First exam of India Certified Crop Adviser

In First exam of India Certified Crop Adviser (CCA), which was held on
December 12, 2010, 59 candidates have been declared successful out of 85
candidates. Prior to this, in a Pilot test, 19 candidates were
successful out of 22 who took the test in June 2010. So, India CCA
count now has reached 78. This Certification program in India is joint
effort of ISAP and American Society of Agronomy (ASA), which is aimed at
improving the quality of the personnel involved with Farm Advisory in
the country. This is first time ever, when this program has been
launched out of America and Canada. The CCA aspirants had a diverse
origin coming from Public and Private sectors alike viz., Directorate of
Agriculture, Punjab; Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kurukshetra; TATA Chemicals
Ltd.; Shriram Fertilizers & Chemicals; Shriram Bioseed Genetics India
Ltd.; Hariyali Kissan Bazar; TATA Rallies; Chambal Fertilisers &
Chemicals Ltd.; Coromandal Fertilisers Ltd.; Deepak Fertilisers; Bayer
Biosciences Ltd.; Monsanto India Ltd.; PHI Seeds Ltd.; Sunhara India
(NGO); International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI) ; Indian Society
of Agribusiness Professionals (ISAP); Cereal System Initiative for South
Asia (CSISA) as well as some unattached individuals. Mr. Gurvinder
Singh, Agriculture Information Officer, Deptt of Agri - Punjab, who
cleared the Certification exam in the December 2010 exam, shared his
ideas with his colleagues during a monthly staff meeting at Chandigarh,
stating that "India CCA training material provides a "Deep and
Practical" knowledge of a wide variety of farmer centric query
spectrum". He added that "if you devote some time in going
through the study material document you will get a very good knowledge
on all the disciplines including nutrient, soil and water, pest and crop
management, which will help in updating your knowledge and help in
providing quality information to the farmers for improving their
productivity.

Mr. Ajay Banke

Mr. Kalyan Dhakad

Mr. Rajnish Kumar

Mr Ajay Kumar Verma

Mr. Kamlesh kumar Patel

Mr. Rakesh Singh

Mr Ajay Kumar Singh

Mr. Kishaloy Biswas

Dr. Ranjan Laik

Mr Ajeet Singh

Ms. Madhurima Vaishnav

Mr. Ranjit Singh Aulakh

Dr. Akhilesh Upadhyay

Dr. Mahendra Chalka

Mr. Ravindra Ahire

Mr. Anant Kulkarni

Dr. Mahesh Gathala

Mr. RS Suresh Kumar

Mr. Anil Kumar

Mr. Manish Mudkanna

Mr. Sakti Dey

Mr. Anup Singh

Mr. Manish Choubey

Mr. Sandeep Dhiman

Mr. Arvind Bhatnagar

Mr. Murlee Yadav

Mr. Sanjay Ahlawat

Mr. Ashish Bhardwaj

Mr. Nagesh Yemmewar

Mr. Santanu Samanta

Dr. Ashok Thakur

Mr. Nandlal Rajput

Mr. Shailendra Kumar

Dr. Ashok Sharma

Mr. Naveen Sanwal

Mr. Shailendra Narain Singh

Mr. Bhoopendra Singh

Mr. Naveen Gupta

Mr. Shamsher Alam

Ms. Chander Rekha

Mr. Nitin Rahangdale

Mr. Srinivas Reddy

Dr. Dalip Bisnoi

Dr. OP Lathwal

Mr. Subhash Chand Verma

Mr. Danish Ali

Mr. Parag Gujrathi

Mr. Sudarshan Motsara

Mr. Dattatray Shitole

Mr. Pawan Kumar

Mr. Sukhdev Singh

Mr. Dinesh Pandit

Dr. Prabhu Kumawat

Dr. Surender Kumar

Mr. Gahininath Dhawale

Mr. Pradip Naskar

Mr. Surendra Bisht

Mr. Ganesh Kumar Singh

Mr. Praveen Singh

Mr. Tapan Kumar Rout

Ms. Garima Joshi

Dr. Puneet Pachauri

Mr. Tiby Thomas

Mr. Gaurav Kumar Singh

Dr. R Rajenderan

Mr. Uday Sinh Kadam

Dr. Govind Sharma

Mr. Rajeev Kumar

Mr. Vicky Singh

Mr. Gurvinder Singh

Mr. Rajendra Prasad Mittal

Mr. Vijay Kumar

Mr. Harbinder Singh

Mr. Rajesh Yadav

Mr. Vineet Kumar Tripathi

Dr.Kailash Nehara

Dr. Rajkumar Jat

Mr. Yogesh Mhase