| Personal
Details |
| Name |
Piare
Lal |
| Father's
Name |
Shri
Kripa Ram |
| Mother's
Name |
Shrimati
Karam Kaur |
| Date
of Birth |
25th
November 1942 |
| Permanent
Address |
Village
Rasulpur, P.O. Rahimpur, Tehsil/District
Jallandhar, PUNJAB, INDIA. |
| Present
Address |
Pragati
Biotechnologies,
Clonal Research cum Production Centre,
Village & P. O. Dholbaha,
Dist. Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India-144206. |
| Phones |
Mobile
: (91) 9814125666 |
| email |
piarelal@eucalyptusclones.com |
| QUALIFICATIONS |
| B.
Sc (Agriculture) |
In 1961
from Government Agricultural College,
Ludhiana. |
| Associateship
of Indian Forest College (AIFC) |
1963
- 65 batch from Indian Forest College,
Dehradun. |
| PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE: |
| 37
YEARS EXPERIENCE AS A PROFESSIONAL FORESTER |
| April
1965 to July 1968 |
Deputy
Conservator of Forests, Andaman & Nicobar Forest Department, INDIA |
| July
1968 to April 1970 |
Member
of the Indian Forest Service, Punjab cadre (first batch of direct
recruits - 1968) |
| April
1970 to July 1989 |
Group
General, Agro-Forestry division, WIMCO Limited. Major contribution
– development of improved nursery techniques and package of
practices for poplars supported with high quality extension services
leading to well known success story of large scale poplar plantations
on farm lands in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh with record yields
and high quality timber. 15 million poplar plants are now being
planted annually which enrich farmers and support hundreds of plywood
/ flush-doors, matches and sports goods industry units, providing
employment opportunities to rural poor
and saving biodiversity-rich natural forests. |
| July
1989 to November 2000 |
Vice
President (Plantations) ITC Bhadrachalam Paperboards Limited, Secunderabad.
Provided leadership to the plantations team and helped create the
unique success story of clonal eucalyptus plantations for the first
time in India. Productivity of these clones is 3 to 4 times higher
compared to normal seedlings and record yields of 250 tonnes per
ha. have been achieved by many farmers at 5 years rotation. 3.6
million genetically improved clonal eucalyptus are now being planted
over 5400 acres by farmers every year in Andhra Pradesh alone. These
clones are an unique gift of everlasting value to the nation. ITC
Bhadrachalam won four prestigious awards for this pioneering clonal
technology research and large scale promotion
of farm forestry plantations. |
| December
2000 onwards |
Promoter
and CEO of Pragati Biotechnologies. Pragati exists for bringing
the benefits of revolutionary clonal technology to the farmers of
North India through supply of genetically
improved clonal planting stock of poplars and eucalyptus supported
with technical extension services and consultancy in forestry. |
| Special
Assignments |
Chairman,
Raw Materials sub-committee of Indian Paper Makers Association for
5 years. Member ICR mission team of World Bank for M.P. project
during 2000. Team leader for local consultants for World Bank aided
Maharashtra Forestry Development project. Member World Bank mission
team for Jharkhand Forestry project, February 2002 and U.P. / Uttaranchal
mission team, July - August 2002. |
| Publications/
Memberships |
Member,
Society of Indian Foresters. Member, ommonwealth Forestry Association
and IUFRO. Published more than 25 technical papers in reputed journals
of forestry. Presented several technical papers in national / international
conferences including IUFRO World Congress at Kuala Lumpur during
August 2000. |
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