• Insecticide and Cry toxin resistance
• Ethological pest management 
• Evaluation of varieties/events against insect pests of cotton
• Integrated pest management

• Lead Developer: Innovative on-plant bioassay method for selection of superior genotype/cultivar/event against pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) in cotton under protected screen house condition. ICAR-CS-CICR-Technology-2023-028.
• Associate Developer: New protocol for evaluation of transgenic cotton genotypes introgressed with protein against whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) in cotton. ICAR-CS-CICR-Technology-2023-023.
• Associate Developer: Rapid, Reliable and Robust methodology for field level yield loss assessment in cotton due to pink bollworm and boll rot. ICAR-CS-CICR-Process-2025-022.
• Assisted in development of variety ICAR-CICR 16 Bt
• Assisted in development of variety ICAR-CICR 23 Bt
• Assisted in development of variety ICAR-CICR 21 Bt
• Assisted in development of variety ICAR-CICR 25 Bt
• Assisted in development of variety ICAR-CICR Namami Bt 
• Assisted in development of variety ICAR-CICR Samrat Bt
• Assisted in development of variety ICAR-CICR Tejas Bt
• Assisted in development of variety ICAR-CICR Yugank Bt
• Assisted in development of variety ICAR-CICR 18 Bt
• Assisted in development of variety ICAR-CICR 20-31 Bt 
• Assisted in development of variety PKV 081 Bt under irrigated conditions for South zone

TRAINING CONDUCTED

ICAR Sponsored Short Course on Insecticide Resistance Management Strategies with Major Emphasis On Cotton Insect Pests from 10 -19 February, 2025. At ICAR-Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur. 

INVITED LECTURES 

Delivered a lecture on IPM of PBW in cotton for newly appointed Krishi Sevak training programme organized by RAMETI, Nagpur on 6^th Oct., 2023.

Served as guest resource person to deliver lecture on pink bollworm and sucking pest management on 03.10.2024 in season long training programme on integrated pest management in cotton held at Regional central integrated pest management centre (RCIPMC) Nagpur from 27.09.2023 to 26.10.2023. 
Acted as resource person to provide technical training on pesticide classification, cotton pest management using green chemistries, safe handling and disposal of pesticides during Training of Trainers (TOT) Cotton Connect at Ahmadabad, Gujarat from 30^th April to 1^st May 2024.

RESEARCH ARTICLES (not more than 10)

• Shah Vivek, Rachna Pande, Pooja Verma, Prabhulinga T., Shivaji Thube, Babasaheb B. Fand, Madhu T.N., Nandini Gokte-Narkhedkar and Y.G. Prasad. Evaluation of vegetable oil as oviposition deterrents for the management of pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) in cotton. 2024. Journal of Plant Disease and Protection. 131: 403-412.
• Shah Vivek, Rachna Pande, Pooja Verma, Nandini Gokte-Narkhedkar and Y.G. Prasad. 2022. Oviposition preference of pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) on cotton. Animal Biology. 72(4), 353-366.
• Swati P. Shinde, D. B. Ingole, V. K. Biradar, Nandini Gokte-Narkhedkar, N. V. Lavhe, Shivaji H. Thube, Shah Vivek* and Y. G. Prasad. 2022. Efficacy of native strains of entomopathogenic nematode, Heterorhabditis indica against fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) from India. Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control. 32: 141
• Shah Vivek, Rachna Pande, Pooja Verma, Prabhulinga T., Madhu T.N., Nandini Gokte-Narkhedkar and Vijay N. Waghmare. 2023. Fatty acids for insect species remain constant: A case study, Pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders). Animal biology. 73(2): 141-151.
• Joy Das, Rakesh Kumar, Shah Vivek, Raghvendra K.P. and Ashwani Kumar Sharma. Identification and functional characterisation of N-acetylglucosamine kinase from Helicoverpa armigera divulge its potential role in growth and development via UDP-GlcNAc salvage pathway. 2023. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 242(1): 124674. 
• Joy Das, Rakesh Kumar, Shah Vivek and Ashwani Kumar Sharma. 2022. Functional characterization of chitin synthesis pathway genes, HaAGM and HaUAP, reveal their crucial roles in ecdysis and survival of Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner). Pesticide biochemistry and physiology. 188: 105273 
• Thube Shivaji, Shinde Swati, Shah Vivek, Gokte-Narkhedkar Nandini, Ingole Dnyaneshwar, Nikoshe Akash, Tenguri Prabhulinga, Thavkar Snehal, Fand Babasaheb, Deshmukh Vrushali and Prasad Yenumula. Biocontrol potential of entomopathogenic nematode, Heterorhabditis indica against pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). 2023. Journal of Cotton Research.
• Rishi Kumar, VS Nagrare, Vivek Shah*, Satnam Singh, Suneet Pandher, Satpal Singh, SK Verma, Debashis Paul, Pankaj Rathore, Anoop Kumar Shukla, Mithlesh Kumar Singh, Sharad Saurabh, Harish Kumar, Rupinderjeet Kaur, Pradhyumna Kumar Singh, VN Waghmare, YG Prasad. 2025. Evaluation of transgenic cotton lines expressing an insecticidal fern protein against whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius). Journal of Cotton Research. 8: 11. DOI: 10.1186/s42397-025-00210-8
• Babasaheb B. Fand, Vivek Shah, D.T. Nagrale, D.J. Mahule, S.P. Gawande, S.H. Thube, K. Pandiyan, Indal Ramteke, Rishi Kumar, K. Rameash, T. Prabhulinga, V.S. Nagrare, G.T. Behere, Y.G. Prasad. 2025. Field estimates of current and predicted cotton yield loss due to pink bollworm and boll rot in India. Agricultural Systems. 224: 104246. 
• Rachna Pande, Shah Vivek, T. Prabhulinga, Shivaji Thube, Pooja Ghonge, G. T. Behere and Y. G. Prasad. 2025. Evaluation of vegetable oil as oviposition deterrent for management of old-world bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) in cotton. Journal of Plant Disease and Protection. 132, 129. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41348-025-01127-9.

