V C Pande

About

Acquired the degree of B. Sc. (Ag) and M.Sc. Ag. (Agricultural Economics) from G. B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar and Ph. D. in Economics from The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara. Work experience include studies on natural resource management, resource economics, watershed planning and development, impact evaluation of watersheds and capacity building of state government and watershed functionaries. Attended 15 professional training programmes, including national and international and handled 27 projects as Project Implementer (PI) and Co-PI till date. This includes 21 research projects funded by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), one funded by National Bamboo Mission (NBM), Government of India and fie consultancy projects - two funded by Forest Department of Gujarat and Maharashtra states and two funded by National Rainfed Area Authority, Government of India and one funded by National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development (NABARD). Has more than Twenty Four years’ experience in working on soil and water conservation, natural resource economics and watershed management.

Employment

• ICAR Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation Principal Scientist
  2002 - Present

Education

• Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda Ph D
  2005 - 2011

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (17)

• Development of degraded ravine lands of Western India using Sapota (Achras zapota) plantation with terracing vs. trenching‐on‐slope‐based conservation measures
  Land Degradation & Development 2021 DOI: 10.1002/ldr.3691
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• Economic assessment of agri-horticulture production systems on reclaimed ravine lands in Western India
  Agroforestry Systems 2018 DOI: 10.1007/s10457-016-0025-x
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• Implications of optimal groundwater extraction for sustainable groundwater use in Indian semi-arid tropical watershed
  Indian Journal of Soil Conservation, 43(1): 1-8 2015
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• Technology for rehabilitation of Yamuna ravines – cost-effective practices to conserve natural resources through bamboo plantation
  Current Science, 108(8): 1527 – 1533 2015
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• Cost of siltation in Sardar Sarovar reservoir: implications for catchment treatment
  Current Science 2014
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• Local governance in management of community owned water storage structures: understanding attributes and their interplay for resource sustainability
  2014
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• Effectiveness of Dichanthium annulatum in Watercourses for Reducing Sediment Delivery from Agricultural Watersheds
  Clean- Soil, Air, Water, 42: 1-7 2014
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• Decision Support System for contour trenching
  Indian Journal of Soil Conservation, 42(2): 143-153 2014
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• Climate change impact on design & costing of soil & water conservation structures in watersheds
  Current Science, 108(5): 960-966 2014
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• Effect of tillage and cropping systems on runoff, soil loss and crop yields under semiarid rainfed agriculture in India.
  Soil & Tillage Research 2014
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