Biodata and Curriculum Vitae
Parmod Kumar Jain
Postal Address: 602, Sector 15, Hisar -125 004, India
Telephone number: +91-16 62-321058 (Residence)
Personal Details
Title Mr
Date of Birth August 28, 1966
Marital Status Married
Languages Known English, Hindi
Contact Address:
602, Sector 15, Hisar-125 004, India
Telephone: +91-16 62-321058 (Residence)
Personal Homepage:
www.geocities.com/parmod_k_jain
Present Occupation
Since March 1997 [Department of Agriculture, Government of
Haryana]
Agriculture Development Officer
Experience
Feb 1996- March 1997 [Central Board of Worker Education, Govt. of India,
Nagpur]
Education Officer
� Industrial Training , worker education and HRD
� Conducting awareness programme for rural and unorganised
workers
May 1995- Feb 1996 [Red Cross Drug De-addiction-cum-Rehabilitation
Centre, Hisar]
After-Care-Worker
� Counselling, follow up and rehabilitation of drug addicts
� Conducted surveys, research and awareness building on
drug abuse
Mar -Nov 1993, Mar-July 1994 [Indian Institute of Management,
Ahmedabad]
Research Assistant
� Collected, documented and disseminated Local Technical and
Ecological
Knowledge Systems
� Conducted Biodiversity Contests among school children of
Uttar Pradesh
� Encouraged Participatory Rural Development through
experimentation for
development of local leadership
� Conducted "Household Survey for Designing Participatory
Village Development Plan"
Training
Feb-June,1996 [Indian Institute of Workers Education (Govt. of India),
Mumbai]
Covered various topics on HRD, Communication, Industrial Safety,
Industrial Relations, Labour Legislation and Trade Unionism
May24-26, 1999 [National Research Centre on Rapeseed and Mustard,
Bharatpur, Rajasthan] Trainer's Training Programme under ICAR UNDP
Sponsored Project 'Increasing 0 and 00 Quality Rapeseed Mustard
Production Through On-farm Demonstration and Training'
April 16-20, 2001 [State Govt Haryana] Flood Relief Training at
Kurukshetra, Haryana
July 22-26, 2002 [Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export
Development Authority (Govt of India)] 'Workshop on setting up organic
certification programme in India'
Nov.-Dec. 2003 [NIIT] Swift India (Professional) Computer Training
Programme
Education
1993 Master of Science [Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India]
Major : Rural Sociology,
Minor : Extension Education, Agril Economics
75.60%
[Research Project: A Sociological Study of Social Forestry Programme in
Haryana (with special reference to Panchayat Lands)]
1989 Bachelor of Science(Hons) [Haryana Agricultural University,
Hisar, India] Agricultural Sciences, 65%
Participation
� Represented Haryana in National Nature Leadership Camp
organised by World Wide Fund for Nature- India (WWF-India), Oct 27-Nov
3, 1985 at NDA, Khadakwasla.
� Participated in Training : Drug Abuse-Its Prevention and
Control, July 10-14,1995 at Haryana Institute of Public Administration
(HIPA), Gurgaon.
� Declared best participant of Training on Community Health,
organised by Uttar Pradesh Voluntary Health Association (UPVHA), July
12-17, 1993 at Hardwar.
Achievements
� Founder and Ex-President, GREEN PEACE INDIA, CCSHAU,
Hisar, a registered NGO on Environment and Development.
� Executive and founder member ECO-India, an informal group
on network building on participatory development.
� Founder of ECO-MAG, CCSHAU, Hisar, an educational platform
for awareness building on environment and ecology.
� Awarded prize in a Quiz Competition organised by Indian
Express on the eve of Earth Summit, July 1992.
� Second prize in Extempore (English) at Fifth All India Cultural
Festival, March 14-15, 1992, at TITS, Bhiwani.
Memberships
� Honorary Editor, Praakritik Kheti, A trimonthly newsletter on
organic farming.
� Honorary Member Editorial Board, Bharatiya Jugaad Samachar,
a monthly newsletter on indigenous and chemical free methodologies in
agriculture.
List of Publications
1. Jain, P.K., 1994, Local Treatment for FMD in U.P., Honey Bee
5(2): 13.
2. Jain, V.K. and Jain, P.K., 1995, Pashu palan se adhik labh kaise
lein ? , Farmer and Parliament, XXX(10):41.
3. Jain, V.K. and Jain, P.K., 1996, Many Animal Diseases Cured by
Single Remedy, Farmer and Parliament, XXXI (6):20-22
4. Jain, P.K. and Jain, V.K., 1995, Change in Temperament by
Yoga for Peak Performance, In: International Conference on Health,
Sports and Physical Fitness-Need for Integrated Approach, Jan
16-18,1995, held at HAU, Hisar.
5. Jain, P.K. and Kaura, S.K., 1995, Biodiversity Contests: A Novel
Approach for Exploration and Conservation of Biodiversity at Grassroots
Level (Abstracted) In: National Symposium on Recent Advances in
Biosciences, Nov 3-5, 1995, held at M.D.U., Rohtak.
