Born in 1945, L.L. Somani did his graduation and Ph. D. from the University of Udaipur, Udaipur. He has all through a brilliant academic career and holds Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism. He joined the Soil Science Department of Sukhadia University and worked on various aspects of soil and water management. He was awarded Post-Doctoral Commonwealth Fellowship (1975-77) to undertake research Institute, Adelaide (Australia). He has also served the Gujarat Agricultural University. He is currently working as Associate Professor at SKN College of Agriculture, Jobner. He has been honoured by the "Dhiru Morarji Memorial Award (1984)" for agricultural Sciences by the Fertilizer Associate of India. He has published over 150 papers and articles in national international journals of repute. He is associated with several academic societies. He is author of DICTIONARY OF AGRICULTURE and two Annotated Bibliographies, TRACE ELEMENTS IN INDIAN AGRICULTURE, and SOIL PHYSICAL RESEARCH IN INDIA.