Programme Schedule
 National Seminar on Managing Soils in a Changing ClimateMarch 24-26, 2022, Nagpur Technical Programme |
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Day 1: 24.03.2022 (Thursday) |
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| 09.00-10.00 | Registration |
| 10.00-11.30 | Inaugural Session |
| 11.30-11.45 | TEA |
| 11.45-12.15 | Dr. S.V. Govindrajan Memorial Lecture : “Land Resource Inventory for Climate Smart Agriculture”- Speaker : Dr. A. Natarajan, Consultant, Watershed Development (World Bank) Chairman: Dr. J.C. Katyal, Co-Chairman : Dr. B.S. Dwivedi, Director, ICAR-NBSS&LUP, Nagpur |
| 12.15-12.30 | Land Resource Inventory and Land Use Planning : Prospects & Challenges Dr. B.S. Dwivedi, Director, ICAR-NBSS&LUP, Nagpur |
| Technical Session–I:Recent Advances in Natural Resource Inventory and Monitoring
Chairman : Dr. Tapas Bhattacharyya, Ex-VC, DBSKKV, Dapoli, Ratnagiri Co-Chairman : Dr. R.N. Sahoo, Principal Scientist, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi Rapporteur : Dr.Nirmal Kumar, Scientist, ICAR-NBSS&LUP, Nagpur |
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| 12.30-12.50 | Lead Lecture : Imaging spectroscopy for soil health : Challenges and Opportunities
Dr. R.N. Sahoo, Principal Scientist, IARI, New Delhi |
| 12.50–13.35 | Invited Lectures : |
| Soil Fertility Appraisal: A Pre-requisite for Soil Management Dr. R. Santhi, Director (NRM) TNAU, Tamil Nadu |
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| Recent Trends in Remote Sensing Application in Soils Dr. T. Ravishankar, Deputy Director, NRSC, Hyderabad |
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| Large Scale Applications of High-Resolution Earth Observation Data: Present and Future Dr.G. Srinivasan , General Manager, RRSC, Nagpur |
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| 13.45-14.45 | LUNCH |
| Technical Session–II: Climate Change Challenges in Resilient Agriculture Chairman : Dr. Himanshu Pathak, Director, ICAR-NIASM, Baramati Co-Chairman : Dr. M.S.S. Nagaraju, PS & Head, RSA Divn., ICAR-NBSS&LUP, Nagpur Rapporteur : Dr. D. Vasu, Scientist, SRS Divn., ICAR-NBSS&LUP, Nagpur |
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| 14.45-15.00 | Lead Speaker : Climate Change Scenario and Crop Adaptation Dr. Himanshu Pathak, Director, NAISM, Baramati |
| 15.00-16.00 | Invited Lectures |
| Project on Climate Resilient Agriculture in Maharashtra : Current Status Mr. Girish Kulkarni, PoCRA Land Resource Inventory for Supporting Climate Resilient Agriculture – Dr. N.G. Patil, Principal Scientist & Head, LUP Division Effects of Climate change on Soils Dr. P. Tiwary , Principal Scientist, ICAR-NBSS&LUP Carbon Sequestration in Agricultural Soils : Current Trends and Emerging Issues Dr. Pramod Jha, Principal Scientist, IISS, Bhopal |
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| 16.00-16.15 | TEA |
| 16.15-18.00 | Poster Session-I : ( Technical Session I & II ) |
| 18.00-20.00 | General Body Meeting of ISSLUP Venue: Dr. S.P. Raychaudhuri Auditorium |
| 20.00 Onwards | Dinner |
Day 2: 25.03.2022 ( Friday ) |
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| 09.30-10.00 | Dr. J.L. Sehgal Memorial Lecture – J. L. Sehgal: The Pedologist I met Speaker : Dr. Tapas Bhattacharyya, Former Vice-Chancellor, Dr. BSKVV, Dapoli Chairman : Dr. D.K. Pal, Former Head, Divn. Of SRS ICAR-NBSS&LUP, Nagpur Co-Chairman : Dr. P. Chandran, Head & Principal Scientist, Divn. Of SRS, Nagpur |
| Technical Session–III: Land Degradation, Land Use Synergy, Land Use Planning Chairman : Dr. P.C. Moharana, Principal Scientist, CAZRI, Jodhpur Co-Chairman : Dr. G.P. Obi Reddy, Principal Scientist, ICAR-NBSS&LUP, Nagpur Rapporteur : Dr. Hrittick Biswas, Principal Scientist, ICAR-NBSS&LUP, Nagpur |
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| 10.00-10.15 | Lead Lecture : Achieving Land Degradation Neutrality: An Old Problem with New Urgency Dr. D. Mandal, National Fellow, CSWTRI, Dehradun |
| 10.15-11.15 | Invited Lectures |
| 1. Landuse driven changes impacting desertification processes in Arid Western Rajasthan Dr. P.C. Moharana, Principal Scientist, CAZRI, Jodhpur 2. Potential of Earth Observation satellites data in mapping and monitoring LD in Changing Climate Dr. G.P. Obi Reddy, Principal Scientist, ICAR-NBSS&LUP 3. Climate Smart Soil Fertility Management in Fruit Crops : Shifting Priorities Dr. A.K. Srivastava, Principal Scientist, CCRI, Nagpur |
4. Management Interventions for Sodic Vertisols and Associated Soils for Sustainable Agriculture |
