The Indian Journal of Soil Conservation is published thrice in a year (April, August and December) by the Indian Association of Soil and Water Conservationists. The Journal is abstracted by CAB, AGRIS, INSDOC, ENVIS, SAIC, Indian Bibl. Centre and others.
| Editor-in-Chief | Dr Rajive Kumar Singh |
| [email protected] | |
| ISSN (Online) | 0976-1721 |
| ISSN (Print) | 0970-3349 |
| Started | 1973 |
| Frequency | Triannual |
| Month(s) of publication | April, August and December |
| Time to publication | 3-6 Months |
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Dr Rajive Kumar Singh
Former Head, ICAR-IISWC, RC, Kota
Associate Chief Editor
Dr Raman Jeet Singh
Senior Scientist, ICAR-IISWC, Dehradun
[email protected] ; +91-9012348229
Specialization: Conservation agronomical practices for slopped crop lands
Senior Consulting Editors
| Name | Phone | Specialization | |
| Dr RS Kurothe, Former Head, ICAR-IISWC, RC, Vasad | [email protected] | 7122783698 | |
| Dr A.K. Tiwari, Former Head, ICAR-IISWC, RC, Chandigarh | [email protected] | 9417111757 | Soil water conservation engineering |
| Dr A.K. Srivastava, Former Director, ICAR-VPKAS, Almora | [email protected] | 9761173498 | |
| Dr G.P. Juyal, Former Head, ICAR-IISWC, Dehradun | [email protected] | 7409456577 | |
| Dr B.L. Dhyani, Former Head, ICAR-IISWC, Dehradun | [email protected] | 9412155256 | Sustainability indicator development employing ecosystem approach. Macrolevel approach. |
| Dr Anurag Raizada, Principal Scientist, ICAR-CCARI, Goa | [email protected] | 9738906541 |
Co-editors in Chief
| Name | Phone | Specialization | |
| Dr Arjamadutta Sarangi, Director, ICAR-IIWM, Bhubaneswar | [email protected] | 9811400885 | |
| Dr Ashish Pandey, Professor and Head, IIT, Roorkee | [email protected] | 9412070399 | Hydrological Modelling of Watersheds, Remote Sensing and GIS Applications in Water Resources, Irrigation Planning and Management. |
| Dr D. Mandal, Head, Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi | [email protected] | 9412988783 | Land degradation and sustainable soil management |
| Dr Ranjan Bhattacharyya, Principal Scientist, ICAR-IARI, Pusa, New Delhi | [email protected] | 7838781447 | Soil carbon sequestration, conservation agriculture, soil conservation, nutrient management |
| Dr Narendra Kumar Lenka, Head, ICAR-IISS, Bhopal | [email protected] | 8109237320 | |
| Dr J. Somasundaram, Head, ICAR-IISWC, Udhagamandalam | [email protected] | 9981840444 | No till farming/Conservation Agriculture, Soil carbon sequestration, Sustainable Soil Health Management; SWC Measures; Carbon credits and ecosystem services. |
| Dr Suresh Kumar, Group Head, Agriculture, Forestry & Ecology Group, IIRS, Dehradun | [email protected] | 9897388879 | Geospatial modelling soil erosion, digital soil mapping, land evaluation, soil quality soil carbon, climate change impact |
| Dr B.U. Choudhury, Principal Scientist, ICAR-RC for NEH, Umiam, Meghalaya | [email protected] | 9612252086 | Remote sensing and GIS application in Natural Resource Management, Water conservation |
| Dr Gopal Kumar, Researcher-Agroecology-NRM, IWMI, New Delhi | [email protected] | 9409545159 | Soil and water conservation, Regenerative Farming, Land degradation, Climate Change, Agrometeorology, Remote Sensing and GIS. |
| Dr Anchal Dass, Principal Scientist, Division of Agronomy, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi | [email protected] | 8527759564 | |
| Dr D.R. Palsaniya, Head, Crop Production Division, ICAR-IGFRI, Jhansi | [email protected] | 6388147179 | Watershed management, IFS, Agroforestry, CA, Forage agronomy |
| Dr Rajesh Kaushal, Principal Scientist, ICAR-IISWC, Dehradun | [email protected] | 9412439282 | Agroforestry, Bamboo, Short Rotation Forestry, Conservation Forestry, Carbon Sequestration |
| Dr Pankaj Panwar, Principal Scientist, ICAR-IISWC, RC, Chandigarh | [email protected] | 9779852184 | Agroforestry, carbon modelling, soil and water conservation, watershed management, rehabilitation of problamatic soils |
