DDirectoryirectory ooff RRapeseed-Mustardapeseed-Mustard RResearchesearch WWorkersorkers iinn IIndiandia 2011 All India Coordinated Research Project on Rapeseed-Mustard Directorate of Rapeseed-Mustard Research (Indian Council of Agricultural Research) Bharatpur 321 303, Rajasthan CENTRES Directory of Rapeseed-Mustard Research Workers in India All India Coordinated Research Project on Rapeseed-Mustard Directorate of Rapeseed-Mustard Research (Indian Council of Agricultural Research) Bharatpur 321 303, Rajasthan 2011 Printed : July 2011 Correct Citation: All India Coordinated Research Project on Rapeseed-Mustard (2011). Directory of the Rapeseed-Mustard Research Workers in India. Directorate of Rapeseed-Mustard Research, Bharatpur, Rajasthan. p. 80+viii Compiled by: Vinod Kumar R.C. Sachan S.S. Meena K.H. Singh Edited by: Vinod Kumar J.S. Chauhan Published by: Dr. J.S. Chauhan, Director Directorate of Rapeseed-Mustard Research Bharatpur 321 303, Rajasthan, India Phone: +91-5644-260379, 260495 Fax: +91-5644-260565, 260419 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.drmr.res.in Printed at: M/s Royal Offset Printers, A-89/1, Naraina Industrial Area Phase-I, New Delhi 110 028 FOREWORD The Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi established All India Coordinated Research Project on Oilseeds in 1967 subsequently resulted in the establishment of separate All India Coordinated Research Project on Rapeseed-Mustard (AICRPRM) in 1981 to develop location specific ecological sound and economical viable production and protection technologies for rapeseed-mustard, their assessment and dissemination. There is strong network of 181 scientific, technical and administrative personnel at 11 main-and 12 sub-centres spread over 17 states with Project Coordinating Unit at Directorate of Rapeseed-Mustard Research (DRMR) at Bharatpur, Rajasthan. Further, several private organizations are actively involved in rapeseed-mustard research, product development and seed production. The DRMR since its inception in 1993 has been serving as repository and resource centre for providing information on all aspects of the crop. The present efforts to collate the vast scattered information on research and development personnel, organizations/ institutions involved in furthering the cause of rapeseed-mustard crops in India in the form of Directory of the Rapeseed-Mustard Research Workers in India are timely and well conceived. I am sure this publication would facilitate effective linkages and networking and also serve as a useful resource book for reference by governments, public/ private institutions and AICRPRM Centres throughout the country. Further, value has been added to the publication by providing crop and project profile as well as other useful data. I congratulate and compliment Dr. J.S Chauhan, Director, DRMR and his colleagues Drs. Vinod Kumar, R.C. Sachan and Dr. S. S. Meena for their untiring efforts in bringing out this valuable publication. June 28, 2011 (S.K. DATTA) ICAR, Krishi Bhawan Deputy Director General New Delhi (Crop Science) iii PREFACE Directorate of Rapeseed-Mustard Research, Bharatpur, Rajasthan has been serving as a resource centre for information on various aspects of rapeseed- mustard crops and regularly collating, publishing and updating bulletins for the benefit of the stakeholders for promoting research and development in this important group of oilseed crops since its inception in 1993. We felt it prudent to bring out directory compiling the vast but scattered information regarding the personnel/institutions/ organizations in India having keen interest &/or involved in promotion of these crops in India especially public and private partners in the multidisciplinary All India Coordinated Research Project on Rapeseed-Mustard (AICRPRM). Directory containing brief bio-data of researchers, their alphabetic listing, public and private organizations with details of contact personnel, it is expected, to be a resource to facilitate accelerated development of linkages, establishing networks, exchange of ideas and dissemination of generated technology. Besides information on 126 personnel form 28 institutions/universities in 18 states of India, the directory also provides glimpses of history of the research and development in this vital group of crops culminating in the launching of AICRPRM, its mandate and status of the crop in India. We hope this Directory to be useful and informative to all the stakeholders. We place on record our appreciation to all the colleagues for providing desired information for this compilation and look forward to valuable comments and inputs for further improvement. We express our sincere gratitude to Prof. S. K. Datta, Deputy Director General (Crop Science), Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi for his guidance, comments and accepting our request to write foreword to this