SIT 2016-17

ANNUAL SUSTAINABLE INDIA TRUST REPORT 2016-17

SIT 2016-17 PAGE 1 SIT ANNUAL REPORT 2016-17 PUBLISHED BY: Sustainable India Trust F4, A Block, NASC Complex, National Rainfed Area Authority building, 1st floor, PUSA, Dev Prakash Shastri Marg, New Delhi, Delhi 110012, India Website: www.sustainableindiatrust.org Email: [email protected] Landline no.: +91-11-2152 0154 Report designed by Vikramjit Singh PRESIDENT ©Sustainable India Trust 2017 Prof Yash Pal Abrol March 2017 TRUSTEES Prof N Raghuram Prof Tapan Kumar Adhya Dr Himanshu Pathak Dr Altaf Ahmad MEMBER Mrs. Asha Ralli

SIT 2016-17 PAGE 2 ACTIVITY AREAS SUSTAINABILITY RESEARCH AGENDA DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION & AWARENESS

SIT 2016-17 PAGE 3 ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS 1. PAPER ON REACTIVE NITROGEN SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT IN SOUTH ASIA PUBLISHED IN RESEARCH CURRENT SCIENCE A research paper authored by trustee, Prof Raghuram, titled 'Reactive nitrogen assessment in South Asia' was published in Current Science, Vol. 111, No. 5, dated 10 September 2016 2. PAPER ON IMPROVED NITROGEN MANAGEMENT:A KEY TO CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION PUBLISHED IN INDIAN JOURNAL OF FERTILIZERS A research paper authored by trustee, Dr Himanshu Pathak et. al., titled 'Improved Nitrogen Management: A Key to Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation' was published in Indian Journal of Fertilizers 12(11): 151- 162; 2016 3. PAPER ON FERTILIZER USE IN INDIAN AGRICULTURE PUBLISHED IN SOCIETY FOR FERTILIZERS AND ENVIRONMENT NEWS Trustee, Dr H. Pathak published a scientific paper: Fertilizer use in Indian Agriculture: Trend, budget and impacts on environment. Society for Fertilizers and Environment News 2: 2-3; (2016).

SIT 2016-17 PAGE 4 ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS 4. SOUTH ASIAN NITROGEN ASSESSMENT AGENDA DEVELOPMENT South Asian Nitrogen Assessment under the INMS (International Nitrogen Management System) was organized by SIT and partners on 27th February 2017

SIT 2016-17 PAGE 5 ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS EDUCATION & AWARENESS 5. DR. PATHAK DELIVERED A TALK ON ‘CLIMATE CHANGE AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION AND MITIGATION IN INDIAN AGRICULTURE’ H. Pathak delivered a talk on ‘Climate change and greenhouse gas emission and mitigationin Indian agriculture’ at National conference at ICAR-IGFRI, Jhansi during 19-22February 2016. 6. PROF RAGHURAM, DELIVERED A PRESIDENTIAL LECTURE ON ‘NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT’ SIT was represented by Professor N. Raghuram, who delivered a Presidential Lecture on ‘Nutrient Management for Sustainable Development’ at the National Symposium on Managing Agriculture in a Changing Environment, held on 1st and 2nd December 2016 at IARI, New Delhi 7. PROF RAGHURAM GAVE AN INVITED LECTURE ON ‘REACTIVE NITROGEN, CLIMATE CHANGE AND N USE EFFICIENCY’ Professor N. Raghuram gave an Invited Lecture on ‘Reactive nitrogen, climate change and N use efficiency’ at the National Conference on Climate Change, Resource Conservation and Sustainability Strategies, which was held on 16-17 March 2017 at GGSIP University, Dwarka, New Delhi.

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SIT 2016-17 PUBLISHED BY: Sustainable India Trust F4, A Block, NASC Complex, National Rainfed Area Authority building, 1st floor, PUSA, Dev Prakash Shastri Marg, New Delhi, Delhi 110012, India Website: www.sustainableindiatrust.org Email: [email protected] Landline no.: +91-11-2152 0154 ©Sustainable India Trust 2017 March 2017