Sudarshan Dutta

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About Sudarshan Dutta

Advice, educate and promote carbon farming towards catalyzing high quality soil carbon projects; Conduct Scoping, Baseline information generation, due diligence and project development for Carbon Farming. Knowledge of carbon credits and carbon farming and its implementation in South Asia, South East Asia and Africa. Knowledge and Experience in VERRA,Gold Standard, Article 6. Leadership in agronomic research and development activities on sustainable agriculture, crop nutrition, soil health, precision agriculture, digital agriculture, computer and web-based decision support tools, and climate smart agricultural practices in small holder farming system of South Asia, North Africa, and Sub-Saharan Africa. Strong collaborative network with different stakeholders of the agriculture value chain including national research system, state agricultural universities, agro-input industries, policy makers, and farmers. Produced more than 500 communication products including scientific research papers, brochures, policy documents in globally well recognized journals, edited books, magazines, webinars, that received more than 800 citations. Provided professional recommendation, advice and support for clients on agronomic management practices in smallholder farming systems of India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. WORK EXPERIENCE1) Agronomist, African Plant Nutrition Institute, Ben Guerir, Morocco, Africa. May, 2019 – Present2) Deputy Director (Market Development for crop nutrition products), International Plant Nutrition Institute, South Asia Program, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. May, 2012 – April, 2019. 3) Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Delaware, USA. May, 2011 – April, 2012 4) Agriculture Officer, Axis (UTI) Bank Limited, Punjab, India. October, 2005 – July, 2007. EDUCATIONPh.D. Soil Science. University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA, CGPA: 4.00/4.00 [W. J. Benton Award Winner ( Gold Medal)]. 2011M.Sc. Soil Science. Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India. First Class, CGPA 8.12/10.00. 2005B. Sc. Agriculture (Hons). Bidhan Chanrda Krishi Viswavidyalaya), West Bengal, India, Grade: First Class, CGPA 8.12/10.00.[University Merit Scholarship]. 2003ADDITIONAL INFORMATION1) Experience of working as Consultant on providing recommendations and suggestions on Agronomic Services at Infollion Research Services Pvt. Ltd, India.2) Winner of different awards and recognition from government, industry and research societies.Contact: sudarshandutta@gmail.com; Ph:+