ICAR Personnel Management System

Executive Record Sheet

Name	Dr. Sah Kausar Reza
ERP ID	008639
Present Designation	Sr. Scientist
Cadre Type	Scientist (incl. SS (CAS), PS (CAS))
Date of Birth (MM/DD/YYYY)	10/10/1977
Gender	Male
State of Domicile	Bihar
Mother Tongue	Hindi
Email Address	reza_ssac@yahoo.co.in

Educational Qualifications (From Graduation Onwards)

Degree	Institution	Thesis Title (If any)
Doctor of Philosphy	I.A.R.I.	Characterization of rockphosphate enriched pressmud compost and its effect on phosphorus use efficiency in pearl millet-mustard sequence in a Typic Ha
M.Sc (Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry)	Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI)	Land resource assessment of a sub-watershed in saharanpur district, U.P., using remote sensing and GIS
B.Sc. (Agriculture)	Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidylaya, Coochbehar

History of Posting

S.No.	Designation	Name of Institute/ Organization	From	To
1	Scientist.	National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use planning,NBSSLUP (RS) , Calcutta	30-Jan-2014	11-Aug-2016
2	Scientist.	National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use planning,NBSSLUP (RS) , Calcutta	12-Aug-2016	31-Aug-2016
3	Scientist.	National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use planning,NBSSLUP (RS) , Calcutta	01-Sep-2016	31-Jan-2017
4	Scientist.	National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use planning,NBSSLUP (RS) , Calcutta	01-Feb-2017	31-Mar-2019
5	Scientist.	National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use planning,NBSSLUP (RS) , Calcutta	01-Apr-2019	10-Nov-2021
6	Scientist.	National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use planning,NBSSLUP (RS) , Calcutta	11-Nov-2021	17-Jul-2023
7	Scientist.	National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use planning,NBSSLUP (RS) , Calcutta	18-Jul-2023

Training Details

Training

Program Name	Country	Venue	From	To	Program Organized by
Foundation Course for Agricultural Research Service	IN	NAARM, Hyderabad	6/12/2007 12:00:00 AM	10/9/2007 12:00:00 AM	NAARM
Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System in Land resource Studies towards Land Use Planning	IN	ICAR-NBSS&LUP, Jorhat, Jorhat	3/5/2008 12:00:00 AM	3/25/2008 12:00:00 AM	ICAR-NBSS&LUP, Jorhat
Use of Geomatica Software	IN	ICAR-NBSS&LUP, Nagpur, Nagpur	6/9/2008 12:00:00 AM	6/21/2008 12:00:00 AM	PCI, India
Remote Sensing and GIS – Technology & Applications	IN	NRSC, Hyderabad	11/17/2008 12:00:00 AM	2/6/2009 12:00:00 AM	NRSC, Hyderabad
Field Orientation Programme	IN	ICAR-NBSS&LUP, Nagpur, Nagpur	2/20/2009 12:00:00 AM	5/6/2009 12:00:00 AM	ICAR-NBSS&LUP, Nagpur

Workshop

Program Name	Country	Venue	From	To	Program Organized by
Soil C Modelling Workshop	IN	ICAR-NBSS&LUP, Nagpur, Nagpur	4/26/2011 12:00:00 AM	5/5/2011 12:00:00 AM	ICAR-NBSS&LUP, Nagpur
Using Climate Scenarios and Analogues for Designing Adaptation Strategies in Agriculture	NP	Kathmandu, Kathmandu	9/19/2011 12:00:00 AM	9/23/2011 12:00:00 AM	IWM

Publications

Training Manual

S.No.	Year	Title of Publication	Name of Publisher	Citation
1	2012	8th Training programme. In “Compendium on human resource development in remote sensing and GIS applications in natural resource management”.	NBSS Publ. No. 150, Nagpur

Popular Articles

S.No.	Year	Title of Publication	Name of Publisher
1	2015	Land resource management for integrated farm planning in Jorhat district, Assam, Northeastern India: A success story	Popular Kheti
2	2015	Soil Fertility Mapping: A Case Study of Tinsukia District, Assam	Mruda Darpan (in Hindi)
3	2014	Shifting Cultivation in North-Eastern India: Polices and Issues	Mruda Darpan (in Hindi)

