P. Judson is an Indian

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,Gordon W. King, ''Seed Falling on Good Soil: Rooting Our Lives in the Parables of Jesus'', Cascade books, Eugene, 2016, p.8

/ref> who researched much on

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in the 1970s. In the successive decades, he took to teaching of

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Osmania University Osmania University is a collegiate public state university located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Mir Osman Ali Khan, the 7th Nizam of Hyderabad in 1918 , He released a farman to establish OSMANIA UNIVERSITY on the day of 28 August 1918. It ...

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, a

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-run University u/s 2 (f) of the

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. He contributed much to the discipline of

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through scholarly articles in scientific journals ''(see section on writings)''. He was also a member of the Indian Society for Comparative Animal Physiology.''Indian Journal of Comparative Animal Physiology'', Volumes 8-11, 1990, p.6

/ref> Judson was

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, then

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and Head''National Symposium on implications of climate change on mosquito-borne diseases and its impact on public health'', August 200

/ref> and Chairperson of Board of Studies of Department of Zoology at Osmania University, Secunderabad. Earlier in 1997,University College of Science, Saifabad, ''Principal's message''
/ref> he became Principal of the University College of Science,

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. During his tenure, a full-fledged vocational course in

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leading to B. Sc. (Dryland farming) was launched in 2001 with the cooperation of three external stakeholders, namely,

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) is an international organization which conducts agricultural research for rural development, headquartered in Patancheru (Hyderabad, Telangana, India) with several r ...

(ICRISAT), Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA) and

Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU) is a public agricultural university with its headquarters at the village Lam, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India. History The original Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University was est ...

(ANGRAU).''

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'', ''OU to introduce new course in dryland farming '', Monday, April 23, 200

/ref> Much like an

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Scholar contributing to the German academic journal ''

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(ZAW)'', Judson and others, contributed a research article in 1978 to the

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-based academic journal, ''Zeitschrift für mikroskopisch-anatomische Forschung''.P. Judson, B. Kishen Rao, S. S. Thakur, B. Julius Divakar, ''Histological changes in the ovaries of

(F.) caused by the "paper factor"'' in ''Zeitschrift für mikroskopisch-anatomische Forschung'', Volume 92, Issue 3, 1978, pp.541-54

/ref>

Few co-authored Writings

Dysdercus Cingulatus-Fabricius - Red cotton stainer bug

Judson's articles co-authored with others appeared in major scientific journals. One of Judson's research articles published in 1978 with B. Kishen Rao, S. S. Thakur and B. Juilus Divakar entitled ''The effects of a juvenile hormone analogue on the male reproductive organs of the red cotton bug,

(

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)'' appeared in the scientific journal ''

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(now

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)'',P. Judson, B. Kishen Rao, S. S. Thakur and B. Juilus Divakar, ''The effects of a juvenile hormone analogue on the male reproductive organs of the red cotton bug, Dysdercus cingulatus (Heteroptera)'' in ''

'', Volume 34, Issue 6, 1978, pp.817-81

which has been kept in more than 500 library holdings in universities and academies across the world.''

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: The effects of a juvenile hormone analogue on the male reproductive organs of the red cotton bug,

(

)'

/ref> He was much active among the academic fraternity in

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. In 2007, he co-organized a ''National Conference on Biodiversity Conversation and Human Wellbeing'', which was conducted jointly by the Department of Zoology (OU) and

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. In 2008, he co-edited a compendium titled ''Biodiversity Conservation and Human Well-Being''. In 2009, Judson convened a national symposium on the theme ''Implications of climate change on mosquito-borne diseases and its impact on public health'' at

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. His co-authored writings comprise, * * * * * * * *

Other initiatives

Judson is a communicant member of

Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches (STBC), (Nellore) presently Headquarters A.B.M Compound, Markapur, Prakasham District, Andhra Pradesh( by its Add General Secretary Shri. Chilka David Prakash Rao ) by its Baptist Christian denomination in t ...

(STBC) and attached to the STBC-Baptist Church,

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It is about 7 km from ...

, Secunderabad. He is also associated with ''Training in Evangelism Needs and Technology (TENT)'', a brain child of the

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, B. E. Vijayam,Kay Marshall Strom, ''In the presence of the poor: Changing the face of India'', Authentic, Hyderabad, 200

/ref> who set up such facility to promote means of livelihood with the inspiration being attributed to

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of the

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, a rural Evangelist,

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and later

Inter-faith dialogue

Judson was also involved in other initiatives relating to

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and

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. He was on the Council of the

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for over a decade. Judson was on the Committee and later on the Council, which was led by Theologians comprising

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, P. Surya Prakash and others. Judson came up on the Committee, especially at a crucial juncture, when the institute relocated to its new campus in

from its earlier locality in

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Community development

Judson is also on the Advisory Board of Genesis Urban and Rural Development under whose aegis a ''National Conference on emerging challenges and opportunities in Agriculture, Social, Plant, Environment, Cooperatives and Technology'' was held in 2016. Efforts by the members of the STBC-Baptist Church,

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It is about 7 km from ...

resulted in creation of a social action initiative which was named ''Burden and Love for Economically and Socially Suppressed (BLESS)''Baptist Church, Lallaguda, ''BLESS Committee''
/ref> in which Judson has been active and presently holds the position of Secretary. Through the Church, he has been actively involved in promoting food security among those marginalized dry land farmers of

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through

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Cut to the Chaise, ''Seeing is believing'', 2012
/ref> in a few mandals of

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and

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. During the 2010s, he took up social action initiatives in

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and

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through the

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''2013 Year Book of the Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches'', 2013, p.F-

/ref> in which he was a Field Staff and Team member. Judson is the present India representative of European Baptist Mission International overseeing social action programmes together with 16 partners in the country.Matthias Dichristin, ''Stories from the Missionfield - Encounters in a Fishing Village'', February 201

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Few co-authored Writings

Other initiatives

Inter-faith dialogue

Community development

See also

Further reading

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