thermal Power Corporation)

§         Laxmi cement,Rajasthan

§         Tata Chemicals,Gujarat

§         Ruchi Soya Industry

Publications

 paper/report/note

§         Journal of Plant Cell Biotechnology and Molecular Biology on the topic of "IN-VITRO GENOTYPIC AND NUTRIENT MEDIUM RESPONSE ON PIGEONPEA MATURE COTYLEDON CULTURE" 

§         Phytomicrobial Remediation of Effluent Using Biotechnological Interventions

§         Best paper award under Industrial application of Mycorrhiza category in International conference on Mycorrhiza(ICOM-5) held at Spain in JULY 2006 as co-author of “Phytomicrobial Remediation of Effluent Using Biotechnological Interventions”

§         Best paper award under Jatropha Expert category in International Jatropha Expert Seminar held at Netherland in March 2007 as Author of “Germination of different provenances of Jatropha in dry and sunken bed nursery conditions”

§         Detail project report on National Mission for Bio-fuel-Continue

§         (Ministry of rural development invited us to prepare a report on bio-diesel production)

contribution in below listed chapters

·         Status of bio-diesel

·         Waste land identification and selection for 26 states

·         Agriculture component such as Jatropha plantation, Nursery       raising, yield stabilization, maintenance of plantation site seed production, oil extraction and bio-diesel production.

·         Networking and clustering on national level such as Nursery centre, seed collection centre, oil extraction center, transesterification centre etc

·         Fully involvement in all the aspects such as marketing,regulatory,financial,technology and legal.

§         Rural electrification through bio-diesel

§         Bamboo shoot production to consumption

§         Bio-diesel production through Jatropha curcas using Mycorrhiza

§         Tennary waste water effluent consumption through High Rate Tanspiration System (HRTS).

Key Expertise

Hi-tech Bio-diesel Plantation and Nursery

·         Cultivation

·         Yield assessment at various stages of plantation and environment

·         Bio-diesel business analysis and financial cashflow study in various           stages of production and kind of plantation

·         Trainers Training

·         Contract farming and various farming models

·         Financial cashflow analysis of the business.

Applied Research and Field based agriculture related Proposal preparation

Liaisoning for the projects, presentation