Established in 1934

 

 


 


 

HISTORY OF THE SOCIETY

 

The Indian Society of Soil Science (ISSS) was born in 1934 with 28 members. The Society was registered on December 22, 1934 in Calcutta under Act XXI of 1860 (Registration No. 8164/252 of 1934-35) and formally inaugurated on January 3, 1935 at the Presidency College, Calcutta. Sir Bryce C. Burt, the then Agricultural Commissioner in the Imperial (now Indian) Council of Agricultural Research, was the first President of the Society and Prof. J.N. Mukherjee its first secretary. Subsequently the office of the President and Secretary has been held as follows:

 

 
 

PRESIDENTS

 

       Sir B.C.Burt (1934)

       Dr. B. Viswa Nath (1935, 1936)

       Sir B.C.burt (1937)

       Dr J.N. Mukherjee (1938,1939)

       Dr D.L. Sahasrabuddhe (1940,1941)

       Dr V.A. Tamhane (1942,1943)

       Dr D.V. Bal (1944,1945)

       Dr A.N .Puri (1946,1947)

       Dr D.N. Wadia (1948,1949)

       Dr J.K. Basu (1950,1951)

       Dr Dalip Singh (1952,1953)

       Dr T.J. Mirchandani (1954,1955)

       Dr B.K. Mukherji (1956,1957)

       Dr N.R. Dhar (1958,1959)

       Dr S.P .Raychaudhuri(1960,1961)

       Dr R.R. Agarwal(1962,1963)

       Dr R.V. Tamhane(1964,1965)

       Dr N.P. Dutta (1966,1969)

 Dr J.S. Kanwar (1970,1971)
 Dr D.R. Bhumbala (1972,1973)
 Dr B.V. Mehta (1974,1975)
 Dr S.K. Mukherjee (1976,1977)
 Dr T.D. Biswas (1978,1979)
 Dr N.S. Randhawa (1980,1981)
 Dr J.S.P. Yadav (1982,1984)
 Dr A.B. Ghosh (1985,1986)
 Dr G.S. Sekhon (1987,1988)
 Dr S.S. Khanna (1989,1990)
 Dr I.P. Abrol (1991,1992)
 Dr N.N. Goswami (1993,1994)
 Dr G. Dev (1995,1996)
 Dr D.K. Das (1997,1998)
 Dr M. Velayutham (1999,2000)

 Dr P.K. Chhonkar (2001, 2002)

 Dr G. Narayanasamy (2003 , 2004)

 Dr J.S. Samra (2005-2006)
 Dr J.C. Katyal (2007-   )
 

 


SECRETARIES

 

          Prof. J.N.Mukherjee(1934)

          Prof S.P. Agharkar (1935, 1939)

          Prof. M.S.Krishnan (1940)

          Prof J.C. Sengupta (1941 to 1945)

          Dr R.P. Mitra (1946 to 1947)

          Dr R.V. Tamhane (1948 to 1951

          Dr S.P. Raychaudhuri (1952 to 1959)

 Dr. T.D. Biswas(1960 to 1963)
 Dr. A.B. Ghose(1964)

 Dr.T.D. Biswas (1965 to 1977)

 Dr.A.B. Ghosh (1978 to 1984)
 Dr. N.N. Goswami (1985 to 1992)
 Dr. G. Narayanasamy (1993 to 2002)

 Dr. R.K. Ratan (2003-