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Community Organizations Indian Academy of Sciences
Indian Academy of Sciences
Indian Academy of Sciences
Acronym
IAS
Non Governmental organization
Phone number
+91-80-2266 1200

Location

Raman Research Institute Campus,
Sadashivanagar
Bengaluru
Karnataka
India
Postal address
C. V. Raman Avenue
Post Box No. 8005,
Raman Research Institute Campus,
Sadashivanagar,
Bengaluru 560 080
INDIA
Working languages
Hindi
English

Founded in 1934 by Sir C V Raman the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore was registered as a Society on 27 April 1934 with the main objective of promoting the progress and upholding the cause of science. The Academy began functioning with 65 Founding Fellows and the formal inauguration took place at the Indian Institute of Science.

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Land use and cropping effects on carbon in black soils of semi-arid tropical India

Journal Articles & Books
May, 2016
India
Southern Asia

Soil organic carbon (SOC) and rainfall are generally
positively related, whereas a negative relationship
between soil inorganic carbon (SIC) and rainfall with
some exception is observed. Land use pattern in black
soil region (BSR) of the semi-arid tropical (SAT)
India, consists of 80% under agriculture, followed by
forest, horticulture, wasteland and permanent fallow.
For sustainable agriculture on these soils, there is a
concern about their low OC status, which warrants
fresh initiatives to enhance their OC status by suitable

Soil information system: use and potentials in humid and semi-arid tropics

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2014
India
Southern Asia

The articles presented in this special section emanated from the researches of consortium members of the National Agricultural
Innovative Project (NAIP, Component 4) of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi. These researches have
helped develop a soil information system (SIS). In view of the changing scenario all over the world, the need of the hour is to get
assistance from a host of researchers specialized in soils, crops, geology, geography and information technology to make proper use of