Climate Smart Agriculture

SoilScience and Agricultural Chemistry from Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, India. His research areas include soil science, climate change and environmental pollution. He Joined as Director of ICAR-National Rice Research Institute (NRRI), Cuttack, Odisha on August 1, 2016. Earlier he served as Principal Scientist, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi (2009-16); Professor, Discipline of Environmental Sciences, IARI (2013-16); He also worked as a visiting scientist in University of Essex, United Kingdom; IRRI, Philippines; CSIRO Land and Water, Australia and Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Germany. He is Fellow of Indian National Science Academy; National Academy of Sciences, India; National Academy of Agricultural Sciences and West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology. He is the recipient of the Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship of Germany; Silver Jubilee Commemoration Medal of INSA; Golden Jubilee Commemoration Young Scientist Award of the Indian Society of Soil Science; BOYSCAST Fellowship of Department of Science and Technology (DST); Young Scientist Award, Dr. BC Deb Memorial Award, Prof. SK Mukherjee Commemoration Award and Platinum Jubilee Award Lecture by Indian Science Congress Association(ISCA) and Recognition Award of NAAS. He was the Lead Author of the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 5th Assessment Report. He is also the Lead Author of IPCC for updating GHG inventory. Dr. Pathak was the Coordinator for United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Dept. of Research and Education (DARE), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India and received IRRI, Philippines Outstanding Administrative Support Award. Currently, he is the President of Association of Rice Research Workers, Cuttack, Odisha and Executive President of Society for Conservation of Nature, New Delhi. He published more than 170 research papers, 30 review papers, 25popular arti