Background

Regional Centre, Delhi at IARI Campus is one of the five Regional Centres of NBSS&LUP. It is a self contained unit, undertaking research in soil resource mapping of the alluvial and hilly region of North-West India comprising of the states of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttranchal, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and Union Territory of Chandigarh covering an area of 66.5 m ha. The center has also the responsibilities of co-ordination and correlation of state soil survey work between various soil survey organizations of the region.

List of Scientists

Name of the official and designation	Designation
Dr. J.P. Sharma	Principal Scientist & Head
Dr. S.P. Singh	Principal Scientist
Dr. Jagat Ram	Principal Scientist
Dr. C.B. Sachdev	Principal Scientist
Dr.  G.S. Sidhu	Principal Scientist
Sh. R.P. Dhankar	Principal Scientist
Dr. C.S. Walia	Principal Scientist
Dr.Dharam Singh	Senior Scientist
Dr. S.K. Mahapatra	Senior Scientist
Dr. Tarsem Lal	Senior Scientist
Dr. T.P. Verma	Scientist (SS)
Dr. D. Martin	Scientist (SS)
Dr. (Mrs) J. D. Surya	Scientist (SS)
Sh. R.V.S. Rao	Scientist

Mandate

	Soil survey and mapping of the soils in the region to promote scientific programme.
	To interpret soil survey data for land use planning.
	Research in pedology, assessment of soil degradation and to prepare agro-ecological maps of the region.

Research Projects

	Soil Resource Mapping of Almora District, Uttaranchal for Perspective Land Use Planning  (1:50,000 scale)
	Soil Resource Mapping of  Tehri Garhwal District, Uttaranchal for Perspective Land Use Planning  (1:50,000 scale)
	Soil Resource Distribution, Characterization and Constraints for Cotton Based Cropping System in Irrigated Eco-system of Northern India - A Case Study of Sirsa District of Haryana
	Generation of Soil Database for  Khulgad Watershed Development (DST  sponsored project)
	Soil Resource Mapping of Pauri Garhwal district  (1: 50 000 scale) of Uttarakhand for Perspective Land Use Planning
	Soil Resource Mapping and Digitization of 7 Districts of Uttar Pradesh (RSAC-UP Project)
	Integrated Catchments Approach Toward Enhancing Water Availability in Agricultural and Peri-Urban Areas, for Sustainable Crop Growth under Changing Land Use  (Collaborative Project  with IARI, New Delhi )

Linkages

	NBSS&LUP-DST
	NBSS&LUP-CSWCR&TI
	NBSS&LUP-IARI
	NBSS&LUP-U.P.R.S.A.C.

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