Dr Suresh Kumar

Acting Head, Senior. Scientist (Agricultural Economics)

Name: Dr Suresh Kumar
Designation Sr. Scientist (Agril. Economics) 
DOB 05.08.1984
Contact Number 9958461923
Email Suresh.kumar10@icar.gov.in ; skdcswcrti@gmail.com
Education:
Degree Specialization University/Institution Year
Ph.D. Farm Management and Resource Economics

 

ICAR-IARI, New Delhi 2020
M.Sc. Farm Management and Resource Economics

 

ICAR-IARI, New Delhi 2010
B.Sc. Agriculture Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat 2008
Publications
Kumar, S., Raizada, A., & Biswas, H. (2014). Prioritising development planning in the Indian semi-arid Deccan using sustainable livelihood security index approach. International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology, 21(4), 332-345.
Kumar, S., Raizada, A., Biswas, H., & Mishra, P. K. (2015). Assessing the impact of watershed development on energy efficiency in groundnut production using DEA approach in the semi-arid tropics of southern India. Current Science, 1831-1837.
Kuriachen, P., Devi, A., Sam, A. S., Kumar, S., Kumari, J., Suresh, A., & Jha, G. K. (2022). Wheat yield responses to rising temperature: insights from northern plains of India. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 150(3), 1157-1172.
Biswas, H., Raizada, A., Mandal, D., Kumar, S., Srinivas, S., & Mishra, P. K. (2015). Identification of areas vulnerable to soil erosion risk in India using GIS methods. Solid Earth6(4), 1247-1257.
Kumar, S., Raizada, A., Biswas, H., Srinivas, S., & Mondal, B. (2016). Application of indicators for identifying climate change vulnerable areas in semi-arid regions of India. Ecological Indicators70, 507-517.

 

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Kumar, S., Sharma, D. K., Singh, D. R., Biswas, H., Praveen, K. V., & Sharma, V. (2019). Estimating loss of ecosystem services due to paddy straw burning in North-west India. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 17(2), 146-157.
Kumar, S., Singh, D. R., Singh, A., Singh, N. P., & Jha, G. K. (2020). Does adoption of soil and water conservation practice enhance productivity and reduce risk exposure? empirical evidence from semi-arid tropics (SAT), India. Sustainability, 12(17), 6965.
Kumar, S., Singh, D. R., Jha, G. K., Singh, N. P., & Immanuelraj, K. T. (2020). Impact of natural resource management technologies on technical efficiency in sorghum cultivation: application of meta-frontier and endogenous switching regression model. Agricultural Economics Research Review, 33, (conf No.), 85-98.

 

 

 

Kumar, S., Jha, G. K., Singh, D. R. and Biswas H. (2020). Economic incentives for sustainable legume production in India: a valuation approach internalizing risk sharing and environmental benefits. Current Science.  119(7):1184-1189.
Mondal, B., Loganandhan, N., Patil, S. L., Raizada, A., Kumar, S., & Bagdi, G. L. (2020). Institutional performance and participatory paradigms: Comparing two groups of watersheds in semi-arid region of India. International Soil and Water Conservation Research8(2), 164-172.
Kumar, S., Raizada, A., Biswas, H., Morade, A. S., Reddy, K. K., Murlidhar, W., & Rao, K. S. (2017). Groundwater management and achieving equity by direct transfer of electricity subsidy: a workable option. Current Science, 112(1), 22-23.

Kumar, S., Singh, D. R., Jha, G. K., Mondal, B., & Biswas, H. (2021). Key determinants of adoption of soil and water conservation measures: A review. The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences91(1):8-15

Kumar, S., Singh, D. R., Madhu, M., & Bishnoi, R. (2021). Why nudging farmers for volunteer adoption of soil and water conservation technologies in rainfed areas of India is challenging? Current Science, 121(12), 1533-1535
Singh, R. J., Meena, R. L., Sharma, N. K., Kumar, S., Kumar, K., & Kumar, D. (2016). Economics, energy, and environmental assessment of diversified crop rotations in sub-Himalayas of India.  Environmental monitoring and assessment188(2), 1-13.
Mondal, B., Singh, A., Singh, S. D., Kalra, B. S., Samal, P., Sinha, M. K. and Kumar, S. (2018). Augmentation of Water Resources Potential and Cropping Intensification Through Watershed Programs. Water Environment Research90(2), 101-109.
Venkatesh, P., Singh, D. R., Bisen, Jaiprakash, Sangeetha, V., Kumar, Suresh, Renjiniv, R. and Singh, A. (2021). Assessment of farm constraints and income losses during COVID-19 lockdown in India. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 639-643
Singh, R. J., Alam, N. M., & Kumar, S. (2017). Bt cotton–groundnut intercropping system: a pragmatic approach for increasing edible oilseeds production in India. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences87(3), 761-767.
Kumar, S., Raizada, A., Biswas, H., Muralidhar, W., & Rao, K. S. (2016). Groundwater extraction in Karnataka and its long-term implications. Indian Journal of Economics and Development12(4), 615-628.
Kumar, S., Singh, D. R., Mondal, B., & Kumar, A. (2021). Farm level investment and factors affecting adoption of multiple soil and water conservation technologies in semi–arid tropics of India. Indian Journal of Soil Conservation49(2):130-138.

