Programme Schedule


National Seminar on

SOIL ECOSYSTEM SERVICES FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE (SESSA)


February 21-23, 2024, Nagpur

Technical Programme
Day 1: 21.02.2024
Venue : S. P. Ray Chaudhari Auditorium, ICAR-NBSS&LUP
08.00-9.30 Registration
9.30-10.30 Inaugural Session
10.30-10.45 High Tea
10.45-12.00 Special session on
"PEDOLOGY - A Brainstorm for the Resurgence”
Chairman: Dr. Tapas Bhattacharyya, Former VC, Dr. BSKVV, Dapoli,
Co- Chairman: Dr. N.G. Patil, Director, ICAR-NBSS&LUP
Convener : Dr. B.S. Dwivedi. President, ISSLUP,
Panelist : Dr. D.K. Pal, Dr. A. Natarajan,
Dr. Vadivelu, Dr. Jagdish Prasad and Dr. S.K. Ray
Technical Session-I : Land Resources Inventorization and its Advancement in Assessing the Soil Ecosystem Services (SESS)
Chairman : Dr. M. Madhu, Director, ICAR-IISWC, Dehradun
Co-Chairman : Dr. C. Biradar, Country Head, CIFOR-ICRAF Asia Continental Program, New Delhi
Convener : Dr. G.P. Obi Reddy, Head, Division of RSA, ICAR-NBSS&LUP, Nagpur
Rapporteur : Dr. P.C. Moharana, Scientist, Division of LUP, ICAR-NBSS&LUP, Nagpur
12.00 to 3.30 Keynote Address by Dr. M. Madhu, Director, ICAR-IISWC, Dehradun
Oral Presentations
  1. Dr. Suresh Kumar, Group Head, ASFE, IIRS, Dehradun
    Digital Soil Mapping for Assessment of Soil Ecosystem Services
  2. Dr. G. Verghese, Scientist-G, RRSC, Nagpur
    Landscape characterization using geospatial technologies for resource inventory, restoration and ecological sustainability
  3. Dr. Chandrasekar Biradar, Country Head, CIFOR-ICRAF Asia Continental Program
    Regenerative agroecosystems: an ultimate solution for restoring soil health, climate resilience, ecosystem services and one health
  4. Dr. V.K. Kharche, Director of Research, Dr. PDKV, Akola
    Soil Health Management To Combat Adverse Effect Of Climate Change
  5. Dr. William Maria Joseph, SLUSI, Soil Survey Officer
    Generation of Detailed Soil Information for the Virudhunagar Aspirational district of Tamil Nadu using Remote Sensing & GIS Techniques for Developmental Planning
  6. Dr. Arjit Barman, Scientist, ICAR-NBSS&LUP, RC Jorhat
    Land Resource Inventory and Suitability Evaluation using Geospatial Techniques for Land Use Planning in Anjaw District of Arunachal Pradesh
  7. Dr. Pushpanjali, Senior Scientist, ICAR-CRIDA
    Land use and its effects on preferential flow characteristic and flow types: A case study from semi-arid watershed, IndiaLand use and its effects on preferential flow characteristic and flow types: A case study from semi-arid watershed, India
  8. Dr. K.P. Ragunath, Professor, TNAU
    Role of advanced geo-computations and geospatial artificial Intelligence (geoai) in unlocking the potential of land resource inventory
  9. Dr. Nirmal Kumar, Senior Scientist, ICAR-NBSS&LUP
    An Integrated Framework for Digital Soil Data Management: From Acquisition to Dissemination
1.30 to 2.00 Lunch
3.30 to 4.30 Dr. J. L. Sehgal Memorial Lecture -
Speaker : Dr. A. Velmurugan, ADG (SWM)
Assessment of Land Resources : Unravelling the journey
Chairman : Dr. S. Vadivelu, Consultant, World Bank
Co-Chairman : Dr. Pramod Tiwary, Head, Division of SRS,ICAR-NBSS&LUP, Nagpur
4.30 – 6.00  Poster Presentation of Technical Session -1
6.00 to 6.45  General Body Meeting – ISSLUP
7.00 to 8.00  Cultural Event
Day 2: 22.02.2024
9.30-11.30  Special Session on “Land Resource Inventory”
Chairman : Mr. H.C. Girish, IFoS, Commissioner, WDD, Karnataka
Co-Chairman : Dr. B.S. Dwivedi, President, ISSLUP
Convener : Dr. N.G. Patil, Director, ICAR-NBSS&LUP
Panelist :
  • Dr. Rajendra Hegde
  • Dr. V.Ramamurthy
  • Dr. A.Natarajan
  • Dr. S. Vadivelu
Rapporteur : Dr. R.K.Naitam, Sr. Scientist, Division of LUP, ICAR-NBSS&LUP
11.00 to 1.00 Poster Session for Technical Session 2
11.30 to 12.00 Tea
12.00 to 1.00  Dr. S.V. Govindarajan Memorial Lecture
Speaker : A.L. Pharande, Former Dean, MPKV, Rahuri
Climate Smart Soil Management Strategies for Sustainable Soil Health of Shrink-Swell Soils
Chairman : Dr. A. Natarajan, Consultant, World Bank
Co-Chairman :
Dr. V.K. Kharche, Director of Research, Dr.PDKV, Akola
1.00 to 2.00 Lunch
2.00 to 2.45 Dr. B.B. Roy Memorial Lecture
Speaker : Dr. S.D. Gorantiwar, Director of Research, MPKV, Rahuri
