Uthappa A R was born on 20 May 1987 at village Ponnampet in Kodagu district of Karnataka. He did his B.Sc. Forestry from UAS, Bangalore, Karnataka and M.Sc. (Agriculture) in Agroforestry from GBPUAT, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand. He has published more than 20 research papers, popular articles and book chapters in different refereed journals and books. He has also authored two books. At present he is working as a Scientist (Agroforestry) at ICAR-Central agroforestry Research Institute, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India, with a major focus on Tree Improvement of fodder trees and Agroforestry based conservation agriculture.
