Climate change and pastoralism | Dr. Smruti Smita Mohapatra

About the Event:

Mastering Up organizing a free online skill development session titled “Climate Change and Pastoralism” delivered by “Dr. Smruti Smita Mohapatra” (Veterinary Physiology and Researcher)

Date: 08/07/2023 (Saturday)

Time: 04.00 PM – 05.00 PM (IST)

E-Certificated will be provided

About the Guest:

Dr. Smruti Smita Mohapatra is a veterinarian with PhD in Veterinary Physiology. She holds a PG Certificate in Agriculture Policy from IGNOU and PG Diploma in Animal Protection Laws from NALSAR. She has worked as a veterinarian in different capacities as – a practitioner, an educator, a consultant and a researcher. Post-Doctoral studies, she worked as a Research Fellow, Verghese Kurien Centre of Excellence, IRMA where she dealt with the research projects on milk production and its management, cooperatives, indigenous people, pastoralism and rural development. She was the Principal Researcher for the research project in IRMA on Maldhari pastoralists in Kutch, Gujarat. She is a member of Resource Group for South Asia Pastoral Alliance (SAPA). A passionate science writer, she has many awards and laurels to her credit along with popular, technical research articles and scientific abstracts in various animal husbandry magazines, websites and national/international conferences. She has been included in the Editorial Board of various magazines. She is a peer reviewer for many scientific journals. She is a resource person for national dairy and poultry farmers’ training programmes. She has been adjudged as a potential innovator by IIT, Kharagpur and IGNOU-NCIDE. She is a strong advocate of animal welfare issues, agriculture policies, UN Sustainable Development Goals and global climate change.

Course Link: Climate change and pastoralism

9 thoughts on “Climate change and pastoralism | Dr. Smruti Smita Mohapatra”

  1. Dr Mahendra sheshrao chavan

    Very interested to attend such precious topics session to over come the impact of climatic challenges on the pastoral communities.

  2. Parag Acharya

    I take much interest about prevalent Livestock Production Systems in the country and pastoralism is one among those.So, waiting anxiously to listen the lecture from Dr Smruti.

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