(November 16-19, 2021) Final Announcement

INDIAN SOCIETY OF SOIL SCIENCEIst Floor, National Societies Block

National Agricultural Science Centre ComplexDev Prakash Shastri Marg, Pusa, New Delhi - 110 012 (India)

(Phone: 011-25841529, 25841991, Email: [email protected], [email protected])

85th ANNUAL CONVENTION(November 16-19, 2021)Final Announcement

As per the First Announcement dated 8 July 2021 the 85th Annual Convention of the Indian Society of SoilScience will be held at the Palli Siksha Bhavana, Institute of Agriculture, Visva-Bharati (CentralUniversity), Sriniketan (Santiniketan), West Bengal during November 16-19, 2021 (Tuesday to Friday).The tentative programme is as follows:

November 16, 2021 (Tuesday)0800 - 0930 Registration1000 - 1130 Inaugural Function1130 - 1200 Tea1200 - 1300 38th Prof. J.N. Mukherjee-ISSS Foundation Lecture by Dr. S.K. Chaudhari, DDG (NRM),

ICAR, New DelhiTopic: Sustainable Soil Management for Climate-Proofing Indian Agriculture

1300 - 1400 Lunch1400 - 1600 National Seminar on “Developments in Soil Science - 2021”

Session Ia (Oral Presentations)Hall 1 — Soil Fertility and Plant NutritionHall 2 — Soil ChemistryHall 3 — Soil BiologyHall 4 — Soils and the Environment

1600-1630 Tea1630-1730 Session Ib (Poster Presentations)1730-1800 Special Session on Farmers-Scientists Interaction1930-2030 Cultural Programme2030 Dinner

November 17, 2021 (Wednesday)0900 - 1000 47th Dr. R.V. Tamhane Memorial Lecture by Dr. Himanshu Pathak, Director, ICAR-National

Institute of Abiotic Stress Management, Malegaon, BaramatiTopic: Soil Management for Climate Change – Mitigation and Adaptation

1000-1030 Tea1030-1300 Special Symposium on “Achieving land degradation neutrality by 2030 in new normal”

1. Land degradation in India: current status and impacts on food security (M. Madhu,Director, ICAR-IISWC, Dehradun)

2. Restoration of degraded lands of NEH region: Opportunities and Challenges(V.K. Mishra, Director, ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam)

3. Restoration of degraded lands in coastal region of India (Parveen Kumar, Director,ICAR-CCARI, Goa)

4. Sustainable management of degraded lands in arid ecosystems of India (O.P. Yadav,Director, ICAR-Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur)

1300-1400 Lunch

1400-1530 National Seminar on “Developments in Soil Science - 2021”Session IIa (Oral Presentations)Hall 1 — Soil Fertility and Plant NutritionHall 2 — Soil ChemistryHall 3 — Soil Physics/Soil and Water ConservationHall 4 — Soil Biology

1530-1630 Session IIb (Poster Presentations)1630-1700 Tea1730-1930 Annual General Body Meeting2000 Dinner

November 18, 2021 (Thursday)0900-1100 ISSS Best Doctoral Research Presentation Award Contest (Final Round)1100-1130 Tea1130-1330 National Seminar on “Development in Soil Science – 2021”

Session IIIa (Oral Presentations)Hall 1 — Soil Fertility and Plant NutritionHall 2 — Soil Morphology/Soil Geography/Soil Genesis/Soil Evaluation and Land Use

PlanningHall 3 — Soil Education and Public Awareness

1330-1430 Lunch1430-1530 Session IIIb (Poster Presentations)1530-1700 Concluding Session1700-1730 Tea2000 Dinner

November 19, 2021 (Friday) Field Trip (Optional)

NATIONAL SEMINAROral Presentations: For oral, power point presentation of papers a maximum of 8 minutes will be

allowed. Participants are advised to contact in advance the person-in-charge of projection for copyingthe files onto computer hard-disk in the hall where the paper is to be presented.

Poster Presentations: Posters may be prepared with the size of 100 cm × 90 cm. The pdf of theposter may be sent in advance through email to [email protected] latest by 10th November 2021.

Registration Fee: Registration Fee (Member: Rs. 4000/-; Student member: Rs. 3000/-, if presentingin-person at Sriniketan; Member/Student member: Rs. 1000/-, if presenting online) is to be paid on or before10th November 2021 by direct online bank transfer (Account details given below) and share the UTR No.through email ([email protected]). Also quote the Abstract number in all correspondence.

Beneficiary Name : Indian Society of Soil ScienceA/C No. : 90292010000393A/C Type : Saving AccountIFSC Code : CNRB0019029Bank : Canara BankBranch : Pusa Campus, New Delhi

Subsequently the registration fee will be accepted only in cash at the venue of Convention on 15 November2021 onwards. Outstation cheque will not be accepted. Registration fee once paid shall neither berefunded nor transferred to any other purpose or person.