| 11.15-11.35 | 1. Land Degradation Status of Tumkur district, Karnataka Using Geospatial Techniques for Climate Resilient Agriculture I. Shafnas , College of Agriculture, UAS, GKVK, Bengaluru 2. Carbon Sequestration Potential of Alfisols under Different Land Uses in Hot Semi-arid Ecoregion K. Srinivas , ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad 3. Climate Smart Soil Fertility Management in Fruit Crops : Shifting PrioritiesBio-Integration of Rock Materials can Revamp Rhizospheric Activity and Supplement P and K Requirement of Pomegranate Tree (Punicagranatum L.) Ashis Maity, ICAR-NRCP, Solapur-413255, Maharashtra |
| 11.35-11.45 | TEA |
| Technical Session –IV: Water Use Efficiency in Rainfed Agro-Ecosystem, Rural Livelihoods Changes in Climate-Smart Agriculture Chairman : Dr. B. Krishna Rao, Director, WALMATARI, Hyderabad Co-Chairman : Dr. N.G. Patil , PS & Head, LUP Div., ICAR-NBSS&LUP, Nagpur Rapporteur : R.K. Naitam , Sr. Scientist, LUP Divn., ICAR-NBSS&LUP, Nagpur |
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| 11.45-12.00 | Lead Lecture : Watershed Management Intervention Systems in Rainfed Agro- ecosystem Dr. B. Krishna Rao, Director, WALMATARI, Hyderabad |
| 12.00-12.45 | Invited Lectures |
| 1. Micro-irrigation a viable solution to increase water use efficiency Dr. Rohitash , Dean, SKUAST, Srinagar 2. Watershed Management for Mitigation of Climate Change Impacts Dr. Gajanan Khadse , NEERI 3. Potential Crop Zonation – a tool for Agricultural Land Use Planning Dr. V. Ramamurthy , Principal Scientist, ICAR-NBSS&LUP, RC, Bangalore |
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| 12.45-13.15 | 1. A Systematic Approach to Study Soil Preferential Flow in Semi-arid India Pushpanjali , ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad 2. Influence of Moisture Conservation Practices on Soil Properties and Productivity of Soybean in Inceptisols P.R. Kadu , Associate Dean, Dr. PDKV, Akola |
| 13.15-14.15 | LUNCH |
| 14.15-15.15 | Scientist-Industry Interface (5 Presentation) IFFCO – Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited Mosaic – Mosaic ZINC – International Zinc Initiative Pardeep Phosphate Limited |
| 15.15-15.45 | Best M.Sc and Ph. D. Thesis Presentation Chairman – Dr. A.K. Srivastava , Principal Scientist, ICAR-CCRI, Nagpur Co-chairman – Dr. G.P. Obi Reddy , Principal Scientist, ICAR-NBSS&LUP, Nagpur Rapporteur – Dr. P.C. Moharana , ICAR-NBSS&LUP, Nagpur |
| 1. Monitoring Crop Diversity, Soil Fertility Changes and Site-specific Reclamation of Treated Paper Mill Effluent irrigated soils – Iniyalakshimi , TNAU, Tamil Nadu 2. Characterization, Classification and Suitability Evaluation of Major Mango-Growing Soils of Southern Karnataka Mr. Kaushik Saha , GKVK, Bangalore 3. Assessment of Soil Quality in the Post Flood Scenario of North Central Laterites (Aeu 10) in Thrissur District of Kerala and Mapping using Gis Techniques Ms Riaj Rahaman , KAU, Thrissur |
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| 15.45-16.00 | TEA |
| 16.00-17.30 | Poster Session-II: ( Technical Session III & IV ) |
| 18.00-21.00 | Cultural Programme and Dinner Venue: MIA Club Higna Road, Nagpur |
Day 3: 26.03.2022 (Saturday) |
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| 10.00-10.30 | Dr. B.B. Roy Memorial Lecture Speaker : Dr. S.P. Datta, IARI, New Delhi Chairman : Dr. B.S. Dwivedi, Director, ICAR-NBSS&LUP, Nagpur Co-Chairman : Dr. K.S. Anil Kumar, Prin. Scintist, RC, ICAR-NBSS&LUP, Bangalore |
| Technical Session–V: Policy Intervention and Socio-Economic Constraints and Challenges in Food Security Chairman : Mr. Ashok Dalwai, IAS, CEO, NRAA. Co-Chairman : Mr. Arun Chaturvedi, Former Head, Division of LUP, NBSS&LUP Rapporteur : Dr. S.C. Ramesh Kumar, Principal Scientist, ICAR-NBSS&LUP, Nagpur |
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| 10.30-11.30 | Lead Lecture : Need for Soil and Land Use Policy for Sustainable Agriculture Dr. Ashok Dalwai ,IAS, CEO, National Rainfed Area Authority (NRAA), New Delhi |
| Invited Lectures : 1. Strategies of Land Use Policy Dr. B. Rath , Technical Expert, National Rainfed Area Authority, New Delhi 2. Investment in landscape management: Key to strengthening food security in the backdrop of climate change. Dr. Sreenath Dixit , Interim Global Research Program Director and Head IDC 3. Role of Soil Information in Enhancing Land productivity and Farm income Dr. S. C. Ramesh Kumar , Principal Scientist, ICAR-NBSS&LUP RC Bangalore 4. Dr. Srinivas Rao , IFoS, Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, MD, Maharashtra Bamboo Development Board |
11.45-12.00 | Tea |
| 12.00-13.30 | Plenary Session |
| 13.30-14.30 | LUNCH |