Janardan Yadav
Banaras Hindu University, India
Biography
For being B.Sc. (Ag) and M.Sc.(Ag) from BHU, he was awarded Ph.D. in Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry by Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi in 1992. He started his academic career as Sr. Research Assistant followed by UGC- Reasearch Associate at BHU. After that he joined DRDO as Scientist ‘C’ in 1996 at IAT, Pune and finally served Defence Agricultural Reasearch Laboratory, now Defence Institute of Bio Energy Research, Pithoragargh, Uttarakhand. There he worked as Officer-in-Charge of DARL Field Stations at Arabachauhan (Barmer) and Auli (Joshimath). He joined as lecturer in 2003, became Reader in 2004 and presently serving as Professor in the Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry at Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, India. The area of his research of interest has been soil microbiology / microbial biotechnology / organic farming / soil fertility with emphasis on development of quality plant growth promoting rhizobacteria using molecular tools and techniques to enhance crop production and maintenance of soil health under organic and integrated nutrient management system in Indo-gangatic plains of India. During his tenure in DRDO, he, first time, studied the soils of Leh and Ladakh. In addition to propagation of medicinal plants including seabuckthorn, agriculture and environmental warfare, development of technologies for season / off-season (protected) vegetables and their dissemination to the locals and Jawans of army unites staying at high altitude were his interest area of research work. However, he is still involved in revival of cold desert soils of Himalayan region by means of bioinoculants. Besides executing 12 research projects, guiding 10 Ph.D. and 27 M.Sc. (Ag) students at BHU he has published more than 100 research papers in journals of national and international repute, 7 book chapters and may popular articles. Dr. Yadav is presently acting as reviewer of research papers in many journals of national and international repute. He joined 20th World Soil Science Congress held at Jeju, South Korea during 2014 and he has been a recipient of Fellow of Uttar Pradesh Academy of Agricultural Sciences, BHU-Research Fellowship, UGC-Post Doctoral Fellowship, Award of “Best Research Paper by DRDO. Besides serving as member of different committees of administrative bodies in BHU, he has also been elected as Councilor of Indian Society of Soil Science, New Delhi for the year of 2009 and 2010