Accommodation

A limited number of rooms are available in Guest House (University/Institutes) or hotels. Accommoda-tion to the delegates will be provided on first-come-first-served basis on payment of the advance. Thedelegates are requested to make an advance payment of lump sum Rs. 2000 per head by sending thedetails of their stay in the prescribed format to the organizers at ISSS Sriniketan Chapter. Thepayment may be made by direct online bank transfer to:

Beneficiary Name : ISSS Sriniketan ChapterA/C No. : 38334728280IFSC Code : SBIN0012391Bank : State Bank of IndiaBranch : Sriniketan

The delegates arriving with their spouse may be provided with desired accommodation on priorintimation and payment of the amount in advance.

The details of tariff (excluding taxes) for different types of rooms are as follows:

1. Hotel (A/C single or double-bedded rooms)Tariff slabs: Rs. 1000-1500, 1500-2000, 2000–2500, 2500–3000, 3000–4000 per room per day.

2. Guest House (University/Institutes): Limited numbers of roomsA/C (single or double-bedded rooms):Tariff Rs. 1000-2000 per bed/dayNon-A/C (single or double-bedded rooms):Tariff Rs. 600-1200 per bed/day

Regarding accommodations, kindly contactDr. Sourav MondalMobile: 9434172053 / 9475505290Email: [email protected]

orDr. Manik Chandra KunduMobile: 9433885263 / 8944049272Email: [email protected]

Transport Facility: Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata (CCU), about 3½ hoursjourney to Santiniketan/Sriniketan by car. Santiniketan is also well connected with Kolkata by rail, almostevery hour there is a train from Howrah or Sealdah Rly. Station. Information of train from Howrah/Sealdah/Kolkata are given below (HWH = Howrah, SDAH = Sealdah, KOAA = Kolkata, SRC=Santragachi, BHP =Bolpur Santiniketan)

Nearest airport is Durgapur Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport, also known as Andal Airport. It is about 1½ hourjourney to Santiniketan / Sriniketan by car. State and Public transport buses are available almost every hourfrom Durgapur bus depot to Bolpur/Santiniketan/Sriniketan.

Nearest Railway station is Bolpur Santiniketan (BHP). Participants are requested to make their ownarrangement to reserve their own air/train ticket in advance and they must inform their travel itinerary(indicating date, time and place of arrival and also train/flight name and number well in advance) to theconvener. Local transport from Bolpur Santiniketan (BHP) railway station will be provided on request.In case of unavailability of vehicle due to any unavoidable reasons, delegates are requested to pick up taxi,auto or electric rickshaw to reach convention venue at Visva-Bharati.

Train No. Train Name From Departure Arrival Time at Return Journey fromStation Time BOLPUR (BHP) BHP (Time &Train No.)

13017 GANADEVTA EXP HWH 06:05 08:44 18:24 (13018)

15657 KANCHANJANGA EXP SDAH 06:35 09:14 15:58 (15658)

13187 SDAH RPH EXP SDAH 07:25 10:33 15:07 (13188)

13053 HWH SURI EXP HWH 08:35 12:00 18:47 (13054)

12363 KOAA HDB SUPF EX KOAA 09:05 11:25 16:39 (12364)

12509 GUWAHATI EXP SRC 10:08 13:15 21:49 (12510)

12337 SANTINIKATANEXP HWH 10:10 12:25 13:10 (12338)

12347 RAMPURHAT EXP HWH 11:55 14:16 17:37 (12348)

12041 SHATABDI EXPRES HWH 14:15 16:08 11:28 (12042)

13011 HWH MLDT INT EX HWH 15:25 18:19 08:08 (13012)

12345 SARAIGHAT EXP HWH 15:50 17:53 02:35 (12346)

53047 VISWABHARATI F PASS HWH 16:40 20:03 06:26 (53048)

13147 UTTAR BANGA EXP SDAH 19:35 22:17 02:04 (13148)

13023 HWH GAYA EXPRESS HWH 19:50 22:37 23:54 (13024)

13149 KANCHANKANYA EXP SDAH 20:23 23:12 04:51 (13150)

13133 SDAH BSB EXP SDAH 21:15 00:01 07:03 (13144)

13071 HWH JMP EXPRESS HWH 21:35 23:39 02:20 (13072)

12343 DARJEELING MAIL SDAH 22:05 00:28 02:51 (12344)

13153 GOUR EXPRESS SDAH 22:15 01:48 01:20 (13154)

13027 KAVI GURU EXP HWH 22:40 01:30 10:16 (13028)

12377 PADATIK EXPRESS SDAH 22:55 01:14 03:46 (12378)

Regarding transport facility, kindly contactDr. Subrata MondalMobile: 9434431350 / 8335075751Email: [email protected]

orDr. Pabitra Kumar BiswasMobile: 7001778058/ 9434514218Email: [email protected]

No payment towards Accommodation Charges will be accepted at the Society's Office.

