Soil Conservation & Water Management : : Chandrashekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur

About the department/Section

The Government of Uttar Pradesh vide G.O. No. B 5823/XIIB/3008/1962 dated April 01, 1963 Sanctioned the M.Sc. (Ag.) degree course in soil conservation at the Agriculture College Kanpur from July 1963 to cope with the need of suitable qualified personnel in the State Deptt. Of Agriculture to run successfully the various soil and water conservation programmes in the state.

Further stressed the need of imparting adequate training in water management at post graduate level. For this purpose the subject of Soil Conservation and Water Management which encompasses the management of water right from the time it falls the earth and its ultimate at the field level.

Hence a separate dept. of Soil Conservation and Water Management was established in the university in September, 1983.

Vision

To conserve natural resource viz, soil, water and vegetation

Enhance the water use efficiency for sustainable agriculture production.
Well planned scientific studies on impact of rain water harvesting on ground water recharge need to be strengthened. Eg. Khet ka pani khet me and gaon ka pani gaon me
Crop planning in relation to climate resilient agriculture.
Measures should be adopted to control unnecessary waste of water.
To enhance the awareness about contamination of ground water due to use of agro chemicals and industrial effluent.

Object

To educate the students of UG/ PG/ Ph.D. programme in various aspect of Soil Conservation and Water Management.
To identify the problems of soil erosion and degradation problems of rainfed areas of university service area and find out the possible solution by eco-friendly technology.
To improve the technology of moisture conservation and boosting the food grain production in rainfed eroded area of Uttar Pradesh.
To conduct the research on soil and water conservation practices in relation to rain water harvesting techniques to enhance water use efficiency of different crops.

Road map

To prepare teaching, research and extension specialists having integrated knowledge and skill of soil & water conservation engineering, soil science, conservation agronomy and forestry for dealing all related fields efficiently.

To conduct research on soil and water conservation practices in relation to reduce runoff, soil and nutrient losses from the field.
To adjudge most suitable crops varieties and cropping systems for rainfed and moisture stressed conditions.
To judge economic and suitable technology of water harvesting for increasing ground water table.
To determine the physical, physico-chemical and chemical properties of different problem soils in relation to conservation and management.
To find out erodibility characteristics of different
To develop economic and appropriate technology for enhancing irrigation water use efficiency.
To manage watersheds for holistic development of rural people and check ecological degradations.
To trains farmers and agencies involved in soil & water conservation programme.

To educate the students of UG/ PG/ Ph.D. programme in various aspect of Soil Conservation and Water Management.
To identify the problems of soil erosion and degradation problems of rainfed areas of university service area and find out the possible solution by eco-friendly technology.
To improve the technology of moisture conservation and boosting the food grain production in rainfed eroded area of Uttar Pradesh.
To conduct the research on soil and water conservation practices in relation to rain water harvesting techniques to enhance water use efficiency of different crops.

Achievement

2 students selected in ARS through ASRB, 11 students selected in UPPSC working on the post of BSA,DAO,DHO, 23 students selected as Technical Assistant in state agriculture department of UP and adjoining states organization, 19 students selected in banking services and 8 working as Assistant Professor/Scientist in different organization.
The major thrust of research, mostly done by PG students has been to find out relative suitability of different mechanical, agronomical and biological measures for erosion control with particular emphasis on land configuration, tillage, live bunds, mulching, inter row water harvesting, organic residue management, integrated nutrient management, suitable crops and cropping systems, weed control etc.

Salient Research achievements of practical significance are summarized below:

As application of organic mulch increase the crop yield upto 20% in rainfed areas.

Developed productive and remunerative double cropping sequences under rainfed/dryland conditions of central U.P.
Successfully demonstrated technology of Watershed development and management on a piece of 750 ha ravenous land at Rendhar in district Jalaun and made the area highly productive and prosperous.
Department received National Productivity Award for three consecutive years.
Developed efficient practices of soil and water conservation, crop production, alternate land use systems and contingency measures for higher and established crop production under rainfed conditions of Central Uttar Pradesh.
A significant reduction in soil loss and runoff was observed by planting jowar, bajra and cotton in between the hedge rows of Sesbania sesban and Leucaena leucocephala.
Developed suitability parameters in wheat and barley under moisture scarce conditions.
Developed technology for achieving a yield potential of 18-20 q/ha of mustard and safflower under rainfed conditions on light textured soils.
Tillage plays an important role on eroded lands. Summer ploughing after harvest of rabi crops or pre-mansoon deep ploughing as preparatory tillage have been found to conserve extra moisture resulting in 3.9 q/ha higher yield of cotton and 9.5 q/ha of sorghum ‘Varsha’, respectively.
Leucaena leucocephala based alley cropping system not only gave higher yield and total biomass production but also increased nutrient status and physical condition of soil as compared to pure cropping of sorghum, pearl millet, maize etc.
Erodibility Characterization of 5 watershed viz; Rendhar, Ghatampur, Sheetalpur, Jharghat and Babina.
Prepared teaching manual, field manual, published 10 books and also contribute books chapter by the scientist of the department.
More than fifteen Adhoc projects handled by the department.

