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'''Sultan Ahmed Ismail''' (born 9 October 1951) is an Indian [[soil biology|soil biologist]] and [[ecologist]]. His work has centred on techniques for recycling [[biodegradable waste]] into [[fertilizer]] using local varieties of [[earthworm]]s, and on soil [[bioremediation]].<ref name="worm">{{cite news|title=Wonder worms|url=http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2005/8/23/lifefocus/11025511&sec=lifefocus|accessdate=15 December 2010|newspaper=The Star|date=23 August 2005}}</ref>

Ismail received a D.Sc. in Zoology from the [[University of Madras]] in 2001 for his research on the role of earthworms in [[soil ecology]] and [[waste management]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Dr. Sultan Ahmed Ismail, M.Sc., Ph.D., D, Sc, Soil biologist and ecologist.|url=http://www.erfindia.org/sultanahmedismail.asp|accessdate=19 April 2011|publisher=Ecoscience Research Foundation}}</ref> He is also the Managing Director of the Ecoscience Research Foundation.<ref name=worm />

Government of Tamilnadu appointed him as a member of State Development Policy Council on 06.06.2021.

==Vermitech==
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Ismail works with the [[Department of Science and Technology (India)|Department of Science and Technology]] of the [[Government of India]], in the development of a module on [[vermicompost]]ing as a sustainable ecological practice for children. He also conducted a project for the [[Environment and Forests Department (Tamil Nadu)|Environment and Forests Department]] of the [[Government of Tamil Nadu]] state for implementing vermicomposting in 50 schools in [[Chennai]]([[Madras]]), and delivered several lectures to more than 200 schools in India and abroad on [[environmental awareness]], [[solid waste management]] and vermicomposting. He is currently working with the Consumer Association of Penang (CAP), in an effort to promote awareness of [[organic farming]], vermitech and waste management to educational institutions and organic farmers of [[Malaysia]].

His other research interests are on the [[anti-inflammatory]] properties of earthworms, the [[ultrastructure]] of the penial setae of earthworms, and the electrical [[bioluminescence]] of earthworms.

== Books ==
* Aspects of Behaviour (Ismail, S.A., and Alawdeen, S.S., ed)., [[The New College, Chennai]], [[India]]. 161 pp. 1987.
* Environmental Studies for Class I (Gopalan, R., Sundaram, V., and Ismail, S.A.), Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company Ltd., [[India]]. 60 pp. 1994.
* Environmental Studies for Class II (Gopalan, R., Sundaram, V., and Ismail, S.A.), Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company Ltd., [[India]]. 59 pp. 1994.
* Composting through earthworms (Ismail, S.A., Seshadri, C.V., Jeeji Bai, N., and Suriyakumar, C.R.), M.C.R.C., [[Chennai]], [[India]]. 38 pp. 1994.
* Vermitech (vermicompost and vermiwash) (Ismail, S.A.), Ajju's wormery, [[Chennai]], [[India]]. 10 pp. 1996.
* [[Vermitech]] (mannpuzhu uram mattrum mannpuzhu serivuttapatta neer) In [[Tamil language|Tamil]], (Ismail, S.A.), Ajju's wormery, Chennai, India. 11 pp. 1996.
* Usar sudhar khetu [[vermiculture]] tatha vermiwash ka uthpadhan In Hindi. (Ismail, S.A.). Uttar Pradesh Land Development Corporation, [[Lucknow]], [[India]]. 07 pp. 1996.
* Vermitech: Worm powered technology (ed Ismail, S.A.), [[Council for Advancement of People's Action and Rural Technology]], [[New Delhi]], [[India]]. 40 pp. 1997.
* Vermicology: The Biology of Earthworms, (Ismail, S.A.) [[Orient Longman]]. 92pp. 1997.
* Mannpuzhu: Valarppum, Tozhilnutpamum, Payankalum (In Tamil) (Ismail, S.A.) [[Orient Longman]]. 115pp. 2001.
* The Organic Farming Reader. (Alvares,C., Shiva,V., Ismail, S.A., Vijayalakshmi, K., Mathen, K., and Declercq, B. editors) ARISE and Other India Press, [[India]]. 1999. 298 pp.
* The Earthworm Book, (Ismail, S.A.,), Other India Press, [[Goa]]. 2005. 101 pp

== Awards ==
* [[Arignar Anna]] Award by the Department of Environment, [[Government of Tamil Nadu]], [[India]] for environmental education and awareness 2005<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2005/06/09/stories/2005060915030500.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141111112010/http://www.thehindu.com/2005/06/09/stories/2005060915030500.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 November 2014|title=River conservation programme to be completed by September|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=9 June 2006|accessdate=11 November 2014}}</ref>

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