Dr. Syed Ismail has a total of 30 years working experience in teaching, research, extension and academic administration. His field of specialization is soil microbiology and biochemistry with special reference to micronutrient management in different crops. During his service carrier he worked in different capacities as Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor, Head, Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry and worked as Principal Investigator /Co-PI in various ICAR Research Projects and one CFC-FAO-ICRISAT project. He served as Principal Investigator, ICAR- All India Network Project on Soil Biodiversity- Biofertilizers for eight years and also PI in ICAR-All India Coordinated Research Project on Long Term Fertilizer Experiments at Parbhani for three years. He has successfully guided 35 M.Sc. (Agri) and 10 Ph.D. students in the discipline of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry as a major advisor.At present he is working as Associate Dean and Principal, College of Agriculture at Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Agricultural University. Dr. Ismail has many publications to his credit to mention: Books/book chapters:20, Papers published in per reviewed journals:119, Scientific reviews:16, Technical Bulletins :12, Papers presented in seminars/ symposia:90. He received ICAR sponsored Best Teacher's Award of VN Marathwada Agril. University, Parbhani for contribution in teaching, RS Malhotra Award of VNMKV for research contribution and state level Mridagandha Puraskar for the work carried out to enhance soil health through sustainable soil management practices. International Crop Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru conferred special recognition to him for successful implementation of farmers' participatory project and recently received life time achievement award for outstanding contribution in the field of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry by Indian Society of Agriculture and Horticulture Research Development , Ludhiana.
