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PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

§  Aptech Certified e-commerce professional (ACEP)

§  Post graduate Diploma in Bio-Informatics (PGDBI)

§  ASRB- National Eligibility Test

EXPERIENCE

PROFICIENCY

Hindi  –       Read, Write, Speak – Excellent

Oriya –        Read,  write, Speak – Excellent

Telugu –     Read, Write, Speak – Excellent

Kannada-  Read, Speak – above average

Marathi – understands – below average

·         Project management

·         programme planning & implementation

·         Monitoring and evaluation

·         Capacity building, resource material development and extension.

§  Developing formats for taking observations

§  Identifying the needs

§  Capacity building of farmers

§  Developing course curriculum

§  Pest identification

§  Pest management

§  Lab techniques (insect rearing, feeding experiments etc.)

§  Conducting research trials

§  Analysis and report preparation

§  Communication skills

§  Presentation skills

courses and trainings, consultancy services, develops resource material and media for awareness and knowledge sharing.

·         Manage Complete Knowledge Management Operations of Agri Clinics/Resource Centers, and ensure they are able to meet their own operating expenses.

·         Create and Publish Books and Periodicals, on time and with the requisite quality which is synonym to CSA.

·         Create Training Material, in all languages required, and use modern

IT systems to render the training materials during various training programs.

·         Maintaining websites up to date

·         Conduct external Training Programs, as per schedule and ensure revenue generation through such training programs.

·          Ensure Research and Development Activities, in the fields of NPM / Organic and Sustainable Agriculture and allied subjects to create and implement innovative solutions and strategies for pertinent issues faced.

·         Conduct Seminars, Conferences, to ensure the work done by the CSAGroup reaches the right stake holders, in the field of academics, research, Production, Policy Making etc.

·         Publish Journals, Research Papers, Articles to build the intellectual outreach and capability of all employees of CSA Group.

·         Create Content for Tele-Media to broadcast through various channels and for training

Achievements

·         CSA’s Project proposal prepared for CAIM and it is in the shortlisted organizations.

·         Planning and implementation through partner NGOs on revitalizing rainfed farming

·         Developing resource persons on alternatives

·         Support and guidance to small and marginal farmers through grassroots NGOs on NPM, Organic farming;

·         Monitoring and evaluation

·         Proposal writing

·         Networking with Govt & Building of Farmers Network

·         Collaborations with International NGOs

·         Orientation to the coordinators on objective oriented work plan (for WASSAN, an NGO, on NPM, trained their coordinators for pesticide free redgram for market)

·         Documentation & Report writing,

·         Involved in various projects in technical discourses, trainings, workshops and seminars

·         Designing survey formats and analysis

·         Developed resource persons (68 Nos.) on alternative agriculture through season long trainings. (more than 45 are continuing as resource persons in their respective areas and organisations)

·         25-50% yield improvement for Tribal farmers by improving their manure availability

·         Culture as a means for village level participation in biomass based compost production

·         Publications on “veru shanaga” (Groundnut), “Sasyamitra sanghalu – polambadi” (Farmer Field School) and “mana inti panta” (meaning our home crop/kitchen garden)

·         Developed course curriculum and content on Sustainable Agriculture

Achievements

·         Need based training

·         Literature development

·         Capacity Building

·         Problem Analysis

·         Planning and monitoring

·         Brought out guidelines on Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) and Integrated Pest management (IPM)

·         Trained SHGs of MYRADA on LEISA (Low External Input Sustainable Agriculture) technologies

·         Involved in Farmer Field School (FFS) on Tomato in Dharmapuri (in FFS curriculum development and implementation)

·         Application of Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) tools in various community based programmes

·         Conducting front line demonstrations and on- Farm trials

·         Involved in the economics of ecological agriculture study

·         In Natural Resource Management Studies, impact assessment and preparing case studies were done

·         Trained illiterate women farmers on NPM practices

·         Successfully conducted Front-line demonstrations and On-farm trials

·         On-farm trials on IPM in Cotton, Castor and Redgram with farmers’ consent

·         Training the farmers in bio-pesticides preparation like NSKE, pongamia kernel extract, NPV.

