ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL CAREER:

POSITION AND EMPLOYMENT

AWARD & RECOGNITION

• Received Jawaharlal Nehru Award for P.G. Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in Agricultural and Allied Sciences -2018 from ICAR, New Delhi, India
• Awarded IARI-Merit Medal Award for overall outstanding academic performance in the Ph.D. programme from IARI, New Delhi
• Awarded Certified Trainer on Micro Irrigation Technician by Agricultural Skill Council of India, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, New Delhi

• Received Young Scientist Award in International conference at ICAR-CIARI, Port Blair, Andaman Nicobar Islands, India during September 18-20, 2023.
• Received Best Oral Presentation Award in paper entitled “Modelling of water and nutrient dynamics under mulch cum drip irrigated cabbage crop” International conference at ICAR-CIARI, Port Blair, Andaman Nicobar Islands, India during September 18-20, 2023.
• Received Best Oral Presentation Award in paper entitled “Development and Evaluation of Multi Fruit cum Vegetable Grader for Hilly areas of Uttarakhand” International conference at ICAR-CIARI, Port Blair, Andaman Nicobar Islands, India during September 18-20, 2023.
• Received M.Tech. Best Thesis Award-2012 from Soil Conservation Society of India, New Delhi
• Awarded ICAR-NET by Agricultural Scientist Recruitment Board, New Delhi
• Awarded Junior Research Fellowship by Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, Govt. of India during M.Tech.
• Awarded Senior Research Fellowship by Indian Council of Agricultural Research & IARI, New Delhi, Govt. of India during Ph.D.
• Selected for oral presentation of Innovative student project award-2012 by Indian National Academy of Engineering, New Delhi
• Selected as Graduate Engineer Trainee during B.Tech. campus placement in International Tractor Limited “SONALIKA Tractor”, India.

PUBLICATIONS

• Kumar, U., S. C. Panday, J. Kumar, M. Parihar, V. S. Meena, J. K. Bisht, and L. Kant. 2022. Use of a decision support system to establish the best model for estimating reference evapotranspiration in sub-temperate climate: Almora, Uttarakhand. Agricultural Engineering International: CIGR Journal, 24(1): 41-50.
• Rani, A., Kumar, N., Sinha, N.K. and Kumar, J., 2022. Identification of salt-affected soils using remote sensing data through random forest technique: a case study from India. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 15(5), pp.1-16.
• Kumar, J., Patel, N., Rajput, T.B.S. and Kumar, M. 2016. Sensor network based irrigation system for real time irrigation scheduling in vegetable crops under different methods of irrigation. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 86(11):1433-7.
• Kumar, J., Patel, N. and Rajput, T.B.S. 2016. Development and integration of soil moisture sensor with drip system for precise irrigation scheduling through mobile phone. Journal of Applied and Natural Science, 8(4):1959-65.
• Kumar, J., Patel, N. and Rajput, T.B.S. 2017. Development of decision support system based on crop water demand and soil moisture deficit for real time irrigation scheduling. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 87(5):648-52.
• Kumar, J., Patel, N. and Rajput, T.B.S., Kumari, A. and Rajput, J. 2018. Performance evaluation and calibration of soil moisture sensors for scheduling of irrigation in Brinjal crop (Solanum Melongena L. var. Pusa Shyamla), Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 19(2) :182-191.
• Kumar, J., Patel, N., Singh R., Sahoo, P.K., Sudhishri, S., Sehgal, V.K.., Marwaha, S. and Singh, A.K. 2021. Development and evaluation of automation system for irrigation scheduling in Broccoli crop. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 91(5), 796-8.
• Kumar, U., Pandey, S.C., Kumar, J. and Kumar, M. 2020. Recent temporal trend and variability of rainfall in mid –Himalaya region of Uttarakhand, MAUSAM, 72(2), 349-358.
• Kumar, U., Kumar, J., Singh, S., Bisht, J.K.  and Pattanayak, A. 2022. Construction of geotagged polytanks in higher hills of Uttarakhand for water resource development and Management: Jal Shakti Abhiyan. Indian Journal of Hill Farming, 34(2):21-28.
• Gautam, U., Tiwari, V. and Kumar, J. and Kumar, M. 2022. Morphometric evaluation of upper Ramganga Basin using Geospatial Techniques, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 21(2):176-183.

