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Executive Record Sheet

Name	Dr. V. Ramamurthy
ERP ID	008703
Present Designation	Head of Research Centre/Regional Station
Cadre Type	Head of Regional Station
Date of Birth (MM/DD/YYYY)	03/08/1964
Gender	Male
State of Domicile	Karnataka
Mother Tongue	Kannada
Email Address	ramamurthy20464@yahoo.co.in

Educational Qualifications (From Graduation Onwards)

Degree	From	To	Institution	Thesis Title (If any)
B.Sc (Agri)	01/Oct/1982	31/Oct/1986	Agricultural Science , Bangalore
M Sc (Agri.)	01/Jan/1987	31/Dec/1988	Agricultural Science, Bangalore	Studies on Chilli + Fingermillet intercropping after Cowpea
Doctor of Philosophy	01/Dec/1988	30/Jan/1993	UAS Bangalore	Productivity of soybean-maize-sunflower cropping system in alfisols through integrated nutrient management

History of Posting

S.No.	Designation	Name of Institute/ Organization	From	To
1	Senior Scientist.	National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use planning,NBSSLUP (RS) , Banglore	05-Aug-1991	04-Mar-2007
2	Senior Scientist.	National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use planning,NBSSLUP (RS) , Banglore	05-Mar-2007	09-Feb-2008
3	Principal Scientist.	National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use planning,NBSSLUP (RS) , Banglore	10-Feb-2008	31-May-2018
4	Principal Scientist.	National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use planning,NBSSLUP (RS) , Banglore	01-Jun-2018	17-Jan-2023
5	Principal Scientist.	National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use planning,NBSSLUP (RS) , Banglore	18-Jan-2023	15-Mar-2023
6	Principal Scientist.	National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use planning,NBSSLUP (RS) , Banglore	16-Mar-2023	20-Jul-2023
7	Head Regional Station.	National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use planning,NBSSLUP (RS) , Banglore	21-Jul-2023

Training Details

Refresher Course

Program Name	Country	Venue	From	To	Program Organized by
Management Development Programme on DSS & Technologies	IN	Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi	2/25/2013 12:00:00 AM	3/1/2013 12:00:00 AM	Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT)
Multidisciplinary perspectives on Science, Technology and Society	IN	Bangalore, BANGALORE	12/11/2017 12:00:00 AM	12/22/2017 12:00:00 AM	National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS)

