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REGISTRATION FEERegistration is now open! All prices in INR:!Early Member (on or before December 15, 2016) - Rs. 3000/-!Late Member (after December 15, 2016) - Rs. 3500/-!PG and Ph.D. Students (on or before December 15, 2016) - Rs. 1500/-!PG and Ph.D. Students (after December 15, 2016) - Rs. 2000/-Registration fee includes all regular conference programming, three meals, three receptions, and plentiful coffee and snack breaks. Field trips priced separately. Participants are requested to send the filled in Registration Form through email to snrmsp@gmail.comRegistration fee may be deposited by bank transfer or DD drawn in favour of “Sustainable Natural Resource Management From Science to Practice

th(SNRMSP)” payable at Varanasi on or before 15 December, 2016.Bank Account details:Account No. 36186949302; IFSC code: SBIN0000211; Name of Bank: State Bank of India; Branch Address: BHU Varanasi

ACCOMMODATION Accommodation to all delegates attending the conference will be available on first come first serve basis. The exact details of tariff for various hotels shall be made available in the next mail. However limited housing facility will be available at University Campus, Varanasi.

STUDENT INTEREST

Student Paper Competition: Prizes will be awarded for Best Master’s and Ph.D. level papers presented in the conference.Student Innovation Forum: Offers professional development and networking and innovative ideas for post graduate students.Student Quiz Bowl: Fun, competitive team event where students test their natural resource management and environmental social science knowledge in front of a boisterous audience.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEECHIEF PATRONProf. G. C. Tripathi, Vice Chancellor, BHUPATRONSProf. R. P. Singh, Director, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, BHUProf. Rajeev Sangal, Director, IIT (BHU)Prof. A. Vaishampayan, Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, IAS, BHUCONVENERProf. V. K. Chandola, Head, Department of Farm Engineering, IAS, BHUCO-CONVENERSProf. R. M. Singh, Farm Engg., IAS, BHU, VaranasiProf. A. K. Nema, Farm Engg., IAS, BHU, VaranasiProf. P. K. Mishra, Chemical Engg., IIT (BHU), VaranasiProf. P. K. Singh, Civil Engg., IIT (BHU), VaranasiProf. D. Mohan, Civil Engg., IIT (BHU), Varanasi

Dr. V. K. Tripathi, Farm Engg., IAS, BHU (+918419061101)Dr. A. Rakshit, Soil Sc. & Ag. Chem., IAS, BHU (+919616438010)TREASURERSDr. Abhisekh Singh, Farm Engg., BHUDr. Shashi Shekhar, Farm Engg., BHUSTUDENT REPRESENTATIVEMr. Bhaskar Pratap Singh, Farm Engg., IAS, BHUMr. Dinesh Kumar, Farm Engg., IAS, BHUMr. Raj Bahadur, Farm Engg., IAS, BHUMr. Anshu Gangwar, Farm Engg., IAS, BHUMr. Saswat Kumar Kar, Farm Engg., IAS, BHUMr. Deepranjan Sarkar, Soil Sc. & Ag. Chem., IAS, BHU

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Centenary Celebration of BHU, Varanasi

International Conferenceon

Sustainable Natural Resource Management : From Science to Practice

(SNRMSP)January 12-13, 2017

Organized by

Varanasi Chapter of Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (ISAE)Department of Farm Engineering

Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005

In Association with

National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee.National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India.ICAR, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Govt. of IndiaMinistry of Water Resources, Govt. of IndiaDepartment of Science and Technology, Govt. of IndiaPHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LucknowMICE, IIT (BHU), Varanasi

