Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute (RKMVERI), Ranchi Campus

Previously Director of Research, BAU, Ranchi Education PhD from University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada Research Interests — Contact —

CV Previously APEDA, Government of India from 15th September, 2005 to 20th July, 2006. Education PhD in Horticulture with the specialization in Crop Improvement of Vegetable Crops from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya in 2009. Expertise Horticulture, Organic farming, Crop improvement Research Interests Crop improvement: Vegetable crops by adopting organic farming practices“Improvement of livelihood of resource poor farmers through backyard poultry. Organic farming for the sustainable and integrated vegetable crop management Conservation of different land races of indigenous vegetables. Contact Dr. Dipankar Chatterjee Designation Associate Professor

CV Previously Senior Research Fellow, Anthropological Survey of India, Calcutta (September, 2005 to April, 2007) Education PhD in Anthropology (2013), University of Calcutta. Research Topic: “The Gujars of Himachal Pradesh: Traditions and Their Transformations” Expertise Anthropology Research Interests Culture and Cognition Tribal and Rural Development Transhumance and Pastoral communities Ecological Anthropology and Natural Resources Management Qualitative Research Methods. Anthropology of Tourism Contact / Dr. Pankaj Kumar Mishra Designation Assistant Professor

CV Previously Assistant Professor-cum-Junior Scientist, Rabindra Nath Tagore Agriculture College, Deoghar BAU, Ranchi, Jharkhand. (December, 2018 to August, 2019) Education PhD in Plant Biology (2017), Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur Expertise Plant Biology Research Interests Development of Natural, Eco-friendly, Organic formulation for the management of plant diseases In vitro and In vivo testing of organic formulation against the plant disease-causing agents Development of Package of Practices for organic management of plant disease Standardization of package and practice for King oyster mushroom cultivation Detection and diagnosis of plant diseases Contact / Dr. Deep Narayan Mukherjee Designation Assistant Professor

CV Previously Research Associate, ICAR-Indian Institute of Millets Research, Hyderabad, Telangana. (April, 2017 to October, 2017) Education PhD in Agricultural Economics (2016), College of Agriculture, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad Expertise Agricultural Economics Research Interests Productivity analysis Livelihood studies Poverty related issues Contact Dr. Sudarsan Biswas Designation Assistant Professor

CV Previously District Coordinator, Institutional Strengthening of Gram Panchayat (ISGP) Programme Phase-II, Govt. of West Bengal. (October, 2017 to October, 2018) Education PhD in Agricultural and Rural Development (2018), RKMVERI Expertise Organic Farming Research Interests Tribal and Rural Livelihood Indigenous Knowledge and Natural Resources Management Organic Farming and its Extension Social dilemma in Rural areas Action Research Contact / Dr. Soumik Dey Designation Assistant Professor

CV Education PhD (Ag) in Agriculture Statistics from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Nadia, West Bengal Expertise Agriculture Statistics Research Interests Regression Diagnostics Time Series Modelling Econometric Study Market analysis and Cointegration. Agricultural Statistics Contact Dr. Vishal Walmik Dhote Designation Assistant Professor

CV Previously Assistant Professor, Ramkrishna Bajaj College of Agriculture, Pipri, Wardha Education PhD in Agricultural Entomology from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Nadia, West Bengal Expertise Agricultural Entomology Research Interests Organic Pest Management Insect Toxicology Biological Control Contact Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee Designation Assistant Professor