·         Training the farmers on vermicomposting

·         Supervising watersheds (for one year)

·         The project was adjudged as excellent by the donor i.e. DST

·         NPV production and Trichogramma wasp production

Achievements

·         Conducting comparative tests among hybrids

·         Conducting demonstrations and field days for new hybrids

·         Linkages with online departments like research stations, KVKs, Department of Agriculture and University.

·         As a team member helped the PIA in planning the agriculture works in watersheds

2.    Chandra Sekhar Ganavarapu, Dr. GV Ramanjaneyulu, Mr. Zakir Hussain, “Sustainable Utilisation and Ecosystem Management – NPM Experience in Andhra Pradesh”, National Seminar on Landuse planning for Biodiversity conservation, held by Land Use Board, Trivandrum, Kerala at Thrissur, Kerala on 6-7 August 2009

3.    Presented the case of Non-Pesticidal Management (NPM) in Andhra Pradesh in the Workshop on Emerging Challenges in Agriculture and Allied Sectors in North-East India in Agartala, Tripura, March 27-29, 2011. This was organized by Department of Agriculture, Government of Tripura; Department of Science and Technology, Government of India; Vigyan Prasar and All India People’s Science Network (AIPSN)

2.    ‎Involved in mainstreaming ecological Agriculture study funded by SETDEV under the knowledge swaraj ‎initiative

3.    ‎Involved in a study on Formal Institutional credit for dry land agriculture study in Vizianagaram, ‎Anantapur and Mahabubnagar districts

4.    ‎Under Department of Science and Tecnology Project, action research was done on “ ecosafe and ‎environmental friendly management of major polyphagous insect pests of crops in telengana area of ‎Andhra Pradesh, India”‎

5.    ‎As a part of M. Sc (Ag) Thesis work, field research was done on “Evaluation of Biopesticides against ‎lepidopterous pests of Mustard”‎

6.    ‎Laboratory bio-assays were conducted to evaluate the efficacy of various bio-pesticides against ‎Mustard leaf Webber, Crocidolomia binotalis

7.    ‎Conducting field trials to evaluate the on-farm efficacy of different bio-pesticides on Lepidopteran ‎pests of Mustard

‎2.‎         ‎Prepared internal guidelines on Farmer Field School and Integrated Pest ‎Management (Published in ‎the name of AME Foundation)‎

‎3.‎         ‎G. Chandra Sekhar, ‘Verushanaga’ a manual, SERP with GoAP financial  support, ‎‎2008‎

‎4.‎         ‎G. Chandra Sekhar, ‘Sasyamitra Sanghalu – Polambadi’ a manual, SERP with ‎GoAP financial  support, ‎‎2008‎

‎5.‎         ‎G. Chandra Sekhar, “Rainfed Farming and Successful alternatives: A case study of ‎NPM in Andhra ‎Pradesh”, International Seminar on Environmental Degradation and ‎Food Crisis, held at India ‎International Centre Annexe, Lodhi Road, New Delhi  on 24 ‎Oct 2008.‎

‎6.‎         G. Chandra Sekhar and Dr.G.V. Ramanjaneyulu; “Mana Inti Panta”, Krishi Media, Centre ‎for ‎Sustainable Agriculture, 12-13-445, Street no.1, Tarnaka, Hyderabad, March 2011.‎

7.            G. Chandra Sekhar; “Vyavasayam lo nirnayam teesukovadam” , “Tolakari “ sustainable Agriculture monthly magazine, Bulleting 4 Jun-July; page no: 6

8.            G. Chandra Sekhar; “sankara jati aavu, deshiya aavu, geda – peda mutram – edaina oke phalitam” – a popular article based on the research study on the liquid manures made of raw materials from different origins like crossbred cow, desi cow and buffalo; “Tolakari” sustainable agriculture monthly magazine; Volume 1(2) December 2011,