Dr. Inder Dev was born on 20thNovember. 1968 at village Tharass in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh. He has devoted about 21 years of his career in research, extension and management in silvipastoralmanagement, grassland management of temperate, alpine and cold desert region of the Himalaya; watershed management and agroforestry in semi-arid CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishwavidayala, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh and Ph. D (Agronomy) from IARI, New Delhi. He also obtained an International Diploma in Professional Capacity Building Programme in Agricultural Research for Development from International Centre for Development Oriented Research in Agriculhlre, Wageningen, with field study in Ghana. He has published 35 research publications in refereed journals. At present Dr Inder Dev is working as Principal Scientist (Agronomy) at ICAR-Central Agoforestry Research Institute, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India, with a major focus on Agroforestry based conservation agriculture and watershed management.