| Dr Lakhan Singh, Former Director, ICAR-ATARI, Pune | [email protected] | 7088994447 | Cultivating Happiness in Work Places; Mindful Communication. |
| Dr N. Loganandhan, Head, KVK, Hirehalli, Tumkur, Karnataka | [email protected] | 8277252099 |
Editors
| International Editors | ||||
| 1 | Rtn. Jalal Uddin Shoaib, Former Country Consultant, UNCCD, Bangladesh | [email protected] | ||
| 2 | Dr Nimal Shantha Abeysingha, Senior Lecturer, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka | [email protected] | 94714444849 | Climate change assessment, Hydrological modelling and simulation in an agroecosystem |
| 3 | Dr S.H.R. Sadeghi, Professor, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran | [email protected] | 981144998123 | soil erosion and sediment yield, soil and water conservation, and watershed management |
| National Editors | ||||
| 1 | Dr R. Rejani, Principal Scientist, ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad | [email protected] | 9441741957 | GIS applications for watershed management, soil loss, hydrological modelling, soil and water conservation, irrigation |
| 2 | Dr Dhruvesh Patel, Head, Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat | [email protected] | 9408479792 | |
| 3 | Dr Parmendra Prasad Dabral, Professor, NERIST, Nirjuli, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh | [email protected] | 9436257602 | |
| 4 | Dr Sridhar Patra, Principal Scientist, ICAR-IISWC, Dehradun | [email protected] | 9997841970 | |
| 5 | Dr Ch. Jyotiprava Dash, Senior Scientist, ICAR-NBSS&LUP, Nagpur | [email protected] | 9178127347 |
Watershed hydrology and management Groundwater/vadose zone modelling Soil erosion process modelling and conservation measure Geostatistics Climate change |
| 6 | Dr Prakash Kumar Jha, Assistant Professor, Mississippi State University, Starkville | [email protected] | ||
| 7 | Dr Praveen Jakhar, Principal Scientist (Agronomy), ICAR-CIWA, Bhubaneswar | [email protected] | 9938510984 | Gender Equality, women Empowerment, Climate change and technology extension |
| 8 | Dr Ranjeet Singh Chaudhary, Principal Scientist, ICAR-IISS, Bhopal | [email protected] | 8109515567 | |
| 9 | Dr Vijay Singh Meena, Scientist, ICAR-IARI, Samastipur, Bihar | [email protected] | 9410971469 | Climate resilient agriculture, carbon management |
| 10 | Dr Sangeeta Lenka, Senior Scientist, ICAR-IISS, Bhopal | [email protected] | 9826735583 | Soil carbon and nitrogen turnover, Soil greenhouse gas emission reduction, Conservation agriculture, Soil physical health |
| 11 | Dr Ritesh Saha, Principal Scientist, ICAR-CRIJAF, Barrackpore, Kolkata | [email protected] | 8972589424 | Soil Quality, Integrated Farming Systems, Conservation Agriculture, Soil & water Conservation |
| 12 | Dr M.D. Meena, Senior Scientist, ICAR-DRMR, Bharatpur, Rajasthan | [email protected] | 9896646387 | |
| 13 | Dr Lala I.P. Ray, Professor, CAU, Imphal, Meghalaya | [email protected] | 9436336021 | Field water management, water budgeting, Irrigation and Drainage, soil and water conservation, Resource conservation techniques, hill water management |
| 14 | Dr Partha Pratim Adhikary, Principal Scientist, ICAR-NBSS&LUP, Nagpur | [email protected] | 7008504355 | Solute transport modelling through vadose zone |
| 15 | Dr Omvir Singh, Professor, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra | [email protected] | 9467054590 | |
| 16 | Dr Ram A. Jat, Principal Scientist, ICAR-IISWC, Research Centre, Kota | [email protected] | 8347446841 | Conservation Agriculture for rainfed systems, Micro irrigation, Cropping system research |
| 17 | Dr C.M. Parihar, Principal Scientist, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi | [email protected] | 9013172214 | Conservation agriculture, nutrient management, precision agriculture, crop modelling |
| 18 | Dr Vijay Kumar Choudhary, Senior Scientist, ICAR-DWR, 1Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh | vk [email protected] | 9425244075 | Weed management, Conservation Agriculture, Water management |