• Bhartiya, A., Aditya, J.P., Joshi, D., Kant, L., and Kumar, J. 2020. Potential Nutri-Crops from Uttarakhand hills for diversifying food basket in a changing climate. Indian Farmers digest, 53(10):30-35.
• Kumar, U., Kumar, J., Singh, S., Parihar, M., Bisht, J.K.  and Pattanayak, A. 2020. Low cost polytanks for higher water productivity in hills. Indian Farming, 70(3):35-37.
• Singh, S., Nath, S., Pattanayak, A., Kumar, J.,  Mondal, T. and Bisht, J.K. 2021. Use of Solar Dryer for drying of agricultural produce in hilly region. ICAR-VPKAS, 140/2021.
• Singh, S., Nath, S., Kumar, J., Pattanayak, A. and Bisht, J.K. 2021. Portable Polyhouse in hilly region. ICAR-VPKAS, 141/2021.
• Kumar, U., Kumar, J., Singh, S., Bisht, J.K., and Kant L. 2021. Water Conservation and Rejuvenation, Kheti, 74(2), 18-20.
• Bhartiya, A., Aditya, J.P., Kumar, J., Joshi, K., Joshi, H., and  Kant, L. 2020. Health Boosting Nutri Crops of Uttarakhand Himalayas. Extension Leaflet, VPKAS Almora, 53(10):30-35.
• Nath, S., Joshi, K., Kumar, J. and Yadav, R.P. 2022.  V.L. Line maker for line showing. Kheti 74(11): 62-65.
• Kumar Utkarsh; Kumar Jitendra; Sher Singh; Bisht, J.K. and Kant, L.  2020. Water-saving through gravity based Favarra system in the hilly region of Uttarakhand. Indian Farming 70(09): ISSN: 0019-4786.
• Jethi, R., Singh, S., Kant, L., Hedau, N.K., Mishra, K.K., Joshi, D.C., Kumar, J., Nath, S., Sharma, D. 2022. Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan Program for changing subsistane farmers to profit earners. ICAR-VPKAS, 1-32.
• Tilak Mondal, Rahul Dev, Jitendra Kumar and Shyam Nath. “Polyhouse and their importance in Protected Cultivation” Indian Farming Digest. November 2022; 1(5): 18-20.
• Kumar, U., Kumar, J., Singh, S., Bisht, J.K., and Pattanayak, A. 2022. Water management in hilly region through remote sensing technique. Kheti, 75(2), 51-52.

Book chapters :

• Yadav, R.P., Pandey, S. C., Kumar, J., Bisht, J.K., Meena, V.S., Nath, S.,  Choudhary, M., Parihar, M.  and Meena, R.P. 2020. Climate Variation and its impacts on yield and water requirement of crops in Indian Central Himalaya. Agrometeorology, IntechOpen. Pp. 1-19. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.94076
• Bhartiya, A., Aditya, J.P., Joshi, D., Kant, L., and Kumar, J. 2020. Potential Nutri-Crops from Uttarakhand hills for diversifying food basket in a changing climate. Indian Farmers digest, 53(10):30-35.
• Nath, S., Kumar, J., Singh, S., and Bisht, J.K. 2020. Paramparik Faslo ki Katai uprant prasanskaran pradaugiki. In. Parvatiya chetro ki paramparik faslo ka unnat utpadan and katai uprant parasanskaran takniki dwara inhancing income. Pp. 98-104.
• Sher Singh and Jitendra Kumar. 2018. Rain water harvesting, conservation and utilization through micro irrigation for enhancement of crop productivity. In Souvenir:  Seminar on “Emerging trends in Hi tech Hill Horticulture under changing climate” held at ICAR-CITH Regional Station, Mukteshwar, March 06-07, 2018. Pp: 97-98.
• Rani, A., Kumar, N.,Kumar, J., Kumar, J. and Sinha, N.K., 2022. Machine learning for soil moisture assessment. In Deep Learning for Sustainable Agriculture (pp. 143-168). Academic Press.
• Abhilash, Rani A., Kumari, A, and Kumar, J. 2020 Water resource and use efficiency under changing climate. In. Resource Use Efficiency in Agriculture. Pp. 519-76.

