Amit Kumar Bundela

Amit Kumar Bundela is currently enrolled as a PhD Scholar at the Institute of Environment & Sustainable Development (IESD), Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, India. He has qualified the UGC-National Eligibility Test for Assistant Professorship and Research Fellowship in Environmental Sciences (UGC-NET-JRF) conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA) on behalf of the UGC and receiving Scholarship to pursue his PhD research. He also completed his Masters in Environmental Science & Technology with Distinction and Higher Grade (CGPA: 9.0) from IESD, BHU. He completed his MSc dissertation thesis on the topic “Inventorization & Consumption Pattern of Neglected and Underutilized Crops in Eastern Uttar Pradesh and their Sustainable Management Strategies”. His current research interests aimed to explore nutritionally and agriculturally relevant neglected and wild species for planetary healthy diet and validating cultivation practices for promising wild and lesser utilized species for dietary diversification and local/Regional (subnational) Food Security/Sovereignty. He also interested in agrobiodiversity assessment & its conservation, adaptive and climate resilient agricultural practices, traditional and biocultural knowledge, agro-biodiversity based bioeconomy, sustainability analysis of agri-food systems, sustainable agriscape management for attaining the UN-SDGs along with assessing emerging pollutants in agroecological system. He is also affiliated as a member with Global Academy, IUCN Commissions (Commission on Ecosystem Management, Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy), Global Land Program (GLP), Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative (GSBI), Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network (BESNet) and National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) and as an associate member with International Society for
Development and Sustainability for fostering sustainability.