| 19 | Dr Subhash Babu, Senior Scientist, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi | [email protected] | 8900527308 | Crop diversification, Farming systems, Organic Farming, and Ecosystem services |
| 20 | Dr H.C. Hombe Gowda, Senior Scientist, ICAR-IISWC, Research Centre, Koraput | [email protected] | 9937640501 | Agroforestry system for degraded lands, reclamation of shifting cultivation degraded sites ecosystem services, carbon sequestration, high density plantation, Forest ecology, soil and water conservation measures, watershed management and traditional agriculture system |
| 21 | Dr M.N. Ramesha, Senior Scientist, ICAR-IISWC, Ballary | [email protected] | 9630437467 | Agroforestry, Short Rotation Forestry, Tree physiology and wood anatomy related hydraulics, Forestry, phyto-rehabilitation. |
| 22 | Dr Raj Kumar, Senior Scientist, ICAR-CSSRI, Karnal | [email protected] | 9410933036 | Agroforestry, Climate Change, restoration of degraded lands, recamation of salt affected soils |
| 23 | Dr Suresh Kumar, Senior Scientist, ICAR-CSSRI, Karnal | [email protected] | 9958461923 | Natural resource economics, watershed management, sustainability and ecosystem services |
| 24 | Dr Indu Rawat, Senior Scientist, ICAR-IISWC, Dehradun | [email protected] | 8872924885 | Gender Equality, women Empowerment, Climate change and technology extension |
| Associate Editors | ||||
| 1 | Dr Deepesh Machiwal, Principal Scientist, ICAR-CAZRI, Jodhpur | [email protected] | 9601013464 | Rainwater Harvesting, GIS Applications for Groundwater Management, Soil Erosion Studies, Climate Variability, Hydrologic Time Series Analyses |
| 2 | Dr Deepak Singh, Scientist, ICAR-IISWC, Dehradun | [email protected] | 9427792842 | Watershed management, conservation agriculture, soil hydrology, Rainwater Harvesting, GIS and RS, Runoff and soil loss, Soil Erosion, Climate Variability, hydrology, wastewater use, Irrigation |
| 3 | Dr Uday Mandal, Senior Scientist, ICAR-IISWC, Dehradun | [email protected] | 7579043146 | Soil erosion modeling, hydrological modeling, watershed hydrology, watershed management, remote sensing and GIS applications for natural resources management, soil and water conservation measures |
| 4 | Dr Gaurav Singh, Scientist, ICAR-IISWC, RC, Vasad | [email protected] | 9450817008 | Ground water Recharge, Remote sensing and GIS application in Natural resource management, Climate change impact on soil and water resources, Modeling of surface and ground water resources, watershed management |
| 5 | Dr Mukesh Kumar Tiwari, Assistant Professor, AAU, Gujarat | [email protected] | 9429802794 |
Hydrologic Process Modeling, Irrigation Management, Watershed Management, Remote Sensing and GIS, Soft Computing Techniques |
| 6 | Dr Sanjay T. Satpute, Scientist, PAU, Ludhiana | [email protected] | 9478069067 | Groundwater Utilization and Recharge, Irrigation Water Management, Wastewater treatment and Utilization, Carbon emissions. |
| 7 | Dr Trisha Roy, Scientist, ICAR-IISWC, Dehradun | [email protected] | 9953259568 | Soil C sequestration, soil erosion and nutrient dynamics, soil quality, soil biodiversity, nano fertilizers, waste recycling |
| 8 | Dr Santosh Kumar Singh, Senior Scientist, RPCAU, Pusa, Bihar | [email protected] | 9431807104 | Soil health, Plant nutrition, Micronutrients, heavy metals pollution |
| 9 | Dr M. Sankar, Senior Scientist, ICAR-IISWC, Dehradun | [email protected] | 9897763881 | |
| 10 | Dr Asit Mandal, Senior Scientist, ICAR-IISS, Bhopal | [email protected] | 8839834728 | Soil health management, bioremediation, bio-waste management, organic farming |
| 11 | Dr Pravat Kumar Shit, Assistant Professor, Raja N.L. Khan Womens College, West Bengal | [email protected] | 9434996896 | |
| 12 | Dr Nirmalendu Basak, Senior Scientist, ICAR-CSSRI, Karnal | [email protected] | 9416145187 | Developing sodicity reclamation techniques & materials, On-field salinity management Assessing soil quality Organic C Nutrient management |