• Yadav, A., Devi, K.M., Panme, F.A., Kumar, J. (2023). Applications of AI and IoT Technology in Protected Cultivation for Enhancing Agricultural Productivity: A Concise Review. In: Mukhopadhyay, S., Sarkar, S., Mandal, J.K., Roy, S. (eds) AI to Improve e-Governance and Eminence of Life. Studies in Big Data, vol 130. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4677-8_3

Book Edited

• Bhartiya, A., Aditya, J.P., Chandra, N., Kumar, J., Kant, L., Aditya and Pattanayak, A. 2020. Parvatiya chetro ki paramparik faslo ka unnat utpadan and katai uprant parasanskaran takniki dwara inhancing income. Pp. 1-111.

Book

• Bhartiya, A., Bisht, J. S., Joshi, K., Singh, N., Kumar, J., Aditya, J.P., and Kant, L. 2023. Nutri-Crops Based Traditional Cuisines of Uttarakhand Himalayas. Pp. 1-125.

Paper Presented in Conferences:

• Patel, N., Kumar, J. and Rajput, T.B.S. (2019). Design and development of low cost automatic micro irrigation system. 9^th International Micro Irrigation Conference, Aurangabad, India, January 16-18, 65p.
• Kumar, J.,Nath, S. Bisht, J.K. and Kant, L. 2023. Modelling of water and nutrient dynamics under mulch cum drip irrigated cabbage crop. In Abstracts : 2nd International conference on Prospects and challenges of environment and biological sciences in food production system for livelihood security of farmers (ICFPLS–2023) at September 18-20, 2023 at ICAR-CIARI, Port Blair, Andaman Nicobar Islands, India, Pp: 5-6.
• ShyamNath*, Sher Singh, Kushagra Joshi, TilakMondal, Hitesh Bijarniya, Jitendra Kumar, J.K. Bisht and Lakshmi Kant 2023. Development and Evaluation of Multi Fruit cum Vegetable Grader for Hilly areas of Uttarakhand”In Abstracts : 2nd International conference on Prospects and challenges of environment and biological sciences in food production system for livelihood security of farmers (ICFPLS–2023) at September 18-20, 2023 at ICAR-CIARI, Port Blair, Andaman Nicobar Islands, India, Pp: 202.
• Kumar, J., Patel, N., Singh, R., Sahoo, P.K., Sudhishri, S., Marwaha, S. and Rajput, T.B.S.  (2018). Design and development of indigenous sensor network based irrigation system for improving water productivity of vegetable crops under different irrigation methods. Global Water Security Conference for Agriculture and Natural Resources, held at Taj Krishna, Hyderabad, October 3-6, 61p.
• Kumar, J., Patel, N. and Rajput, T.B.S. (2018).Development of decision support system for estimation of water requirement and irrigation scheduling of crops.In : Proceedings: National Agronomy Congress on “Redesigning Agronomy for Nature Conservation and Economic Empowerment”, Pantnagar Agronomy Society held at GBPUA&T, Pantnagar, February 20-22, 304p.
• Nath, S., Singh, S., Mondal, T. and Kumar, J. (2018). Manual plastic mulch-cum-drip lateral pipelaying machine for hill agriculture. In Abstracts Proceedings:  International Conference on “Sustainability of Smallholder Agriculture in Developing Courtiers under Changing Climate Scenario” held at CSAUA&T, Kanpur, February 14-17, 2018. Pp: 52.
• Singh, S. and Kumar, J. (2018). Rain water harvesting, Conservation and utilization through micro irrigation for enhancement of crop productivity. In Souvenir:  Seminar on “Emerging trends in Hi tech Hill Horticulture under changing climate” held at ICAR – CITH Regional Station, Mukteshwar, March 06-07, 2018. Pp: 97-98.
• Thakur, A. and Kumar, J. (2015). Dependence of electrical conductivity of ohmically heated milk and sugarcane juice on temperature and electric field strength. In: A Souvenir, 48^th Annual convention of Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (ISAE), February 23-25, PAU, Ludhiana. 19p.
• Kumar, J. and Thakur, A. (2015). Mitigation of climate change through socially acceptable technologies. In: A Souvenir, 48^th Annual convention of Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (ISAE), February 23-25, PAU, Ludhiana. 19p.
• Kumar, J. and Thakur, A. (2015). Estimation of evapotranspiration and drainage water using lysimeterA review. In: A Souvenir, 48^th Annual convention of Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (ISAE), February 23-25, PAU, Ludhiana. 195p.
• Kumar, J.,Nath, S. and Thakur, A. (2015). Intelligent techniques-pulse irrigation, phytomonitoring and variable rate irrigation system for improving water use efficiency: A review. In: A Souvenir, 48^th Annual convention of Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (ISAE), February 23-25, PAU, Ludhiana. 198p.
• Kumar, J. and Nath, S. (2014). Parameters affecting sale of tractor (A case study in Allahabad district).  In: A Souvenir, 48^th Annual convention of Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (ISAE), February 21-23, MPUAT, Udaipur. 88p.
• Nath, S. and Kumar, J. (2014). Impact of vehicular traffic on soil properties.  In: A Souvenir, 48^th Annual convention of Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (ISAE), February 21-23, MPUAT, Udaipur. 88p.
• Kumar, J.,Nath, S. and Thakur, A. (2014). Application of wastewater in agriculture through micro irrigation.  In: A Souvenir, 48^th Annual convention of Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (ISAE), February 21-23, MPUAT, Udaipur. 179p.
• Sher Singh; ShyamNath; Kumar, J.; Bisht, J.K. and Pattanayak, A. 2019. Low cost naturally ventilated portable polyhouse for higher hills of North-western Himalayas. InAbstracts :  Golden Jubilee International Conference on “New Millennia Agriculture Novel Trends & Future Scenario” held at CCS HAU, Hisar, India, November 06-08, 2019. Pp: 335.
• Utkarsh Kumar; Kumar, J.; Sher Singh; J.K. Bisht and Pattanayak, A. 2019. Water budget estimation for geotagged polytanks in higher hills of Uttarakhand: A case study. InAbstracts : 2nd International Conference on “Sustainable Water Management” held at Pune, India, November 06-08, 2019. Pp: 166.
• ShyamNath; Sher Singh; Mondal, Tilak and Kumar, J. 2018. Manual plastic mulch-cum-drip lateral pipe laying machine for hill agriculture. In Abstracts Proceedings:  International Conference on “Sustainability of Smallholder Agriculture in Developing Courtiers under Changing Climate Scenario” held at CSAUA&T, Kanpur.
• Kumar, J., and Nath, S. 2023. Development of adjustable framing head structure for efficient operation of micro irrigation system. National Symposium on sustainable Mountain Agriculture: challenges and opportunities for achieving zero hunger and nutritional security. July 05-06, 2023 at ICAR-VPKAS, Almora
• Kumar, J., R.P. Yadav, Nath, S.  V.S. Meena, Bisht, J.K. and Pattanayak, A. 2019. Assessment of runoff and soil loss under different grassland system in sloping land. In Abstracts Proceedings:International Conference on “Soil and Water Resources Management for Climate Smart Agriculture, Global Food and Livelihood Security”5-9 November, 2019 at NASC Complex, Pusa, New Delhi, India, Pp: 18.

