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Dr. Subhabrata Panda

Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswa Vidyalaya, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswa Vidyalaya*, Asiatic Society, University of Roorkee, Government of West Bengal

ORCID iD 0000-0002-8916-5180
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Subhabrata Panda is an Assistant Professor in Soil and Water Conservation at the Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (BCKV), the State Agricultural University in West Bengal, India, and he is associated with the “All India Coordinated Research Project on Agroforestry” of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-Central Agroforestry Research Institute (CAFRI). Before coming to BCKV, He has previously worked as Assistant Agricultural Chemist at the State Agricultural Research Institute and additionally with the Soil Survey Laboratory and State Nodal Cell of the Soil Health Management (SHM) under National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA), Government of West Bengal, Kolkata, India, and acted as Research Associate in the ICAR-MNES All India Net Work Project on Solar Photovoltaic Pumping Systems for crop water management and in the ICAR-sponsored inter-institutional Arsenic Project with BCKV on studying mobilisation and management of arsenic from groundwater in Nadia district in West Bengal, India. He also voluntarily served the West Bengal Regional Centre (WBRC) of Indian Association of Hydrologists in the capacity the Joint Secretary of the Centre for a couple of years during last nineties to first few years in the first few years in this century. He served in organising six national/ international seminars, and one workshop in the capacity as the Assistant/ Joint Secretary, member of the Core/ Publishing Committee. He delivered lectures in more than thirty national/ international meets in seminars/ workshops.

Dr. Panda has authored eight book chapters, eighteen journal papers, and one SpringerBriefs book on Soil and Water Conservation for Sustainable Food Production in 2022 which was reviewed in the International Union of Soil Sciences (iuss) Bulletin 141 December 2022. He was one of the Expert Reviewers of the Working Group II Contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report. In: Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Geneva, CH https://www.ipcc.ch/report/sixth-assessment-report-working-group-ii/, page 3002.

Reviewer of Journals:
Journal of environmental management
Agroforestry systems
African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation & Development (AJSTID)
Notulae Scientia Biologicae
Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences
Indian Journal of Coastal Agricultural Research

Professional Memberships :
Life Members:
Indian Society of Agroforestry, ICAR-CAFRI, Jhansi (U.P.).
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), Kolkata
Indian Association of Hydrologists, Roorkee
Soil Conservation Society of India, New Delhi
Indian Institute of Geomorphologists, Allahabad
Indian Society of Coastal Agricultural Research, Canning Town

Annual Members:
Indian Society of Soil Science, New Delhi
Institute of Landscape, Ecology and Ekistics, Kolkata

Foundation and Annual Member:
Asian Agri – History Foundation
Voluntarily served the Organising Committee:
Nadia District Archives, Central Library, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal.

Recognition:
2022 Expert Reviewer of the Working Group II Contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report. In: Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Geneva, CH
https://www.ipcc.ch/report/sixth-assessment-report-working-group-ii/

2019 One of the contributors for identifying Twenty Three Unsolved Problems in Hydrology, an initiative supported by IAHS, EGU, AGU and IAH and the outcome published as follows: Blöschl G. et al. (including Panda S. with 205 contributors). 2019. Twenty Three Unsolved Problems in Hydrology (UPH) – a community perspective. HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES JOURNAL 2019, VOL. 64, NO. 10, 1141–1158.
https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2019.1620507

6 to 8/9/1995 Certificate of Honour, Workshop on River Hydraulics, Department of Applied Mechanics & Drawing. Bengal Engineering College (Deemed University), Howrah, West Bengal, India.

1994 - 95 Completed the History of Science Course from the Asiatic Society, Calcutta.

1985-88 University Senior Merit Scholarship, M. Sc. (Agriculture) in Soil & Water Conservation course, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, India.

National Scholarship, Government of India, Ministry of Education and Social Welfare:

1981-84 B. Sc. (Agriculture) Honours course, Faculty of Agriculture, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, India.

1978-80 10(+2) Course, Nachinda Jiban Krishna High School, P. O. Nachindabazar, Midnapore - 721 444, West Bengal, India.

Online profiles:
linkedin.com/in/dr-subhabrata-panda-459b1630
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Subhabrata-Panda
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8916-5180
https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/nvt6kwgvkd/1
Panda, Subhabrata (2023), “Soil and water conservation”, Mendeley Data, V1, doi: 10.17632/nvt6kwgvkd.1

Employment

  • Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswa Vidyalaya Assistant Professor*
    2016 - Present
  • Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswa Vidyalaya Assistant Professor in Soil and Water Conservation
    2016 - Present
  • Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswa Vidyalaya* Assistant Professor in Soil and Water Conservation
    2016 - Present
  • Government of West Bengal Supporting Officer with National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) - Soil Health Management (SHM) Nodal Cell, West Bengal - Additional Charge
    2015 - 2016
  • Government of West Bengal Soil Chemist ex. Officio Assistant Agricultural Chemist with Soil Survey Laboratory, Tollygunj, Kolkata - Additional Charge
    2004 - 2006
  • Government of West Bengal WBAS (Research) Assistant Agricultural Chemist as In-Charge of Mobile Soil Testing Laboratory, Tollygunj, Kolkata
    2003 - 2016
  • Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswa Vidyalaya Research Associate with ICAR sponsored Ad-Hoc Scheme on "Status, Causes and Impacts of Aresenic Contamination in Groundwater in parts of West Bengal vis-a-vis Management of Agricultural Systems
    1998 - 2001
  • Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswa Vidyalaya Research Associate with ICAR - Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources sponsored "Net Work Project for Performance Evaluation and Optimal Utilization of Water of Solar Photovoltaic (SPV) Pumping System"
    1995 - 1997
  • Zilla Parishad, South 24 Parganas Post Graduate Apprentice at Arapanch Watershed
    1994 - 1995

Education

  • Asiatic Society Certificate Course in History of Science
    1994 - 1995
  • University of Roorkee Special Course on "Remote Sensing for Groundwater Exploration"
    1991 - 1991
  • University of Roorkee Refresher Course on "Investigation, Planning and Management of Groundwater"
    1989 - 1989
  • Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswa Vidyalaya Faculty of Agriculture Ph. D. (Agriculture) in Soil and Water Conservation
    1988 - 1996
  • Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswa Vidyalaya Faculty of Agriculture M. Sc. (Agriculture) in Soil and Water Conservation
    1985 - 1988
  • Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswa Vidyalaya Faculty of Agriculture B. Sc. (Agriculture) Honours
    1981 - 1985

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Publications (43)