This book provides an overview of the diversified soil regimes in India. In addition to the historical advances in soil research and its limitations, it describes the monitoring of various soil conditions and soil uses to improve productivity. Discussing topics such as climate, geology and geomorphology, major soil types and their classification, soil mineralogy and clays, soil micromorphology, soil biogeochemistry, benchmark soils, land evaluation and land use planning, soil health and fertility and soil resilience, the book highlights the multiple uses of soils in industry, human health care, mitigation of challenges due to climate change and construction. It also presents measures for a brighter future of soil science in India, such as imposing organic farming principles toward sustainable agriculture in the context of the second green revolution besides alleviating the poverty and providing the employment opportunities among the farming communities in India. CONTENTS 1. Introduction / Bipin B. Mishra 2. History of Soil Research / A. Subba Rao, J. Somasundaram 3. Climate / Kamaljit Ray, S. D. Attri, H. Pathak, Anjani Kumar, Dibyendu Chaterjee 4. Geology and Geomorphology / K. S. Anil Kumar, S. Thayalan, R. S. Reddy, M. Lalitha, B. Kalaiselvi, S. Parvathy et al. 5. Major Soil Types and Classification / K. S. Anil Kumar, M. Lalitha, Shivanand, K. Sujatha, K. M. Nair, R. Hegde et al. 6. Soil Mineralogy and Clay Minerals / S. C. Datta, Sudhansu K. Ghosh, Debarup Das 7. Soil Micromorphology / Sayantani Neogi, Sean Taylor 8. Soil Biogeochemistry / Debjani Sihi, Biswanath Dari 9. Benchmark Soils in Agro-ecological Regions / K. S. Anil Kumar, K. S. Karthika, M. Lalitha, R. Srinivasan, Shivanand, K. Sujatha et al. 10. Land Evaluation and Land Use Planning / V. Ramamurthy, O. Challa, L. G. K. Naidu, K. S. Anil Kumar, S. K. Singh, D. Mamatha et al. 11. Soil Health and Fertility / Suresh K. Chaudhari, P. P. Biswas, Hemlata Kapil 12. Soil Resilience / K. Sammi Reddy, K. L. Sharma, K. Srinivas, A. K. Indoria, M. Vassanda Coumar, Pushpanjali et al. 13. Soil and Industry / Bipin B. Mishra, Sanjay K. Choudhary, Richa Roy 14. Soil and Future / Mariappan Velayutham, Bipin B. Mishra ABOUT THE AUTHOR / EDITOR Bipin B. Mishra, Department of Soil Science, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur, India.