BIO-DATAOf Dr. RAVI KIRAN Assistant Professor (Agrometeorology) Department of Agrometeorology, College of Agriculture G B Pant Univ of Agric. & Tech, Pantnagar PANTNAGAR-2630145 Phone: 9411320536(M) OM SAI RAM Name : Dr. Ravi Kiran Father’s Name : Dr. Vinod Kumar Date of Birth : 01.05.1973 Scientific Publications : 27 (Published) + 5 (Submitted) Educational Qualification: Examination Passed University /board Year Division/OGPA Examination Subject Ph.D. Agricultural Punjab Agricultural 2002 First(7.32/10.00) Agricultural Meteorology University , Meteorology (With course work and LUDHIANA thesis research work) M. Sc.(Ag.) GBPUA&T, 1997 First(4.727/5.00) Agricultural Agro meteorology PANTNAGAR Meteorology B.Sc. Ag. &A.H. GBPUA&T, 1995 First(4.044/5.00) Agriculture PANTNAGAR Intermediate UP Board 1990 First (70.80%) General Hindi, Mathematics English, Group Mathematics*, Physics*, Chemistry High School UP Board 1988 First (78.666%) Hindi*, English, (With Honours) Maths-2*, Mathematics Science-2*, Social Group Science*, Biology* *Distinction in the Subject. NET Qualification: Qualified National Eligibility Test -2001 Professional Subject: Agricultural Meteorology Exam. Authority: ASRB, New Delhi. Thesis Research Title: Ph.D. (Agricultural Meteorology): “Radiation, Water Use Efficiencies and Phenological Study in Summer Mungbean (Vigna radiata L. Wilczek) under Varied Hydrothermal Regimes” M. Sc.(Ag.) Agrometeorology: “Effect of Modified Microclimate on growth and yield of wheat under agro forestry conditions” Professional Experience: Presently serving as Assistant Professor (Agrometeorology) in VCSG College of Horticulture, Bharsar since March 2007. Served As Lecturer in Agricultural Meteorology at Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya,Cooch Behar, West Bengal from May, 2003-February, 2006 in the Assistant Professor grade. Served as “Technical Officer”(Agromet.) at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology-Jammu from January,2002-May, 2003 in the Assistant Professor grade. Honours and Awards: P.A.U University Fellowship during Ph.D.( Agricultural Meteorology) Part time Graduate Teacher / Assistantship in AICRP-Agroforestry during M.Sc. Ag. (Agrometeorology). ICAR Merit Cum Means Scholarship during B.Sc.Ag. & A.H. National Scholarship during XIth and XIIth Standard. Integrated scholarship during Xth standard. Nature of duties: Starting of establishment of "Agrometeorological Observatory" at VCSG, College of Horticulture, Bharsar. Transmission of weekly weather data to NCMRWF, Noida, Preparation of Agro Advisory Bulletin in Nepali and English language and its dissemination to the farmers by mass media and its utility assessment. Preparation of the “Annual Progress Report” of the Project besides special report on each monsoon season. Experimental Trials related to the Agrometeorology of crops. Assistant Warden of Boys’ Hostel during 2006-2007 at VCSG College of Horticulture, Bharsar.. Office In Change Library from March 2008 to February, 2010. During this time Established E-Library Facilities at VCSG College of Horticulture, Bharsar. Other Teaching/Research related activities : Teaching of Courses to the Under Graduate/Diploma students at VCSG college of Horticulture, Bharsar. Teaching of Courses to the Under Graduate students at SKUAST-Jammu. Associated in AICRP on Agrometeorology during 2002-03 at SKUAST- Jammu. Submitted research Project on “Dynamic crop growth Simulation Modeling of Maize by DSSAT-3.5” at SKUAST-Jammu. Research on crop weather relations in garden pea at UBKV, Kalimpong. Membership of Professional Societies: Life Membership of Association of Agro meteorologists, GAU, Anand: LM-266. Life Membership of Indian Meteorological Society, Delhi: LM-794. Annual/General Membership of Paschim Bengal Vigyan Manch. Member of International Society for Agro. Meteorologists. (INSAM). Conferences attended: International Conference on Managing Natural Resources for Sustainable Agriculture in 21st Century, New Delhi, 14-18 February, 2000. National Seminar on “ Agrometeorology in the New Millennium: Perspectives and Challenges” held at Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana from 29 th to 31 October,2003 4th Punjab Science Congress, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, February 9 -10, 2001. National Seminar on Advances in the study of Physical Environment for recourses Management and Sustainable Agriculture, New Delhi, 23-25 March,1998, IARI, New Delhi. Summer/Winter Training Courses attended: Winter course on “Remote Sensing Application in Agriculture with Special emphasis on Agro ecosystem Management” held at IARI, New Delhi from 28 th April to 22th May 2004. Training Workshop on “System Approaches on Climatic risk Management in Agriculture” held at TNAU, Coimbatore from 30th August to 08 September, 2004. Annual Meetings attended: 14th Annual Review Meeting of “Agromet Advisory Services” of NCMRWF (DST Project) held at Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat in December, 2005. 