Technologies/Product/ Methodology developed under different Project

• Development of sensor network and GSM based based irrigation system for enhancing water productivity
• Assessment of Water budgeting of farm tank under gravity fed micro irrigation system  for growing vegetables crops in terraced land at ICAR-VPKAS Experimental Farm
• Design and development of low cost water lifting device for river bed cultivation in hilly region
• Design and development of adjustable framing head structure for efficient operation of micro irrigation system
• Development of plastic check dam for water management in hilly region
• Water budgeting of farm pond under conservation bench terraces cultivation at Experimental farm Selaqui, ICAR-IISWC Dehdradun
• Assessment of runoff and soil loss under different grassland system
• VL Portable Polyhouse was developed under AICRP on PEASEM (earlier PET) project
• VL Solar Dryer was developed under AICRP PEASEM (earlier PET) project
• Single Tree Anti hail net structure under NICRA Project
• “Manual Plastic Mulch Laying Roller” was developed under AICRP on PEASEM (earlier PET) project
• “Vermi Compost Straining Drum” was developed under Institute project.
• VL fish feed pellet was developed under AICRP on PEASEM (earlier PET) project
• Engine operated VL pine needle bailer for pine forests was developed under AICRP on PHET project
• VL multi fruit cum-vegetable grader suitable for hilly areas was developed under AICRP on PHET project
• “VL Maize Sheller” was developed under Institute project.
• Construction of Low cost polytanks for enhancing water productivity at farmer field in hilly region  under Jal Shakti Abhiyan, Programme of Government of India
• VL multi fruit cum-vegetable grader suitable for hilly areas was developed under AICRP on PHET project
• Engine operated VL pine needle bailer for pine forests was developed under AICRP on PHET project

