National Seminar on
SOIL ECOSYSTEM SERVICES FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE (SESSA)
February 21-23, 2024, Nagpur
Technical Programme
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Day 1: 21.02.2024 Venue : S. P. Ray Chaudhari Auditorium, ICAR-NBSS&LUP
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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
- Dr. Suresh Kumar, Group Head, ASFE, IIRS, Dehradun
Digital Soil Mapping for Assessment of Soil Ecosystem Services
- Dr. G. Verghese, Scientist-G, RRSC, Nagpur
Landscape characterization using geospatial technologies for resource inventory, restoration and ecological sustainability
- 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
- Dr. V.K. Kharche, Director of Research, Dr. PDKV, Akola
Soil Health Management To Combat Adverse Effect Of Climate Change
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Dr. K.P. Ragunath, Professor, TNAU
Role of advanced geo-computations and geospatial artificial Intelligence (geoai) in unlocking the potential of land resource inventory
- Dr. Nirmal Kumar, Senior Scientist, ICAR-NBSS&LUP
An Integrated Framework for Digital Soil Data Management: From Acquisition to Dissemination
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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
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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
- 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
- Dr. P.R. Kadu, Assoc. Dean, CoA, Nagpur
Adoptable interventions for management of soil ecosystem under changing climate scenario
- Dr. Gajanan Khadse, Chief Scientist, NEERI, Nagpur
Soil and water conservation for ecological restoration: A case study
- Dr. A. Thangasamy, Senior Scientist, Directorate of Onion and Garlic, Pune
Nutrient management in sustainable vegetable production
- 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
- Dr. R. Jayakumara Varadan, Pr. Scientist, ICAR-CICR, Nagpur
Efficiency of cotton production across major producing States in India
- Dr. R.N. Katkar, Professor, SSAC, CoA, Nagpurv
Phytoaccumulation of Heavy Metals and Micronutrients in Different Plants at Sewage Effluent Phytorid Bed in Nagpur
- Dr. B.M. Kamble, Head, SSAC, MPKV Rahuri
Nutrient Management strategies for salt affected soils.
- 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
- Dr. N.M. Konde, Assoc. Professor, SSAC, Dr. PDKV, Akola
Adoption of IPNS and Conservation Tillage for Efficient Land Use and Sustainable Cotton Productivity.
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4.00 to 6.00 |
Poster Presentation for Technical Session 3 |
Day 3: 23.02.2024
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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
- Dr. Chandrashekharan Bala N., CEO FDCM Gorewada Zoo Ltd., Nagpur
Application of LiDAR technology in ecosystem restoration in Amaravati district
- Dr. Saravanan Raj, Director, MANAGE, Hyderabad
Agri-startups in soil ecosystem services
- Dr. S.M. Bhoyar, Head, SSAC, PDKV, Akola
Characterization and Classification of Soils in the Melghat Region for Suitability and Alternate Land Use Planning
- Dr. A. Thiruganavel, Sr. Scientist, ICAR-CCRI, Nagpur
Performance of elite clones of acid lime under different agroclimatic zones of India
- Dr. Manikandan, Sr. Scientist, ICAR-CICR, Nagpur
Carbon sequestration in cotton-growing soils
- 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
- Dr. R.K.Kaleeswari, Prof. Div. of SSAC, TNAU, Coimbatore
Soil health management for improving climatic resilience
- 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
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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 |