AWADHESH KUMAR NEMA

Flat No.4,Vaishali, Surendra Place,Bhopal-462026 (M.P.),India

Contact: +91 9826293761 (India); nemaak@rediffmail.com

DEPUTY DIRECTOR AGRICULTURE

24+ Years of Bright career in Soil and Water Management

My objective is to input my maximum for an overall development of natural resources to extract maximum from them,
through, proper Planning, Execution and Monitoring of different schemes, oriented to Watershed Management, Soil and Water
Management, Rural Development, Natural Resource Development, Ground Water Recharge etc.
(Preferred Sector: Soil Water Conservation, Watershed Management)

MY PROFILE
 Accomplishments and integrity-driven professional with expertise in Soil and Water management.
 Recognized as a Soil and Water Manager with strengths in engineering concept.
 Proven ability of developing insightful strategies, capitalizing on capabilities and converting potential into opportunities, driving
continuous improvements, building consensus, recognizing and accelerating peer strengths and driving farmer’s growth.
 Ability to translate, text into poetic form like Doha and Choupai which are easy to understand and to remember by farmer.
 Ability to formulate new conceptual projects for Natural Resource Management
 Effective articulation ability to explain the subjective concept effectively with great depth and clarity.

EDUCATIONAL CREDENTIALS
 M. Tech. (Agricultural Engg) with specialization in Soil and Water Conservation Engg from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, in
1984..
 B. Tech. (Agricultural Engg) with special subjects on Soil and Water Conservation Engg with Honors from College of Agril Engg, JNKVV,
Jabalpur, in 1982.
 Two months Special Training on Watershed Management from Department of Natural Resources, Queensland, Australia. in 2000
 Diploma in HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, from Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), in 1997.
 M.B.A. in Human Resource Management is on going from Indira Gandhi National Open University,( IGNOU) New Delhi.

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

 One Week Special Training on "WATER HARVESTING AND ARTIFICIAL REACHARGE" from NGRI, Hyderabad. in 2001
 One month Soil Conservation Training at Indo U.K. Dry Farming Project, Indore (M.P.) in 1981.
 Two months Soil Conservation Training at Soil and Water Conservation Research and Training Institute, Dehradoon (U.P.) in 1983.
 One week Agril. Extension Management Training from MANAGE, Hyderabad, in 1991.
 Three Training Courses on PEOPLE'S PARTICIPATION in Watershed Management at Administrative Academy, Bhopal, in Feb.1999 and
at WALMI, Bhopal, in March 1999 and in July 1999.
 A Training Course on RAIN WATER HARVESTING AND MANAGEMENT from WALMI, Bhopal in July 1998.
 Two weeks, MICRO PROCESSOR TRAINING at Directorate of Instrumentation, JNKVV Jabalpur in 1986.
 Three Month Training on COMPUTER APPLICATION IN OFFICE MANAGEMENT at National Informatics Centre, Bilaspur in 1993.
 WORK EXPERIENCE

EXPERIENCE WITH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY

 Served Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, (Agricultural University) Jabalpur from Oct. '84 to Nov. '87 as Junior Scientist/Asstt.
Prof. (Soil Water Engg.),
Major Responsibilities and Achievements
 Research and Teaching in the field of Soil and Water Conservation Engineering.Executed B.Tech and M. Tech Students Research
Project and simultaneously member of advisory committee for other 3 B.Tech. Research Projects. Taught classes of B. Tech. and M.
Tech. (SWE) as Assistant Professor at College of Agril. Engg., Jabalpur.

EXPERIENCE WITH AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT

 Serving Deptt. of Agriculture, Govt. of M.P. from Nov. '87 to July 2010 as Asstt. Soil Conservation Officer, and since July 2010 as Deputy
Director Agriculture.
Major Responsibilities and Achievements
 Planning, Execution and Monitoring of different Soil and Water Conservation activities Construction of Stop Dam/Minor Irrigation
Tanks/ Irrigation and Drainage Channel for farmers field / Bench Terracing/Bunds/ River Lift Irrigation Schemes.
 Execution and Monitoring of different activities as Project Officer under National Watershed Development Program/ Groundwater
Recharge Works/River Valley Projects Activities. which includes different types of gully control structures/vegetative barriers/dugout
and sunken ponds/
 Execution of Rajeev Gandhi Watershed Mission Activities as Project Officer in different watershed and in Wasteland Development
Program