13th Annual Review Meeting of “Agromet Advisory Services” of NCMRWF (DST Project) held at Anand Agricultural University in October, 2004. 12th Annual Review Meeting of “Agromet Advisory Services” of NCMRWF (DST Project) held at Haryana Agricultural University November, 2003. 11th Annual Rreview Meeting of “Agromet Advisory Services” of NCMRWF (DST Project) held at Kerala Agricultural University in November, 2002. SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS (i) Ravi Kiran and Agnihotri, A.K. (2001). Effect of partial shading on yield attributes of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) intercropped with Dalbergia sissoo (Roxb.) under shallow water table conditions. Indian Forester. 127(7): 799-803. (ii) Ravi Kiran and Agnihotri, A.K. (2001). Effect of agroforestry system on the yield of attributes of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) under shallow water table conditions. Indian Journal of Plant Physiology. 6 (1). N.S.: 73 -76. (iii) Boins G.S., Singh, G., Ravi Kiran and Vandana Nayyer (2001). Radiation use efficiency of raya (Brassica juncea) as influenced by genotype and plant spacing. Indian Journal of Ecology. 28(1): 74 -76. (iv) .Ravi Kiran and Agnihotri, A.K. and saini, B. C. (2002). Wheat yield as influenced by net radiation availability below Eucalyptus tereticornis and Dalbergia sissoo canopies. Indian Journal of Agricultural Research. 36(1): 68-70. (v) Ravi Kiran (2001). Influence of available energy on reproductive growth of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) inter cropped with Eucalyptus tereticornis. Indian Journal of Forestry. 24(4): 409-413. (vi) Ravi Kiran and GS Bains(2005) “Thermal time requirement and heat use efficiency in summer green gram (Vigna radiate L. Wilczek) under varied hydrothermal regimes”. Journal of Agrometeorology. (submitted). (vii) Srivastava,P., Ravi Kiran BC Saini and Agnihotri, A.K. (2001). Agroforestry: Wheat production with evergreen trees. In: National Seminar on Management of natural resources with agroforestry, IGFRI, Jhansi, 12-14 September, 2000 (viii) Ravi Kiran and Roy A. (2005) “Canopy temperature variations under changed moisture regimes: A Review”. Environment and Ecology. Vol. No. 23, No. 4,pp 967-968. (ix) Ravi Kiran and Agnihotri, A.K. (1998). Effect of modified microclimate on growth and yield of wheat under agro forestry conditions. In : National Seminar on Advances in the study of Physical Environment for recourses Management and Sustainable Agriculture, New Delhi, 23-25 March,1998.Souvnier and Abstracts, IARI, New Delhi. Pp 25-26. (x) Ravi Kiran and Agnihotri, A.K. (2000). Response of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in an agroforestry system under shallow water table conditions. In: International Conference on Managing Natural Resources for Sustainable Agriculture in 21st Century, New Delhi, 14-18 February, 2000. Extended Summaries vol 3 : Voluntary Papers-Recourses Management, IARI, New Delhi, pp1087-1088. (xi) Ravi Kiran and Agnihotri, A.K (2000). Effect on yield attributes of wheat (Triticum aestivum L..) intercropped with Eucalyptus tereticornis under shallow water table conditions. In: Third International R&D Conference, Jabalpur, 29-30 March, 2000. (xii) Bains G.S ., Singh, G. and Ravi Kiran (2001). Modification of microclimate by using shelterbelts and its effect on the growth and yield of pea (Pisum sativum L.).In: 4th Punjab Science Congress, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, February 9 -10, 2001. Souvenir and Abstracts, pp122. (xiii) Kumar, V., Bains, G.S., Khurana, D.S. and Ravi Kiran (2001). Effect of meteorological parameters on growth and yield of carrot (Daucus carrota L.) seed. In: 4th Punjab Science Congress, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, February 9-10, 2001. Souvenir and Abstracts, pp 128. (xiv) Ravi Kiran, G. S. Bains, S. K. Bal and Mukherjee J. (2003). Soil temperature and its impact on yield of summer mungbean ( Vigna radiata L. Wilczek) under changed hydrothermal regimes.In:National Seminor on “Agrometeorology in the Mew Millennium-perspectives and Challenges” to be held at PAU,Ludhiana from 28-31, October,2003, Souvenir/ Abstract pp 43. (xv) Mandal J.,Sharma B.R and Ravi Kiran (2003). Effect of changed meteorological regimes on yield, its attributes and powdery mildew incidence of Garden Pea (Pisum sativum L.).In:National Symposium on crop production under changed environment” BCKV, Kalyani ,27-29 November,2003, Book of Abstract pp 73. (xvi) Mandal J., Ravi Kiran and A. Roy (2003). Response of Garden Pea (Pisum sativum L.) under changed meteorological regimes of Darjeeling Hills.In:National Seminor on “Agrometeorology in the Mew Millennium-perspectives and Challenges” to be held at PAU,Ludhiana from 28-31, October,2003, Souvenir/ Abstract pp 50. (xvii) Ravi Kiran (2002) “Global Warming and Agriculture” . The Tribune, July 8,2002. (xviii) Ravi Kiran (2003) “Trial on Computers instead of farm” .The Tribune,February 17,2003. (RAVI KIRAN)