Dr. Bhagwati Prasad Bhatt, from Village Kothiyara Lasya, Jakholi Block, District Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand, is actively involved in teaching, research, extension& development, and administration for the last 38 years. Dr. Bhatt has served different Institutions/Universities in different capacities during this period. He has worked as Director at ICAR-IISWC, Dehradun; Officer on Special Duty (OSD) at the Office of Secretary DARE & DG, ICAR, New Delhi; Assistant Director General (International Relations), ICAR, New Delhi; Principal Scientist (Agroforestry) NRM Division, ICAR, New Delhi; Director, ICAR Research Complex for Eastern Region, Patna; Joint Director, ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Nagaland Centre, Jharnapani; Principal Scientist &Senior Scientist (Forestry) at ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam, Meghalaya, and Senior Lecturer &Lecturer (Forestry) at Department of Forestry, H.N.B. Garhwal University, Srinagar Garhwal. He is a recipient of several awards for achieving excellence in the field of tree improvement, tree-crop interactions, intensive integrated farming systems, tribal farming systems, jhum fallow management and restoration of degraded lands through agroforestry interventions.
Dr. Bhatt has published more than 280 research papers in the journals of International/National reputebesides20 books, 70 book chapters, 19 popular articles, 32 technical bulletins, 3 extension bulletins, 4 manuals/training manuals, and policy documents and policy papers. He has guided 9 students for their Ph.D. degree. He has visited Japan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, USA, The Netherlands, Bangladesh, Belgium, Germany, and Switzerland for study missions, conferences, workshops, policy dialogues, and executive leadership training programmes.
International Leadership in Research: He has served the country internationally by representing India in the Multi-Country Study Mission on “Rehabilitation of Forests Degraded by Disasters” held at Tokyo, Japan (2005); International missions on “Multiple Water Use Systems for the Hilly Areas” at IWMI Nepal (2009); “Special Steering Committee Member” at the IWMI Office in Colombo, Sri Lanka (2012). He was also engaged in international training on “Leadership Decision Making: Optimizing Organizational Performance” at the Harvard Kennedy School, Boston, USA (2013) and the Executive Development Programme on “Developing Effective Organizational Leadership” in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, and Switzerland (2019).
National/International level committees: Dr. Bhatt has served asMember of the Board of Management of Bihar Agriculture University, Sabour, Bhagalpur, Bihar (2013); Core Committee for the National Horticulture Mission, Jharkhand, for the Role of Non-traditional States in Cashew Development (2013); Academic Council for Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat (2014); General body of the ICAR Society (2015); Standing Working Group for agroforestry, NTFP, biodiversity, and forest ecosystem under the State Planning Commission, Govt. of Chhattisgarh (2016); Agricultural Research Service (ARS) of ICAR, New Delhi (2017); State Level Executive Committee of the National Livestock Mission under the Livestock and Fishery Resources Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna (2018), and National Nursery Assessment and Accreditation Committee notified under the provisions of the Accreditation Protocol for Agroforestry Nurseries by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Govt. of India (2023).
Research Management and Coordination: Dr. Bhatt has served as a Nodal Officer for Strengthening the Eastern Region of India for bringing Green Revolution in Eastern Region. He has completed multiple research schemes funded by ICAR, ICFRE, DBT, DST, CSIR, Directorate of Environment (Govt. of U.P.), Department of Land Resources (MoRD, GoI), and GBPIHED. As a research manager, Dr. Bhatt has handled more than 300 number of in-house projects, more than 60 externally funded projects and more than 30 internationally funded projects on diverse issues of agricultural development. He has a vast experience of teaching, research and extension of entire Indian Himalayan Region (IHR), and the eastern ecology, which has a hidden opportunity to secure the food security of the nation.