Narendra Kumar, completed his Ph.D. from Indian Agricultural Research Institute,

New Delhi and joined Agricultural Research Service (ARS) of ICAR in 2003. Dr. Kumar

started his career as scientist at ICAR-VPKAS, Almora and developed technologies

for crop diversification with off-season vegetables and pulses, intercropping, relay

cropping, protected agriculture, weed management and resource conservation

practices. He is associated in release of 18 varieties of pulses and oilseeds for different

zones of country. He is recipient of Dr. P.S. Deshmukh Young Agronomist Award 2009

and Associateship Award 2016 by Indian Society of Agronomy. He is Fellow of Indian

Society of Pulses Research. He has published > 100 research papers in international as well as national

journals. Dr. Kumar is presently Head, Division of Crop Production at ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses

Research, Kanpur and involved in research activities related to crop diversification, resource conservation

technology and weed management in pulse based cropping systems.