Indian Agriculture: Challenges, Priorities and Solutions

Naveen K. Sharma is a Professor at the Department of Botany, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak (M.P., India). He graduated with a Master's in Botany from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, and a doctorate from Jiwaji University, Gwalior (M.P.), India. With more than 22 years of teaching and research experience, he has published 60 research articles and authored/edited 5 books. He is a recipient of the IUSSTF fellowships (2010) from the DST, New Delhi, and Indo-US Technology Forum, USA. He served as Dean, Faculty of Science & Head, Department of Botany, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak, India.

Pradeep Kumar Rai is a microbiologist at the IFFCO-nano fertilizer plant in Phulpur, Prayagraj, U.P., India. He did his Ph.D. from the Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, and post-doctoral training from the ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa, New Delhi. He has expertise in soil microbial ecology and sustainable agricultural practices. He has published 36 research papers and edited a book.

Dinesh Chand Rai is currently the Vice Chancellor at the Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University, Muzaffarpur, Bihar. Before this, he was a senior professor at the Department of Dairy Science and Food Technology, Institute of Agricultural Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. He did his M.Sc. (Dairy Science) from BHU (1986) as a Gold Medallist, and Ph.D. in Dairy Technology from the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.