Journal

S.No.	Year	Title of Publication	Name of Publisher	ISBN Number
1	2017	Characterizing spatial variability of soil properties in alluvial soils of India using geostatistics and geographical information system	Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science
2	2017	Phosphorus solubilization through organic acids production in pressmud composted with rockphosphate	National Academy Science Letters
3	2016	Spatial distribution of soil physical properties of alluvial soils: a geostatistical approach	Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science
4	2016	Spatial variability of soil properties using geostatistical method: a case study of lower Brahmaputra plains, India	Arabian Journal of Geosciences
5	2016	Spatial heterogeneity of soil metal cations in the plains of humid subtropical northeastern India	Springer India	Agricultural Research
6	2016	Spatial distribution of Fe and Mn in paper mill effluent affected agricultural soils in Morigaon, Assam	Agropedology
7	2016	Influence of inorganic fertilizers and organic amendments on plant nutrients and soil enzyme activities under incubation	PP House	International Journal of Bio-resource and Stress Management
8	2015	Multivariate approaches for soil fertility characterization of lower Brahmaputra valley, Assam, India	Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science
9	2015	Accumulation and translocation of heavy metals in soil and crop irrigated with paper mill effluents	Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science
10	2015	Urease activity and its kinetics in selected benchmark soils of Indo-Gangetic Plains, India	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences
11	2015	Geostatistical and multivariate analysis of soil heavy metal contamination near coal mining area, Northeastern India	Environmental Earth Sciences
12	2015	Assessment of erosion susceptibility zones in Diring-Thanglong Watershed North Eastern Hill Regions of Assam using GIS techniques	Agropedology
13	2015	Characterization and classification of major vegetables growing soils of Odisha coastal system-A case study	Agropedology
14	2015	Development of integrated land use plan for Upper Brahmaputra Valley under rain-fed ecosystem: A case study in Jorhat district, Assam	Agropedology
15	2014	Soil risk assessment of heavy metal contamination near Oil Refinery area, Northeastern India	International Journal of Agriculture, Environment and Biotechnology
16	2014	Soil information system: use and potentials in humid and semi-arid tropics	Current Science
17	2014	Natural resources of the Indo-Gangetic Plains: a land-use planning perspective	Current Science
18	2014	Revisiting agro-ecological sub-regions of India – a case study of two major food production zones	Current Science
19	2014	InfoCrop-cotton simulation model – its application in land quality assessment for cotton cultivation	Current Science
20	2014	Soil and land quality indicators of the Indo-Gangetic Plains of India	Current Science
21	2014	Impacts of agro-climates and land use systems on culturable microbial population in soils of the Indo-Gangetic Plains, India	Current Science
22	2014	Impacts of bioclimates, cropping systems, land use and management on the cultural microbial population in black soil regions of India	Current Science
23	2014	Soil physical quality of the Indo-Gangetic Plains and black soil region	Current Science
24	2014	Development of soil and terrain digital database for major food-growing regions of India for resource planning	Current Science
25	2014	Georeferenced soil information system: assessment of database	Current Science
26	2014	Land use planning and strategic measures in North Eastern Region of India	Agropedology
27	2014	Pedotransfer functions: a tool for estimating hydraulic properties of two major soil types of India	Current Science
28	2014	Distribution of forms of potassium in Lesser Himalayas of Sikkim, India	Agropedology
29	2014	Microbial biomass and enzyme activity in relation to shifting cultivation and horticultural practices in humid subtropical North-eastern India	Range Management and Agroforestry
30	2014	Distribution of forms of potassium in relation to different agroecological regions of North-Eastern India	Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science
31	2014	Characterization and classification of some tea-growing soils of Jorhat district, Assam	Agropedology
32	2014	Impact of management levels and land-use changes on soil properties in rice–wheat cropping system of the Indo-Gangetic Plains	Current Science
33	2013	Hazard assessment of heavy metal contamination by the paper industry, north-eastern India	International Journal of Environmental Studies
34	2012	Effect of land use on soil microbial biomass carbon and nitrogen content in the soils of Jorhat district, Assam	Agropedology
35	2012	Spatial variability of soil properties in Brahmaputra plains of North-eastern India: A geostatistical approach	Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science
36	2012	Characterization of soil acidity under different land uses in Assam	Agropedology
37	2012	Mapping risk of soil phosphorus deficiency using geostatistical approach: A case study of Brahmaputra plain, Assam, India	Indian Journal of Soil Conservation
38	2012	Rock phosphate-enriched pressmud compost: Direct effect in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum L.) and residual effect in mustard (Brassica juncea) in a	Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science
39	2011	Influence of slope positions on soil fertility index, soil evaluation factor and microbial indices in acid soil of Humid Subtropical India	Indian Journal of Soil Conservation
40	2011	Soil fertility index, soil evaluation factor, and microbial indices under different land uses in acidic soil of Humid Subtropical India	Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis
41	2011	Interrelationship of organic acids and aluminum concentrations in rhizosphere and nonrhizosphere soil solution of rice in acidic soil	Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis
42	2010	Evaluation of pedological development of soils developed on lower reaches of Siwalik hills through filed morphological rating system	Indian Journal of Soil Conservation
43	2010	Use of Bio-Resources for Remediation of Soil Pollution	Natural Resources
44	2010	Characterization, classification and mapping of soils of Panja-Rao watershed, Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh	Agropedology
45	2010	Evaluation and comparison of ordinary kriging and inverse distance weighting methods for predication of spatial variability of some chemical parameter	Agropedology
46	2005	Land evaluation of IARI farm for different uses	Environment and Ecology

