PHD STUDENTS
Current position - Lead Engineer at John Deere, USA
Area of Research: Development of harvesting equipment
Thesis Title : Development of a high speed cutting system for harvesting paddy crop with a combine harvester
Dr. Sonu Kumar Patidar (2023)
Current position - Junior Engineer, Rajasthan
Area of Research: Alternate fuel for diesel engine
Thesis Title: Combustion, Performance and Emission Characteristics of a Direct Injection Diesel Engine Fueled with Preheated Nano-Oxide Added Straight Vegetable Oil
Dr. Lokesh Kumawat (2023)
Current position - Research Assistant , University of South Australia
Area of Research: Development of agricultural machinery
Thesis Title: Development of a Hand Tractor Powered Topper Cum Digger for Onion Crop
Dr. Sujit Hensh (2022)
Current position - Assistant Professor (Farm Machinery and Power), Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Kolkata
Area of Research: Development of seeding machinery
Thesis Title: Development of a Self-propelled Unmanned Precision Hill-drop Wetland Paddy Seeder
Dr. Arjya Utkalini Sahoo (2022)
Current position - Assistant professor at CV Raman Global University Bhubaneshwar, Orissa, India
Area of Research: Machinery development for harvesting/transplanting
Thesis Title: Development of an Electric Vertical Conveyer Reaper for Paddy Crop
Dr. Ganesh Upadhyay (2020)
Current position -Assistant professor at CCS Haryana Agricultural Univerity
Area of Research: Development of active tillage implement
Thesis Title: Development and Performance Evaluation of a Front Active and Rear Passive Set Combined Offset Disc Harrow
Dr. Neeraj Kumar (2019)
Current position - Scientist (ARS) at ICAR - Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, India
Area of Research: Energy from biofuels
Thesis Title: Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles Added Water Emulsified Mahua Biodiesel Blend and its Performance in Diesel Engine
Dr. Debasish Padhee (2019)
Current position - Assistant Professor, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya Raipur , Chhattisgarh
Area of Research: Power generation with hybrid biofuels
Thesis Title: Power Generation Using De-oiled Jatropha Seed Cake and Jatropha Biodiesel
Dr. Rajeev Kumar (2018)
Current position - Scientist (ARS), Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) New Delhi
Area of Research: Machinery development
Thesis Title: An Embedded System for Monitoring Seed Flow and Boot Choking in a Seed Drill
Dr. Showkat Rasool (2018)
Current position - Assistant Professor of Farm Machinery at SKUAST Kashmir, India
Area of Research: Traction and tillage performance improvement in Walking type tractor
Thesis Title: Development and Tractive Performance Evaluation of Rubber Track System for Walking Tractor
Dr. Ajay Kumar Roul (2014)
Current position - Senior Scientist at Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
Area of Research: Tillage Implements
Thesis Title: Draft prediction of commonly used tillage implements for sandy clay loam soil in India
Dr. N. B. Murhari (2013)
Current position - Scientist in Agricultural Mechanization Division at ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal .
Area of Research: Vegetable Transplanter
Thesis Title: Development of a tractor drawn multistack semi automatic vegetable transplanter
Dr. Prakash Chandra Jena (2011)
Current position - Senior Scientist, ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha
Area of Research: Biofuels and Electric vehicles for tillage
Thesis Title: Prodution of biodiesel from mixture of vegetable oils and its performance in diesel engine
Dr. Prasanna Kumar G.V. (2011)
Current position - Professor, Department of AES, NIFTEM, Kundli 131028, Sonepat, Haryana, India
Area of Research: Energy from biofuels
Thesis Title: Mass Cultivation and Hydrothermal Processing of Microalgal Biomass for Production of Bio-crude/Bio-oil
Dr. Akhlash kumar (2009)
Area of Research: Production and use of biodiesel
Thesis Title: Production and use of rice bran biodiesel for tractor power take-off performance evaluation
Dr. Shashikant Vilas Ghadge (2007)
Current position - Principal Scientist, FMP Central institute for Research on cotton technology
Area of Research: Mechanization in cotton crops
Thesis Title: Production and performance of Mahua (Mahduca indica) biodiesel in a compression ignition engine
Dr. R.K. Sahoo (2005)
Current position - Reliance Bioenergy, Kolkata
Area of Research: Combine tillage implements and Renewable energy
Thesis Title: Development and performance evaluation of combine tillage implements for 2WD tractors
MS STUDENT
Rahul K (2021)
Current position - XR Research Engineer at Qualcomm, Banglore
Area of Research: Seeder using robots
Thesis Title: Design and Development of a Parallel Robot Arm Based Metering Unit for Handling Pot Seedlings in a Vegetable Transplanter