CONTACT PERSONS AT SRINIKETAN

1. Organising Secretary: Dr. G.K. GhoshProfessor & HeadDepartment of Soil Science and Agricultural ChemistryPalli Sikshha BhavanaInstitute of AgricultureVisva-Bharati (Central University)Sriniketan 731236, West BengalMobile: 8250887834 / 9474765798Email:[email protected];[email protected]

2. Treasurer: Dr. (Mrs.) Suchhanda MondalAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Soil Science and Agricultural ChemistryPalli Sikshha BhavanaInstitute of AgricultureVisva-Bharati (Central University)Sriniketan 731236, West BengalMobile: 8250765171/ 9474654026Email: [email protected];[email protected]

New Delhi (D.R. Biswas)Dated 25 October 2021 Secretary

85th Annual General Body Meeting Notice

Date: 17 November 2021 (Wednesday) Time: 5:30 PM

Venue: Visva-Bharati (Central University), Sriniketan

AGENDA

1. Confirmation of the proceedings of the 84th Annual General Body Meeting held on 16-11-2019 atVaranasi.

2. Presentation and adoption of the Annual Report of the Society for 2019-2021.

3. Presentation and adoption of the audited statement of accounts for the year ended 31st March,2020 and 2021.

4. Presentation and adoption of the budget estimates for 2022-2023.

5. Election of Office Bearers and Councillors in the Council of the Society to the offices falling vacantduring 2022 and 2023.

6. Any other matter with the permission of the Chair (Members of ISSS desirous of raising any pointunder this item are required to send the same in writing to the Secretary on or before 10 November2021).

7. Presidential address.

8. Vote of thanks.

New Delhi (D.R. Biswas)Dated: 25 October 2021 Secretary

Indian Society of Soil ScienceNational Societies Block, National Agricultural Science Centre Complex,

Dev Prakash Shastri Marg, Pusa, New Delhi -110012

Proceedings of the 84th Annual General Body Meeting of the Indian Society of Soil Science (ISSS) held on16 November, 2019 at the Banaras Hindu University, VaranasiDr. A.K. Patra, President ISSS, chaired the meeting attended by 109 members of the Society. Dr. Patra extendeda formal welcome to the Members. He informed the house that Dr. J.S. Kanwar, Dr. D.R. Bhumbla and Dr. M.C.Sarkar had left for their heavenly abode after the last general body meeting of the Society held on 28 November2018. After obituary references, one minute silence was observed as a mark of respect to the departed souls.

Subsequently the agenda items as circulated earlier were taken up for consideration.

1. Confirmation of the proceedings of the 83rd Annual General Body Meeting held on 28 November 2018at Anand.The Secretary, ISSS briefly highlighted the salient features of the proceedings of the 83rd Annual GeneralBody Meeting already circulated among the members and the actions taken thereon. Dr. B.P. Singh suggestedthat the address of members printed in the Voter list may be updated. In the recent meeting of the Council ithas been decided to stop printing of the Voter list, however it was not agreed upon and it should be printed.The opinion of the members may be taken whether they need hard copy or soft copy of the JISSS. Dr. S.K.Chaudhari also suggested that the opinion of the members regarding requirement of hard copy may betaken. If the hard copy is not printed then the expenditure can be reduced. Dr. B.K. Aggarwal proposed thatthe pdf of the journal should be password protected. Dr. P.S. Sinsinwar informed that the Kota Chapter didnot receive any journal for the last 10 years which was not correct. Dr. R.J. Tiwari proposed that the Councillorsof ISSS should be life members of the Society. After a brief discussion, it has been decided that a letter maybe sent to all the members for their willingness regarding hard/soft copy of the JISSS and for updating theiraddresses. Chapters of ISSS may also be requested to update the address of their members including emailand mobile number. The issue raised by Dr. Sinsinwar has to be verified with ISSS office. The point raised byDr. R.J. Tiwari which has not been recorded in the proceedings will be included in any other matter. Theproceedings were confirmed with this modification.

2. Presentation and adoption of the Annual Report of the Society for 2018-2019.The Annual Report of the Society for the year 2018-2019, as approved by the Council in its meeting held on19 October 2019 and circulated among the members, was presented by the Secretary of the ISSS. Dr. A.K.Patra, President asked for suggestions from the members. Dr. B.N. Swami suggested to include the namesof Chairman, Co-chairman and Rapporteur of this year convention in the Annual report. Dr. D.S. Gurjarproposed to start best oral presentation award which was not accepted by the house. After brief discussion,it has been decided to include the names of Chairman, Co-chairman and Rapporteur of the Sessions in theBook of Abstracts; and the Annual Report as presented by the Secretary was adopted without anymodifications.

3. Presentation and adoption of the audited statement of accounts for the year ended 31st March, 2019.The audited statement of accounts of the Society for the year ended 31st March 2019 was presented by Dr.M.C. Meena, Treasurer ISSS. Dr. B.N. Swami suggested that the Chartered Accountant should write “I havechecked the statement of account provided by the Society and found correct”. After a brief discussion theaudited statement was adopted.

4. Presentation and adoption of the budget estimates for 2020-2021.Dr. M.C. Meena presented the budget estimates for 2020-2021 which had been drawn and approved earlierby the Council. With this brief discussion, the budget estimates were adopted by the house without anymodifications.

5. To consider and adopt, if approved with or without modification, the following amendments of theRules and Regulations of ISSS in renaming the Twelfth International Congress Commemoration Award.

