Dr. K.P.R. Vittal, Project Coordinator, AICRPDA and Former Head, Division of Resource Management, Officer-in-Charge (Watershed Programmes), CRIDA (ICAR), Hyderabad. He published about dozen books and about 150 papers in national and international journals and proceedings of seminars etc. He is Soil Scientist with specialization of Soil Physics. He specialized in drylands having full knowledge in dryland agriculture farming etc.