An internationally acknowledged Agricultural Policy Scientist Shashank Kulkarni has been selected for prestigious SAARC Regional Brilliance Award – 2022. The Award Confirmation Letter was provided by Dr. Rajib Pal, a Chief Coordinator of this Award Committee. Dr. Pal mentioned that the contribution of Shashank Kulkarni in the field of Agricultural and Farmers’ Policies is not only important for India but all other SAARC countries like Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. This research will provide help to improve life conditions of farmers in South Asian Region.
This important international award will be confirmed to Shashank Kulkarni at SAARC Regional Brilliance Cultural Summit. This Summit will be held at Nepal Tourism Board Auditorium, Kathmandu, Nepal during 10-13 March, 2022. Shashank is internationally known for his outstanding contribution in the field of agricultural and farmer policy. National Commission on Farmers (Swaminathan Commission), National Policy on Farmer, Farmers’ Suicides in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, Agricultural Policies are some important research areas, in which he has been working sine years. He contributed in Farmers’ Policies of India through his book internationally acknowledged book ‘Swaminathan Commission: A Foundation of Farmer Policies in India’. This book was forwarded by the Father of the Indian Green Revolution, Prof. M. S. Swaminathan. The book was published by the reputed publishing house Academic Foundation, New Delhi. This book had been recorded as first book in the world, which exclusively written on Swaminathan Commission. It based on review of all the five reports of National Commission on Farmers (NCF). In the modern agricultural history of India, this is the first and only commission which is exclusively constituted for Farmers under the dynamic leadership of Prof. M. S. Swaminathan to provide solutions for agrarian crisis in the country.
This book becomes more credible, authentic and important as it carries a foreword by Father of Green Revolution Prof. M. S. Swaminathan. Shashank Kulkarni is an Agricultural Engineer. He holds a degree in Agricultural Engineering from Mahatma Phule Agricultural University, Rahuri.
Originally from Sakharale, a small village in Sangli district of Maharashtra, he is currently working as a Senior Research Fellow of the University Grants Commission and Founding Doctoral Scholar in the Department of Public Policy and Public Administration, Central University of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir and conducting research in India’s agricultural and farmer policies for the last five years. He has so far written a total of ten books in Marathi, Hindi and English on various subjects. Some of important topics of his books are as follows:
He has also published several research papers in various prestigious international journals and has participated in several global conferences. He had been congratulated by Gopalaswami Parthasarathy, Chancellor, Dr. Sanjeev Jain, Vice Chancellor, Dr Rouchi Chaudhary, Head of Department of Public Policy and Public Administration and Research Supervisor, Dr. Mohit Sharma, Dr. G. Durga Rao and other dignitaries of Central University of Jammu as well as various sections of the society for this glorious achievement.
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