Technologies developed (Varieties/Genetic Stocks & any other)

1. Involved in development of CICR-H Cotton 54 (Nano) suitable for HDPS and machine picking
2. Yield enhancement in extra long staple cotton through increased plant density, drip fertigation and canopy management
3. Development and commercialization of Customized Leaf Colour Chart (CLCC) for Nitrogen Management in Rice for Different Ecologies
4. Development of mobile App riceXpert for the farmers to provide information to rice farmers on insect pests, nutrients, weeds, nematodes and disease-related problems, rice varieties for different ecologies, farm implements for different field and post harvest operations

Professional Training undergone (maximum 5)

1. Decision Support System for Agro-technology Transfer, 6-26^th August, 2013, Washington State University, Prosser, Washington, USA
2. Remote sensing and GIS applications in agriculture and soils, 4^th May – 26^th June 2009, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, NRSC,  Dehradun, India
3. Management options for waterlogged/ excess water situation, 7^th – 27^th January 2009, Directorate of Water Management, Bhubaneswar, India
4. 78^th Foundation Course for Agricultural Research Service (FOCARS), 10^th August – 7^th December, 2004, National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM), Hyderabad, India
5. Precision farming, 25^th Mar – 14^th Apr, 2004, Centre of Advanced studies in Agronomy, TNAU, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

Major achievements/innovations in research

Natural Resources Management in Rice based Farming system of A & N Islands

• Development of supplemental irrigation schedule for increasing crop yield and water use efficiency in rice based cropping system of A & N Islands
• Impact assessment, planning and restoration of crop production in tsunami affected agricultural lands of A&N Islands viz., Delineation, mapping and  characterization of the land and water resources of tsunami affected areas and providing scientific  know how and field level do how to the planners/ farmers through on-farm demonstrations to restore crop production in the tsunami affected areas
• Development of Broad Bed and Furrow (BBF) technology for crop diversification  in lowlying valley areas under on station and on farm
• Development of Integrated Farming System (IFS) models suitable for various micro farming situations
• Development of agro techniques for direct seeded rice under Island ecosystem

Natural Resource Management in Rainfed Rice Farming with special reference to Eastern India

• Impact assessment of climate variability on rice  productivity and developing adaptation strategies to enhance adaptive capacity to climate change in vulnerable regions
• Development and demonstration of basket of technological options in the field of agriculture and allied activities, including livestock, fisheries for climate change adaptation in water stress prone Ganjam district of Odisha under the National Agricultural Innovation Project (Component III) on “Strategies to Enhance Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change in Vulnerable Regions”
• Use of fly ash as potential soil amendment and nutrient source for enhancing rice productivity
• Climate-Smart Resource Conservation Technology (CRCT) for lowland Rice Ecologies in Eastern India

Natural Resource Management in cotton with special reference to South India

• Development of conservation agriculture based package of practices for remunerative cotton based cropping systems
• Precision planting and sensor based nitrogen management in cotton under High Density Planting System
• Demonstration of mechanization of cotton cultivation from planting to harvesting, including agro-chemical spraying drone based chemical canopy management

1. Life member, Indian Society of Agronomy, New Delhi, India
2. Life member, Association of Rice Research Workers, Cuttack, Odisha, India
3. Life member, Association of Agro meteorologists, Anand, Gujarat, India
4. Life member, Indian Society for Cotton Improvement (ISCI), Mumbai, India