Department of Farm Engineering

Institute of Agricultural Sciences

Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

Venue

LOCAL ADVISORY COMMITTEEProf. Shive Raj Singh, Farm Engg., IAS, BHUProf. G. C. Mishra, Farm Engg., IAS, BHUProf. A. P. Singh, Soil Sc. & Ag. Chem., IAS, BHUProf. D. S. Singh, Farm Engg., IAS, BHUProf. D. C. Agrawal, Farm Engg., IAS, BHUDr. D. K. Singh, ICAR-IIVR, VaranasiDr. Rajan Kumar, Farm Engg., IAS, BHUDr. S. K. Goyal, Farm Engg., IAS, BHUNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEEDr. N. S. Rathore, DDG (Education), ICAR, New DelhiDr. Chirantan Chattopadhyay, Vice Chancellor, U.B. Krishi ViswavidyalayaDr. R. D. Singh, Director, National Institute of Hydrology, RoorkeeDr. D. D. Patra, Vice Chancellor, BCKVV, Kalyani, West BengalDr. Tapas Bhattacharyya,Vice Chancellor, Dr. B.S.K.K.V., RatnagiriDr. A. K. Sikka, Ex. Deputy Director General (NRM), New DelhiProf. S. K. Sanyal, Ex. Vice Chancellor, BCKVV, Kalyani, West BengalDr. S. K. Chaudhari, ADG (SW&M), ICAR, New DelhiDr. Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Director (R&D), MOWR&RD, Govt. of IndiaDr. P. K. Ghosh, Director, ICAR-IGFRI, JhansiDr. S. K. Ambast, Director, ICAR-IIWM, BhubaneswarDr. Ashok K. Patra, Director, ICAR-IISS, BhopalDr. K. K. Singh, Director, ICAR-CIAE, BhopalDr. P. K. Mishra, Director, ICAR-IISWC, DehradunDr. Ashwani Kumar, Ex-Director, ICAR-IIWM, BhubaneshwarDr. R. K. Singh, PC, APA, CIPHET, LudhianaProf. A. K. Pandey, Dean, CAU, PasighatProf. N. S. Raghuwansi, IIT, KharagpurDr. Jagvir Singh, Scientist-F, MOES, Govt. of IndiaDr. K. K. Singh, Head, Agromet Services, IMD, MOES, New DelhiDr. S. K. Gupta, Emeritus Scientist, ICAR-CSSRI, KarnalDr. T. B. S. Rajput, Emeritus Scientist, WTC, IARI, New DelhiDr. R. K. Saran, Director, PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry, LucknowDr. Ajai Singh, Dean (SW), Central University of Jharkhand, RanchiDr. Manoj Kumar, Dean (SoE), Central University of Jharkhand, RanchiDr. H. C. Sharma, Dean, College of Technology, G.B.P.U.A.T., PantnagarProf. K. Subramanya, Ex. Head, Department of Civil Engg., IIT, KanpurProf. P. K. Mishra, Head, Deptt. of Chemical Engg., IIT (BHU), VaranasiProf. Indra Mani, Head, Division of Agricultural Engg., IARI, New DelhiDr. Satish C. Tripathy, Secretary, Society of Earth ScientistsEr. Sunny K. K., Regional Manager, AFPRO Regional office, HyderabadEr. Rajiv Kumar Baranwal, Manager, NABARD, LucknowDr. Ramadhar Singh, Head, I&D, ICAR-CIAE, BhopalDr. Ramakar Jha, NIT, PatnaDr. B. C. Kusre, CAEPHT, Ranipool, GangtokDr. P. K. Pandey, NERIST, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh

Prof. Vijay P. Singh, Deptt. of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Texas A&M University, USADr. V.C. Baligar, USDA-ARS, Beltsville ARC Beltsville, MD, USADr. A. Dutta, Agricultural System and Engineering Programme, AIT, ThailandDr. Ravi Naidu, CRE CARE, Salibury, SA, AustraliaDr. R. Lal, Carbon Sequestration Centre, USADr. Megh R. Goyal, Professor, University of Puerto Rico - MayaguezDr. Baboo M. Nair, Lund University, SWEDENDr. S.P. Wani, ICRISAT, HyderabadDr. El-Sayed E. Omran, EgyptProf. Indrajeet Chaubey, Professor & Head, DEAPS, Perdue University, USAEr. A. K. Tiwari, Australia

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Experts from abroad and Indian academic institutions like IIT, NIT, IIM, SAU and Government Organizations such as IMD, NIH, Department of Environment, Govt. of UP , Jharkhand will deliver special lectures for each session. CALL FOR PAPERS

The conference invites contributions from students, researchers, practitioners and policy makers having expertise in the areas of natural resource management. Interested participants may send an extended abstract of their contribution with the specifications mentioned below to Shortlisted snrmsp@gmail.com. participants will be invited to present their paper orally at the conference.Best Paper presentation certificate will be given to participant in each session during the conference. Submission of full length paper within due date is necessary for consideration of best paper presentation certificate.

Keywords, Introduction, Materials & Methods and Results / Conclusion Font: Time New Roman and font size 12. Use grammar and spell check; Theme area: Which of the conference themes best describes the topic area of your presentation? It should be given at the top of the abstract; Author(s) name(s) and affiliation(s):Authors name(s) bold and affiliations normal font, Corresponding author's email address; Introduction: Brief background of the study. Limited to 100 words; Materials and Methods: Limited to 100 words; Results and Conclusion: Results should be presented in concise way with one table/figure. Limited to 250 words (excluding table/figures).Abstracts will be published in the conference proceedings. Selected papers will be published in an edited book on “Sustainable Natural Resource Management: From Science to Practice” with ISBN.

