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Dr. Rajendra Kumar Jain Principal Scientist and Head, Regional Research Centre, Indian Grassland, Fodder and Agro-Forestry Research Institute, Avikanagar. He completed M.Sc. in Botany in 1970 from the University of Rajasthan and Ph.D. in 1986 from the PG School, IARI, New Delhi. After working as lecturer in Botany and Research Associate he was selected for the Agriculture Research Service (ICAR) in 1976. He was posted at IGFRI, Jhansi. He served as Head, Division of Plant Protection, from 1990 to 1993. He is widely travelled and has visited the U.K. and The Netherlands under the Indo-U.K. Forage Project sponsored by ODI, U.K. He has published more than 100 research papers, review articles and chapters in edited books.

Dr. Ramesh C Jakhmola is Principal Scientist (Animal Nutrition) at the Central Shheep and Wool Research Institute, Avikanagar, Rajasthan. After completing his M.Sc. in Animal Nutrition (1974) from the G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, he was awarded a Commonwealth Scholarship for a doctorate from Aberdeen University (1989) where he worked under the renowned animal nutritionist, Prot. J.F.D. Greenhalgh. He was selected for the Agricultural Research Service (ICAR) in 1977. He has served in different capacities at the Indian Veternary Research Institute, Izatnagar, AICRP Agricultural Byproducts at Ajabalpur, Karnal and Hisar and ata the National Research Centre on Camels, Bikaner. He was selected Head, Division of Animal Nutrition, at CSWRI, Avikanagar, a post he held from 1996 to 2002. He has authored two books: Forages and Livestock Production and Analytical Techbiques in Animal Nutrition Research. He has published more than 100 research papers in national and international journals of repute.