Publications

Journal

S.No.	Year	Title of Publication	Name of Publisher
1	2007	Agribusiness Prospecting for Grape Cultivation Using Land Resource Information.	Agricultural Economics Research Review
2	2007	Agribusiness Opportunities in Promoting Vermicompost in Citrus Cultivation in Maharashtra.	Agricultural Economics Research Review
3	2007	Evaluation of Infocrop-cotton model in some shrink-swell soils under rainfed conditions	Agropedology
4	2007	Effect of soil type and nitrogen levels on the productivity and crop water balance in rainfed diploid cotton (Gossypium arboreum).	Indian J. Agric. Sci.,
5	2007	Productivity and nitrogen use efficiency parameters in cotton cultivars with varying N levels and soil types under rainfed conditions	Acta Agronomica Hungarica
6	2006	Intercropping with mulberry in shallow soils	Indian Silk
7	2006	Performance of mulberry in different soils of Nagpur	Indian Silk
8	2006	Vermicompost improves productivity and quality of Nagpur mandrin	Organic Farming Newsletter
9	2005	Farmer Field Schools - A New Participatory Approach	Agriculture Extension Review
10	2005	Sericulture-A reason for farmers smile.	Indian Silk
11	2005	Effect of inorganic and biofertilizers on productivity of soybean	Biofertilizer News letter
12	2004	Integrated land resources appraisal of rainfed chickpea productivity in sub-humid and semi-arid agro-eco-subregions.	Agropedology
13	2004	On-farm evaluation of seed priming technology in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.).	Agricultura Tropica ET Subtropica.
14	2003	Evaluation of Forages in smallholder farming systems through participatory research	The Land
15	2002	Effect of nitrogen and Azospirillum inoculation on growth and green forage yield of Pennisetum trispecific hybrid	Indian J. Agron
16	2002	Response of Napier bajra hybrids to integrated nitrogen management	Indian J. Agron
17	2002	Agricultural Land Use Planning- from theoretical perspectives to participatory action plan in the Indian context	The Land
18	2001	Selection of parents for leafiness in Bajra x Napier hybrids	Forage Research
19	1998	Response of Pennisetum tri specific hybrid to nitrogen and harvesting dates	Indian J. Agron
20	1998	Effect of nitrogen on seed yield of perennial Dinanath and Pennisetum trispecific hybrid	Forage Research
21	1997	A status paper on Stylosanthes productivity and utilisation in India	Tropical Grasslands
22	1997	Stylosanthes seed production by Smallholder farmers in India	LEISA newsletter
23	1996	Effect of organic matter and Phosphorus on growth and yield of Soybean	Indian J. Agron
24	1996	Residual effect of organic matter and Phosphorus on yield and quality of Maize	Indian J. Agron
25	1996	Growth and regrowth of perennial Dinanath grass	Range Mgmt. and Agroforestry
26	1995	Studies on Chilli+ Finger millet intercropping after Cowpea	Crop Res.,
27	1995	Seed mixture Standardisation for grass –legume pasture of Buffel and stylo	Forage Research
28	1995	Residual effect of organic matter and phosphorus on growth and yield of sunflower	Fmg.Systems
29	1995	Effect of organic matter and phosphorus on quality and nutrient uptake of Soybean	J. Oilseed Research
30	1995	Allelopathic effect of soybean, Maize and Sunflower.	Allelopathy Journal
31	1994	Effect of intercropping, Residual fertility, protective irrigation and spacing on quality of Chillies.	Crop Res.,
32	1993	Intercropping of Chilli and Finger millet under dry land conditions	Indian J. Agron
33	1992	Response of Chilli to residual fertility and protective irrigation in Cowpea-Chilli double cropping system	Indian J.Dryland Agric.Res.and Dev.,
34	1991	Response of Cowpea to fertilizer and protective irrigation	Indian J. Agron.
35	1991	Effect of fertilizer and protective irrigation on nodulation of Cowpea	Current Res.,

Awards

S.No.	Name of Award	Awarding organization	Place	Year
1	Best poster award	Indian Society of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning	India	2015
2	Cashless ICAR Institute Award (ICAR)	NBSS&LUP	India	2017
3	Fellowship of National/International Academies	Crawford Foundation		1999
4	Fellowship of National/International Academies	Indian Society of Agronomy	India	2014
5	Member - Institute Management Committee (ICAR)	NBSS&LUP	Nagpur	2011
6	outstanding scientist award	ICAR	India	2007

Patent, Copyright, Trademark etc.

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Career Profile

Cadre Name	Date	Mode of recruitment (CAS/DR)
Sr. Scientist (12000)	10 Feb 2000	DR
Pr. Scientist	10 Feb 2008	CAS
Scientist	05 Aug 1991	DR

Five Major Contributions

S.No.	Major Contribution
1	Developed concept for identification of commodity specific zones at country and state level and identified potential areas for major crops
2	Evaluated and identified site specific crops, cropping systems and suggested crop and site-specific management strategies.
3	Developed Participatory Land Use Planning methodology and validated at watershed and village levels for enhancing livelihood security and management of Natural Resources.
4	Developed integrated land use planning methodology for district, mandal/block, panchayat and village level for efficient utilization of land resources.
5	Extensively conducted On-farm research and participatory technology development programmes.
6	1. Developed concept and methodology for identifying potential crop areas/zones 2. Developed concept and methodology of Participatory Land Use Planning (PLUP) 3. Developed concept and methodology for identifying Land Management Units (LMUs) 4. Developed methodology for identification of prime Agricultural lands 5. Developed district level land use planning methodology 6. Identified site-specific integrated farming system models to smallholder farmers 7. Participatory soil based agro-technology development for livelihood improvement 8. Developed efficient farming technologies for higher productivity of cotton 9. Developed Decision Support System (DSS) for district LUP 10.Contributed to National Soil and Land Use policy