SI. No

TOPIC

MENTOR NAME

1

Pedology

NYMISHA

1.1

Rocks and Minerals

1.2

Soil Profile, Soil forming factors

1.3

Soil forming processes

1.4

Soil taxonomy

1.5

Soil orders and Soils of India

1.6

Soil survey and LCC

1.7

Epipedons and Endopedons

1.8

Remote sensing, SIS, GIS and GPS

1.9

Soil erosion and conservation

2.

Soil physics

NYMISHA

2.1

Mass-volume relationships

2.2

Texture and Structure

2.3

Rheological properties of soil

2.4

Soil air and Soil temperature

2.5

Soil water

2.6

Numericals

3

Soil Chemistry

NYMISHA

1.1

Soil colloids

1.2

Silicate clay minerals

1.3

Ion exchange in soil

1.4

Problem soils and irrigation water quality

1.5

Waterlogged soils

4

Soil fertility

NYMISHA

4.1

Plant nutrition

4.2

Nitrogen in soil

4.3

P,K in soil

4.4

Secondary nutrients in soil

4.5

Micronutrients in soil

4.6

Radioisotopes

4.7

Manures and composting methods

4.8

Fertilizers

4.9

Green manuring and biofertilizers

5

Soil biology

NYMISHA

6

Soil quality

NYMISHA

7

Soil, Water and Air pollution

NYMISHA

8

Instrumental techniques

NYMISHA

9

Agronomy

NIKHIL

9.1

Atmosphere, wind and solar radiation

9.2

Precipitation and condensation

9.3

Cloud classification and Weather forecasting

9.4

Agro-climatic zones of India

9.5

Agro-ecological regions and miscellaneous

10

Environmental science

NYMISHA

10.1

Ecosystem, Biodiversity and Conservation

10.2

Environmental issues

10.3

Environmental laws, conventions and agreements

11

Agricultural chemicals

NYMISHA

11.1

Insecticides

11.2

Fungicides

11.3

Herbicides