M.Sc.(Ag), Ph.D.
Professor
M.S. Swaminathan School of Agriculture
 
Department: DEPARTMENT OF SOIL SCIENCE AND AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Phone: +919866764942: +918309256645
 

About Me

Dr.G.Bhupal Raj is Doctorate in Soil Science of Agriculture  is presently Professor in department of Soil Science and Director of Extension & Coordinator, Post Graduation Programmes, MS Swaminathan School of Agriculture, Centurion University of Technology and Management .He has retired as Director of Extension in Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Hyderabad.  Earlier to this also ,in administration, he has worked as Director of International Programmes in Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University ( ANGRAU ),Hyderabad and Associate Director of Research,NT Zone & Principal of Agrl. Polytechnic ,Jagtial, ANGRAU. During his term as ADR,Jagtial,under his guidance 3 paddy varieties and 2 soybean varieties were released which became popular in that region. He was also Associate Dean of Agricultural College ,Jagtial of Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University. He has 32 years of experience in Reasearch,Teaching, Extension and administration  He was the head of the ICAR Scheme , AICRP on Micronutrients, Hyderabad centre for 12 years being worked for two decades in micro,secondary nutrients and pollutant elements research.He was elected council member for Indian Society Of Soil Science and also Vice President,ANGRAU teachers association.

 After retirement before joining in this university he has worked as Advisor, R & D,Specialty Nutrients Division, Coromandel International Ltd, Hyderabad and Remote Sensing Instruments, Hyderabad

 He has about 105 publications to his credit published in national, International journals, popular magazines and in proceedings. He has guided 5 Ph.D.and 5 M.Sc.(Ag) students in soil science in addition to member of advisory committee for about 20 M.Sc(Ag) of other disciplines. He has evaluated several Ph.D. and M.Sc. thesis of students from different universities. He has handled six projects including one NATP and one NAIP sanctioned by ICAR. During his period as head , AICRP Micronutrients scheme got one international (International Zinc-Fertilizer Association Award -2010) and one national Award (First ICAR Chowdhary  Devilal outstanding All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) Award. He got five awards including prestigious AV Krishnaiah memorial Gold Medal by Governor of Andhra Pradesh, Sri. Rameshwar Thakur and Dr.P.G.Krishna memorial Award & Gold Medal by Dr.M.S.Swaminathan for outstanding contributions in the research field of agriculture helped the farming community of the erstwhile combined Andhra Pradesh state.

He has international exposure being visited the countries like UK,USA and Thailand.

 

 


 
Research Fields

  • Soil Fertility
  • Micronutrients
  • Secondary Nutrients
  • Pollutant elements
  • Nutrition of Horticultural crops
  • Fortification of food crops
Teaching

  • Teaching Post Graduate courses
  • Advances in Soil fertility
  • Soil fertility & Ferilizer use
  • Management of Problem Soils and Water

Expertise

  • Micronutrients and secondary nutrients
  • Pollution
  • Nutrition of Horticultural crops
  • DRIS
  • Agronomic Fortification

Interests

  • Research
  • Teaching
  • Administration
  • Advisory