LIFE MEMBERSHIP:

• Indian Society of Agricultural Engineering, New Delhi
• Soil Conservation Society of India, New Delhi
• Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata
• World Society of Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing
• Boshi Sen Society for Sustainable Mountain Agriculture (BoSSMA), Almora

CURRICULUM VITAE

9. Major Areas of Research Contributions
   • Plasticulture application techniques in hill agriculture including development of polyhouses (pipe frame and bamboo frame), polythene lined water resource development and strategies for efficient utilization, design of gravity fed micro irrigation system (with new type of micro-tube configuration) for terraced cultivation, etc.
   • Strategies for development and multiple uses of water resources based waterlogged land in canal commands, topo-sequential harvested rainwater in plateau region / arid region of western India, groundwater abstraction, and in actively expanding ravines and affected areas.
   • Modelling and demonstration of water distribution in canal command areas and its multiple uses to enhance the overall productivity.

10. Publications: (Kindly refer ANNEXURE I for list of publications)

11. Awards

1. The ICAR Award for Team Research for the Biennial 2001-2002 (Awarded for team work under the project “Institute Village Linkage Programme”) – A National Award
2. Shankar Memorial Awards for 2003-04 of Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers – for excellent contribution in the field of Soil and Water Engineering.

Also Obtained as Project Coordinator the ICAR Award “Chaudhary Devi Lal Outstanding AICRP Award 2012” for All India Coordinated Research Project on Application of Plastics in Agriculture (renamed as Plasticulture Engineering and Technology).

Dr Raj Mukopadhaya

Contribution to the field of specialization

Research work in Ph.D. entitled “Modelling Crop Water Productivity of Rice Under Different Cultivation Methods”

Research work in Master’s Degree entitled “Development of Water Delivery Schedule for a Canal Command Using Geospatial Tools”

Research work in Bachelor’s Degree entitled “Performance Evaluation of Manually Operated Water Lifting Pumps”

Trainings/Conferences Attained

1. Basic training course on “Remote Sensing, Geographical Information System and Global Positioning System” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun

2. International Training Course on Crop Modelling at Bangalore organized by Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA-France), IISc Bangalore and NBSS&LUP Regional Centre, Bangalore

3. Presented a research paper in 47th Annual Convention of ISAE and International Symposium held at Hyderabad.

4. Participated in the All India Seminar on Engineering Interventions to Enhance Income of Small and Marginal Farmers organized by The Institution of Engineers (India), Delhi state center.

Particulars of prizes, medals, scholarships, etc.

1. Secured 4^th Rank in All India Entrance Examination conducted by the ICAR at post-graduation level (ICAR-JRF) in the discipline Agricultural Engineering in the year 2010

2. Qualified ICAR’s National Eligibility Test in the discipline Land and water Management Engineering, conducted by ASRB in February, 2013

3. Secured 1^st rank in ICAR’s All India Senior Research Fellowship-2013 Examination and awarded SRF (PGS) with Fellowship in the discipline Soil and Water Conservation Engineering.

Scientific memberships

Life time member of Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers

Publications

Vibhute, S. D., Sarangi, A. and Singh, D. K. (2016). Development of crop water demand based water delivery schedule in a canal command. Journal of Agricultural Engineering(ISAE), 53 (2), 12-23.

