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AAAE Symposium on “Climate Change and Asian Agriculture”: Minute to Minute Program
Location: Room AMBER 4, BITEC, Bangkok, Thailand        Date: May 22, 2026
9:00-9:05am Welcome Remarks Dr. Ramesh Kanwar, Distinguished Prof, Iowa State U. & Symposium Chair
9:05-9:10am Welcome Remarks Dares Kittiyopas, President, Thai Society of Agricultural Engineering
9:10-9:15am Welcome Remarks Dr. Lothar Hövelmann, DLG eV Director
Session #1: Dr. Sakamon Devahastin, Professor, King Mongkut’s University of Technology, Thailand
Time Keynote Presenter Title of Presentation
9:15am Dr. T.R. Kesavan, Director on Board and Group President, TAFE Ltd., India Climate change and challenges for Asian farm equipment industries
09:30am Dr. Mehari Tekeste, Associate Professor, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA Mechanization challenges considering crop productivity and climate resilient soil conservation systems
09:45pm Dr. Jeet Chand, President Nepalese Society of Agricultural Engineers, Kathmandu, Nepal Climate change science & key concepts of management, adaptation & mitigation: Focusing on water & agriculture sector in Nepal
10:00am Dr. Mukand Babel, Professor, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand Towards climate-resilient agriculture in Asia: Adaptation planning under incertain future
10:15am Anish Ghimire, Assistant Professor, AIT, Bangkok, Thailand Exploring sustainability horizons: Life cycle assessment of bamboo-derived biochar production and its agricultural application in Thailand”.
10:30am Dr. Sakamon Devahastin, Professor, King Mongkut’s University of Technology, Thailand Carbon-neutral meals: Another step toward sustainability 
10:45-11:00am                                                                    Coffee Break
Session #2: Professor Dr. Abdul Rashid, Putra University, Malaysia, Session Chair
11:00pm Dr. Sangeeta Lenka, Senior Scientist, Indian Institute of Soil Science – ICAR, Bhopal, India Mitigating GHG emissions from Asian agricultural production systems
11:15am Dr. Narendra Lenka, Principal Scientist & Head, Division of Soil Physics, IISS-ICAR, Bhopal, India Climate change impact on Agri-Food System: Experimental Evidences from Central India
11:30am Dr. Y.R. Satyaji Rao, Director, National Institute of Hydrology (NIH), Roorkee, India Impact of marine aquaculture on agricultural sustainability in the coastal areas of south India
11:45am Dr. L Surinaidu, Scientist D, National Institute of Hydrology (NIH), Roorkee, India Groundwater status and wastewater reuse opportunities for agriculture sustainability in south India’s urban river basin
12:00pm Dr. Joko Sujono, Professor, University of Gadjah Mada, Indonesia Sustainable paddy rice cultivation: Enhancing water productivity and reducing emissions with AWD irrigation
12:15-1:30pm Lunch
Session #3: Dr. Jeet Chand, President NSAE, Kathmandu, Nepal, Session Chair
1:30pm Dr. T.B.S. Rajput, President, Soil Conservation Society of India, India Innovations climate resilient agricultural water management through the Indian experience
1:45am Dr. Abdul Rashid Bin Mohamed Shariff, Professor, President, Institution of Geospatial and Remote Sensing Malaysia, Malaysia GeoAI intelligence for climate-resilient agriculture and food-water security in Asia
2:00pm  Dr. Sandhya Rijal, Researcher, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taiwan Closing the loop on food waste: Determining optimal recycling boundaries for sustainable resource security
2:15pm Dr. Brijesh Kumar Yadav, Professor, Department of Hydrology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India Sustainable groundwater management: Strategies for coastal and terrestrial agro-ecosystems under changing climatic conditions in Asia
2:30pm Dr. Saroj Adhikari, Postdoctoral Researcher, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taiwan When Safe water isn’t safe: Lead and nickel contamination from point-of-use water dispensers and implications for water safety in Asia
2:45pm Dr. Ramesh Kanwar, Distinguished Professor, Iowa State University, Iowa, USA Irrigation water availability for Asian agricultural production system and using agricultural trade to mitigate the impacts of climate change
3:00pm Dr. P P Mahendran, Former Dean ACRI, India Soil organic carbon: A key to soil health and food security under changing climate
3:15-3:30pm                                                                    Coffee Break
Session #4: Dr. Mehari Tekeste, Associate Professor, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA
3:30pm Dr. Sushil Himanshu, Assoc. Professor, AIT, Bangkok, Thailand Strengthening climate resilience in the greater Mekong subregion through a digital agro-meteorological forecast and advisory system
3:45pm Dr. P. Balasubramaniam, Professor, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Tamil Nadu, India Protecting soil and water quality through effective utilization of paper board industrial effluent in agriculture
4:00pm Dr. Gurusamy Arumugam, Professor, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Madurai, India Aerobic rice: A climate resilient approach for sustaining rice production
4:15pm Dr. Kumar Veluswamy, Ex professor & Head, TNAU, India Reshaping Asian agriculture under climate change: An overview of climate-smart adaptation strategies
4:30pm Dr. P. Raja, Adjunct Professor, Centurion University of Technology and Management, Paralakhemundi, Odisha, India Mitigation of carbon footprints through improved soil and agricultural management practices in southern India
4:30pm-5:00pm Symposium closing Ceremony Dr. Indra Mani, AAAE President, Distribution of certificates of appreciation
Dr. Gajendra Singh, AAAE Founding President: Closing remarks

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