Gender:: Male
Country/Countries I have worked in:: india
More Details: CURRICULUM VITAE
1. Name : Dr. Arun Kumar Agrawal
2. Date of Birth : 05th January 1959
3. Permanent Residential
Address : Devi Road (Near Bridge)
Kotdwara (Garhwal)
Uttarakhand
4. Educational Qualifications: M.Sc., D.Phil. (Botany)
5. Present Position : Lecturer in Botany
Government Post Graduate College
Uttarkashi – 249 193
6. Teaching Experience : 20 Years teaching experience in botany in
Higher Education
7. Total Number of research publications : 33
8. Presently running major research and development projects : 03
8. Completed major projects funded by different funding agencies : 16
8. No. of students supervise for the award of D.Phil. Degree : 08
9. Social Achievements:
a. Founder member of HESCO, Dehradun
b. Founder member of SEED, Uttarkashi
c. Electrified one village named KYARD in Pokhara Developmental
Block of District Pauri Garhwal utilizing invasive biomass of village
and Gasifier Technology benefiting all the families of the village.
d. Planted Rambans in 10 ha land for providing employment to 25
families of a village Kumradi of district Pauri Garhwal
e. Grafted 2000 Mahl plants with Pears at village Malethi of District
Pauri Garhwal
f. Agriculture development program at villages Bagyali, Dhura,
Maletha, Simar, Satpali, Gair, etc. for off-seasonal vegetable
production and employment generation among village women in
district Pauri Garhwal.
g. Nursery development for employment generation among village
women of Bagyali and Dhura villages of District Pauri Garhwal.
i. Environmental awareness generation program among villagers of
Ekeshwar development Block
j. Fisheries development program at village Kartiya village of
Rikhnikhal development block for employment generation
k. Ten villages in Ekeshwar development block was covered for rain
water harvesting technology transfer solving water scarcity problem
of these villages.
l. Implemented one integrated program of fisheries and poultry for
income generaion among villagers of Genwala (Barsali) village
m. Trained twenty Bhutia tribal women in Persian technology of carpet
weaving an designing for better income generation
n. Provide training of ten village women in fruit and vegetable
processing and established two semi-processing and one final
product development through fruit and vegetable processing units
for income generation. Provide FPO certificate to village women for
processing industry development.
o. Implement solid waste management program with the association of
hotel owners and sweeper community in Uttarkashi and Gangotri
city.
p. Provide mushroom cultivation technology to Jaunsari tribal women
for additional income generation. Develop technology for mushroom
spawn culture and distribution of mushroom spawn to interested
farmers for mushroom cultivation.
q. Improvement twenty watermills (GHARAT) through implementing
ball bearing technology for better efficiency. Thus providing relief to
twenty villages for grinding their grains with increased efficiency.
r. Improve one watermill for electricity generation, rice hulling and oil
expelling and fisheries activities. Electricity generated from
watermill is providing employment to three families. Improved
watermill is providing their services to five villages.
s. Improved two watermills and diversify its use for wool carding and
spinning in wool producing area i.e. at village MUKHABA and
BHATAR village for processing of wool and income generation
t. Provide services for marketing of BHIMAL fiber. Developed
technology for utilization of BHIMAL fiber for cloth making for
mattresses and curtains.
u. Associated with residents of Pauri and Uttarkashi district for various
social activities.
V. Working for utilization of non-timber forest products for employment
and income generation for poor villagers of Himalayan area.
