School of Agricultural Sciences Faculty

Dr. Anwesha Mandal

Assistant Professor

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Introduction:

Dr. Anwesha Mandal has completed her graduation (B. Sc. Ag. Hons.) from Visva Bharati, West Bengal, and subsequently joined G B Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar in the Department of Agricultural Communication with ICAR-JRF (NTS) for her Master. She gained her
Ph.D. in Agricultural Extension from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, West Bengal. She has worked as a Senior Research Fellow (SRF) in the Centre for Advanced Agricultural Science and
Technology (CAAST) on Conservation Agriculture (CA), funded by ICAR-National Agricultural Higher Education Project and World Bank for three years. She has also spent six months as a Visiting Fellow at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (USA). She is skilled at using different extension education methods and communication aids. Her strengths include working with farmers on the adoption of different sustainable agricultural practices, spreading awareness on soil health management in rural communities, and understanding the different factors advocating the decision-making process of the farmers. She qualified for both ASRB-NET (Agricultural Extension) and UGC-NET (Adult Education/
Continuing Education/ Andragogy/ Non-formal Education) and was awarded UGC-Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) as well. She holds one year of teaching experience at ITM University, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh before joining GD Goenka University.

Publications

Scholarly Journals

• Socio-ecological factors influencing farmers’ perceptions of water management under conservation agriculture 
• Attributes of farm income operating on conservation agriculture: The Multivariate and ANN Analytics 
• Conservation agriculture in new alluvial agro-ecology: Differential perception and adoption
• Food security and nutritional availability of farmers in tribal areas of India: The complexity and challenges.
• Changing rainfall and swinging tea production: The correlates and perception of the social ecology of tea garden.

Books:

• Conservation Agriculture: Approach and Application 
• Customers’ Behaviour in Retail Chain Marketing: The Approach and Analysis. 
• Transforming Ecology: from Farmlands to Tea Gardens.
• Rapid Environment Impact Assessment.

Book Chapters:

• Agricultural Extension in Agriculture: The Quest
• Agricultural Extension in Competitive Agriculture