Paavan, currently working with ITC Limited in the Social Investments Division to plan, review and monitor the natural resource management works specifically Water Stewardship in Uttarakhand, Springshed Management in Himachal Pradesh and Conservation Agriculture especially crop residue management in the rice-wheat cropping system in Punjab. He is wellversed in the concept of "Climate Smart Villages" to mitigate the climatic risk in enhancing the crop productivity. Paavan, very good at managing the good relations with all stakeholders including Government, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) and Farmers etc,.
He is having a rich experience in evaluation of irrigation schemes impact on agriculture, canal and crop water use efficiency while working with Water and Land Management Training and Research Institute (WALAMTARI), Hyderabad, 10 irrigations projects in Andhra and Telangana states has been evaluated to find the water use efficiency, re-estimation of command areas for old irrigation schemes. A tool-kit developed by him on the canal network digitization using open-source GIS tools recognized by International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) and a module as a part of the Dam Safety Course is also included.
During his bachelor’s, an evaluation study on the impact of the micro irrigation systems for the Andhra Pradesh Micro-Irrigation Project in the Ananthapuramu district to identify the farmers income, cost of cultivation, water & power saving, post installation operation and maintenance for the randomly selected 698 systems with three of his batchmates during the internship at WALAMTARI.
With his active participation in the ICID international forums and webinars, twice a-scholarship for ICID - Young Professional trainings awarded for the Mexico in 2017 and South Korea in 2019 on the climate change, water-food-energy-nexus and irrigation management.
He was working with Watershed Organization Trust (WOTR) to implement the rural livelihood development project initiatives of the SRI in paddy and crop intensification techniques widely promoted with to reduce the cultivation cost and enhance the income of the farmers in a sustainable way.
Paavan, very strong and enthusiastic in developping the Information Education and Communication (IEC) material in a farmer friendly and stakeholder friendly way on crop residue management, conservation agriculture, water management in waste stabilization ponds, springshed management and in particular crops like paddy, wheat, maize and sugarcane. Promotes a sustainable way of good data based backup preparation for the all activities in sustainable and corporate audits.
Paavan, graduated from Acharya N G Ranga Agri. University with Agricultural Engineering (B. Tech.) and having a PG Diploma in Remote Sensing & GIS from Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Dehradun. He is very keen in leveraging the new technologies adoption in tackling the age-old field level problems. You can reach him at paavankrg@gmail.com
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