Lalit Verma
Interim Dean
E108 AFLS Building
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
lverma@uark.edu
Phone: 479-575-2034
Fax: 479-575-7273
Educational Background
- B.S., Agricultural Engineering, J.N. Agricultural University, India
- M.S., Agricultural Engineering, Montana State University; Bozeman
- Ph.D., Engineering, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Professional Background
Faculty Positions:
- Head [July 2000 - till date]
- Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department, University of Arkansas - Acting Head [March 1999-July 2000]
- Audubon Sugar Institute, Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station
Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
H. Rouse Caffey Professor [1996 - 2001]
- Department of Biological and Agricultural Eng., Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana - Head of the Department [1992 - 2000]
- Department of Biological and Agricultural Eng., Louisiana State University Agricultural Center.
College of Agriculture, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana - Professor [July 1985 - July 2000]
- Department of Biological and Agricultural Eng.,
Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
College of Agriculture, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana - Visiting Faculty [July 1 - Dec. 31, 1987]
- Division of Agricultural and Food Engineering
Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand - Associate Professor [July, 1981 - June, 1985]
- Department of Agricultural Eng., Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana - Assistant Professor [August, 1979 - June, 1981]
- Department of Agricultural Engineering,
Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana - Assistant Professor [July, 1977 - August, 1979]
- Department of Agricultural Engineering
South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota
Other Related Experience
- Acting Head; March 1999-July 2000. Audubon Sugar Institute, Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center.
- "H. Rouse Caffey Professor"; 1996-2001. Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803
- Head; 1992-2000. Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center; and College of Agriculture, Louisiana State University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803
- Professor, 1985-2000. Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center; and College of Agriculture, Louisiana State University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803
- Visiting Faculty, July 1 to Dec. 31, 1987. Division of Agricultural and Food Engineering. Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand, 10501
- Associate Professor; July, 1981 to June, 1985. Department of Agricultural Engineering, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803 U.S.A.
- Assistant Professor; August, 1979 to June, 1981. Department of Agricultural Engineering, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, U.S.A.
- Assistant Professor; July, 1977 to August, 1979. Department of Agricultural Engineering, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, U.S.A.
- Post Doctoral Research Associate; October, 1976 to July, 1977; Research Analyst; July, 1976 to September, 1976; Graduate Research Assistant, January, 1974 to June, 1976; Department of Agricultural Engineering, The University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A.
- Graduate Research Assistant; December, 1972 to December, 1973; Department of Agricultural Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, U.S.A.
Technical Trainee; May to July 1971. Escorts School of Farm Mechanization, Kashipur, U.P., INDIA
Patents
United States Patent Number 4,810,511 awarded for "Process for Parboiling Rice" on March 7, 1989 (with L. Velupillai and M. Tsang Mui Chung).
Teaching and Research
- Storage and Preservation of Cereal Grains
- Graduate Course
- Engineering Phases of Crop Processing
- Thermal and Materials Processing
- Physical Properties of Biological Materials
- Electrical Energy in Agricultural Systems
- Processing and Handling Equipment
- Electrification
Current Duties
The Dean provides academic, intellectual and administrative leadership to the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences. The Associate Vice President for Academic Programs coordinates the supporting role for academic programs of the U of A System's statewide Division of Agriculture.