Prof. (Dr) P. L. Saroj

                                           BRIEF BIO-DATA  OF  PROF.   P.  L.  SAROJ

Personal Profile

Present Position held	Director
Present Address	ICAR - Directorate of Cashew Research Puttur – 574 202, DK, Karnataka
Present Pay	Pay Scale Rs. 37,400-67,000/-; GP Rs. 10,000/-
Field of Specialization	Horticulture
Permanent Address	Village & P.O.- Rajabazar Distt.- Jaunpur (U.P.)-222 125
Date of birth	07-01-1965
Service Stream	Agricultural Research Services (ARS), ICAR
Nationality	Indian (By birth)

Educational Career

Examination passed	Major subject group	Division/ Marks (%)	University/ Board	Year	Remark
Ph.D. (Horticulture)	Horticulture	Satisfactory	NDUAT, Faizabad	1991	I Rank
M.Sc. Ag. (Horticulture)	Horticulture	First / 88.65	NDUAT, Faizabad	1987	II Rank
B.Sc. (Agriculture)	Agriculture	First / 80.83	NDUAT, Faizabad	1985	VC-Gold Medal
Intermediate	Agriculture	First / 68.80	U.P. Board, Allahabad	1982	Distinction
High School	Science: Bio-group	First / 61.20	U.P. Board, Allahabad	1980	-

International Exposure

Ø   Visited Nepal under Exposure Visit Programme at Nepal Agricultural University, Bhairahwa Campus from 10-7-1985 to 12-7-1985.

Ø   Visited African countries namely; Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania as Visiting Scientist of Indian Council of Agricultural Research in 2004 under National Agriculture Technology Project. Housed at World Agroforestry Centre, Nairobi, Kenya from 29.03.2004 to 26.04.2004.

Ø   Visited Candy, Sri Lanka as Indian Expert to participate in the workshop on “Exploration, characterization and utilization of underutilized fruits and vegetables plant species in SAARC countries” from 3-7-2011 to 6-7-2011.

Ø   Visited Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (USA) for training in Advance Leadership Management Development Programme for 15 days during 23rd February 2014 to 08th March 2014.

Employment Profile

Designation	Pay  scale	Nature of work	Organization	Period  (From–to)
Director	Rs. 37400-67000/-	Research Coordination, Management	Directorate of Cashew Research, Puttur	01.9.2012 onwards
Asstt. Director General (H-I)-Actg.	Rs. 37400-67000/-	Research Coordination, Management	Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi	01.4.2012 to 31.8.2012
Principal Scientist (Horticulture)	Rs. 37400-67000/-	Research Coordination, Management	Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi	26-2-2009 to  31.3.2012
Principal Scientist (Horticulture)	Rs. 37400-67000/-	Research, Extension, Coordination, Teaching	Central Institute for Arid Horticulture, Bikaner (Rajasthan)	4-4-2008 to 25-2-2009
Prof.& Head (Horticulture)/ Dean Student Welfare	Rs.16400-22400/-	Teaching, Research, Coordination, Administration	Sardar Vallabh      Bhai Patel  University of  Agriculture & Tech. Meerut (UP)	9-4-2005 to 3-4-2008
Sr. Scientist   (Horticulture)	Rs. 12000-18300/-	Research, Teaching Coordination,	Central Institute for Arid Horticulture, Bikaner (Rajasthan)	10-2-1999 to   8-4-2005
Scientist (SS) (Horticulture)	Rs.10000-15200/-	Research, Extension	CSWCRTI, Dehradun (Uttrakhand)	5-8-1997 to   9-2-1999
Scientist (Horticulture)	Rs. 8000-13500/-	Research,     Extension	CSWCRTI, Dehradun (Uttrakhand)	15-7-1992 to   4-8-1997
Scientist (Horticulture)	Rs. 2200-4000/-	Research	IIHR, Bangalore (Karnataka)	5-01-1992 to 13-07-1992
Scientist (Horticulture)	Rs. 2200-4000/-	FCARPM	NAARM, Hyderabad (AP)	5-8-1991 to   14-7-1992
Lecturer (Horticulture)	Rs. 2200-4000/-	Teaching	Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut (UP)	24-1-1990 to   16-3-1991
Trg. Associate (Horticulture)	Rs. 2500-5000/-	Extension	Deen Dayal Sodh Sansthan, Tulsipur, Gonda (UP)	4-12-1989 to   23-1-1990

Experiences in the Relevant Field

Education (11 years)

·         Worked as Faculty Member in CCS University, Meerut; SK Rajasthan Agriculture University, Bikaner and Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel University of Agriculture & Technology, Meerut.

·         Worked as Professor and Head, Division of Horticulture, SVPUAT, Meerut (2005-2008);

·         Worked as Dean Student Welfare at SVPUAT, Meerut (2005-2008).

·         Worked as Secretary, Board of Faculty, SVPUAT, Meerut & Nodal Officer, IAUA (2006-08).

·         Guided 03 Ph. D. and 08 M. Sc. (Horticulture) students.

·         Worked as Nodal Officer, SVPUAT, Meerut for revision of Course Curricula by IV^th Dean’s Committee.

  

Research Experience (26 Years)

·    As Scientist, Scientist Sr. Scale, Senior Scientist, Professor, Principal Scientist, Asstt. Director General (H-I) and Director; I have over 26 years of multi-faceted experience in Arid Horticulture, Tropical and Sub-tropical Horticulture, Coastal Horticulture etc.

