S VenkatramanS.Venkataraman, a graduate in Agriculture from Coimbatore and Post-graduate in Plant Physiology from Benares, was awarded the Ph.D. Degree by Andhra University in 1984 for his thesis entitled "Agrometeorological Studies for Optimal and Planned use ofSurface Irrigation and Rainfall Resources " . He began his career in Pune as ICAR Research Fellow under Dr. L.A. Ramdas. He joined the Agrimet Division of India Meteorological Department (IMD) at Pune in 1958. He voluntarily retired from IMD in 1980 and later later served as Agromet Expert of (i) WMO in Yemen Arab Republic and (ii) of FAO in Zambia. Dr. Venkataraman has nearly 100 papers to his credit in journals and in proceedings of seientific meetings, both national and international. As senior author he got published, in 1992, a book titled " Crops and Weather " by ICAR. He is an Honorary Fellow of (i) the Society for Environmental Sciences and (ii) Association of Agrometeorologists. Read More Read Less