D.D. Sahu was born on 8th November 1950 in Orissa. He has obtained his B.Sc. (Ag.) degree from OUAT, Bhubaneswar in 1973 and M.Sc. (Ag.) in Agricultural Meteorology from B. A. College of Agriculture, Anand (Gujarat) in 1977 and Ph.D. in Agricultural Physics from IARI, New Delhi in 1991. He served Gujarat Agricultural University and Junagadh Agricultural University in different capacities for 35 years from 1978 to 2013 and retired on 30-11-2013. He has published more than 35 research papers, 18 popular articles and 20 research bulletins. He attended 18 national and international Seminars, Symposia, workshops etc. He is the author of five books on agricultural meteorology, remote sensing, environmental science, agricultural climatology and a question bank - agrometeorology at glance.