Agricultural Engineering. Soil & Water Conservation Engg.

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1 Name : Er. Ghanshyam Agrawal : Assistant Professor (Agril. Engg.) Designation Photograph Qualification : M.Tech. (SWCE), B.E (Ag. Engg.) Fellowships/Awards : : Discipline : Specialization National Merit Scholarship by Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan. Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) by Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR), New Delhi Agricultural Engineering Soil & Water Conservation Engg. Phone: Fax: gsagrawal_76@rediffmail.com gsagrawal_76@yahoo.co.in Mission : Research, teaching & extension activities in the field of soil & water conservation, watershed development & management, hydrology, irrigation & drainage Engineering, farm machinery & power engineering, food & process engineering etc. Work Experience : Serveded as Research Associate in the NATP project entitled as Hydrological Behaviour of Small Watersheds & Sustainability of Production Systems at Central Soil and Water Conservation, Research & Training Institute (ICAR), Dehradun, from October 9, 2000 to July 12, Served as Research Associate in the NATP project entitled as Improving Skills & Instrumentation for Water Application in Fields for Enhanced Water Use Efficiency at Water Technology Centre, IARI, New Delhi from July 13, 2001 to August 31, Served as various capacities from Assistant Engineer to Deputy General Manager in the Water Resources, Agriculture & Rural Development Department of M/s Consulting Engineering Services (India) Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi since September 01, 2004 to October 04, 2011.

2 Serving as Assistant Professor (Agricultural Engineeing) in the Department of Soil Science & Water Management, Dr Y S Parmar University of Horticulture & Forestry, Nauni Solan (Himachal Pradesh) since October 07, National projects handled previously under various capacities: Served as Monitoring & Evaluation Expert under the World Bank funded Monitoring & Evaluation study of Integrated Watershed Development Project of Uttaranchal. Served as Monitoring & Evaluation Expert under the National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development (NABARD) funded Evaluation Study of RIDF Project for Bridge Over River Beas in Gurdaspur District, Punjab. Served as Soil & Water Conservation Engineer under the Japan Bank of International Cooperation (JBIC) funded Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) of Project Activities under Punjab Afforestation Project. Served as Economic Survey & Impact Analyst (Monitoring & Evaluation Consultants) under the World Bank funded Monitoring & Evaluation System for National Agriculture Innovation Project (NAIP), Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi. International Exposure: Served as Water Resources cum Agricultural Engineer under the following World Bank funded Rapid Assessment of Wadis to be selected for the Irrigation Improvement Project (IIP-Phase II), Ministry of Agriculture & Irrigation (MAI), Republic of Yemen (ROY) from March to July Served as Water Resources cum Agricultural Engineer under the following World Bank funded projects in Republic of Yemen (ROY) from December 2007 to May 2010 Preparation of Water Resources Assessment Plan for Dhamar Plain, Groundwater & Soil Conservation Project (GSCP), Ministry of Agriculture & Irrigation (MAI), Govt. of Republic of Yemen (ROY) Feasibility Study & Design of an Improved Solid Waste Management System of Taiz Metropolitan Area, Taiz Municipal Development & Flood Protection Project (TMDFPP), Ministry of Public Works and Highways (MPWH), Govt. of Republic of Yemen (ROY) Establishing a Multi Purpose Geographic Information System (GIS) for Taiz and Preparing Detailed Area Plan for Priority Upgrading and growth areas, Taiz Municipal Development & Flood Protection Project (TMDFPP), Ministry of Public Works and Highways (MPWH), Govt. of Republic of Yemen (ROY)

3 Teaching Activities: Involved in teaching for following UG/PG courses Degree Course No. Title of the Course Credit Hours B.Sc. Hons. (Forestry) NRS-123 Principles of Hydrology, Soil & 2+1 Water Conservation NRS-213 Forest Engineering 1+1 B.Sc. Hons. (Horticulture) NRS- 211 Farm Power & Machinery 1+1 M.Sc. Management) (Watershed M.Sc. (Food Science Technology) WM-523 Watershed Survey, Mapping and Structural Engineering Designs 2+1 WM 524 Watershed Hydrology and 2+1 Resource Conservation FST-503 Food Engineering 2+1 FST-541 General Engineering and Unit Operations Advance Trainings Acquired: Sr. No. Title of Course Duration Name of the organizing Institute 1 Intensive Training on Agricultural Mechanization month Farm Machinery Training & Testing Institute (SR), Garladinne, Anantpur (A.P.) 2 Summer Training on Meteorological Instruments 3 Winter School on Recent advance in Micro Irrigation & Fertigation 1 month India Meteorological Department (IMD), Shivaji Nagar, Pune (Maharashtra) 21 days Centre for Protected Cultivation Technology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi Research Activities: Research Projects in Progress: Sr. No. Name of the Project 1. Augmentation of water resources through water harvesting in hilly areas (Associated as PI) 2. Augmentation of Water Resources through Rain Water Harvesting and Enhancing Groundwater Funding Agency / Financial Outlay MOWR, GOI, New Delhi (42.5 Lakhs) Central Ground Water Board, MOWR, GOI, Duration 4 years 2 years

