Vyas PandeyDr. Vyas Pandey (b. 1955- ) is presently Emeritus Scientist of ICAR at Anand Agricultural University, Anand. He obtained his B.Sc. (Physics, Maths & Geology) in 1974 and M.Sc. Geophysics (Meteorology) degree in 1976 from BHU, Varanasi. He did his Ph.. (Agrometeorology) from BHU Varanasi in 1989. He joined Groundwater Board, Jodhpur in 1979 as Hydrometeorologist and left the same in 1982 to join Gujarat Agricultural University, SK Nagar as Assistant Research Scientist (Agrometeorology). He became Professor (Agrometeorology) in 2000 and Head of the Department of Agricultural Meteorology at Anand Agricultural University, Anand in 2005 till his superannuation in January 2017. He has guided eight M.Sc. and eight Ph.D. students of Agricultural Meteorology and served as committee member in more than 15 MSc/PhD students. He has monitored 20 research projects funded by various Government agencies such as DST/ ISRO/IIT/MoES/ICAR/IMD as PI and Co-PI. He has published more than 150 research papers in national and international journals besides many book chapters, technical bulletins and reports. His list of awards includes GOI bronze medal for e-krishikiran programme (Soil health Card) besides other academic achievements. He is life member of eight scientific societies. He has visited countries like Israel and USA. He is founding Member Secretary of Association of Agrometeorologists at Anand, and Publisher and Managing Editor of Journal of Agrometeorology. He is reviewer of 25 national and international journals. He has organized four workshops, four training programmes and eight national and international seminars/symposia. Read More Read Less