Muruganandam Muthiah, Principal Scientist at ICAR

Muruganandam Muthiah, Principal Scientist at ICAR

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Dr Muruganandam is a Fulbright Scholar working as Principal Scientist in the Hydrology and Engineering Division at the ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation (ICAR-IISWC), Dehradun. Has over 25-years of research/professional experience in multi-disciplinary research areas/diverse topics of Soil-Water Conservation (SWC), Integrated Watershed Management (IWM), Natural Resource Management (NRM), fisheries development, aquatic ecosystems conservation, livestock-based micro-enterprises and influences of traditional knowledge. He had contributed innovatively and creatively across multiple themes of sustainable farming systems and natural resource management.

 

Extensively travelled including 15 US Universities/Institutions and 25 US-States and 30 Indian States. He had networked with various State Line Departments, national research institutions, developmental organizations, national academia, universities, colleges, local print- and online media houses and over 30 professional societies besides over 5000 farmers/fishermen and local representatives.

 

He had published over 100 scientific/technical papers/books/compendiums. He had organized around 15 conferences/workshops/training/outreach-programs. He had deliberated in over 80 conferences/seminars/workshops and been a resource-person/faculty member as an invitee in about 50 national/international seminars/training/extension programs. He has 30 professional fellowships, recognitions, and awards including Fulbright-Fellowship, Fulbright-Alumni-Award, 3 national-fellowships, Best-Scientist and Gold-Medal besides many competitive grants.

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Industry experience

Education: PhD

Seniority: Manager, Director, Professor

Years of experience: 20 years or above

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