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Dr. Adyant Kumar is working as Assistant Professor cum Junior Scientist in Department of Agronomy, Dr. Kalam Agricultural College, (Bihar Agricultural University), Kishanganj, Bihar. He had completed his Doctorate and Master degree in Agriculture with specialization in Agronomy from BCKV, West Bengal and RAU, Pusa (Bihar), respectively. He is the recipient of Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Award for Outstanding Research in Tribal Farming Systems, 2021 given by ICAR under MoAFW, GoI. He is also awarded with various awards & accolades viz. Best Oral Presentation, Best Thesis, Young Scientist and Young Achiever award as well as Valued Reviewer from Springer Nature etc. He performed as the Co-PI in the project ;Study of Millets production and consumption pattern in last 20 years in Jharkhand" sanctioned by DRDM Tribal Welfare Research Institute, Ranchi. He had also contributed as a Mentor under the GOAL (Going Online as Leaders) Program for the year 2020-21 which was organized by Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Govt. of India in collaboration with Meta (Facebook). He is the Lifetime Member in Indian Society of Agronomy, and Crop and Weed Science Society as well as in the Board of Advisors of NAVADRISHTI, Ranchi, Jharkhand. He has guided six M.Sc. students during his teaching period. He had written about 22 Research articles, 01 Review articles, 02 Book, 01 Souvenir, 05 Book chapters and 11 Popular articles in English and regional language for the academician, researcher, students and farming communities.
Dr. Sudhanand Prasad Lal is currently an Assistant Professor cum Scientist, Department of Extension Education, PG College of Agriculture, RPCAU, Pusa, MoA&FW, Govt. of India. He pursued his B.Sc. Ag. (Hons.) from CSA University, Kanpur in 2012 and received Chancellor's gold medallist. He did his MSc from, ICAR- National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal-132001, (Haryana) in 2014 & was awarded merit certificate in Social Science & Management group. He did his Ph.D. Agricultural Extension Education on 12th March 2018 and received Ph.D. best thesis Director's Gold medal at ICAR-NDRI, Karnal from Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra, Secretary (DARE) & Director General (ICAR) Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi. He is the recipient of NTS in B.Sc., JRF in M.Sc., and SRF in Ph.D. He is the recipient of Certificate of Excellence Award from Elsevier Researcher Academy, Amsterdam, Netherlands. He has written 40 Research articles, 01 Review articles, 02 Short communication, 03 Books, 06 Book chapters and 20 popular articles. He was invited as an expert by 'The Times Higher Education Academic Reputation Survey in partnership with Elsevier for the 2019 Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings and the 2019 World University Rankings, supported by UNICEF. Dr. Lal has received citations from DRDO, IIT-Delhi, CAB Direct and FAO.
Dr. Milind B. Katare, Ph.D. (Aquaculture) is presently working as Subject Matter Specialist (Fisheries) at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, East Garo Hills-794111 Meghalaya under the administrative control of Central Agricultural University, Imphal, Manipur. He pursued his B.F.Sc. (Bachelor of Fishery Science) from College of Fishery Science, Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur and followed by M.F.Sc. (Master of Fishery Science) in Aquaculture from College of Fisheries, Mangalore under Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University, Bidar. He has completed the Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Aquaculture from ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai, Maharashtra. His publications reflected in the library of FAO-AGRIS of the United Nations and ICAR, New Delhi, especially in the area of fish endocrinology, physiology, genetics and breeding. He has honoured with several awards viz., Young Scientist, Best KVK Scientist and Excellence in Extension Scientist Award etc. He is member of the Board of S