·   Versatile research experience while working in various reputed organizations of the country like IIHR, Bangalore; IISWCR, Dehradun; CIAH, Bikaner; SVPUAT, Meerut, ICAR HQ, New Delhi and DCR, Puttur.

·   As Agriculture Scientist developed various production technologies and varieties for improving productivity of different horticultural crops as given in Annexure-I.

·  As Chairman, Publication Committee (SVPUAT, Meerut), Officer Incharge, Technical Cell/ Coordinated Cell (CIAH, Bikaner) compiled various research documents.

·      Worked as Member of Editorial Board of Indian Journal of Horticulture, Progressive Horticulture, Indian Journal of Arid Horticulture, Progressive Agriculture, Indian journal of Soil Conservation and Founder Secretary, Indian Society of Arid Horticulture.

·      Handled 12 externally funded and 06 Institute based Research Projects.

Research Management/ Coordination/ Administration (10 Years)

·      Worked as Officer-in Charge, PME Cell and PC Cell, AICRP on Arid Fruits at CIAH, Bikaner.

·    Worked as Prof.& Head, Division of Horticulture, SVPUAT, Meerut and coordinated research on Horticulture.

·      Worked as Nodal Officer for Externally Funded Projects.

·      Worked as Dean Student Welfare and coordinated activities like Fellowships, University Awards, Sport & Cultural activities, Disciplinary actions; besides exercising all administrative activities.

·      At ICAR HQ, New Delhi coordinated research programmes under Horticulture Division, Foreign Funded Research Projects, AICRPs/ Net Work Programmes, Parliamentary Proceedings, QRT, RAC, IMC, Foreign aided projects, Technology Mission (MM-I).

·   Currently as Project Coordinator for AICRP on Cashew coordinating research programmes of 14 centers located in different SAUs/ ICAR Institutes of the Country.

·    Currently as Director, Directorate of Cashew Research, Puttur (Karnataka) coordinating research programmes and exercising all administrative and financial activities.

Extension/ HRD Activities (19 years)

·      Involved in transfer of technologies/ various extension programmes like IVLP/TAR/SREP.

·       Acted as resource person in various training programmes.

·      Organized 8 National Seminars /Symposium, 10 Workshops, 3 Winter Schools, 15 Trainings, 7 Kisan Mela / Exhibition and given 14 Radio and 12 TV Talks.

·      Established front line demonstrations on Farmers Fields.

·      Coordinating Tribal Development Programme.

·      Coordinating North-East Region Development Programmes.

 Contribution to Institution Building

·    Established Fruit Culture Lab., Nursery, Horticulture Block and Agroforestry Block at CIAH, Bikaner (Rajasthan).

·         Established a new  Horticulture Block at CSWCRTI, Dehradun;

·         Established KVK at CHES Godhra; MAP Centre.

·         Established Hitech Floriculture Centre at SVPUAT, Meerut;

·         Developed Sport Ground, Girls Hostels and Gymnasium, SVPUAT, Meerut.

·         Established Plant Protection Lab. and Audio-Visual Lab. at DCR, Puttur.

·         Strengthened Plant Physiology and Post Harvest Technology Laboratories at DCR, Puttur.

·         Brought 20 ha area under new experimentation and Showcasing Block at DCR, Puttur.

·         A total of Rs. 2634.95 lakhs mobilized through external funding including 381.85 for research projects, Rs. 2215.00 lakhs for infrastructure development and Rs. 27.50 lakhs through sale of nursery and farm produce.

Research Publications

       

·         Published 74 national/ international research papers, besides 03 books, 11 technical bulletins, 32 book chapters, 11 technical reports and 39 popular articles as given in Annexure-II.

Awards/ Fellowships/ Recognitions

·         Gold Medal in B.Sc. Agriculture.

·         Junior Research Fellowship of ICAR during M.Sc. Ag. (Horticulture)

·         Senior Research Fellowship of ICAR during Ph.D. (Horticulture)

·         Honoured as `Young Scientist’ by Govt. of Karnataka in 1991

·         National Fellow, Hill Horticulture Development Society (Uttarancal)-2004

·         Recipient of ‘Bhartiya Vikash Ratana Award’ 2005-06.

·         Recipient of Dr B.P.Pal Scientist of the Yr.2009 Award.

·         National Fellow, Indian Society of Horticultural Research and Development, UK -2010

·         Recipient of the Scientist of the Yr. 2011 Award.

·         National Fellow, Confederation of Horticulture Association of India, 2011

·         National Fellow, The Horticulture Society of India, 2012

·        Office Bearer/ Life Member of 12 professional societies.

·    Worked as Chairman, Member of Advisory Board and Member of Various National/ International Committees for organizing Samaras/ Symposia/Conferences.

·       Worked as member of different National Committees/ Advisory Bodies including Nodal Officer, NHM monitoring committee, Member of PAC/IC of NHB, NMPB, APEDA, EXIM etc.

   ( P. L. Saroj )

                                                                                                        Director

ICAR - Directorate of Cashew Research, Puttur (Karnataka)

Ph. (O) 08251-231530, (R) 08251-230992; Mob. No. 09483509653; E-mail: plsaroj@yahoo.co.in