Education: B.Sc (Agriculture), GBPUA&T, Pantnagar (2012); M.Sc. (Agricultural Economics), ANGRAU, Hyderabad (2014); Ph.D (Agricultural (Economics), ICAR-NDRI, Karnal (2019)

Positions held: Assistant Professor (2020-till date)

(Previous: Research associate (2018-2020))

Research Interests: Risk and vulnerability. Natural hazards, climate impact, technology impact assessment, vulnerability assessment and management

Research Projects:

Worked as Research Associate in ‘Strategic framework to Doubling farmers’ income’ with PI Dr Raka Saxena

Worked as Research Scholar in ‘Risk and vulnerability analysis of rural farm households in drought prone and coastal regions of India’ with PI Dr Smita Sirohi

Selected Publications:

Kanwal, V., Sirohi, S. and Chand, P.(forthcoming). Farmers’ perception on climate extremes and their coping mechanism: evidences from disaster prone regions of India. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge.

Kanwal, V., Sirohi, S. and Chand, P., 2020. Effect of drought on livestock enterprise: Evidence from Rajasthan.Indian Journal of Animal Sciences,90(1), pp.94-98.

Kanwal, V., Thorat, V.S. and Chand, P., 2019. Vulnerability of rural households to food and nutritional insecurity in arid regions of India: some evidence from Rajasthan.Agricultural Economics Research Review,32(conf), pp.183-192.

Vinita, K., Divya, P. and Sanjeev, K., 2017. Share of income from forest development programmes: a study in Nainital, Uttarakhand.Indian Journal of Ecology,44(Special Issue 6), pp.654-659.

Kanwal, V., Pandey, D. and Kumar, S., 2018. A Comparative Analysis of Crop Diversification between Flood and Drought Prone Areas of Rajasthan.Indian Journal of Economics and Development,14(1a), pp.168-174.

Kanwal, V., Pandey, D. and Suhasini, K., 2017. Impact of forest development programme on livelihood of rural people in Nainital district of Uttarakhand.Indian Journal of Economics and Development,13(2a), pp.369-374.

Saxena, R., Khan, M.A., Choudhary, B.B. and Kanwal, V., The trajectory of livestock performance in India: A review.Indian J Dairy Sci,72(6), pp.569-679.

Kanwal, V., Pandey, D., Rai, C.K. and Lal, P., 2017. Impact of GST on agriculture: A review.Indian Journal of Economics and Development,13(2a), pp.65-68.

Kumar, S., Kanwal, V., Rai, C.K. and Azad, A.K., 2016. Role of Value-addition in Agrarian Farming System in Enhancing the Farmer's Income.

Sanjeev, K., 2016. Assessment Level About the Awareness of Farmers in South-Bihar Alluvial Plain Zone on the Performance Traits of Cattle and Buffalo.International Journal of Agriculture Sciences, ISSN, pp.0975-3710.

Awards and honors:

• Selected for African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD)- The International Committee for Women in Agricultural Economics (ICWAE) mentoring Program (May 2022).

• Chaired a session entitled ‘Food security/Nutrition Security/Food Safety/Nutrition Intake/Hunger/ Malnutrition/Obesity’ and presented a paper in '31st International conference of Agricultural Economists' organized by 'International Association of Agricultural Economists' (2021-22).
• ICAR-Junior research fellowship
• ICAR-SRF qualified
• UGC-NET, ICAR-NET
• Represented ICAR-NDRI in Anveshan 2018
• Won Best presentation award for research in 4 th National Seminar at Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana