Modern Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture

Dr. Sunil Kumar, Assistant Professor (Animal Science), College of Forestry and Hill Agriculture, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Hill Campus, Ranichauri, Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand obtained his post graduate degree in Animal Breeding from G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar and Ph. D. degree of Animal Science from Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar University, Agra Dr. Kumar has served in different capacities in various organizations; as Manager (F.O.) and Assistant Project Coordinator in Dugdh Utpadak Sahkari Sangh Ltd. Banda and Bareilly and as Research Associated, Animal Science, IVRI, Izatnagar, Bareilly. He also served as District Coordinator, Uttar Pradesh Diversified Agriculture Support Project (UPDASP), Bareilly and Executive Officer Biotech Agriculture and Rural Development Society (reputed NGO). Dr. Kumar has published more than five research papers, seven book chapters the more than forty popular articles and folders. He has also edited four books related to the field of Animal Science and Agriculture. Dr Kumar is the recipient of a number of prestigious awards namely Young Scientist Award for the year 2010 conferred by the Indian Society of Hill Agriculture, SARC Gold Medal Award-2011 of Scientific and Applied Research Center, Meerut, (UP) India, Young Scientist Associate Award-2011 by the Society for Recent Development in Agriculture, Meerut and Best Poster Paper award (Animal Science) during the National Symposium on Technological Interventions for Sustainable Agriculture, organized by GBPUA&T, Hill Campus, Ranichauri, Uttarakhand from 3-5 May, 2011.He has been the founder member of the Indian Society of Hill Agriculture, GBPUA&T, Hill Campus, Ranichauri, Uttarakhand and was honored for his outstanding contributions in strengthening the cause of the society. He is member and life member of more than fifteen national and international professional bodies and societies. Dr. Kumar successfully handled three externally funded projects in the field of animal science.Dr. Birendra Prasad, Senior Research Officer (Plant Breeding), College of Forestry and Hill Agriculture, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Hill Capus, Ranichauri, Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand obtained his M.Sc. Ag. and Ph.D. degree in Seed Science and Technology for C S Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur and G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar respectively. Dr. Prasad has over eight year experience as Teaching, Research and Extension of Hill Agriculture and handling two AICRP projects on Under Utilized Crops and Small Millets. Eleven courses have been taught by him and guided more than twenty students as post graduate level. Dr. Prasad has published more than five research papers, twenty book chapters and more than sixty popular articles and folders. More than 40 research abstracts, publication and presentation of 35 research paper in national and international seminar / symposia in his credit. He has also edited two books related to the field of Agriculture. More than twenty Radio and TV talk have been delivered by him. Dr Prasad is the recipient of JRF by the ICAR as second rank and qualifies four times NET in Seed Science and Technology. He has been also recognized by the professional societies and recipient of Outstanding Professional Award 2010 in field of agriculture and Founder Fellow by the Indian Society of Hill Agriculture in the year 2011. He is member of more than thirty national and international professional bodies, societies and committees.

• 1. Application of biotechnology in Hi-tech agriculture/Atul Kumar and Vandana A. Kumar. 2. Crop selection an efficient tool for sustainable agricultural production in the impending climate change situation/Anil Kumar Singh, U.R. Sangle and Pravesh Kumar. 3. Management of soil fertility for sustainable vegetable production/Sobaran Singh, S.K. Maurya and Poonam Gangola. 4. Microbial inoculation through endophytic bacteria for sustainable agriculture/K. Swarnalakshmi, M. Senthikumar and Sanjay Sachan. 5. Seed enhancement technologies for assured plant stand establishment/S.K. Yadav, Arun Kumar M.B., Sangita Yadav, S.R. Jacob, V.A. Tonapi and Priya Ranjan Kumar. 6. Technology of nursery raising in vegetable crops/M.D. Ojha and P.K. Singh. 7. Pests and diseases management of mango/Sandhya Bahuguna, Abhishek Bahuguna and Birendra Prasad. 8. Horti-silvi pastoral system for development of watersheds/O.P. Maurya and S. Kumar. 9. Biofertilizers and green manuring for sustainable agriculture/Surender Singh, R.J. Singh, Kuldeep Kumar, Balkar Singh and Livleen Shukla. 10. Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria for sustainable agriculture/Ajay Veer Singh and Shachi Shah. 11. Potential of Bio Control, Soil Solarization and Botanicals in Plant Disease Management under Organic Farming. Jameel Akhtar, Zakaullah Khan, Amit Kumar, Dinhesh Chand, Atul Kumar and H.C. Lal. 12. Mites and their Management Surendra Prasad, Reena and B.K. Sinha 13. Sustainable Management of Agrobiodiversity Need of the hour Shachi Shah, V Venkat Ramanan, Ajay Veer Singh and Birendra Prasad 14. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants B Singh, Satender Khari and Aakansha Goswami 15. Post Harvest Management Technology of Under Utilized Fruits of Arid Zone Shobhana Gupta and RN Prasad 16. Biotechnological Tools in Modern Agriculture Sangita Bansal and Manisha Mangal 17. Seabuckthorn : A Miracle Therapeutic Plant of Himalaya Rajander S Bali, H S Chauhan, VK Sah, Abhishek Bahuguna and Birendra Prasad 18. Implications of Development Communication in the Functioning of KVKS : Key to Sustainable Development Netrapal Malik Ajay Kumar Prabhakar and Ajay Kumar 19. Lab Animal Care and Their use as Research Animal Models Manish Kumar, Teena Rani and Sunil Kumar 20. Organic Livestock Production Lokesh Gupta, SP Tailor and Nikhil Gupta 21. Role of Self Help Group in Poverty Elimination Through Micro Finance Ramesh Singh, OP Maurya, VK Varshney and SS Gangwar 22. Self Help Groups-An Approach to Strengthen the Rural Poor Kiran Yadav and Chandra Dev