4 Availability at University of Horticulture & Forestry (UHF), Nauni (Associated as Co-PI) 3. Augmentation of Water Resources through Rain Water Harvesting and Enhancing Groundwater Availability at Institute of Bio- technology & Environmental Sciences (IBES) - Hamirpur (Associated as Co-PI) 4. Developing Model Villages under Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojna.Associated in following subject/ areas: Water Harvesting & Conservation, Protected cultivation Organic farming (Associated as Co-PI) New Delhi (33.78 Lakhs) Central Ground Water Board, MOWR, GOI, New Delhi (25.81 Lakhs) Deputy Commissioner Solan & Sirmour, HP 1.5 crore per year (20 villages) 2 years 3 years Completed Projects: Sr. No. Name of the Project Funding Agency/ Financial Outlay Duration 1. Monitoring and Evaluation Study in the Saturated and Unsaturated Micro Watersheds of Himachal Pradesh under RVP & FPR Project (Associated as Expert Member) 2. Evaluation of Preparatory Phase of Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) Projects for in Mandi district (Blocks Seraj, Karsog, Dharampur & Sundernagar) (Associated as Evaluation Team Leader) Forest Department, Shimla (HP) (8.003 Lakhs) Rural Development Department, Govt. of Himachal Pradesh 3 Years 1 Year Publications: Agrawal G., 2013 Soil erosion causes & control measures published in Hindi for special issue on Soil & Water Management of AUDYANIKI EVM VANIKI, pp: Proceedings (5 Nos.) Agrawal, G Impact Assessment of Soil Erosion Control Measures in Himalayan Regions published in Proceedings of the Workshop on Managed Aquifer Recharge in Hills & Valley of Himachal Pradesh held at Central Ground Water Board, Ministry of Water Resources (GOI), Dharamsala on 6 th March Jhajharia, D., Ali, Md., Agrawal, G & Sevda, M.S Reference Evapotranspiration: Comparison of Turc's Model with Penman Monteith Model for Tocklai, Jorhat

5 published in Proceedings of International Conference on Hydrological Perspectives for Sustainable Development (HYPES-2005) held at IIT, Roorkee in Feb, 2005, Kumar R., Thaman S., Agrawal G. & Sharma P Rain Water Harvesting and Groundwater Recharging in North Western Himalayan Region for Sustainable Agricultural Productivity published in Universal Journal of Environmental Research and Technology, 1(4): Jhajharia, D., Agrawal, G. & Seveda, M.S Influence of Meteorological Parameters on Pan Evaporation at Agartala published in Journal of Agricultural Engineering, 46(1): Das, D.C., Gupta, K K & Agrawal, G Hydrologic Regeneration of Shiwalik Watersheds with Soil and Water Conservation and Gaps Perceived Abstract published in National Conference on Watershed Management for Sustainable Production, Livelihood and Environmental Security (WAMPS-2005) held at GBPUAT, Pantnagar during May, 2005, pp-77. Agrawal, G. et.al Derivation of Unit Hydrographs by Two Different Methods: A Case Study of Kothuwatari Watershed published in Proceedings of International Conference on Recent Advances in Water Resources Development & Management (RAWRDM-2005) held at IIT, Roorkee during November, 2005, pp Agrawal, G. et.al Estimation of Reference Evapotranspiration Using Penman Monteith Method under the Semi-arid Conditions of Jobner (Jaipur), Rajasthan published in Proceedings of International Conference held at IIT, Kharagpur in Dec, 2004, Rajput, T.B.S., Patel, N. & Agrawal, G Laser leveler se paidavar badhaiye (Increase yield through Laser leveller) published in Hindi magazine "Krishi Chayanika", ICAR, New Delhi, Oct-Dec., 2004 pp: & 43. Rajput, T.B.S., Patel, N. & Agrawal, G Laser leveling- A tool to increase irrigation efficiency at field level published in Journal of Agricultural Engineering, 41(1): Jhajharia, D., DebBarma, S. & Agrawal, G Comparison of Pan Evaporation- Based Reference Evapotranspiration Model with Penman Monteith FAO-56 Model published in Journal of Agricultural Engineering, 41(3):46-52 Jhajharia, D., DebBarma, S. & Agrawal, G Comparison of Simpler Radiation- Based ET Model With Penman Monteith Model for Humid Region published in Journal of Agricultural Engineering, 41(4):32-36 Agrawal, G. & Kumar, D Unit hydrograph by Collions method published in Indian Journal of Soil Conservation, 30(2): Agrawal, G. & Kumar, D Unit hydrograph estimation by Z-Transform method published in Journal of Agricultural Engineering, 36 (4):

6 Lab Members (RAs/SRF/ PG Students): o Mr. Mahantesh Sankanur, SRF

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