Dr. R. K. Yadav

Dr R. K. Yadav is a well-known agronomist with 35 years of experience in developing and implementing international (Indo-US AKI, JIRCAS, JICA, CIMMYT, IRRI, NOW), inter- institutional (IISc, IIT, CCSHAU, IARI, TNAU, GAU, PAU) collaborative, and institutional basic/applied research projects on characterization, inventorization, reclamation and productive-management of marginal quality natural resources. Presently, he is serving as Professor (Agronomy) in Division of Natural Resource Management of Faculty of Agriculture Sciences at SGT University Gurugram. Dr Yadav is an alumnus of CCSHAU Hisar and before superannuation he served Indian Council of Agricultural Research in different capacities. He served as Head Division of Soil and Crop Management, ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute (CSSRI), Karnal for > 07 years and Director, ICAR-CSSRI, Karnal for 04 years.

• Visiting Researcher at the School of Earth Sciences and Geography, Faculty of Science, Kingston University, London (UK).
• CSIRO Fellow at CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems Research Lab, Crace - 225, Dickson, ACT 2602, Canberra, Australia, and ARDA, Bangkok (Thailand).
• Editor and Member of the Editorial Board of Farming Systems (Elsevier), Frontiers in Environmental Sciences, and Current Agriculture Research Journal for the last 5 years.
• Recipient of the National Groundwater Augmentation Award (2011) of MoWR, GoI.
• Recipient of Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Puruskar (2008 and 2009) of ICAR, New Delhi.
• Recipient of ICAR-CSSRI, Karnal Excellence Award (2016).
• Awarded Gold Medal (2024) and Fellowship (2013) of the Indian Society of Agronomy.
• Awarded Fellowship (2017) of ISSSWQ.
• Published 05 books, 02 policy papers, and 01 policy brief.
• Authored 208 peer-reviewed research papers (Impact Factor range: 13.35 to 0.35).
• Google Scholar Citations: 6674, h-index: 44, i10-index: 133.
• Developed 03 varieties and secured 04 patents.
• Expert Member of the Technical Program Committee and Key Resource Person for the African Asian Rural Development Organization and DST.
• Member of BoM and BoS of CCSHAU, Hisar.
• Member of the School of Environmental Sciences, KU Kurukshetra.
• Director on the Board of Directors of HLRDC.
• Member (NRM) in RAC of NABARD, Haryana and Punjab.
• President of the Indian Society of Soil Salinity and Water Quality (ISSSWQ) since 2022.
• Vice-President of ISSSWQ from 2019 to 2022.
• General Secretary of ISSSWQ from 2016 to 2019.