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Dr. Anand Mishra, a recent graduate who studied under Dr. Richard Vlosky, is Associate Professor and Assistant Dean (Academic Affairs) at the Law School of O.P. Jindal University based in the National Capital Region (NCR) in India. Dr. Mishra teaches courses such as Corporate Finance, Financial Markets and Institutions, and Renewable Energy Economics and Finance. His research interests lie in renewable energy policy and finance, and risk assessment for the renewable energy projects. In his administrative capacity, Dr. Mishra is engaged in planning and scheduling of business-related core and elective courses for the Law School. Anand is also starting a new India Renewable Energy Institute and will be its director.
Kunlin Song(right), a recent PhD graduate from RNR (under the direction of Dr. Qinglin Wu, left) is the recipient of this year's LSU Alumni Association Distinguished Dissertation Award in Science, Engineering & Technology with his dissertation: Application of Biomass in Nanocomposites and Drilling Fluids. 
(07/19/16) BATON ROUGE, La. – A leading oilfield services company has used an 
Richard Vlosky, Director, Louisiana Forest Products Development Center, LSU AgCenter, was installed as President of the Forest Products Society at the Society’s 70th International Convention in Portland, Oregon on June 29, 2016. The Forest Products Society, the largest international not-for-profit technical association, was founded in 1947 to provide an information network for all segments of the forest products industry.
Richard Vlosky, Director and Professor, Louisiana Forest Products Development Center, LSU AgCenter, recently was installed as President of WoodEMA, the International Association for Economics and Management in Wood Processing and Furniture Manufacturing at the 9th International Convention in Mlini, Croatia. WoodEMA is an international not-for-profit association that provides a platform for scientific information dissemination for all segments of the forest products industry.
Richard Vlosky, Director, Louisiana Forest Products Development Center and Crosby Land & Resources Endowed Professor in Forest Sector Business Development, LSU AgCenter, was recently named to the Energy Committee of the World Trade Center of New Orleans. 
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On May 1st, we welcomed Dr. Abhishek Bharad to the LFPDC to work with Dr. Rich Vlosky on a USDA AFRI grant that will examine markets and supply chains for biofuels. Abhishek completed his Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Agricultural University, India in 2007. After attaining his Bachelors degree, he worked with farmer co-operatives from rural India in consulting role. He continued his education at Louisiana State University starting August, 2008 and received a Master of Science degree in Agricultural Economics with a concentration in Agribusiness Management in December, 2010. In January, 2011 Abhishek began pursuing a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics at Louisiana State University and received his degree in December, 2014. As a Graduate Research Assistant, he was part of several collaborative projects involving USDA and National Center for Food Protection and Defense (NCFPD).
Anand Mishra is pursuing a Ph.D. with Dr. Richard Vlosky focusing on the financial viability of developing a wood-based bioenergy sector in India. Prior to enrolling in the School of Renewable Natural Resources in spring of 2012, Anand was an Assistant Professor and Assistant Dean at O.P. Jindal University at New Delhi, India, where he taught Financial Management and Financial Accounting. Over a period of 10 years, as part of community service activities, Anand has helped close to 400 students from less advantaged sections of society in North India prepare for public sector banking services exams; it is a matter of great satisfaction and pride to him that at least 50 of those students currently work in various public sector banks. His professional career outside academia includes working for Corporation Bank, ABN Amro Bank, subsidiaries of AXA Insurance and Synovate in India for 9 years. He is also a co-founder/promoter of Prabhavya, a digital branding agency based out of New Delhi. Anand holds an MBA from MICA (Mudra Institute of Communications Ahmedabad) and a DBF (Diploma in Business Finance) from Chartered Financial Analyst Institute of India.
Joy Das from India has joined Dr. Richard Vlosky as his major professor in a Ph.D. program. Before coming to LSU, Joy was working as an Executive at the "Confederation of Indian Industry" in India. With a background in Economics at the Bachelors and Masters level from Jadavpur University, India, his academic interest is in working on socio-economic implications of renewable natural resources development in developing countries. He served as a Convener in organizing the "Young Economist Students Meet" at Jadavpur University, Kolkata. He has also presented his paper "Financial Systems in Empowering Women SMEs and Entrepreneurship? at the “18th International Conference on Small and Medium Enterprises (ICSME)” held at Accra, Ghana, organized by the “World Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (WASME)”. He also has received the "Bhaswar" honorary award in Bengali Elocution in India. He enjoys soccer and badminton and loves to dance. Welcome to the LFPDC and LSU.