Founder CV - Professional Experience and Education

Years with Firms/Organization: 20 years (12.5 years in India, 7.5 years in Germany)  Area of Specialization: Agriculture Economics, Dairy Economics, Agri-Livestock Value Chain Analysis, Dairy farm management  Country Visited for research presentation/project/consultancy work: Germany, Belgium, Italy, France, Spain, USA, Uganda, Kenya, Indonesia  Awards and Professional Membership  · IFCN Dairy Award 2006 for best Network Analysis · DAAD Fellowship 2001- Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst of Germany · Member of the Agricultural Economics Research Association (India) · Member of IFCN Dairy Network, Germany as Research Partner and IFCN Steering Committee on research and model development  Education:  Post doctoral research in Farm Economics from erstwhile FAL, now Thünen Institut; Braunschweig, Germany, 2004-2005  PhD in Agriculture Economics from NDRI Karnal India and Hohenheim University, Stuttgart Germany, 1998-2003. My PhD thesis focused on the Economic Evaluation of Dairy Farming Systems in Haryana and its implications for sustainable food systems, completed at NDRI, Karnal, India, in 2003.  MSc in Agriculture Economics from NDRI Karnal, India, 1996-1998. My MSc thesis analyzed the Economic Analysis of a District Cooperative Milk Producers Union Limited, Orissa in 1996.  BSc agriculture from OUAT Bhubaneshwar, India, 1990-1994.