| 13 | Dr Anand Gupta, Scientist, ICAR-IISWC, Dehradun | [email protected] | 7060482098 | Water quality, Water pollution, Nanotechnology, agricultural waste management, Aromatic plants, heavy metal pollution, phytoremediation |
| 14 | Dr Bhaskar Narjary, Senior Scientist, ICAR-CSSRI, Karnal | [email protected] | 9896646378 | Soil Salinity, Remote Sensing, Soil Physics, Water and Solute Transport modelling, Groundwater modelling |
| 15 | Dr I. Rashmi, Senior Scientist, ICAR-IISWC, Kota | [email protected] | 9039777021 | Phosphorus dynamics, soil amendments, Soil and water conservation |
| 16 | Dr Rajeev Ranjan, Senior Scientist, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi | [email protected] | 9644686833 | |
| 17 | Dr Gulshan Kumar, Scientist, ICAR-IISWC, Kota | [email protected] | 9898122125 | Wastewater pollution assessment and remediation, groundwater pollution assessment, Algae mediated wastewater treatment, Environmental Impact assessment of mines and restoration approaches |
| 18 | Dr Meraj Alam Ansari, Senior Scientist, ICAR-IIFSR, Modipuram | [email protected] | 9089654323 | Ecosystem services (accounting and restoration) Organic farming, Integrated farming systems, Cropping systems and resource management |
| 19 | Dr Bharat Prakash Meena, Senior Scientist, ICAR-IISS, Bhopal | [email protected] | 9981136727 | Conservation Agriculture, Integrated Nutrient Management, Organic Farming. |
| 20 | Dr Rakesh Kumar, Senior Scientist, ICAR-RC for Eastern Region, Patna | [email protected] | 8257910434 | Conservation Agriculture, Climate Resilient Cropping, Rice fallow Management |
| 21 | Dr Dinesh Jinger, Scientist, ICAR-IISWC, RC, Vasad | [email protected] | 8448961813 | Alternate land use systems for degraded lands, carbon sequestration, soil and water conservation |
| 22 | Dr Ram Prakash Yadav, Associate Professor, RLBCAU, Jhansi | [email protected] | 6396462043 | Agroforestry, tree-crop interaction, Forage production, Degraded land management |
| 23 | Dr S. Kala, Senior Scientist, ICAR-IISWC, Kota | [email protected] | 9664116658 | MPTs based Agroforestry system for degraded lands, medicinal plant based Agroforestry, ecosystem service, high density plantation, TBOs based tree farming, phyto-diversity and Forest ecology and seed bank studies |
| 24 | Dr Jotirmayee Lenka, Scientist, ICAR-IISWC, Koraput | [email protected] | 8093560570 | |
| 25 | Dr Anupam Barh, Scientist, ICAR-IISWC, Dehradun | [email protected] | 9458356634 | Plant genetics and breeding, tree genetics, genomics, proteomics, epigenetics, molecular biology and biotechnology, mushrooms, climate resilient ideotype |
| 26 | Dr Darshan Kadam, Scientist, ICAR-CCRI, Nagpur | [email protected] | 8979408877 | Soil and water conservation in horticulture crops, drought studies in horticulture crops |
| 27 | Dr Manish Kumar, Scientist, ICAR-CSSRI, Karnal | [email protected] | 9896424588 | Agroforestry, Physiological adaptation, Abiotic stress tolerance mechanism, Plant hydraulics, Plant-water-carbon relation, Wood Anatomy, Biomass and C-sequestration, Ecosystem services |
| 28 | Dr Ravi Dupdal, Senior Scientist, ICAR-IISWC, Ballary | [email protected] | 9676657128 | Impact evaluation of watershed programmes, Natural resource economics and climate change impact study. |
| 29 | Dr S.M. Vanitha, Senior Scientist, ICAR-IISWC, Udhagamandalam | [email protected] | 8904880125 | Natural resource economics, economic impact assessment, ecosystem services, carbon trading |
| 30 | Dr Ravi K.N., Scientist, ICAR-IISWC, Bellary | [email protected] | 8197549386 | Impact assessment of watershed development programmes, participatory rural appraisal for natural resource management, adoption and diffusion of NRM technology |
| 31 | Dr Rajesh Bishnoi, Scientist, ICAR-IIPR, RS, Bikaner | [email protected] | 8764024136 | Socio-economic assessment, Farmer participatory research, ICT and communication, Impact assessment of different training programmes on soil and water conservation and watershed management |
| 32 | Dr Abimanyu Jhajhria, Scientist, ICAR-IISWC, Dehradun | [email protected] | 8595329126 | |