Sustainable Agriculture, Forest and Environmental Management (PDF)

teaching and research.

Ram Swaroop Meena is born in a farmer family in VOP. Harsana, Teh. Laxmangarh, Dist. Alwar, Rajasthan, India, Dr. Meena had his schooling in the same village and graduated in Agriculture in 2003 from the Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University, Jobner, Jaipur, (Rajasthan). Dr. Meena has obtained his master and the doctorate degree in Agronomy from the Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner (Rajasthan), and securing first division in all the classes with triple NET, JRF, and SRF from the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, and RGNF award from the University Grants Commission (UGC, GOI). Dr. Meena has awarded for the Raman Fellowship from the MHRD, GOI. He has completed his Post-Doctoral research on soil carbon sequestration under Prof. Rattan Lal, Distinguished Scientist and Director, Carbon Management and Sequestration Centre (CMASC), The Ohio State University, USA. He is working on soil sustainability, crop productivity and resources use efficiency, under current climatic era. Dr. Meena has supervised 17 PG and 4 Ph.D. students, and he has 8 years research and teaching experience at UG/PG/Ph.D. level. He is working on the externally funded 3 running projects including DST (GOI), and involves in many academic and administrative activities going on at the institute/university level. Dr. Meena has published more than 100 research and review papers in peer-reviewed reputed journals, and contributed in the edited books with 25 book chapters at national and international level. He has published 3 books on the national and another 3 on the international level. He has worked as an expert in the NCERT, MHRD, GOI to develop the 2 books for school education at XI and XII standards. Dr. Meena has awarded form the several awards viz., Young Scientist, Young Faculty, Global Research, Excellence in Research, Honorable Faculty Award, etc. Dr. Meena is a member of 9 reputed national and international societies, and working as a general secretary, editor; member of editorial board in twelve national, international peer-reviewed reputed journals, and attended several national and international conferences in the country and abroad. Dr. Meena is contributing to the agricultural extension activates on farmers level as associate coordinator in training, meetings, workshops, and farmers fair.

Dhiraj Kumar Yadav is an Assistant Professor and HOD, Department of Farm Forestry, Sarguja Vishwavidyalaya, Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh, India. He completed graduation, post-graduation and PhD. in Forestry from JNKVV, IGKVV and Kumaun University Nainital, respectively. He has perused MBA in Human Resource Management from Sikkim Manipal University, and diploma in environmental management. He has been awarded Chhattisgarh Young Scientist Award in the year 2008 from Chhattisgarh Council of Science and Technology. He received merit scholarship during B.Sc. curriculum. He also worked as JRF, SRF, RA andProject Co-ordinator in various forestry institutes. He has published many research papers (30), articles, books (02) and book chapters (10) in various national and internationally reputed publishers. He is also member of several acedamic societies of India. He has supervised 41 M.Sc (Farm Forestry) students and involved in teaching (Post-graduate) and research.