Endowment Lecture on State of the art of Agricultural Higher Education: Scope, Opportunities and Way Forward

A person with more than 4 decades of experience in Research, Teaching, Administration and Management within India and abroad. Graduated and Post Graduated from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Doctorate from Kerala Agriculture University, with fellowship of ICAR, Junior and Senior Research Fellowship, Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from Pondicherry Central University. Served as visiting faculty, examiner for PG & Ph.D. scholars at TNAU, MG University, MANAGE & GKVK. Got international training exposure in Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute (TARI), Taiwan, CEMAFROID, France, Wagningen University, The Netherlands, BIOFACH, Germany, FeBil, Switzerland. Peer reviewer for various national and international scientific journals. Participated in more than 50 international conferences and presented papers. Served as Principal Investigator of projects of ICAR, Govt. of India, Govt. of Kerala, DST, PPIC, Canada, NABARD, NHM, NMMP, Ayush, etc. Served as Advisory member of Endosulfan Group Meeting of Government of India representing Government of Kerala.