Existing: 11.4. The Twelfth International Congress Commemoration Award

Amended: 11.4 Dr. J.S. Kanwar Twelfth International Congress Commemoration Award

After brief discussion the house accorded to rename “The Twelfth International Congress CommemorationAward” as “Dr. J.S. Kanwar Twelfth International Congress Commemoration Award”

6. Election of Office Bearers and Councillors in the Council of the Society to the offices falling vacantduring 2020 and 2021.The Secretary informed the house that following the procedure enshrined in the Rules and Regulations,Council in its meeting held on 19 October 2019 had elected the following Office-bearers and recommendedthe same to the Annual General Body Meeting:Vice-President : Dr. Pradip DeyAssistant Secretary : Dr. K.K. BandyopadhyayTreasurer : Dr. M.C. MeenaThe Secretary informed that postal ballots for electing 10 Councillors received at Varanasi were counted bya team led by Dr. Madhumita Das as chairperson and Dr. B.R. Maurya as the observer. The ten Councillorselected for the years 2019 and 2020 were: Dr. Bapusaheb Dashrath Bhakare, Dr. Dharm Pal Singh Dudi, Dr.Ranjeet Singh Chaudhary, Dr. (Mrs.) Jaya Niranjane Surya, Dr. Siba Prasad Datta, Dr. S.S. Dhaliwal, Dr.Ashish Marotrao Latare, Dr. P.P. Mahendran, Dr. Ashish Kumar Dash and Dr. K.K. Math.Dr. V.P. Ramani, Anand informed the house that in the election of office bearer of 2019, the Secretary ISSShad issued two ballot paper to the same voter, though the issue of duplicate ballot paper was denied in 2018election. This is against the rule of fair elections. Secretary informed that because of severe illness of thesaid voter, two ballot papers has been issued. However, only one ballot paper has been casted and returnedto the ISSS office. After in-depth discussion, it has been decided that only one ballot paper may be issued tothe voters in any case in future. Options may be explored for online voting.The house approved the results and congratulated all the members elected to the Council.

7. Any other matter with the permission of the Chair (Members of ISSS desirous of raising any pointunder this item are required to send the same in writing to the Secretary on or before 8 November2019).• Dr. D.S. Gurjar, New Delhi submitted that the Society office did not provide him the contact details of the

members of the Council during the contest of election of Assistant Secretary of the Society. Dr. A.K.Patra, President ISSS told that all addresses of the members containing voting right are given in theVoterlist, anyone can take the addresses of the voters from the same.

• Dr. R.J. Tiwari submitted for partial amendment in bye-laws in context of fellowship and honorarymembership. House decided that the award issues may be passed on to the standing committee onpolicy and by-laws. Dr. Tiwari also requested to pass a resolution that hosting chapter may be exemptedthe registration fee of retired members in the annual convention. After deliberation, the house decidedthat since it comes in the purview of organizing chapter, therefore, it depends on the organizing chapterin this regards.

8. Presidential AddressIn his presidential lecture 'Soil Solution to Feed 1.7 Billion', Dr. A.K. Patra presented the current problems ofsoil health in the country, and he highlighted the technology landscape for addressing the solution of theseproblems for sustainable soil management and achieving the food and nutrition security of the country by2050.

9. Vote of thanksThe meeting came to a close with a vote of thanks by Dr. K.K. Bandyopadhyay, Assistant Secretary, ISSS.

(D.R. Biswas)Secretary, ISSS

Indian Society of Soil ScienceIst Floor, National Societies Block

National Agricultural Science Centre ComplexDev Prakash Sastri Marg, Pusa, New Delhi -110 012

ANNUAL REPORT 2019-2021This report includes the salient features of the different activities of the Society during November 2019 – October2021 and is being presented by the Council at the 85th Annual General Body Meeting on 17th November, 2021.

COUNCIL (NOVEMBER–DECEMBER 2019)President: Dr. A.K. Patra; Vice-Presidents: Dr. (Mrs.) Vandana Dwivedi and Dr. U.P.S. Bhadauria; Secretary: Dr.D.R. Biswas; Joint Secretary: Dr. S.K. Mahapatra; Assistant Secretary: Dr. K.K. Bandyopadhyay; Treasurer: Dr.M.C. Meena

Members: Dr. S.S. Khanna, Dr. I.P. Abrol, Dr. N.N. Goswami, Dr. G. Dev, Dr. D.K. Das, Dr. M. Velayutham, Dr.P.K. Chhonkar, Dr. G. Narayanasamy, Dr. J.S. Samra, Dr. J.C. Katyal, Dr. A.K. Singh, Dr. B.P. Singh, Dr. R.K.Rattan, Dr. Jagdish Prasad and Dr. S.K. Chaudhari (Past Presidents; Ex-officio)

Dr. T. Chikkaramappa, Dr. S.K. Gangopadhyay, Dr. N.K. Lenka, Dr Ramawatar Meena, Dr. K.C. Patel, Dr. M.K.Sharma, Dr. S.K. Sharma, Dr Dhanwinder Singh, Dr. K.P. Vaidya, Dr. (Mrs.) Shashi S. Yadav, Dr. Sanjib KumarBehera, Dr. N. Chandra Sekaran, Dr. Devraj, Dr. Dileep Kumar, Dr. Rakesh Kumar, Dr. Birendra Swaroop Dwivedi,Dr. Pramod Kumar Sharma, Dr. Rajeev Sikka, Dr. Sobaran Singh and Dr. Pravin Himmatrao VaidyaChief Editor: Dr. B.S. Dwivedi

