Raj Krishan Gupta

Biography

Raj Gupta graduated from Government Agriculture College, Kanpur, and earned his PhD (Soil Science) from UPAU/ GBPUA&T, Pantnagar (1974). He worked at Harayana Agricultural University before joining the Central Soil Salinity Research Institute (CSSRI) in 1975. He led an All-India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) on the use of low quality irrigation water (1988-94). For a short while, he was with the University of California, Davis, to work with Professor Kenneth Tanji. He took over as Assistant Director General in ICAR (1995) and later worked as National Coordinator for the National Agriculture Technology Project (NATP). In 2000, he joined as Facilitator of the Rice-Wheat Consortium convened by International Centre for Maize and Wheat Improvement (CIMMYT, Mexico). In early 2007, he joined International Centre for Agricultural Research in Dryland Areas (ICARDA, Tashkent) to lead sustainable land management research in Central Asia.

Research Interest

Soil Science, Land Reclamation, Irrigation Water Quality