HEAD, PRINCIPAL SCIENTIST (Soil & Water Conservation Engineering)
Irrigation & Drainage Engineering
DOB: 29-09-1972
ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute (CSSRI),
Karnal, Haryana (INDIA) 132 001
E-mail: s.kumar2@icar.gov.in
Homepage: www.cssri.org
Phone: 0184-2209353
Academic qualification: Ph. D. (Soil & Water Engineering)
- Current position and past affiliation(s) :
| Position | Affiliation |
| Principal Scientist | ICAR- Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal (India) |
| Senior Scientist | ICAR- Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal (India) |
| Scientist | ICAR- Central Institute of Post Harvest Engineering and Technology, Abohar (India) |
- Priority research areas of interest
Management of water logged saline soil, generating information for utilizing marginal quality water through microirrigation, developing water management strategies to minimize impact of climate change on water resources
- Research projects (in-house/external) in hands with name of funding agency
“Efficient groundwater management for enhancing adaptive capacity to climate change in sugarcane based farming system in Muzaffarnagar district” funded by DoAC, Govt. of India
Total publications
| i) | Research paper
a) National |
35 15 |
| ii) | Technical/research bulletin | 08 |
| iii) | Book Chapter | 18 |
| vi) | Popular article | 19 |
| v) | Paper presented/ abstract published in symposium/workshop/conference | 35 |
- Patents, Technology, Methodology, Genetic Stock, Variety, etc.
- i) Individual farmers’ based small groundwater recharge structure to act as vertical drainage facility, augmenting groundwater and improving its quality through recharging rainwater
- Significant contributions relating to the relevant field of specialization
The major contributions in research are i) standardized size and thickness of filtering materials for filtering unit of small groundwater recharge structure ii) modelled the impact of climate change on groundwater resource of fresh groundwater aquifer zone and management strategies iii) Developed irrigation schedule for DSR and iv) developed strategies for microirrigation and fertigation for quality horticultural produce in canal command
- Award/recognition
- ICAR Award– Hariom Ashram trust Award in Natural Resources Management and Agricultural Engineering, ICAR, in year 2016.
- Distinguish Service Certificate” a merit certificate awarded by Indian Society of Agricultural Engineering (ISAE) for excellence in research in the field of
Soil and Water Conservation Engineering in year 2013. - Recipient of “Groundwater Augmentation Award-2009”, Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India, in FPARP category.
- “Shankar memorial Award” bestowed by Indian Society of Agricultural Engineering member for excellence in research in the discipline of Soil and Water Conservation Engineering for year 2010.
- Associate editor for Soil and Water Conservation Engg. division of Journal of Agricultural Engg. (ISAE)