Chairman : Dr. D.K. Pal, Former Head, Division of SRS, ICARNBSS&LUP, Nagpur
Co-Chairman : Dr. V. Ramamurthy, Head RC, ICARNBSS&LUP, Bangalore
2.45 to 5.45 Technical Session 2
Technical Session-2 : Soil Ecosystem services for sustainable agriculture to ensure food and nutritional security
Chairman : Dr. D. Mandal, Head, Division of SSAC, IARI, New Delhi
Co-Chairman : Dr. P.R. Kadu, Associate Dean, CoA, Nagpur
Rapporteur : Dr. Ranjan Paul, Scientist, Division of SRS, ICAR-NBSS&LUP, Nagpur
2.45 to 5.45 Keynote Address by Dr. D. Mandal, Head, Division of SSAC,IARI, New Delhi
Soil ecosystem benefits through the restoration of degraded land
  1. Dr. S.D. Jadhao, Professor, Division of SSAC, PDKV, Akola
    Soil Quality and Sustainability as influenced by INM under Sorghum-Wheat Cropping Sequence in Vertisol
  2. Dr. P.R. Kadu, Assoc. Dean, CoA, Nagpur
    Adoptable interventions for management of soil ecosystem under changing climate scenario
  3. Dr. Gajanan Khadse, Chief Scientist, NEERI, Nagpur
    Soil and water conservation for ecological restoration: A case study
  4. Dr. A. Thangasamy, Senior Scientist, Directorate of Onion and Garlic, Pune
    Nutrient management in sustainable vegetable production
  5. Dr. Ravindra Totaram Bhowate, Professor, Navsari Agriculture University, Gujarat
    Effect of liquid organic manures on yield of green gram-aerobic rice-onion and bio-chemical prosperities of soil
  6. Dr. R. Jayakumara Varadan, Pr. Scientist, ICAR-CICR, Nagpur
    Efficiency of cotton production across major producing States in India
  7. Dr. R.N. Katkar, Professor, SSAC, CoA, Nagpurv
    Phytoaccumulation of Heavy Metals and Micronutrients in Different Plants at Sewage Effluent Phytorid Bed in Nagpur
  8. Dr. B.M. Kamble, Head, SSAC, MPKV Rahuri
    Nutrient Management strategies for salt affected soils.
  9. Dr. Manish Kasture, Head SSAC, BSKKV, Dapoli
    Nutrient Release Dynamics of Humic Acid- Fortified Fertilizer Briquettes in Brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) Cultivation on Lateritic Soils
  10. Dr. N.M. Konde, Assoc. Professor, SSAC, Dr. PDKV, Akola
    Adoption of IPNS and Conservation Tillage for Efficient Land Use and Sustainable Cotton Productivity.
4.00 to 6.00 Poster Presentation for Technical Session 3
Day 3: 23.02.2024 
9.30 to 10.30 M.Sc. / Ph.D Thesis Presentation
Chairman : Dr. D.K.Pal, Former Head, Division of SRS, ICARNBSS&LUP, Nagpur
Co-Chairman : Dr. Prakash Kadu, Associate Dean, CoA, Nagpur
10.30 to 1.00 Technical Session- 3
Technical Session-3 : Soil Ecosystem Services (ESS), Conservation and Management
Chairman : Dr. Srinivas Rao, MD, Maharashtra Bamboo Development Board
Co-Chairman : Dr. Arun Chaturvedi, Former Head, Division of LUP, ICAR-NBSS&LUP, Nagpur
Rapporteur : Dr. Abhay O. Shirale, Scientist, Division of LUP, ICAR-NBSS&LUP, Nagpur  
10.30-1.00 Keynote Address by Dr. Srinivas Rao, MD, Maharashtra Bamboo Development Board
  1. Dr. Chandrashekharan Bala N., CEO FDCM Gorewada Zoo Ltd., Nagpur
    Application of LiDAR technology in ecosystem restoration in Amaravati district
  2. Dr. Saravanan Raj, Director, MANAGE, Hyderabad
    Agri-startups in soil ecosystem services
  3. Dr. S.M. Bhoyar, Head, SSAC, PDKV, Akola
    Characterization and Classification of Soils in the Melghat Region for Suitability and Alternate Land Use Planning
  4. Dr. A. Thiruganavel, Sr. Scientist, ICAR-CCRI, Nagpur
    Performance of elite clones of acid lime under different agroclimatic zones of India
  5. Dr. Manikandan, Sr. Scientist, ICAR-CICR, Nagpur
    Carbon sequestration in cotton-growing soils
  6. Dr. Ramesh Kumar S.C., Pr. Scientist, ICAR-NBSS&LUP, RS, Bangalore
    Economic Valuation of Soil Carbon Stock in Different Agro-Climatic Zones of Karnataka, India
  7. Dr. R.K.Kaleeswari, Prof. Div. of SSAC, TNAU, Coimbatore
    Soil health management for improving climatic resilience
  8. Dr. Ranbir Chakraborty, STO, ICAR-NBSS&LUP, RC. Bangalore
    Towards Sustainable Nitrogen Management: Unveiling the Potential of Urease and Nitrification Inhibitors to mitigate Greenhouse Gases and Ammonia Emission in Indian Agriculture
1.00 to 2.00 Lunch
2.00 to 3.00  Plenary Session
3.00 to 3.30 High Tea followed by Departure of Guests