Dr. P.R. Kanani Born on 1st April 1957. He obtained B.Sc. (Agri.) from N.M. College of Agriculture, Navsari and M.Sc. (Agri.) Extension Education from B.A. College of Agriculture, Anand with the recipient of I.C.A.R. Fellowship in the year 1982. He did Ph.D. (1988) from College of Agriculture, Junagadh. All the degrees he obtained from the Gujarat Agricultural University. Dr. Parshotambhai Ranchodbhai Kanani is working as Professor and Head; Department of Agricultural Extension, College of Agriculture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Gujarat since 2006, with thirty three (33) Years of U.G. and P.G. teaching experience at college of Agriculture. He has served and contributed in agricultural education, research and extension for 33 years. He has guided eighteen (18) students for M.Sc. (Agri) and five (5) Ph.D. students. He has over sixty three (63) publications in national and international journals. He has attended 25 National and International Conferences, Seminar, workshops and Symposiums etc. He has published 35 Popular Articles, Books and (Including book chapters) etc. He is a recipients of Sipani Krishi Anusandhan Farm Award -2007 (Asian Agri History Foundation), I.C.A.R. (J.R.F.) Award for M.Sc. (Agri.), GAAS Award, SRISTI Award. He was called as "Invited speaker" in the World Summit 2002 (WSSD) at Johannesburg by UNESCO and ICSU which took place during 26th Aug to 4th Sep.2002. He was also called as "Invited speaker" in the International Conference on "Bridging Scales and Epistemologies: Linking Local Knowledge with Global Science in Multi-scale Assessment" by Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, Penang. Malaysia at Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt which took place during March 17-20, 2004. He was called as “Invited speaker” for presenting his paper on "Indigenous Knowledge System in Saurashtra" in Asia- Regional Workshop organized by Center for Indian Knowledge System (CIKS), Chennai and Foundation for Revitalization of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT), Bangalore on Traditional knowledge System and Their Current Relevance and Applications July 3–5, 2006 at BANGALORE.
