Dr. O.P. Chhuvedi was born on 1st January, 1956 at Barwan, Uttar Pradesh. He did his Ph.D. from Kumaun University, Nainital. He has an experience of more than 36 years of research and teaching in the field of Agroforestry / Forestry. He is specialized in Forestry; agroforestry; agrisilvicultural systems; agrihorticultural systems; silvipastoral systems; quality plant production; growth and production modeling of trees; wasteland reclamation and development; watershed magement and development on ecosystem basis. He was been awarded with number of prestigious awards such as Forestry Teacher Award U.K. 1988, Overseas Technical Trainers Award U.K., 1989, K G Tejwani Award for Agroforestry 2008 and NAAS Fellow Award 2008. Dr. O.P. Chaturvedi was Ex. Director of ICAR- Central Agroforestry Research Institute, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India.