Senior Scientist (Horticulture- Fruit Processing)

Born in remote and developing village at Devapar, Ghazipur, India. Dr. Lallan Ram obtained his M.Sc. (Ag) in horticulture from Narendra Dev University of Agriculture and Technology, Faizabad (U.P.) in 1984. and ph.D. in Horticulture (Pomology) from CCS HAU Hissar, Haryana 2001. He started his career as a Senior Horticulture Assistant at Central State Farm, State Farm Corporation of India, New Delhi in 1985. In 1986, he joined the ICAR as a Scientist - S1 (Hort.) through Agricultural Research Services and was posted at IIHR, Bangalore a premier Horticulture institute of India, was later transferred to National Research Centre for Citrus, Nagpur in the same calendar year as a founder member and promoted as Senior Scientist (Hort.) in 1998.

At the National Research for Citrus, Nagpur, he worked as founder member and was associated with the farm development, nursery management, development of laboratories for bio-chemical analysis of plant tissue and fruits and Post harvest management including processing, value addition and waste utilization of citrus as well and handled various Research Project both in the field of Production and Post Harvest Technology (value addition and waste utilization in citrus). This illustrates the wide scope and variety of scientific contribution which combined the quest for practical solution of the various problems namely leaf sampling technique used as scientific tool for nutrients diagnosis of citrus, citrus mineral nutrition, water relations, stock-scion relations and physiology of flowering etc. Application of growth regulators as a practical means to control fruit set and prevention of fruit drop of Nagpur mandarin. Role of primary metabolites, growth hormones and minerals in flowering of Nagpur mandarin, use of root cation exchange capacity as a marker of vigour of citrus rootstocks at nursery levels and canopy volume and leaf mineral accumulation pattern as an indicator of vigour of root stocks for bearing Nagpur mandarin. The value addition in juice and waste generated out of processing of Nagpur mandarin, Acid lime and Mosambi. Which includes juice concentrate, juice powder, dehydrated segments, honey blended theraputical beverages, Mosambi, Acid lime based blended juice and use of resin for juice debittering. In addition extraction of pectin, essential oil and carotenoids as well as pellets for animal feed has also been developed.

His list of publications includes more than 120 research papers, which appeared in national and international journals, symposia, Seminar, workshop and conferences. To his credit, he has 1 book, 2 book chapters, 3 technical bulletins, 3 Extension bulletins, 5 Extension folders, 5 Scientific Callenders and more than 20 technical and popular articles. He has been recognized a fellow for the year, 2007 conferrable by Indian Society of Citriculture, Nagpur and Sardar Patel out standing ICAR best Institutional Award in the filed of citrus production and processing in the year 2005 and Magnum “Utkrushta Sanshodhan” Award by Magnum foundation, Nagpur in 1999 for standardizing and effectively implementing the bridge graft technique to rejuvenate root rot affected both bearing and Non bearing Nagpur mandarin plants alongwith various best poster paper award in Production, PHT (Value addition) and Rejuvenation of declining citrus orchards.
He has presented invited papers at various National and International Symposia, Brain Storming Session and Conferences and act as Chairman, Co-chairman and Rapporteur of many important technical session. Dr. Lallan Ram is alumini of world fame university, “Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel and international magazine” Salom” MASAV, Israel. He is associated as life member of five leading Professional Society of India.

Foreign training and visit :
He had an opportunity to get exposure at the national and international level through training programme in India and Israel in relation to water management and Horticultural crop production in tropical and subtropical climate, processing, value addition and waste utilization of citrus, respectively. Visited Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel and Agriculture Research organization, Betdagon, Israel, during 3rd November, 1996 to 13th January, 1997.