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Introduction
The ‘Green Revolution’ that happened in early 70’s took India from ‘begging bowl’ situation to the era of ‘self sufficiency’. India reached 308 million metric ton food production in 2021-22 from meager 50 million metric tons in 1950’s. This was possible only due to introduction of high yielding varieties and hybrids in rice, wheat, maize, sorghum, pearl millet and other crops like oil seed crops, vegetables, fibre crops etc.and also due to simultaneous adoption of modern agricultural methods. However, now the green revolution has been experiencing great fatigue. The food production has almost been flattened. No new genetics that can herald a second green revolution is forthcoming. Increasing the land under cultivation is summarily ruled out and indeed the land availability for agriculture is shrinking. At the same time the projected population of India by 2050 is 1.67 billion and hence the food production has to be almost doubled from less land, less water, less labor etc.
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Hence, scientists and policy makers are looking at all possible means to increase productivity of our crops, so that we will be able to produce more from less. One of the main possibilities is by reducing the losses due to pests and diseases. World overnearly 33% of the total produce is being lost to these pests and diseases. Hence by reducing this losses we can make that much more food available to people at an affordable price.

Dr. Vasanth Kumar – The Founder

• Dr. Vasanth Kumar is one of the rarest scientists who has immense concern and commitment to the farming community. Even his Ph.D. thesis, which heralded a new era in thesis presentation in University of Mysore, is dedicated to the farming community. This speaks about his vision for the farmers from the student life itself. The very reason why he quit his most secured job in the coveted university also tells about his ability to take risk for the sake of others. He is of the opinion that Indian farmers need effective extension service from the government, knowledge about the latest information on integrated crop management that includes, soil, water, pest and disease management, in addition to market facility for their produce.  But, unfortunately the extension activities by the government agencies are not sufficient enough to cater to the need of the needy farmers. Hence, he decided to take up this task and started educating farmers through his own unique ways which are highly appreciated by the farmers. Hence, he is popularly known as ‘Farmer Friend Agri scientist’.


• His extension activities are multifaceted and have been very successful in reaching the rural mass very effectively. 


• He has written hundreds of articles on agriculture and published in local language and English in leading magazines.


• He has given innumerable training programs to the farmers at village level.


• Solutions to local crop problems are provided through local TV channels.


• He has established a state of the art laboratory and library (Books, magazines and videos on agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry, etc.) which cater to the needs of local farmers, free of cost.


• This laboratory also provides free online disease diagnosis service, which is first of its kind in the country.


• He has always lent a helping hand to farmers in times of distress and prevented the damage of crops at his own cost, much to their relief.


• He has saved many individual farmers’ crops whenever the crop was damaged by various reasons, at his own cost and saved the lives of many farmers.


• He has adopted a few government schools and orphanages where he has motivated the students and staff to go for cultivation of vegetables and fruits and provided them with necessary seedlings and inputs.

Diagnosis Manual:

He has published a pictorial book “PLANT DOCTOR – A Pictorial & Practical Manual for Diagnosis & Management” which provides practical methods of disease diagnosis and management methods in important crops of India. This is a combination of his professional knowledge of science of Plant Pathology and world class photographic skill. The color pictures of crop diseases, insects and deficiencies depicting the finest details of the disease, would serve as an excellent tool for the diagnosis of crop diseases which is the first and foremost important step in disease, insect and deficiency management. For more details about the book and testimonials one may visit: www.plantdoctor-thebook.com

AWARDS:

• 1. Karnataka Rajyotsava Award -2013, The 2nd highest civilian award of Govt. of Karnataka
• 2. Best science communicator award – 2011, Govt. of Karnataka
• 3. Agricultural Extension Service Award – 2007, Indian Phytopathological society, New Delhi
• 4. Karnataka Kanmani Award – 2012, CREDIT-I, Mysore.
• 5. Best research paper award at Asian Congress of Mycology and Plant Pathology, held at Hyderabad, Nov. 2007.
• 6. Leading Scientist of the world award – 2009, Cambridge, England
• 7. Farmer Friend Agriculture Scientist Award -2015, Lions Clubs International
• 8. Golden Global Achiever award – 2015, Institute of Economic Studies, New Delhi
• 9. KUVEMPU SahityaRatnaPrashasti -2015, Bangalore,
• 10. ‘Pride of Mysuru award’ - 2017 by PragathiPratishtana, Mysore
• 11. KrishiVijnanaRatna Award-2017 – Lions club of Heritage City, Mysore
• 12. ‘PoornachandraTejaswi Award-2017’ – Aniketana Kannada Balaga, Bangalore
• 13. ‘Hoysala Award – 2017’ – Hoysala Kannada Sangha, Mysore
• 14. Fellow of Indian Society of Mycology and Plant Pathology, 2016,Udaipur
• 15. Fellow of Indian Phytopathological Society, 2017, New Delhi,

and many more.

RECOGNITIONS

• 1. President – University of Mysore Alumni Association, Mysore
• 2. Member of Biotechnology Regulation Impact Assessment Committee of American Phytopathological Society, USA.
• 3. Honorary Technical Advisor to the former Minister for Agriculture, Govt. of Karnataka.
• 4. Resource Person for Department of Agriculture, Govt. of Karnataka.
• 5. Member of Internal Advisory Council, Gulbarga University, Kalburgi.
• 6. Member of Science & Innovation Council of JSS University of Science & Technology, Mysore.
• 7. EC member – Mysore Chapter – Institute of Agricultural Technologists, Bangalore
• 8. Member – Expert Group on Agri-Biotechnology, Govt. of Karnataka.
• 9. Guest Speaker for many universities.
• 10. Member of Board of Studies of various colleges.

For more details about Dr. Vasanth Kumar one may visit: https://vasanththimakapura.com/

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