लेखक: S. S. Singh

Dr Ummed Singh is a Senior Scientist at ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur, India. Earlier Dr Singh served as Assistant Professor at SKUAST of Kashmir, Srinagar, India. He did his Post-Doctorate (2009-11) at the Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P.R. China, where he worked on ‘ Biofortification of Wheat’. He is currently responsible for developing efficient pulse based cropping systems, biofortified pulses and next generation fertilizers. His research findings have been documented in over 125 referred publications. He also serves as Editor, reviewer of national and international journals and holding life membership of 11 professional societies. Dr Singh has visited to China, Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates etc. Dr Singh has also been awarded IMPHOS-FAI Award-2013, Best Poster-2014, SHRIRAM PURUSKAR 2013-14 and Innovative Scientist of the Year-2014. Dr C S Praharaj is Principal Scientist at ICAR- IIPR Kanpur. He has alsoworked at CPRI, Shimla, CSWCRTI, Dehradun, CICR, Nagpur. His research interest is primarily on ‘enhancing water productivity per drop of water use’ through Resource conservation and Precision agriculture technologies. He has published 76 Research Papers, 2 books, 16 Book Chapters, 06 Technical Bulletins, 64 Papers in Proceedings/ symposium/ seminar, 51 Popular Articles and 24 compendiums/reports besides editor in three journals. He has visited the countries like, Egypt, Bangladesh and Nepal. He has also been awarded appreciation from Govt. of Odisha and Shriram Puruskar 2013-14. Dr S S Singh is Principal Scientist & Head, Division of Crop Production, ICAR-IIPR, Kanpur. Earlier, he has been Head, Division of Crop Research at ICAR-RCER Patna, and Assistant Professor, Rajendra Agriculture University, Pusa, Bihar. His research interest is primarily in conservation agriculture, Integrated Farming Systems and Climate resilient agriculture. He has published 88 Research Papers, 3 books, 15 Book Chapters, 12 Technical Bulletins, 105 Papers in Proceedings/ symposium/ seminar, 45 Popular Articles and 42 Extension Folders. He has visited USA, UK, Australia, Mexico, Thailand, Philippines, Bangladesh and Nepal. He is recipient of Excellent Team Research Award of ICAR, Rajeev Gandhi Maulik Lekhan Award of Ministry of Home Affairs, GOI and Fellow of Indian Society of Agronomy. Dr Narendra Pratap Singh, is a Director, ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur. Previously, Dr Singh was Project Coordinator (Chickpea). He did Post Doctorate from WA Biotechnology Centre, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia (2000) and Plant Biotechnology Institute, NRC, Saskatoon, Canada (2004). He has published over 150 research/conference papers. He served as Editor-in Chief, Journal of Food Legumes and Editors of more than 15 Indian and International Journals. Presently, he is also President of Indian Society of Pulses Research and Development, IIPR, Kanpur. He have been recipient of ‘Bioved Agri-Innovative Award-2015’ conferred by Bioved Research Institute, Allahabad.