Book Chapter

S.No.	Year	Title of Publication	Name of Publisher
1	2014	Importance of Soil Testing in Organic Agriculture. In “Handbook of Organic Crop Production in Sikkim” (Avasthe et al., Eds).	Jointly published by Organic Mission, Government of Sikkim, Gangtok, Sikkim and ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Sikkim, Gangtok, Sikkim, India
2	2014	Integrated Nutrient Management through Organic Sources. In “Handbook of Organic Crop Production in Sikkim” (Avasthe et al., Eds).	Jointly published by Organic Mission, Government of Sikkim, Gangtok, Sikkim and ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Sikkim, Gangtok, Sikkim, India
3	2014	Management of soil acidity. In “Handbook of Organic Crop Production in Sikkim” (Avasthe et al., Eds).	Jointly published by Organic Mission, Government of Sikkim, Gangtok, Sikkim and ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Sikkim, Gangtok, Sikkim, India

Awards

NIL

Patent, Copyright, Trademark etc.

NIL

Externally Funded Projects

NIL

Career Profile

Cadre Name	Date	Mode of recruitment (CAS/DR)
Scientist (6000)	12 Jun 2007	DR
Scientist(7000)	12 Jun 2011	CAS
Sr. Scientist (8000)	12 Jun 2016	CAS

Five Major Contributions

S.No.	Major Contribution
1	Humid Subtropical acid soils of north-eastern were evaluated based on soil fertility index and soil evaluation factor using different physicochemical and microbial properties. By these factors we can also compare the soil health status of acid soils different regions.
2	Soil series identified during reconnaissance soil survey (1:50,000) of Sibsagar (12 series), Morigaon (19 series) and Jorhat (21 series) of Assam, East Khasi Hills (17 series) and Ri-bhoi (7 series) of Meghalaya, Lunglei (20 series) of Mizoram, Tirap (7 series) and Lohit (12 series) of Arunachal Pradesh have been correlated for finalization of soil series description at National level. Out of 149 series identified 30 soil series were established and entered in the National Soil Series Register.
3	Geostatistical and multivariate analyses were used for analysis of spatial variability of heavy metals and its source from coal mine and paper mill affected agricultural soils of Northeastern India.
4	By integration of soil, biophysical and socio-economic data in decision support system different land management units (LMU) of Jorhat district have been developed and alternate land use options were given in each LMU.
5	Land use plans (options) for enhancing productivity Bhomoraguri, Jorhat district, Assam: The socio-economic survey indicates that villagers were not using fertilizers and there was no irrigation facility and they cultivate crops in traditional methods and not taking rabi crops due to lack of fencing and other inputs resulting economic distress and severe poverty of rural people. Our intervention showed that two crops can be grown with life saving irrigations. Cultivation of two crops instead of mono crop (only paddy) with necessary farming inputs will benefit farm families. This has become an agricultural model village among the adjoining tribal / non-tribal villages.