作者: Jagdish Bahadur

Madan Lal Dewan (Ph.D., Cornell), a Soil Scientist, started work on soil conservation in the Damodar Valley Corporation during 1949-52. He had a distinguished career as an International Civil Servant with Food and Agriculture Organization from 1953-83. He worked as Chief of the FAO Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, had FAO assignments in Iran and Bulgaria, and was at FAO Headquarters in Rome for 14 years. Dr. Dewan was Visiting Professor and Coordinator of Himalayan Eco System Programme with Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi. He was a Member of the National Land Use and Conservation Board of Government of India during 1984-87. He is founder Chairman and Trustee of HIMCON (Himalaya Consortium for Himalayas Conservation) and has established a Centre “Himalaya Sanrakahsan Ashram” at Ranichauri, Distt. Tehri Garhwal, Uttaranchal. He has published 13 books in addition to more than 100 papers on various aspects of soils, soil conservation, land and water development.