Sultan Ahmed Ismail

Sultan Ahmed Ismail
Born	October 9, 1951 (1951-10-09) (age 60) Chennai, India
Residence	India
Nationality	Indian
Fields	Biotechnology
Institutions	The New College, Chennai
Alma mater	The New College, Chennai
Known for	Vermitech
Notable awards	Aringar Anna Award by Government of Tamil Nadu

Sultan Ahmed Ismail (Born 9 October 1951) is an Indian Soil Biologist and Ecologist. He is known for his technology vermitech which is used to recycle organic garbage into valuable fertilizer using local varieties of earthworms and is also applied in soil bioremediation.^[1] He has published 61 papers in National and International Journals & Proceedings and Supervised 31 students for M.Phil, and 17 students for Ph.D.

He is honoured with a D.Sc. in Zoology from the University of Madras in 2001 for his research in the field of Soil Ecology - Earthworms - Waste Management. He is also the Managing Director of Ecoscience Research Foundation .^[1]

Vermitech

Ismail is associated with the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, in the development of a module on vermicomposting as a sustainable ecological practice for children, He also conducted a project for the Department of Environment, Government of Tamil Nadu for implementing vermicomposting in 50 schools in Chennai(Madras)and also delivered several lectures including more than 200 schools across the country and abroad creating awareness on environment, solid waste management and vermicomposting. He is currently associated with the Consumer Association of Penang (CAP), in creating awareness on organic farming, vermitech and waste management to educational institutions and organic farmers of Malaysia.

He has submitted world's first reports about Anti inflammatory properties of Earthworms, Ultra structure of the penial setae of earthworms, Electrobioluminescence of earthworms.

Books

• Aspects of Behaviour (Ismail, S.A., and Alawdeen, S.S., ed)., The New College, Chennai, India. 161 pp. 1987.
• Environmental Studies for Class I (Gopalan, R., Sundaram, V., and Ismail, S.A.), Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company Ltd., India. 60 pp. 1994.
• Environmental Studies for Class II (Gopalan, R., Sundaram, V., and Ismail, S.A.), Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company Ltd., India. 59 pp. 1994.
• Composting through earthworms (Ismail, S.A., Seshadri, C.V., Jeeji Bai, N., and Suriyakumar, C.R.), M.C.R.C., Chennai, India. 38 pp. 1994.
• Vermitech (vermicompost and vermiwash) (Ismail, S.A.), Ajju's wormery, Chennai, India. 10 pp. 1996.
• Vermitech (mannpuzhu uram mattrum mannpuzhu serivuttapatta neer) In Tamil, (Ismail, S.A.), Ajju's wormery, Chennai, India. 11 pp. 1996.
• Usar sudhar khetu vermiculture tatha vermiwash ka uthpadhan In Hindi. (Ismail, S.A.). Uttar Pradesh Land Development Corporation, Lucknow, India. 07 pp. 1996.
• Vermitech: Worm powered technology (ed Ismail, S.A.), Council for Advancement of People's Action and Rural Technology, New Delhi, India. 40 pp. 1997.
• Vermicology: The Biology of Earthworms, (Ismail, S.A.) Orient Longman. 92pp. 1997.
• Mannpuzhu: Valarppum, Tozhilnutpamum, Payankalum (In Tamil) (Ismail, S.A.) Orient Longman. 115pp. 2001.
• The Organic Farming Reader. (Alvares,C., Shiva,V., Ismail, S.A., Vijayalakshmi, K., Mathen, K., and Declercq, B. editors) ARISE and Other India Press, India. 1999. 298 pp.
• The Earthworm Book, (Ismail, S.A.,), Other India Press, Goa. 2005. 101 pp

Awards

• Vocational Service Award 1992 93 by the Rotary Club of Madras Metro.^[2]
• Exnora's Friend of the Environment Award for 1993 presented by the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
• Commonwealth Association of Science Technology and Mathematics Educators (CASTME) Award for 1994-95.
• Australia International Education Foundation's Visiting Fellowship for 1996.
• Award received from CPR Environmental Education Centre 1998-1999.
• Environmental Award by Green India Foundation 1999.
• Award for Vocational Excellence, Rotary Club of Besant Nagar Chennai, 2002.
• Arignar Anna Award by the Department of Environment, Government of Tamil Nadu, India for environmental education and awareness 2005.

Symposia Organised

• Organised the All India Symposium on Animal Behaviour at The New College, Chennai as Organising Secretary (June 21 23, 1985).
• Organised a ten day Awareness-cum-training programme on Vermitech in Organic Farming funded by CAPART (January 13–22, 1997).
• ARISE National Workshop on Sustainable Organic Farming, The New College, Chennai. Jan 24-27, 1998.
• Organic Home Gardening Workshop. The New College, Chennai. January 31, 1999.
• On-the-job Training Programme for the students of Bharathi Women's College, Chennai. The New College June 1–30, 1999.
• Conducted a five day workshop-cum-Taining Programme on Practices in Organic Farming for CAPART (East Zone) from 28 January 2000 to 1 February 2000, at the Institute of Research in Soil Biology and Biotechnology, The New College, Chennai.
• One day seminar on biotechnology BioteCHennai 2KX on feb 24 2010.The New college,chennai.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Wonder worms". The Star. 23 August 2005. http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2005/8/23/lifefocus/11025511&sec=lifefocus. Retrieved 15 December 2010. 
2. ^ "Dr. SULTAN AHMED ISMAIL, M.Sc., Ph.D., D, Sc, Soil biologist and ecologist.". erfindia. http://www.erfindia.org/sultanahmedismail.asp. Retrieved 19 April 2011. 

Persondata
Name	Ismail, Sultan Ahmed
Alternative names
Short description	Soil Biologist
Date of birth	9 October 1951
Place of birth	Chennai, India
Date of death
Place of death