COUNCIL (JANUARY 2020–OCTOBER 2021)President: Dr. A.K. Patra; Vice-Presidents: Dr. U.P.S. Bhadauria and Dr. Pradip Dey; Secretary: Dr. D.R. Biswas;Joint Secretary: Dr. S.K. Mahapatra; Assistant Secretary: Dr. K.K. Bandyopadhyay; Treasurer: Dr. M.C. Meena

Members: Dr. S.S. Khanna, Dr. I.P. Abrol, Dr. N.N. Goswami, Dr. G. Dev, Dr. D.K. Das, Dr. M. Velayutham, Dr.P.K. Chhonkar (expired on 5 May 2020), Dr. G. Narayanasamy, Dr. J.S. Samra, Dr. J.C. Katyal, Dr. A.K. Singh,Dr. B.P. Singh, Dr. R.K. Rattan, Dr. Jagdish Prasad and Dr. S.K. Chaudhari (Past Presidents; Ex-officio)

Dr. Sanjib Kumar Behera, Dr. N. Chandra Sekaran, Dr. Devraj, Dr. Dileep Kumar, Dr. Rakesh Kumar (expired on26 May 2021), Dr. Birendra Swaroop Dwivedi, Dr. Pramod Kumar Sharma, Dr. Rajeev Sikka, Dr. Sobaran Singh,Dr. Pravin Himmatrao Vaidya, Dr Bapusaheb Dashrath Bhakare, Dr Dharm Pal Singh Dudi, Dr Ranjeet SinghChaudhary, Dr (Mrs.) Jaya Niranjane Surya, Dr Siba Prasad Datta, Dr S.S. Dhaliwal, Dr Ashish Marotrao Latare,Dr P.P. Mahendran, Dr Ashish Kumar Dash and Dr K.K. MathChief Editor: Dr. B.S. Dwivedi (up to March 2021), Dr. S.K. Chaudhari (March 2021 onwards)

Editorial Board (2020)Chief Editor: Dr. B.S. DwivediEditors: Dr Sanjay Arora, Dr P.K. Bandyopadhyay, Dr S.K. Behera, Dr Debashis Chakraborty, Dr O.P. Choudhary,

Dr Pramod Jha, Dr R.M. Karmakar, Dr P.P. Mahendran, Dr M.C. Meena, Dr M.V.S. Naidu, DrNavneet Pareek, Dr Amitava Rakshit, Dr K. Sammi Reddy, Dr Vikas Sharma, Dr A.K. Shukla, DrDhyan Singh, Dr S.K. Singh, Dr Yadvinder Singh; Dr D.R. Biswas (Ex-officio) and Dr S.K. Mahapatra(Ex-officio)

International Consulting Editors: Dr. Balu Bumb, Dr. Eric T. Craswell, Dr. Rattan Lal and Dr. Prabhakar Tamboli

Editorial Board (2021)Chief Editor: Dr. S.K. ChaudhariEditors: Dr Sanjay Arora, Dr P.K. Bandyopadhyay, Dr S.K. Behera, Dr B.D. Bhakare, Dr Debashis Chakraborty,

Dr Pramod Jha, Dr R.M. Karmakar, Dr P.P. Mahendran, Dr M.C. Meena, Dr M.V.S. Naidu, Dr AmitavaRakshit, Dr. S.K. Ray, Dr K. Sammi Reddy, Dr Sarvendra Kumar, Dr S.K. Sharma, Dr Vikas Sharma,Dr A.K. Shukla, Dr Dhyan Singh; Dr D.R. Biswas (Ex-officio) and Dr S.K. Mahapatra (Ex-officio)

International Consulting Editors: Dr. Balu Bumb, Dr. Eric T. Craswell, Dr. Rattan Lal and Dr. Prabhakar Tamboli

MEMBERSHIP AND SUBSCRIBERSThe membership position at close of the year 2019 was as follows:

Honorary Members 21; Life Members 796; Members 1080; Student Members 748; Donor Members 14;and the total being 2659.

The membership position at close of the year 2020 was as follows:

Honorary Members 20; Life Members 804; Members 1003; Student Members 422; Donor Members 14;and the total being 2263.

As on 20h October, 2021 the position is:

Honorary Members 19; Life Members 816; Members 1024; Student Members 465; Donor Members 14;and the total being 2338.

Subscription for the Journal

During 2019: Indian 76, Foreign 4 and Complimentaries 11; total = 91

During 2020: Indian 54, Foreign 4 and Complimentaries 11; total = 69

As on 20th October, 2021: Indian 36, and Complimentaries 11; total = 47

84th ANNUAL CONVENTIONThe 83rd Annual Convention of the Indian Society of Soil Science (ISSS) was held at Banaras Hindu University,Varanasi during November 15-18, 2019. A brief report on the Convention is presented hereunder.

