Dr. I.C Gupta: (b.1941) Fellow ISSRW and Research Secretary of the India Society of Salinity Research Workers was awarded Ph. D on a subject of Soil Salinity as early as in 1968 by CAZRI, Jodhpur. Dr. Gupta worked at CSSRI, Karnal from 1970 to 1985 and later on shifted to CAZRI Jodhpur on the position of Head, RRS Bikaner. Dr. Gupta has been and continues to be a scientific writer of repute having more than 150 research papers to his credit. Beside he has authored 23 books. Currently, Dr. Gupta is chief editor of current Agriculture brought out by the Indian Society of Soil Salinity Research Workers. Dr. Gupta is Recipient of the many prestigious awards such as Dr. Rajendra Prasad Puruskar (First) of the ICAR for writing a book in Hindi in 1986 and outstanding book award of the Indian society of Agricultural Engineering. He has been an active member of the environmental Conservation Council of Rajasthan and special Committee of the Environmental Impact of the INCID, Ministry of Water Resource, Govt. of India. Dr. Gupta at the time of retirement was holding the position of Head of Division at CAZRI, Jodhpur