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Course Code			Discipline/Course title	Credit Hrs
B.Sc. (Hon.) Ag.
SCW-111			Introduction to Forestry (I Semester)		2(1+1)
SCW-121			Soil & Water Conservation Engineering (II Semester)		2(1+1)
SCW-321			Rainfed Agriculture & Watershed Management (VI Semester)		2(1+1)
			B.Sc. (Hon.) Horticulture
NRM-122			Water Management in Horticultural crops (II Semester)		2(1+1)
NRM-313			Introductory Agroforestry (V Semester)		2(1+1)
M.Sc. (Soil Conservation & Water Management)
(A) Major Course
SCW-501		Soils and soil Conservation (I Semester)			3(2+1)
SCW-502		Soil and Water Conservation Engineering (I Semester)			3(2+1)
SCW-503		Conservation Forestry & General Silviculture (II Semester)			3(2+1)
SCW-504		Water Management & Conservation Farming (I Semester)			3(2+1)
SCW-505		Watershed and Wasteland Management (III Semester)			3(2+1)
SCW-506		Soil Physics in soil & Water Conservation (II Semester)			3(2+1)
SCW-507		Rain Water Harvesting and Management (IV Semester)			2(2+0)
(B) Minor Course
SCW-508		Chemistry of Problem Soils & Their Management (III Semester)			3(2+1)
SCW-509		Conservation Irrigation and Drainage (II Semester)			3(2+1)
SCW-510		Agro forestry and Agrostology (IV Semester)			3(2+1)
(C) Supporting courses
AES-512		Experimental Design (I Semester)			3(2+1)
AGR-509		Agronomy of Fodder and Forage Crops (IV Semester)			3(2+1)
(D) Seminar
SCW-591		Course Seminar			01
Ph.D (Soil Conservation & Water Management)
(A) Major Course
SCW-601	Advances in Soil Physics in Relation to Soil Conservation (I Sem.)				3(2+1)
SCW-602	Advances in Soil Conservation Engineering (I Sem.)				3(2+1)
SCW-603	Advances in Soil Conservation Forestry (II Sem.)				3(2+1)
SCW-604	Advances in Conservation Farming (II Sem.)				3(2+1)
SCW-605	Recent Advances in Soil Conservation and Water Management (III Sem.)				3(2+1)
(B) Minor Course
SAC-601	Soil Survey and Land Use Planning (I Sem.)				3(2+1)
SAC-602	Soil Water Plant Relationship (I Sem.)				3(2+1)
SAC-603	Physiological Disorders				01
(C) Supporting courses
AES-606	Agricultural Statistics (II Sem.)				3(2+1)
(D) Seminar
SCW-699	Thesis Seminar


Name	:	Prof. (Dr) Munish Kumar
Date of Birth	:	04-03-1966
Designation	:	Professor & Head
CollegeDepartment	:	College of Agriculture Soil Conservation and Water Management & Head, Dept. of Agribusiness Management
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Phone : 0512-2534164 Mobile: : 9838109895 Email : : munish.csa@gmail.com		Phone :0512-2534164 Mobile: 9838109895 Email : munish.csa@gmail.com
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Faculty :

Name	:	Dr. Ratan Prakash Singh
Date of Birth	:	01-05-1962
Designation	:	Professor
College Department	:	College of Agriculture Soil Conservation & Water Management / Forestry
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Phone : 0512-2534155 Mobile: : 941573736 Email : :		Phone : 9415737364 Mobile: Email : rp.singhcsa@gmail.com
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Faculty :

Name	:	Dr. Sarvesh Kumar
Date of Birth	:	20-05-1976
Designation	:	Associate Professor, Deptt. of Soil Conservation & Water Management at Kanpur
CollegeDepartment	:	College of Agriculture Soil Conservation and Water Management
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C.S. Azad University of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur – 208002 Mo. – 9935202988,9935265395 ,7523830349 Fax- 0512-2533808 of CSAU Kanpur Email-ID: sarvesh200517@rediffmail.com		C-65 CSA Campus Colony ,C. S. A University of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur – 208002
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Faculty :

Name	:	Dr. A. K. Katiyar
Date of Birth	:	01-07-1965
Designation	:	Assistant Professor
College Department	:	College of Agriculture Soil Conservation & Water Management / Forestry
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Phone : Mobile: Email :		Phone : Mobile: 9198772151 Email : dr.katiyarak@gmail.com
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Faculty :

Name	:	Dr. U. D. Awasthi
Date of Birth	:	01-05-1963
Designation	:	Assistant Professor
College Department	:	College of Agriculture Soil Conservation & Water Management
Contact info	:	Mobile: 9452156062 Email: ud_awasthi@rediffmail.com
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(Information of Officer)

S. No.	Name	Designation	Telephone/Mobile	E-mail
	Dr. R. P. Singh	Professor	9415737364	rp.singhcsa @ gmail.com

Organogram of Department (Officer and Employee)

S. No.	Name	Designation	Work Allotted	Work Place	Telephone/Mobile	E-mail
	Dr. R. P. Singh	Professor	pulkit kapoor	uttar pradesh	9415737364	rp.singhcsa @ gmail.com