Inaugural SessionThe inaugural session was held on 15th November 2019 at the Shatabdi Krishi Prekshagrih of Institute of AgriculturalSciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. On behalf of the Varanasi Chapter of the ISSS, Dr. RameshChand, Director, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, BHU, welcomed the delegates and expressed this event as aunique platform for interaction in their domain of contemporary research. Dr. A.K. Patra, President, ISSS, extendeda warm welcome to the Chief Guest, Dr. Mangala Rai, Ex- Secretary DARE and DG, ICAR and Ex-Vice-Chancellor,GBPUAT, Pantnagar; the Guest of Honour, Dr. J.C. Katyal, Ex-Vice-Chancellor, CCS HAU, Hisar and DDG(NRM), ICAR; Hon’ble Past Presidents, ISSS present in the inaugural ceremony, members of the Council ofISSS, University Officials, Delegates from all parts of the country; and other distinguished guests.Chief Guest, Dr. Mangala Rai presented the Honorary Memberships, Fellowships and various Awards of theISSS for 2019. Dr. D.R. Biswas, Secretary read the citations. A set of publications brought out on the occasion ofthe Convention were released during the inaugural ceremony. Dr. J.C. Katyal, Guest of Honor addressed thegathering. Dr. Mangala Rai, Chief Guest delivered the inaugural address. He spoke on soil health card; conjunctiveuse of water; crop residue management; intensification of agriculture, etc. Inaugural function formally came to aclose with a vote of thanks by Dr. Anand P. Singh, Dean (Agriculture), BHU.During the Convention three special lectures were organized. The 37th Prof. J.N. Mukherjee - ISSS FoundationLecture was delivered by Dr. K.P. Patel, Anand on 15th November 2019. Dr. J.S. Samra, Former President ISSS,Chandigarh chaired the session. Special Lecture was delivered by Dr. J.S. Samra, Former CEO, NRAA, Govt.of India on 15th November 2019. Dr. J.C. Katyal, Former President ISSS, Gurgaon chaired this session. The 46th

Dr. R.V. Tamhane Memorial Lecture was delivered on 16th November 2019 by Dr. D.K. Das, Former Professorand Head, BCKV, Kalyani. Dr. Anil Kumar Singh, Former President ISSS, New Delhi, chaired the session. Half-a-day Special Symposium on “Digital Soil Science for Empowering Small and Marginal Farmers” was held on16th November 2019 with Dr. S.K. Chaudhari, Assistant Director General (SWM), ICAR, New Delhi as theChairperson. Speakers in the session included Drs. S.K. Chaudhari, Keith Shepherd, Rabi N. Sahoo, Tapas K.Biswas and Prashant Puri.National Seminar

A National Seminar on ‘Developments in Soil Science - 2019’ was organized, in which a total of 116papers in oral and 141 papers in poster sessions were presented on 15th afternoon, 16th afternoon and17th November 2019 forenoon. Out of the poster presentations spread over three sessions, following threewere selected for the Best Poster Presentation Award:

1. Effect of long-term in situ moisture conservation in horti-pasture system on biological health ofdegraded land. Ghosh, A., Kumar, S., Singh, A.K., Gautam, K., Manjanagouda, S.S. and Kumar,R.V.

2. Effect of engineered nano-titanium dioxide polymorphs spraying on nutrient uptake by french bean(Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in Inceptisol of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Paul, Alpana

3. (i) Influence of long-term soil management on soil organic carbon storage in soybean-basedcropping systems of Central India. Lenka, S, Lenka, N.K., Mandal, A., Meena, V., Singh, M. Singh,B., Jadon, P., Shrivastva, S., Saha, J.K. and Patra, A.K.

(ii) Soil phosphorus fraction dynamics and phosphorus availability as influenced by long-termorganic manure addition. Ghosh, A.K. and Pradhan, S.N.

Chapter ActivitiesFollowing an encouraging response during the previous years, Chapters of ISSS were invited to

display in the form of posters their activities of the preceding one year. These posters remained on displayon 15-17 November 2019 with one of the Chapter representatives available for discussion for a limitedtime fixed each day. The Chapters participating in this programme were: Delhi, Gwalior, Ludhiana, Ranchiand Varanasi. Poster presentations were informative, interesting and well laid-out. Visitors appreciated theefforts of the Chapters.Cultural Programme

Cultural programme, performed by students of the different colleges of Banaras Hindu University,Varanasi, were very marvelous in this technically-rich convention on the evening of 15th November 2019.All the delegates enjoyed and appreciated this programme.Concluding Session

The concluding session was held on 17th November 2019 with Dr. A.K. Patra, President of the ISSS inthe chair. In-depth review of all the special and technical sessions including Special symposium on“Digital Soil Science for Empowering Small and Marginal Farmers” was made. Members were requestedto offer their comments on the several activities carried out during the preceding three days. Membersmade many useful suggestions. Dr. Sabyasachi Majumdar was awarded the ISSS Best Doctoral ResearchPresentation Award for the year 2019, while the other contestants, namely, Dr. Jeevanjot Dhaliwal, Dr.Irene Elizabeth John, Dr. Sourav Kumar Khan, Dr. Surajit Mondal, Dr. Swati Sopanrao Mundhe, Dr.Lokesh Kumar Saini were given Commendation Certificates. Debomita Dey, Rajalben P. Patel, AnshumanDas and Geethu Jacob were awarded the Zonal Award from East Zone, West Zone, North Zone and SouthZone, respectively. Dr. A.K. Patra presented ISSS Best Doctoral Research Presentation Award and theCommendation Certificates and Zonal award. Efforts made by the Members of the Varanasi Chapter inmaking the Convention a memorable and grand success were highly commended; the delegates gave thestanding ovation to the organizers. At the end of the concluding session, the annual convention wasdeclared formally closed by Dr. A.K. Patra, President of the ISSS.

