Ram Saran Verma

Ram Saran Verma (born 1968) is an Indian farmer recognized for introducing advanced and more profitable farming techniques to small Indian farmers and rural villages in his state. Verma has received numerous Indian farming awards for his work, and his farming techniques have been studied and replicated across his state. In 2019, he was honored India's fourth highest civilian award, the Padma Shri.

Biography Ram Saran Verman hails from Daulatpur village in Barabanki district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. News18 India reported that at a function in 2012 to honour Ramsharan Verma, former Indian President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam called him a "farmer's wizard", and separately, that he had produced "gold from the soil". In 2014, India Today featured Ram Saran Verma as a "Field Revolutionary" and profiled him as one of the "changemakers" influencing India from a micro-level.

He is a recipient of the Jagjivan Ram Kisan Puraskar in 2007 and 2010 and the National Horticultural Award in 2014.