Brief CV of Dr.

Lalu Das
1. Name: Dr. Lalu Das
2. Designation: Professor and Former Head, Department of Agricultural Meteorology
and Physics, Bidhan Chandra KrishiViswavidyalaya (BCKV)
3. Work History: Former Scientist, Japan Agency for Marine Warth Science and
Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokohama, Japan
Studies and work with Indian Institute of Technology, IIT –Kharagpur
Studies and work in Jadavpur University, Kalkata
Studies and work in Visva Bharati University, Shantineketan
4. International collaboration: Established international research collaboration on global climate change issues and its
associated impact in Indian agriculture with 1. Israel 2. Japan 3. Romania 4. Italy 5. Austria
6. USA 7. Switzerland 8. Norway 9. Argentina 10. South Africa 11. Sweden 12. Nepal 13.
Bangladesh
5. Official Address: Department of Agricultural Meteorology and Physics, Bidhan
Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (BCKV), Post office, Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur , Nadia, Pin
741-252, West Bengal,
E-mail:daslalu@yahoo.co.in / daslalu.bckv@gmail.com,
Phone/ Mobile:+91 9836207664
6. Present Address: B15/35, Kalyani, Nadia,West Bengal, India. 741-235
7. Permanent Address: Village+Post – Churpuni, Police station- Katwa, District-Burba Burdhanman, Pin -713150
8. Date of birth: 10thNovember 1974
9. Sex (M/F): Male
10. Category (Gen/SC/ST/OBC): Scheduled Caste (SC)
11. Academics Profile (Education)
Sl. Institution Place Degree Year Field of Study Class/Div.
No. Awarded
1 Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India Ph.D. 2006 Atmospheric Science Degree
awarded
2 Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) M.Tech 2001 Atmospheric Science First
Kharagpur, India and Technology
3 VisvaBharati University, M.Sc 1997 Physics First
Santiniketan, India
4 VisvaBharati University, B.Sc(Hons) 1995 Physics First
Santiniketan, India
12. Position and Employment
Sl. No. Institution Place Position From(date) To(date)
1 Bidhan Chandra Krishi Professor 2015 till date
Viswavidyalaya
2 Bidhan Chandra Krishi Associate Professor 2011 2015
Viswavidyalaya & Head
3 Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Scientist 2008 2011
Science and Technology, Japan
4 Bidhan Chandra Krishi Reader 2007 2008
Viswavidyalaya, India
5 Bidhan Chandra Krishi Senior Lecturer 2004 2007
Viswavidyalaya, India
6 Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India Research Fellow 2001 2003
7 Bidhan Chandra Krishi Lecturer 1998 2004
Viswavidyalaya, India
13. Other academic activities with national and International levels
a. Acting as a Person of Contact (POC) on statistical downscaling for the WMO Global climate research
programme on coordinated downscaling research experiment (GCRP-CORDEX) from the South Asia domain.
b. Elected executive member of India Meteorological Society (IMS) for 2007 to 2009
c. Acting as a Chapter President, Association of Agrometeorlogists during 2017-2019
d. Acted as Technical Leader for the India-UK water center (IUKWC) Grassroots Field Exposure Session (GFES) meeting
on agricultural water demands
 e. Acted as a Project Leader for Indo-Norway international research project on climate change (INDICE) during
2012-2018
14. Life Membership in Professional Society
1. Life member of Indian Meteorological Society (IMS)
2. Life member of “Association of Agro Meteorologists”
3. Annual Member of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
4. Annual Member of European Geophysical Union (EGU)
15. Acting as a reviewer for different national and international journals:
International Journal of Climatology, Journal of Climate, Climate Research, Climate Dynamics, Atmospheric
Research, Journal of Agrometeorology, Journal of climate change, Hydrological Research
16. Peer reviewed Research Publications: 49 Numbers
17. Published book and book chapter: 7 numbers
18. National and International project handled: 7 numbers
19. Attended and organized national and international training program: 10 numbers
20. Presented scientific research papers in national and International conference/seminar: 22 Numbers
21. Delivered invited talks/ key notes talks: 12 numbers
22. Obtained best oral presentation awards: 7 numbers

Social association and activities:

I. Initiated member of International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON): Huge experiences to interact with large
numbers of rural poor people through spiritual preaching. Develop deep spiritual Consciousness and wants corruption free India

II. Being a member of schedule caste (SC) category and having experience in living in village, I have unique developmental plan
to upgrade the life and livelihood of poor community, SC/ST in particular.

III. Being a Professor of an Agricultural University for last 20 years, I developed the skill to understand how modern agricultural
system can be re-organised to increase the national GDP from agricultural sectors to feed the poor people of the society

IV. Being a meteorologist and climate scientist, I have develop the unique skill to provide downscaled climate change scenarios
for each districts of India for the last century and its future projection towards implementing any adaptations and mitigation
strategies to combat climate change issues and sustain agricultural production under climate change scenarios.

V. As a member of International committee like Global Climate Research Programme (GCRP) and other organization like
JAMSTEC, Japan and Norway Research Council (NRC), I established international linkage with world class scientists to
exchange scientific views to address the environmental burning issues like climate change, melting problems in Himalayan and
salinity problems in Sundarbans deltas.

VI. As members of RSS particularly in Bharatiya Shikasha Mondal, along with the spiritual knowledge and experience gained
from ISKCON which can be properly utilised for the development of West Bengal towards serving the nation to save Bharatmata
particularly the GOMATA and Gangamata and Dharitrimata (Land) through which we can only save our culturally and spiritually
reached society.

VII. As a member of Bharatiya Janata Party (No: 2003807105), I wanted to serve the nation from the core of my heart by
contesting from any SC/ST reserved constituency ( preferences Ranaghat or Bhardhanman purba) in parliamentary election in the
2019 to sweep away the TMC (Ms. Mamta Banerjee) from West Bengal to provide the people of West Bengal the real test of
development to restore the democracy in the state of Bengal. I stroungly feel from my hear and I also believe that Lord Krishna
wants me to fight in the election to win the love and affection exhibit within me from all corners of peoples starting from SC/ST
community, large and small scale business men , farming community, poor section of the society to the middle class to higher
classes of society leading from highly educated section like primary, secondary school teachers to colleges University professors
particularly the intellectual community of West Bengal will bless me by casting their votes in favour of me because of my fresh
and corruption free image and spiritual involvement to upgrade the society in a true sense.

Signature of Prof(Dr.) Lalu Das