BUSINESS MEETINGS84th Annual General Body Meeting

The 84th Annual General Body Meeting of ISSS was held on 16 November 2019. Dr. A.K. Patra,President of the ISSS, chaired the meeting attended by 109 members of the Society. The business of themeeting as per the listed agenda, was transacted. The proceedings of the 83rd Annual General BodyMeeting held on 28 November, 2018 at Anand, were considered and confirmed by the house. Dr. D.R.Biswas, Secretary presented the Annual Report of the Society for the period November 2018 – October2019; it was adopted by the house. The audited statement of the accounts for the year ended 31 March2019 and budget estimates for 2020-2021 were presented by Dr. M.C. Meena, Treasurer; these wereadopted by the house after some discussion and clarifications. The results of election for filling the officesfalling vacant for 2020 and 2021 were announced; Dr. Pradip Dey, ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science,Bhopal was elected as the Vice President; Dr. K.K. Bandyopadhyay, Division of Agricultural Physics,ICAR-IARI, New Delhi and Dr. M.C. Meena, Division of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi were elected as the Assistant Secretary and Treasuer, respectively. The 10 Councillors,declared elected were Dr. Bapusaheb Dashrath Bhakare, Dr. Dharm Pal Singh Dudi, Dr. Ranjeet SinghChaudhary, Dr. (Mrs.) Jaya Niranjane Surya, Dr. Siba Prasad Datta, Dr. S.S. Dhaliwal, Dr. Ashish MarotraoLatare, Dr. P.P. Mahendran, Dr. Ashish Kumar Dash aned Dr. K.K. Math. The members elected werefelicitated in the Annual General Body meeting. Dr. A.K. Patra delivered the Presidential address. Themeeting came to a close with a vote of thanks by Dr. K.K. Bandyopadhyay, Assistant Secretary, ISSS.

Council MeetingsThe Council met one time in 2020, on 6th March; and two times in 2021, 13th March, and 19th June to transact thebusiness of the Society. All the meetings were chaired by Dr. A.K. Patra, President. Members of the Councilattended these meetings in large numbers and contributed substantially to the proceedings of these meetings.

FINANCEThe financial position of the Society continues to be satisfactory. The Society was sanctioned Rs. 2,00,000/- asgrant-in-aid by ICAR during 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 for the publication of the Journal of the Society and Rs.5,00,000/- for organizing the Convention in Varanasi. The audited statement of accounts for the year ended 31st

March, 2020 and 2021; and the budget estimates for the year 2022-2023 drawn by the Council are being placedfor approval at the 85th Annual General Body Meeting.

PUBLICATIONSJournal: The fourth issue (December 2019) of the Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science, Vol. 67 wasbrought out. Volume 67 for the year 2019 covered 480 pages. Volume 68 for the year 2020 covered 472 pages.The supplementary issue of 2019 containing the memorial lectures delivered in 2019 is published. So far June2021 issue of the Journal (Vol. 69 for 2021) has been brought out and it run into 224 pages.

EDITORIAL BOARD REPORTEditorial Board continued a comprehensive analysis of publications in the JISSS vis-a-vis leading journals in theworld. For improving the visibility of its Journal and enhancing the quality of the papers published in the JISSS,it was decided that the editor may scrutinize the manuscript carefully before assigning to a reviewer. Editors maygive complete comments at one time only, no fresh comments at second time. Members of ISSS are requestedto cite the references of JISSS in their paper.

LINKS WITH THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF SOIL SCIENCESThe Indian Society of Soil Science is Full Member in the Category of Nations in Development. Society’s subscriptionto the IUSS has been sent for the current year.

CHAPTER ACTIVITIESMost of the Chapters of the Society located at Annamalainagar, Akola, Allahabad, Anand, Bangalore, Bapatla,Bhopal, Bichpuri (Agra), Bhubaneswar, Coimbatore, Cuttack, Dantiwada, Dapoli, Delhi, Dharwad, Faizabad,Gwalior, Hisar, Hyderabad, Indore, Imphal, Jabalpur, Jammu, Jobner, Jodhpur, Jorhat, Kalyani, Kanpur, Karnal,Killikulum, Kolkata, Kota, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Modipuram, Nagpur, Navasari, Palampur, Pantnagar, Parbhani,Pusa (Bihar), Rahuri, Raipur, Ranchi, Sabour, Shillong, Shimoga, Sopore, Sriniketan, Thrissur, Tirupati, Udaipurand Varanasi remained active in promoting the aims and objectives of the Society by organizing conferences,meetings, seminars, group discussions, special lectures, etc. A number of Chapters are bringing out Newslettersperiodically and also the Annual Reports. Following an encouraging response during the previous years, Chaptersof ISSS were invited to display in the form of posters their activities of the preceeding one year. These postersremained on display on 15-17 November 2019 with one of the Chapter representatives available for discussionfor a limited time fixed each day. The Chapters participated in this programme were: Delhi, Gwalior, Ludhiana,Ranchi and Varanasi. Poster presentations were informative, interesting and well laid-out. Visitors appreciatedthe efforts of the Chapters. Invitation to the Chapters has also been extended this year.