Joy Das, Rakesh Kumar, Shah Vivek and Ashwani Kumar Sharma. A simple cost-effective larval injection method for dsRNA delivery to induce RNAi response in Helicoverpa armigera. Journal of Applied Entomology. 147(4): 289-298

• Vivek Shah, T. Prabhulinga, Rishi Kumar, G.T. Behere, Y.G. Prasad. Management of sucking pests of cotton-Whitefly. CICR-Leaflet 2023/10
• Rishi Kumar, Vivek Shah, Debashis Paul, Satpal Singh, Gurpreet Singh and Shubham Chandak. Eco-friendly Management Strategies for Insect-Pests of Cotton. Recent advances in eco-friendly management of crop pests. 144-160.
• Shah Vivek, Rachna Pande and Pooja Verma. Identification of oviposition deterrents for ethological pest management: collection, extraction and identification method for American boll worm and Pink boll worm in cotton. Cotton Innovate. 2021. 2(1): 4.
• Shah Vivek, Pooja Verma and Rachna Pande. Push-Pull Strategy for management of pink bollworm in cotton. Cotton Innovate. 2023. 4(3): 1.
• Rachna Pande, Shah Vivek, Pooja Verma and Nandini Gokte-Narkhedkar. Ovipoistion deterrents against old world bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner). Cotton Innovate. 2022. 4(2): 1-2. 
• Joy Das, Raghvendra KP, Rakesh Kumar, Vivek Shah, YG Prasad. Elucidating the chitin regulatory network from pink bollworm. Cotton Innovate. 2023. 8(3): 1-2.

• Vivek Shah, Chinna Babu Naik. Krushi ke Nashi Kito ke Prabandhan ke Liye Pratikarshan-Aakarshan Karyaniti. Kapasika. 2022. 56-57.
• Prabhulinga T., Vivek Shah, Neelakanth Hiremani, Babasaheb Fand. Makdi Vish: Nashikeet Prabandhan Ke Liye Ek Adbhut Jeev Vish. Kapasika. 2022. 60-61.
• Chinna Babu Naik, Vivek Shah, Prabhulinga T. Kapas ko Gulabi Sundi se kaise bachaye?. Kapasika. 2022. 52-53.
• Prabhulinga T., Shivaji Thube, Rachna Pande and Vivek Shah. Cotton thrips, Thrips tabaci Linnaeus aur iska prabandhan. Kapasika. 2023.38-39.

1. Member, Institute Technology Park Demonstration Committee
2. Member, Farm Produce Disposal Committee (FPDC)

• Mera Gaon Mera Gaurav
• Special Project on Cotton for demonstrating HDPS and CS cotton cultivation.