 

 

Kumar, S., Singh, D. R., & Kumar, A. (2021). Understanding soil and water conservation benefits adoption paradox in drought prone areas of Karnataka, India through financial viability: Case of field bunds. Indian Journal of Soil Conservation49(1):32-37.
Mondal, Biswajit, Jaiprakash Bisen, Suresh Kumar, Saddam Hossen Majumder, S. K. Mishra, G. A. K. Kumar, M. K. Sinha, Utkarsh Tiwari, and Meenu Punia. (2021) “Potential implications of’ Farm Laws 2020’on rice marketing in India: A discussion.” Oryza, 58 (Special Issue):221-235
Mondal, B., Singh, A., Kumar, G. A. K., Sinha, M. K., & Kumar, S. (2021). Impact of Watershed Programmes in Bundelkhand Region of Madhya Pradesh, India: How Beneficiaries Perceive? Agricultural Research, 10(3), 448-456.
Biswas, H., Raizada, A., Kumar, S., Mandal, D., Srinivas, S., Hegde, R., & Mishra, P. K. (2019). Soil erosion risk mapping for natural resource conservation planning in Karnataka region, Southern India, Indian Journal of Soil Conservation, 47(1), 14-20
Raizada, A., Kumar, S., & Mishra, P. K. (2018). Vulnerability of rainfed areas in the Indian Deccan to climate change-Can we cope with the challenges? Indian Journal of Soil Conservation, 46(1), 1-10.
Raizada, A., Adhikari, R. N., Kumar, S., Patil, S. L., Ramajayam, D., Prabhavathi, M., & Muralidhar, W. (2018). Impact assessment of watershed interventions under low rainfall situations in semi-arid Karnataka, Indian Journal of Soil Conservation, 46(2), 261-271.
Biswas, H., Raizada, A., Kumar, S., Prabhavathi, M., & Kumar, P. M. (2017). Impact of deficit rainfall coupled with high groundwater exploitation on water quality in semi-arid region of Karnataka, Indian Journal of Soil Conservation, 45(1), 60-65,
Kumar, S., Raizada, A., Biswas, H., Srinivas, S., & Mondal, B. (2016). Assessment of vulnerability to climate change: A case study of Karnataka, Indian Journal of Soil Conservation, 44(3), 314-320
Ankhila, R. H., Singh, A., Kumar, P., Singh, R., Kumar, S., & Kumar, P. (2020). Farmer’s perception and constraints analysis in usage of soil health card: A case study of Andhra Pradesh, Journal of Community Mobilization and Sustainable Development, 15(1), 117-122.
Gorain, S., Singh, D. R., Jha, G. K., & Kumar, S. (2018). Determinants of adoption of drip irrigation system in Maharashtra, Journal of Community Mobilization and Sustainable Development, 14 (1), 65-70.
Mondal, B., Singh, A., Singh, S. D., Sinha, M. K., & Kumar, D. S. (2013). Decomposition of productivity growth in watersheds: A study in Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh, India. Scientific research and Essays, 8(48), 2312-2317.
Kumar, S., Raizada, A., Biswas, H., & Kumar, R. (2014). Technical efficiency of fenugreek production in the semi-arid region of Rajasthan, India: A stochastic frontier approach. African Journal of Agricultural Research, 9(46), 3411-3417.
Biswas, H., Sena, D. R., Kumar, G., Lakaria, B. L., Raizada, A., Kumar, S., & Mishra, P. K. (2017). Effect of water storage structures on groundwater recharge in India. Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 4, 49-56.