Memorial Lectures: Following chapters who were assigned the responsibility of organizing the different lecturesdid/are doing a commendable job in organizing these lectures as is evident from the following table.

Memorial lecture Organizing chapter Speaker Delivered on/to be delivered

Dr. SP Raychaudhuri Tirupati Dr. P.L. Patil Date yet to be finalizedDr. DP Motiramani Delhi Dr. Kaushik Majumdar 30-11-2021Dr. BV Mehta Jorhat Dr. S. Hazarika 28-09-2021Dr. NS Randhawa Kalyani Dr. D.R. Biswas 09-09-2021Dr. RS Murthy Parbhani Dr. Tapan Adhikari 30-09-2021Dr. RR Agarwal Varanasi Dr. Jagdish Prasad Date yet to be finalizedDr. TD Biswas Bapatla Dr. R. Santhi 08-09-2021Prof. SK Mukherjee Bhopal Dr. U.P.S. Bhadauria Date yet to be finalizedDr. GS Sekhon Udaipur Dr. A.S. Dhawan 24-09-2021Dr. NP Datta Dharwad Dr. A.L. Pharande Date yet to be finalizedDr. S.N. Saxena Ranchi Dr. Satish Kumar Singh 27-09-2021

ISSS Best Doctoral Research Presentation Award: During 2021 the first round of this contest was organizedin South Zone by Coimbatore Chapter on 6 October 2021, East Zone by Bhubaneswar Chapter on 4 October,2021; West Zone by Jabalpur Chapter on 28 September 2021 and North Zone by Karnal Chapter on 5 October,2021.

Zonal Award Contests: The ISSS Zonal Award Contests were organized for the East, West, North and SouthZones at Bhubaneswar, Jabalpur, Karnal and Coimbatore, respectively.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSSincere thanks are placed on record to the Indian Council of Agricultural Research for the grant of financialsupport of Rs 200,000/- for the publication of Journal of the Society and Rs. 5,00,000/- for organizing theConvention in Varanasi. Help and support extended by the Varanasi Chapter of ISSS and Banaras Hindu University,Varanasi in organizing the 84th Annual Convention of ISSS are gratefully acknowledged. The assistance ofvarious kinds received for the smooth and effective functioning of the Society from its members and a largenumber of institutes, organizations, associations and individuals are gratefully acknowledged.

INDIAN SOCIETY OF SOIL SCIENCE

BUDGET ESTIMATES FOR 2022-2023

RECEIPT AMOUNT (Rs) EXPENDITURE AMOUNT (Rs)

Membership subscription 13,00,000 Publication of Journal 4,00,000Journal subscription 7,50,000 Publication of miscellaneous 50,000Sale of publications 7,00,000 Postal expenses 1,50,000ICAR Grant 2,00,000 Establishment (Salary) 11,50,000Interest & Dividends 4,00,000 Stationery 70,000Revenue from Annual Convention 2,00,000 Audit Fee 25,000

Telephone, Fax & Internet 40,000Conveyance (Local Travelling) 17,000Contingency (Staff welfare) 7,000Annual Convention 2,00,000Awards & Fellowship- Honorary Member 20,000- Platinum Jubilee 20,000- Fellowship 20,000- Dr. J.S. Kanwar 12th International 10,000- Golden Jubilee 10,000- Dr. J.S.P. Yadav Memorial Award 10,000- Zonal/ISSS Best Doctoral Presentation Award 40,000- Prof. Sant Singh Memorial Award 10,000- Dr. S.P. Raychaudhuri Gold Medal 10,000Dr. S.P. Raychaudhuri Memorial Lecture 10,000Prof. J.N. Mukherjee-ISSS Foundation Lecture 10,000Dr. R.V. Tamhane Memorial Lecture 10,000Dr. D.P. Motiramani Memorial Lecture 10,000Dr. B.V. Mehta Memorial Lecture 10,000Dr. N.S. Randhawa Memorial Lecture 10,000Dr. R.S. Murthy Memorial Lecture 10,000Dr. R.R. Agarwal Memorial Lecture 10,000Dr. T.D. Biswas Memorial Lecture 10,000Prof. S.K. Mukherjee Memorial Lecture 10,000Dr. G.S. Sekhon Memorial Lecture 10,000Dr. N.P. Datta Memorial Lecture 10,000Dr. S.N. Saxena Memorial Lecture 10,000TA to Office-Bearers 45,000TA to Past-Presidents 50,000Publication of Bulletin 25,000Council Meetings including TA 4,50,000Office Rental & Maintenance 2,00,000IUSS Membership 1,50,000Computer with Printer 1,00,00021WCSSS 2,00,000

Total 35,50,000 Total 36,09,000