Alumni Details
Personal Details
Name
DR VKS TOMAR
Duration
-
Department
TBD
Gender
Male
Address
5/946, VASTUKHAND, GOMTINAGAR, LUCKNOW
City
LUCKNOW
Country
INDIA
Academic Details
Thesis Title/Project Title
Doubling the income of farmers of drought-hit region of Bundelkhand through aromatic plants interventions.
Designation
PROJECT INVESTIGATOR
Supervisor Name
NA
Current Working Details
Organization/Employer
CSIR-CIMAP
Designation
EMERITUS SCIENTIST
Working Location
LUCKNOW
Achievement
Achievement (Award/Honor)
Successfully organized 29 training and awareness programmes on cultivation and primary processing of medicinal and aromatic plants in different parts of the country by which more than 7300 additional technical manpower was developed.
Additional area of about 300 acre under medicinal and aromatic plants was brought in newer areas of Bihar, Maharashtra, Odisha, Gujarat, West Bengal, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh with my effort. Due to increase in area, additional Employment to the tune 24000 man-days were created in rural areas of the country
Popularised lemongrass cultivation in Chhattisgarh in more than 80 acres and also popularised Vetiver variety CIM Vriddhi in M.P.
CSIR-Rural Development Award-2 Times