Vibhute, S. D., Sarangi, A., Singh, D. K., Bandhyopadhyay, K. K., Parihar, S. S. andKumar, Dinesh.(2016). Comparative evaluation of water budgeting parameters under different rice cultivation methods. Journal of Applied and Natural Science. (Under Review)

 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)

3. Current position and past affiliation(s) :

4. 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
 

5. 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

6. Patents, Technology, Methodology, Genetic Stock, Variety, etc.
7. i) Individual farmers’ based small groundwater recharge structure to act as vertical drainage facility, augmenting groundwater and improving its quality through recharging rainwater
8. 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

8. 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)

DOB: 01-085-1984
Central Soil Salinity Research Institute (CSSRI), Indian Council of Agricultural Research
Karnal, Haryana (INDIA) 132 001
E-mail:bhaskar.narjary@icar.gov.in
Phone: 01842209390
Academic qualification: PhD in Agricultural Physics
Current position and past affiliation(s): Scientist (Senior Scale)
Priority research areas of interest

Electromagnetic based proximal sensing methodology for rapid salinity assessment and mapping in 3-D in salt affected soil.

Soil moisture and solute transport in shallow saline ground water environment.

Municipal solid waste compost for harnessing productivity in salt affected soil

Groundwater resource management to mitigate the impact of climate change

Research projects (in-house/external) in hands with name of funding agency
Salinity Management and Modelling under Drip Irrigation, Raised bed and Mulch Condition for Crop Production (In-house)
Total publications
i) Research paper 19
ii) Technical/research bulletin 02
iii) Book Chapter 01
vi) Popular article 9
v) Paper presented/ abstract published in symposium/workshop/conference 10

Transfer of technology & continuing education

Extension (if any)
Patents, Technology, Methodology, Genetic Stock, Variety, etc.
Significant contributions relating to the relevant field of specialization
1. Development of Individual farmer based groundwater recharge structure for augmenting groundwater resources, improving its quality and farmers income. Based on this got ICAR Hariom Ashram Trust Award in NRM in 2017.

2. Soil matric potential based irrigation strategies of direct seeded rice.

3. Modelling the impact of climate change in fresh groundwater zones of Haryana

4. Sub-surface drainage technology for reclamation of waterlogged saline soils and improving rural livelihoods

5. Standardization of electromagnetic induction techniques for rapid assessment of soil salinity

6. Improvement in physical, chemical and biological properties of saline soil through combined use of municipal solid waste compost and chemical fertilizers under mustard-pearl millet cropping system.

7. Improvement in Soil Physical Health through Amendments and Hydrogel Applications in a Soybean–Wheat Cropping System

Expertises and Achievements:

• Developed an Irri-agro Informatics Geodatabase of the Western Yamuna Canal command for characterizing biophysical resource constraints in saline environments at six scales in order to predict crop yield loss and subsequently developed a web map service for online dissemination to stakeholders.
• Developed a groundwater quality database of Haryana and identified four fluoride potential zones of groundwater using GIS for suggesting fluoride contents in crop produce and its impact on public health.
• Developed and disseminated DSS programs for WYC Command for enhancing productivity under various resource scenarios in saline environments to state department and KVKs, as well as for groundwater quality for suggesting its suitability for irrigation and effects on produce quality.
• Developed and demonstrated remote sensing and GIS based methodologies/protocols for identification and delineation of area of low productivity, waterlogged, sodic and saline lands in the Western Yamuna Canal, IGNP and Sharda Shayak canal commands.
• Tested and demonstrated electromagnetic based proximal sensing methodology for rapid salinity assessment and mapping in 3-D in canal commands.

Awards/Special recognitions:

• University Gold Medal for B. Tech (Agricultural Engineering) in 1991, JNKVV, Jabalpur
• Recipient of Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Programme 2000 UK for PhD in Remote Sensing Technology at Cranfield University, Silsoe, UK.
• Reviewers of manuscripts of internationally peer reviewed journals viz. Journal of Environmental Quality and Journal of Hydrology besides the national journals of India.

Trainings/Visits:

• International visit to UNSW Australia, Sydney during 12-21 Feb 2016 on EM data processing and salinity modelling under Australia-India Collaborative Project on Salinity and Sodicity Mapping in 3D-Seeing is Believing
• International Training on Improving Water Productivity in Agricultural Systems with Emphasis on Irrigation and Salinity Management held at ICARDA, Amman, Jordan during 27 Oct -14 Nov 2013
• International visit to Department of Biological & Agricultural Engineering, Texas A& M University, College Station, Texas, US during 13 Sep-14 Oct 2011 on Irrigation District Decision Support System

Publications:

