Dr. J. Venkateswarlu (Retd.) Director, Central Arid Zone Research Institute (ICAR), Jodhpur. He was Chief Scientist, Project Coordinator of AICRPDA and Head, Division of Resource Management, CRIDA (ICAR), Hyderabad. He worked as Additional Commissioner of Agriculture, Government of India, New Delhi before joining as Director at CAZRI (ICAR), Jodhpur. He worked as Consultant to World Bank Projects, MANAGE, Hyderabad and NIRD, Hyderabad. He wrote books in addition to publishing articles in different Journals.