publication. Directorate of Rapeseed-Mustard Research (J.S. Chauhan) Bharatpur, Rajasthan Director June 27, 2011 v ABBREVIATIONS AAI Allahabad Agricultural Institute AAU Assam Agricultural University AICRP All India Coordinated Research Project BAU Birsa Agricultural University BCKV Bidhan Chandra Krishi Vishwavidyalaya BHU Banaras Hindu University CAU Central Agricultural University CCSHAU Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University CCSU Chaudhary Charan Singh University CSAUAT Chandra Shekar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology CSKHPKV Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishwavidyalaya Dr BRAU Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar University Dr PDKV Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth Dr YSPUHF Dr Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture & Forestry GAU Gujarat Agricultural University GBPUAT Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology GNDU Guru Nanak Dev University HAU Haryana Agricultural University HPKV Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishwavidyalaya HPU Himachal Pradesh University IARI Indian Agricultural Research Institute ICOC Indian Central Oilseeds Committee ICAR Indian Council of Agricultural Research JNKVV Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidyalaya JNV Jai Narain Vyas KAU Kerala Agricultural University MCMDAV Mehr Chand Mahajan College Dayanand Anglo Vedic MDSU Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University MMMEC Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College MPUAT Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture & Technology NAU Navsari Agricultural University NDUAT Narendra Deva University of Agriculture & Technology OUAT Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology PAU Punjab Agricultural University PGIMER Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research PU Purvanchal University RAU Rajendra Agricultural University RAU Rajasthan Agricultural University RVSKVV Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwavidyalaya SDAU Sardarkrushinagar-Dantiwada Agricultural University SKN Sri Karan Narendra SKNCOA Sri Karan Narendra College of Agriculture SKRAU Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University SKUAST Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology TNAU Tamil Nadu Agricultural University UAS University of Agricultural Sciences VBSPU Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University vi CONTENTS • Foreword iii • Preface v • Abbreviations vi 1. Rapeseed-Mustard Crops: Scenario 1 2. All India Coordinated Research Project on Rapeseed-Mustard: Profile 4 3. Research Workers 11 4. Research and Development Organizations 71 • Public organizations (Agricultural Universities/Institutes) 71 • Public organizations (ICAR) 75 • Private organizations 76 5. Appendices 77 I. Center wise Research Workers 77 II. Discipline wise Research Workers 79 III. Alphabetic List of Research Workers 80 vii Cultivated oilseed brassicas Rapeseed-Mustard Research Workers 1. Rapeseed-Mustard Crops: Scenario Rapeseed-mustard crops in India comprise traditionally grown indigenous species, namely toria, brown sarson, yellow sarson, Indian mustard , black mustard and taramira, which have been grown since about 3,500 BC along with non-traditional species like gobhi sarson and Ethiopian mustard or karan rai (Table 1). Table1: English, vernacular and botanical names, genome and mating system of rapeseed- mustard crops grown in India English name Vernacular Botanical name Genome Chromosome Mating name (2n) system Indian mustard/ Rai,ryada, [Brassica juncea AA BB 36 Self- Brown mustard raya, laha, (L.) Czernj. & compatible lahta, sasve, Cosson.] herbo Abyssinian/ Karan rai [Brassica carinata BB CC 34 Self- Ethiopian A. Br.] compatible mustard Indian rape/ Toria, tori [Brassica rapa var AA 20 Self- Rapeseed lahi dichotoma (Roxb. incompatible Toria ex Fleming) Kitam.] Brown sarson/ Brown sarson, [Brassica rapa ssp AA 20 Lotni: self- Rapeseed Bhoori sarson sarson (Prain) incompatible Denford] Tora: self- compatible Yellow sarson/ Yellow [Brassica rapa AA 20 Self- Colza/Rape sarson, var trilocularis compatible seed Pili sarson (Roxb.) Kitam.] Black mustard Banarasi rai Brassica nigra BB 16 Self- (L.) Koch incompatible Rape seed/ Gobhi sarson [Brassica napus L. AA CC 38 Self- Rutabaga ssp oleifera DC. var compatible annua L.] Taramira Rocket salad Eruca vesicaria EE 22 Self- Herbo, duan Mill incompatible tara, tera, saundh Rapeseed–mustard crops in India are grown in diverse agro-climatic conditions ranging from north-eastern / north western hills to down south under irrigated/rainfed, timely/late sown, saline soils and mixed cropping (see map) . Indian mustard accounts for about 80% of about over 6.0 million hectare (mha) under these crops in the country during 2010-11 crop season. The cultivation of brown sarson which once