6. Jain, P.K., 1995, Muniver Shree Rewati Prasad Ji : Ek Saral
Parichaya (Biographical Sketch),In: Nachiketa Ke Teen Var, Publisher :
Sradha Sahitya Prakashan, Jwalapur, U.P. Recent Advances in
Biosciences, Nov 3-5, 1995, held at M.D.U., Rohtak.
7. Jain, P.K., Vikram, Kaura S K and Gupta Anil K, 1995,
Biodiversity Contests : A Participatory Approach for Exploration,
Exploitation and Conservation of Biodiversity at Grassroot Level.
Abstracted in: International Conference on Food Security and Crop
Science, Nov. 3-6, 1998, Hisar, India.
8. Sharma H, Jain, P.K., and Lakshminarayana, K., 2001, Jeewanu
Khad : Ek Sankshipt Parichaya. Praakritik Kheti Feb. 2001.
9. _______, Jain, P.K. et l., 2001, Participatory Action Research on
Organic Mode of Farming: Evolving a New Paradigm for Sustainable
Farming. Abstracted In: International Conference on Nature Farming and
Ecological Balance. International Society for Nature Farming (ISNF), Hisar,
India.
Unpublished
1. M.Sc. Thesis : A Sociological Study of Social Forestry
Programme in Haryana (with special reference to Panchayat lands).
2. Constraints and Achievements in Social Forestry Program in
Haryana.
3. Household Survey for Designing Participatory Development
Plan for Gangagarh Village (UP), IIM, Ahmedabad.
4. Groundwater Prospecting in Dryland Region of Haryana : An
indigenous Approach, IIM, Ahmedabad.
5. Managing Water and Land Resources : The Experience of The
Haryana Social Work and Research Centre, Khori, Rewari.
6. Experiments in Participatory Rural Development : A Case of
Village in U.P. (Development Worker Diary), IIM, Ahmedabad.
7. Biodiversity Contest (conducted among school children of a
UP village), IIM, Ahmedabad.
8. Second Biodiversity Contest (Conservation Through
Competition: mobilising popular participation through biodiversity
competition among village children in UP).
9. Biodiversity Contest and Related Activities, in 1995 (undertaken
in Government High School, HAU, Hisar).
10. Participatory Assessment & Augmentation of Biodivesity and
Rediffusion of Indigenous Knowledge Systems through Biodiversity
Contests, December 1998, SRISTI, Ahmedabad.
11. Achieving Sustainability : A Milestone in Organic Farming in
Haryana, 1999, Vishwa Bharati Kisan Jagriti Shikshan Sansthan, Ladwa,
Hisar.
12. Popularising Use of Biofertilizers for Crisis Management in
Agriculture-Evolving a Participatory Approach.
13. Question Answer Network (QANET) : Evolving a Participatory
Methodology for Documenting and Debating Indigenous knowledge.
14. Rejuvenating Traditional Water Harvesting Structures for Water
Scarcity Security.
15. Social Forestry for Conservation of Indigenous Ber (Zizyphus
spp.) germplasm.
16. Conserving biodiversity in homestead garden : Integration of
household economy and biodiversity conservation.
17. Technological Innovation in Biogas Plant: Accelerating
Farmers Acceptance.
18. Indigenous Fruit and Vegetable Production: A case of
Ecopreneurship.
19. Saindriya Kheti Ke Agradoot: Swatantrata Senani Shri Sangram
Singh Dudi.
20. Ikkiswi Shatabadi Me Krishi Ke Naye Ayaam : Shri Ladwa
Goshala Ki Tikaoo Kheti.
21. Infusing Indigenous Technology into Contemporary Agriculture
: A Case of Farmer Participatory Technology Evolution.
Media-Highlight
Grassroots: Biodiversity, Contacts With Young Minds, Down to Earth,
April 15, 1995, p.24.
Participation in Conference / Workshops
1. Attended International Workshop of Participatory Irrigation
Management (PIM), Dec. 4, 2000. Haryana Bhawan, Chandigarh.
2. Presented paper on Biodiversity contest in 'Workshop on
Indigenous Knowledge and Journalism' organised by Society for
Research and Initiatives on Sustainable Technologies and Institutions
(SRISTI), Ahemdabad, India; Soojh Boojh Net work, New Delhi and
Ashoka, New Delhi at Hotel Pathik, Dehradun].
3. Presented paper entitled 'Biodiversity Contests: A Novel
Method of Bio-prospecting for Potential Medicinal Plants' at National
Seminar on Research and Developments in Production, Protection,
Quality, Processing and Marketing of Medicinal And Aromatic Plants. Feb.
27-29, 2004 Department of Plant Breeding, CCS HAU, Hisar, India.
Current Activities (since 1997)
Involved in Participatory Rural Development Components including
integrated soil health management, organic farming, identification and
scaling of innovations, documentation and dissemination of indigenous
knowledge, development of model farm based on agro-diversification and
organic farming, promoting peoples' participation in water user
associations (WUAs) for judicious use of water.
