The Future Role of Dwarf Honey Bees in Natural and Agricultural Systems (ePub)

Dr D. P. Abrol, Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Kashmir

University of Agricultural Sciences, has served university in various

capacities. He has served as Head of the Division of Entomology from

August 2008 to February 2015 and Controller of Examinations during

2012. He has specialized in pest management, honeybee management

and pollination biology. He has authored 18 books, 12 manuals

and published over 250 original research papers in various national

and international journals. He has completed several externally funded

collaborative research projects with international organizations in

Poland and Switzerland. Prof Abrol has visited South Korea, Malaysia,

Saudi Arabia and several other countries as a special invitee to these

countries. In addition, he has received letters of appreciation from different

organizations. Prof Abrol is a Fellow of the National Academy

of Agricultural Sciences, India, and a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society London, UK. He is a

recipient of the Young Scientist Award (1992) - conferred by the Jammu and Kashmir State Council for

Science and Technology - a prestigious state award for his outstanding contributions in the field of agricultural

sciences. He is also the recipient of Pran Vohra Award - 1993 - a prestigious Young Scientist

Award conferred by the Indian Science Congress Association, Calcutta, for his outstanding and innovative

research in the field of agricultural sciences. He was also conferred the Prof T. N. Ananthakrishnan

Award 1997-1998 - a prestigious national award for his outstanding contributions in the field of entomology

by the T. N. Ananthakrishnan Foundation, G.S. Gill Research Institute, Chennai. Prof Abrol

won the Dr Rajendra Prasad Puruskar 1999-2000 award - a prestigious national award from the