• Srivastava, R, Sethi, Madhurama, Yadav, RK, Bundela, DS, Singh, Manjeet, S. Chattaraj, S. K. Singh, R. A. Nasre, Sita Ram, Sanjay Dhale, D. S. Mohekar & A. K. Barthwal (2016). Visible-near infrared reflectance spectroscopy for rapid characterization of salt-affected soils in the Indo-Gangetic Plains of Haryana, India.
  Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, Springer
• Sethi, Madhurama, Bundela, D.S. and Raj Kumar (2016). Diagnosis and prognosis of salt-affected soils and poor-quality waters using remote and proximal sensing techniques. In: J. Dagar, P.C. Sharma, D.K. Sharma and A.K Singh (Eds). Innovative Saline Agriculture. Springer Publication, New Delhi, p 590
• Bundela, D.S., Sethi, Madhurama, Meena, R.L., Gupta, S.K. and Sharma, D.K. (2015). Remote sensing and GIS for performance assessment of the Western Yamuna canal system for sustainability. Journal of Water and Energy International, 72(9): 54-65
• Chinchmalatpure, A.R., Sharik Ali, Neeraj Kulshrestha, Ranjay K. Singh, D.S. Bundela, Parveen Kumar and D.K. Sharma (2015). Intellectual property management and commercialization of ICAR-CSSRI technologies for management of salt-affected and waterlogged soils of India. ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, India, p 62.
• Narjary, Bhaskar, Satyendra Kumar, Pardeep Jangra, Kalpana Paudyal, D S Bundela and S K Kamra (2014). Trend analysis of reference evapotranspiration and governing meteorological parameters in an arid saline region. Journal of Soil Salinity and Water Quality, 5, 84-90
• Bundela, D.S, S.K. Gupta, A. Sarangi, A.K. Lohani, Madhurama Sethi, R.L. Meena, Anil Chinchmalatpure, R.S. Tripathi, N.P.S,Yaduvanshi, D.K. Singh, B.S. Kalra, M.K. Goel and D.K. Sharma (2104). Decision Support System for Enhancing Productivity in Irrigated Saline Environment using Remote Sensing, Modelling and GIS. Final Report of NAIP Research Project, Component-1. ICAR- CSSRI, Karnal, p75
• Bhaskar, N., Kumar, Satyendra, Kamra, S.K. and Bundela, D.S.(2013). Impact of rainfall variability on ground water resources and opportunities of artificial ground water recharge structure to reduce exploitation of groundwater in fresh ground water zones of Haryana. Current Science, 107 (8), 1306-12
• Lal, K., Yadav, R.K., Kaur, R., Bundela, D.S., M. Inayat Khan, Madhu Chaudhary, R.L. Meena, S.R. Dar, and Gurbachan Singh. (2013). Productivity, essential oil yield, and heavy metal accumulation in lemon grass under varied wastewater-groundwater irrigation regimes. Industrial Crops and Products, 45, 270–278.
• Sarangi, A. and Bundela, D.S. (2011). Decision Support Systems in Water Resources Management: A review. Technical Bulletin, TB- ICN: 88/2011, Water Technology Centre, IARI, New Delhi, 56p
• Singh, Gurbachan, Bundela, D.S., Sethi, Madhurama, Lal, K. and Kamra, S.K. (2010). Remote sensing and geographic information system for appraisal of salt-affected soils in India. Journal of Environmental Quality, 39(1), 5-15.

Current and Past Research Projects:

• ICAR Extramural Research Project on Spatio-temporal Monitoring of Secondary Salinization in the Indira Gandhi Canal Command using Geoinformatics (as PI)
• Performance Evaluation of Subsurface Drainage Systems in Haryana and to Implement Interventions for Improving Operational Performance and Impact (as PI)
• Australia-India Collaborative Project on Salinity and Sodicity Mapping in 3D- Seeing is Believing (as PI)
• ICAR-ICARDA Collaborative Project on Improving Crop and Water Productivity in Indira Gandhi Canal Command Area (as Co-PI)
• NAIP Project on Decision Support System for Enhancing Productivity in Irrigated Saline Environment using Remote Sensing, Modelling and GIS with two partners, IARI New Delhi & NIH Roorkee (as CPI)
• NAIP Project on Development of Spectral Reflectance Methods and Low Cost Sensors for Real-Time Application of Variable Rate Inputs in Precision Farming (as Co-PI)