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Last date for submitting abstracts: 15.12.2016Last date for notification of acceptance: 20.12.2016Last date for submission of full length Paper: 30.12.2016

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OBJECTIVES

Agriculture economic progress is essential for inclusive and accelerated growth in the country. Green revolution has brought unprecedented successes in enhancing agricultural production and alleviating hunger and poverty. Towards achieving the goals of livelihood security, it is important to conserve the natural resources and improve economic viability of farming. Protection and improvement of land, water, biodiversity and climate resources is a pre-requisite for sustainable agriculture production. Natural resource management issues are inherently complex as they involve the ecological cycles, hydrological cycles, climate, animals, plants and geography etc. All these are dynamic and inter-related. In addition to the natural systems, natural resource management also has to manage various stakeholders and their interests, policies, politics, geographical boundaries, economic implications and so on. It is very difficult to deal with all aspects at the same time. The emphasis on sustainability attempts to understand the ecological nature of the agriculture and allied areas.An integrated approach is needed for recognizing and implementing the intertwined social, cultural, economic and political aspects of resource management. A more holistic global perspective evolved from the Brundtland Commission and the advocacy of sustainable development. Developing location specific, cost effective, eco-friendly conservation and management technologies for higher input use efficiency, agricultural productivity & profitability without deteriorating natural resource base is vital for sustainable management of natural resources to ensure agricultural development. It is in this context, it is proposed to hold an International Conference from 12-13 January, 2017 in Varanasi, th

India, to address the issues and challenges ahead during the 21st century.The Conference is designed for students, scholars, natural resource managers, policy makers with an intention to share research and gather feedbacks on work in progress and completed papers as well. It will bring together theoretical and / or applied papers relying either on theoretical and / or applied aspects, and putting forward policy implications pertaining to natural resource management posited in national agendas. This conference will help prepare participants to address the challenges faced by natural resource managers and designed to stimulate interaction and learning on a broad spectrum of issues related to this important aspect at international level. Contributions borrowing from different scientific fields will also be considered. The Conference will include parallel sessions as well as plenary ones dealing with major issues of natural resource management

!Land and Water Resources management

!Interactions of Water with the environment

!Eco-responsive agriculture allied enterprises

!The Role of Indigenous Technical Knowledge in Natural Resource Management

!Building Synergism: interfaceScientist-industry perspective-farmer

! in relation to climate change Sustainable Development of Agriculture

! and remediationQuality of surface and groundwater and its contamination

!Surface Water Management with special emphasis to Flood water

!Environmental impact assessment of water resources projects

!Mahamana's vision on Agricultural and Water Resources development

!Ganga River Rejuvenation

!Renewable Energy in Farm sector and Animal Wealth Promotion

!Geospatial technology in land and water resources management

! River basin management and Inter- basin transfers & resolving conflicts

!Wastewater Recycling

Banaras Hindu University, an internationally reputed temple of learning, situated in the holy city Varanasi was founded by the nationalist leader and great visionary Bharat Ratna Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya in 1916. The university is spread over an area of 1365 acres, has beautiful and scenic setting. It is one of the world’s largest university.

The university comprises 5 Institutes, 14 Faculties 140 Departments, 4 Inter displinary Centers a constituent college for women's and 3 Constituents Schools, spanning a vast range of subjects pertaining to all branches of humanities, social science, technology, medicine, science, fine arts and performing arts. It has 6 centres of Advanced Studies, 10 Departments under Special Assistance Programme and a large number of Specialized Research Centers. Besides the university has another campus at Barkachha, Mirzapur district, covering an area of 2700 acres. Four Degree Colleges of the city are affiliated to the University. Bharat Kala Bhavan, the reputed museum of the university, is a treasure trove of rare collections. The 927 bed hospital and trauma center of the University is equipped with all the modern amenities.

DEPARTMENT OF FARM ENGINEERING

The Department of Farm Engineering established in 1981 serves as one of the eleven department of Institute of Agricultural Sciences. The department offers different courses at UG, PG and Ph.D. level in Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Statistics and Computer Science. A number of research projects, coordinated, collaborative and ad-hoc nature funded by various agencies i.e. ICAR, World Bank, UPCAR, RKVY, etc. are running in the department. Key areas of research activities are related to natural resource management, mechanization of rainfed land, conservation tillage, precision irrigation technologies for better utilization of production input, refinement in ITKs relating to in-situ moisture conservation and runoff management, energy management, resource conservation technologies particularly zero tillage and raised bed planting etc.

The Varanasi Chapter of Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers was established in Department of Farm Engineering, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, BHU in January 2011. Chapter is actively involve to develop and disseminate various engineering interventions to enhance agricultural production and value addition to agriculture produce. There are more than 50 life members of the chapter.

VARANASI

The holy city of Varanasi or Benaras (also known as Kashi) is endorsed as one of the oldest civilization known for astuteness in wisdom for all disciplines of knowledge especially in religion and music. Varanasi is one of those cities of India which has made the country proud because of its religious backdrop. The divine temples: Kashi Viswanath, Sankat mochan, Durga mandir, the great ganga arti, sarnath are the central attraction of the city along with Bharat Kala Bhawan, Banarasi sarees and desserts which are famous worldwide. “Benaras is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend and looks twice as old as all of them put together”.

In the month of January temperature of Varanasi city varies from 10-20 degree celsius during day time and in night dips 5 degree celsius. The city is well connected by air and rail network. The nearest railway station is Varanasi / Mughalsarai.

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BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF FARM ENGINEERING

VARANASI CHAPTER OF INDIAN SOCIETY OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERS

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