Dr. Man Mohan Sundria was born on 15th November, 1976 at Village- Sali, District-Jaipur in Rajasthan. Dr. Sundria obtained his Masters (2000) & Ph.D. (2004) Degrees from Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Udaipur. He joined the University service in July 2005 as Assistant Professor and has experience of more than 12 years in different areas (Research, teaching and extension). He worked at KVK, Keshwana, Jalore and ARS Mandor. Dr. Sundria has developed & refined more than 15 Plant protection techniques and published 19 Research papers, 5 booklets and 10 popular articles, 3 book chapters on different entomological aspects. He has visited Memphis, USA in 2012 for attending “Seventh International Symposium on Integrated Pest Management” by University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) at Memphis, Tennessee, USA. He also visited Germany for exposure of various R&D institutes, laboratories and University situated at Berlin, Frankfurt, Hannover and Bonn in Germany. Dr. Sundria is Life members of Entomological Research Association, Udaipur, Indian Society of Oilseeds Research, Hyderabad and Arid Zone Research Association of India, Jodhpur, Sesame and Niger Workers Association, Jabalpur and Association of Administrative Staff of College, Hyderabad. He has got two best poster presentation awards in workshop and symposium organized at Jodhpur and Bikaner, respectively.

The Directorate of Research is headed by the Director Research and he/she is the monitoring authority for research activities in the University. University research is guided, monitored and administered by the Director Research, who is assisted by the Additional Director Research (Seeds) at the University headquarters for seed production programmes, Zonal Director of Research at Agricultural Research Stations and Officer Incharges at Agricultural Research Sub-Stations for research. The major part of research is carried in two zones through ARS, i.e., in Zone-Ia (Arid Western Plains), Agricultural Research Station, Mandor and Agricultural Research Sub-Station, Samdari, Barmer, in Zone-IIb (Transitional Plain of Luni Basin), Agricultural Research Station, Keshwana, Jalore and Agricultural Research Sub-Station, Sumerpur (Pali) and in Zone-IIa (Transitional Plain of Inland Drainage), Agricultural Research Sub-Station, Nagaur. The research in the University is supported largely by R&D projects sponsored by the State grants, through AICRPs sponsored by ICAR and ad-hoc research projects and through other agencies. Research problems in different agro-climatic zones are identified through respective Zonal Research Extension Advisory Committee (ZREAC) during kharif and Rabi season every year. District wise feedback received from farmers through the Department of Agriculture, GOR and compiled at zone level passed on to ARS for discussion during the ZREAC meetings. The ZREAC consists of scientists of the University, officers from Department of Agriculture/ Animal husbandry & Line Departments, Govt. of Rajasthan, AFRI, CAZRI and other ICAR institutes. The researchable issues are discussed and accordingly proposals are formulated and finally problems are resolved through research conducted by the scientists. Research mandates of AICRPs are decided at national level during the Group Meets. Planning and monitoring of ad-hoc research projects are made at the level of PI and Unit Head. In this western arid region, water is the most crucial and limited resource. Further mainly available ground water, of which major part (>85 %) is brackish, secondly the prevailing climatic conditions are very harsh, that limits the agricultural productivity of the region. Due to limited water availability, dry land agriculture is pre-dominantly practiced taking the main crops like pearl millet, mungbean, mothbean, cluster bean, sesame and castor during kharif season and cumin, isabgol, mustard, wheat, fennel, onion and papaya during rabi season.

• To develop improved varieties/ hybrids of important field and horticultural crops.
• To develop production and protection technologies to enhance crop productivity.
• To develop water use technologies to increase water productivity in crop production.
• To diversify the farming & land use system to enhance farm income.

S.No.	Name	Designation
1	Dr. M. M. Sundria	Director Research
2	Sh. Gajendra Jat	Driver

S.No.	Name	Period
1.	Dr. G. N. Parihar	19-10-2013 to 28-02-2014
2.	Prof. (Dr.) B. R. Choudhary	01-03-2014 to 30-08-2019
3.	Dr. Sita Ram Kumhar	31-08-2019 to 31-08-2021
4.	Dr. Ishwar Singh	01-09-2021 to 26-09-2021
5.	Dr. Sawai Dan Ratnoo	27-09-2021 to 12-09-2023
6.	Dr. Sita Ram Kumhar	13-09-2023 to 03-08-2024
7.	Dr. M. M. Sundria	03-08-2024 to till date

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