Agriculture & Horticulture

Prof. (Dr.) Rajesh Kumar Dubey is presently working as Director, National Resource Centre (NRC), Biotechnology & Professor of Biotechnology and Course Director-Head, Department of Biotechnology & Microbiology, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, (Rajasthan). Before that he worked as Professor-Director, UGC-Human Resource Development Centre (UGC-HRDC), JNV University, Jodhpur. Prof. Dubey has rich experience of working for different positions as Advisor, Organic Mission, Department of Horticulture Uttarakhand Government, Director, Centre for Technology Development & Research (CTDR), Jaipur, Visiting Professor at JRRS University, Jaipur, Advisor, Council of Science & Technology, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, State Coordinator, National Agriculture Development Project (NADP) Uttarakhand. Prof. Dubey is an environmental biotechnologist with specialization in organic agri-biotech and green growth technology. He has rich experience of over 25 years in research & development and academic administration, strategic development and institutional management. He has expertise in development of innovative learning, teaching & research modules on MOOCs platform

Organic Farming

Dr. S. B. Yogananda is working as Associate Professor of Agronomy at College of Agriculture, V. C. Farm, Mandya, KARNATAKA, INDIA. He has obtained his M.Sc. (Agri.) and Ph.D in Agronomy from UAS, GKVK, Bengaluru. He has published more than 40 full length papers in peer reviewed journals. He as handled many externally funded projects with an outlay of more than 2 Crores. He has guided more than 9 M.Sc. (Agri.) students. He has visited Thailand, Germany, USA, Malaysia and Singapore. He has got Best Farm Superintendent for the year 2012 – 2013 by UAS, Bangalore, “BHARAT RATNA Dr. ABDULKALAM GOLD MEDAL AWARD” given by Global Economic Progress & Research Association, Tamil Nadu held on 15th October 2017 at Chennai and Best Paper Award for the Research Paper presented in the 2019 International Conference on Water Resource and Environmental Engineering (ICWREE) held at Quality Hotel Marlow, 201 Balestier Road, Singapore from 22nd – 23rd August 2019 and Best paper and poster awards at national level.

Agronomy and Crop Sciences

Dr. A. P. Mallikarjuna Gowda is working as Senior Scientist & Head, ICAR- Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Hadonahalli, Dodaballapura, Bengaluru Rural District, KARNATAKA, INDIA. He has obtained his M.Sc. Agri. (Hort.) and Ph.D. in Horticulture from UAS, GKVK, Bangalore. He has published more than 50 full length papers in peer reviewed journals. He has handled many externally funded projects with an outlay of more than 3 Crores. He has guided more than 10 M.Sc. & 5 Ph.D. students in the discipline of Horticulture. He has visited USA, Israel, Malaysia and Singapore. He has got National Green award for the year 2020 by World Environment Summit 2020, Delhi, He also been recipient of Young Scientist award and Glory of India award.

Horticulture