Award and Recognition

Award Organization Year
Young Agricultural Economist Award-2022 Agricultural Economics Research Association (India) 2022
Young Scientist Award of IASWC-2020 Indian Association of Soil and Water Conservationists (IASWC), ICAR-IISWC, Dehradun, Uttarakhand. 2021
Best paper published in year-2021 Indian Journal of Soil Conservation by Indian Association of Soil and Water Conservationists (IASWC), ICAR-IISWC, Dehradun, Uttarakhand. 2022
Best paper presentation Award 6th National Conference of Indian Society of Soil Salnility & Water Quality, ADRC&RI, TNAU, Tiruchirappalli, TN. 2022
Best paper presented by PhD scholar National conference of Indian Society of Agricultural Economics 2021
ICAE Grant-2021 ICAE-2021 (International Conference of Agricultural Economists) organized by IAAE held During 17-31 August 2021. 2021
Best Paper Award in International Conference SCSI, World Association of Soil and Water Conservation and International Soil Conservation Organization 2019
NHEP-CAAST Fellowship award for PhD Research Work World Bank funded National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP) Centre for Advanced Science and Technology (CAAST 2019
Best paper by PhD scholar National conference of Indian Society of Agricultural Economics 2018
Best trainee award ICAR-NIAP, New Delhi in summer school on “Decision support system in Agriculture using Quantitate Technique at NCAP, New Delhi 2013
UGC JRF Award University Grant Commission 2011
Senior Research Fellowship Indian council of Agricultural Research 2011
Dr Ranchhoddbhai M. Patel Gold Medal (Plant Breeding) Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat 2009
Dr SuireshBhai N. Patel Memorial Medal (applied Entomology) Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat 2009
Late Shri Dahyabhai Ambalal Patel Gold Medal (Horticulture) Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat 2009
Dr Z. B. Patel Medal in Horticulture Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat 2009
Junior search fellowship (JRF) Indian council of Agricultural Research 2008

 


Dr Rajkumar

Senior Scientist (Horticulture - Fruit Science)

Phone +91-8930095151


Dr. Kailash Prajapat

SENIOR SCIENTIST (Agronomy)

Dr. KailashPrajapat
Sr. Scientist,
Division of Technology Evaluation and Transfer,
Central Soil Salinity Research Institute,
Karnal – 132001 (Haryana)
Tel: +91-184- 2209344,
Fax: +91-184-2290480
E-mail: kailash.prajapat@icar.gov.in; kp.agron@gmail.com
Qualifications:
M.Sc. (Ag.) Agronomy
Ph.D.(Agronomy)
Current Research area:
Agronomy
Awards:
Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) Awarded by ICAR New Delhi
Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) byICAR, New Delhi
Beast Hindi article by IARI, New Delhiduring 2012-13
Training attended:

  • 15 days (Oct. 24th –Nov. 07th , 2015) Training Programme on Advance course AsiaConservation Agriculture: Gateway for Productive and Sustainable Cropping Systems at Ludhiana.
  • 4 days (March 02- 05, 2016) Training on Recording of Data in Co-ordinated wheat and barley trials and nurseries at IIWBR, Karnal.

Publications:
1. G.L. Choudhary, K.S. Rana, R.S. Bana and K. Prajapat. 2016. Moisture conservation and zinc fertilization impacts on quality, profitability and moisture use indices of chickpea (Cicerarietinum L.) under limited moisture conditions. Legume Research, 39 (5): 734-740.
2. G.L. Choudhary, K.S. Rana, R.S. Bana, K. Prajapat and A.P. Singh. 2016. Moisture conservation and zinc fertilization impacts on system performance and soil fertility status of pearlmillet-chickpea cropping system under limited moisture conditions. Indian Jounalof Dryland Agriculture Research. & Development, 31(1): 01-08.
3. Prajapat, Kailash, Vyas, A.K. and Shiva Dhar. 2016. Root growth and productivity of wheat, chickpea and potato as influenced by nutrient management practices. International Journal Bio-resource and Stress Management7 (1): 52-59.
4. Prajapat, K., Vyas, A.K. and Shiva Dhar. 2015. Effect of cropping systems and nutrient management practices on growth, productivity, economics and nutrient uptake of soybean (Glycine max). Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 85 (9): 1138–1143.
5. Prajapat, K., Vyas, A.K. and Shiva Dhar. 2014. Productivity, profitability and land-use efficiency of soybean (Glycine max)-based cropping systems under different nutrientmanagement practices. Indian Journal of Agronomy 59 (2): 229-234.


Dr. Anil Kumar

PRINCIPAL SCIENTIST (agriculture extension)