Dr. K. Pradhan is presently working as Associate Professor and Head, Department of Agricultural Extension, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari, Coochbehar, West Bengal, India. He was also selected as the Agricultural Research Scientist in Agricultural Extension during 2009. He has worked as key trainer in different training programmes on participatory extension and group dynamics. He has been associated with more than three mega nationally and internationally funded research and development projects. He has developed his expertise in the areas of Technology Socialization, Women Empowerment, Microplanning, Entrepreneurship Management, Natural Resource Management, Value Addition and Supply Chain Management, Participatory Extension, Market Led Extension etc. To his credit he has published so far 71 numbers of research papers in reputed national journals, contributed 17 chapters in different renowned books and coauthored four books.