EXTENSION PUBLICATIONS

 "Bhoo-Jal Chikitsa Paddhati," a popular book expressing different techniques of ground water recharging in a very interesting way.
 Nema’s Simplified Hydrology, an approach to simplify all required hydrological formula for water management
 "Recharge Therapy", a paper involving techniques of ground water recharging published and presented in National Seminar for
Ground Water Recharging by Irrigation Deptt.
 "Farmers Friendly Techniques for Water Management", a paper involving techniques of harvesting water above the ground by farmers
published and presented in National Seminar for Creativity in Water Management by Water and Land Management Institute Bhopal.
 "Bhoo Raksha Kavach", A poetry involving Engineering techniques to check soil erosion from farmer field, published and appreciated
by state Government of Madhya Pradesh under National Watershed Development program.
 "Jalgrahanshetra Chalisa", A Hindi poetry involving different treatment for Watershed Development works widely accepted and
appreciated by Govt of India and Govt of Madhya Pradesh as well as by farmers.
 "Mahapralaya Ka Sutra", A Hindi publication involving facts and logical treatments for conservation of soil and water, written in
interesting language along with small stories to explain the subject.
 "Jaivik Kheti Dohavali", A Hindi poetry involving detailed methodology for preparing different type of organic manures like Nadep
compost, Vermi compost,Green Manure, Matka Khad and other Bio control methods widely accepted by farmers and Govt
organization.
 "Bhoojal Vichar Dohavali", A Hindi poetry involving different ground water indicator based on Varahmihir's Dakargal Shastra.
 "Soyabeen Dohavali" A Hindi poetry covering different aspect of improved farming practices regarding Soyabean cultivation, widely
accepted by farmers.
 "Vrux Mahimavali" A Hindi poetry covering different importance and utility of plants for society, widely accepted by farmers.
 "Election Dohavali", A Hindi poetry covering a detailed process to operate the Electronic Voting Machine by Presiding Officers.
Appreciated by Election Commission Of India and used for election campaign
 "Voters Dohavali" A Hindi poetry covering a detailed process to caste vote by voters with Electronic Voting Machine . Appreciated by
Election Commission Of India and used for election campaign
 ACTIVENESS

 State level Guest Faculty for Rajeev Gandhi Mission for Watershed Management.
 Guest faculty for WALMI, ACADEMY and NABARD BHOPAL for Watershed Management.
 LIFE Membership of Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (LM-5261).
 Participation in Convention of Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers, India.
 Presentation of self created Watershed Chalisa in the inaugural ceremony of Soil conservation week 2000 organized by Govt. of India at
New Delhi. and the same in the AGRI-EXPO (Krishi mela) 2000 and AGRI-EXPO 2001 organized by GOVT of India At Pragati
Maidan,New Delhi. Later on adopted by State Govt as Panch J Program.
 Participation in National Seminar on Ground Water Recharge by Water Resource Department, Madhya Pradesh Bhopal.
 Participation in different National and International seminar related to Soil and Water Conservation, Ground Water Recharge and
Watershed Approach.
 Participation in STATE LEVEL SEMINAR organized by Rajeev Gandhi Mission for Watershed Management, Bhopal, as a counselor of Panel
for deliberation on "Surface Water Conservation Activities for watershed management.
 Coverage of work done, under ‘ Kamyabi Ki Uchaiya” by State Government Madhya Pradesh
 TALK SHOWs on Door Darshan regarding water management.
 Member of State Level Technical Cell at Directorate of Agriculture, Madhya Pradesh.
 Member of State Level Technical Group for Kapildhara Yojna.

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INNOVATION
 Development of Concept of Ground Water Recharge as RECHARGE THERAPY based on treatment of human therapy.
 Development of Concept of Five–J for Watershed Development adopted by Govt of MP as Village Development Program.
 Development of NEMA’S SIMPLIFIED HYDROLOGY. A quick and easy way to understand water management phenomenon.
 Development of other ACTION LEARNING TOOL for Soil and Water Conservation Activities

PERSONAL PARTICULARS

Date of Birth : 22nd March 1961 (The World Water Day)

Father's Name : Sri Ram Lal Nema

MY CORE STRENGTH

Full of Innovative Ideas Good Analytical Skills

Presentation and Communication Skills Easy explanation for complex facts
Contribution for policy formation at state level Appreciation from higher official
Devotion to profession A versatile Carrier

DECLARATION

I hereby declare that all the information furnished above is true to my knowledge.

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