Research Projects Completed

2014-16 Design of Geospatial Information and Knowledge Systems for (i) Characterizing vulnerability and adaptive capacity of rural livelihood systems to climate variability and change, (ii) Assessing climate variability and change at local scales, (iii) Experimental station farm management, (iii) agribusiness supply chain management and agrifood retail management (institutional funding by NAARM/ICAR)

2008-14 National Principal Investigator, Learning and Capacity Building project (an inter-institutional project under National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP) funded by The World Bank – a pilot project initiated by ICAR for transforming the National Agricultural Research System to National Agricultural Innovation System; Rs 55 crores) – Received National Award for Excellence in Training from Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India for Excellence in Management Training

2008-10 Principal Investigator: Knowledge Management through Geospatial Library and Rural GIS (Funded by The World Bank supported NAIP Project; Rs 1.5 crores)

2007-11 Principal Investigator: Assessing interrelationships between developments in R&D in agriculture and Nanotechnology ((component at NAARM of the inter institutional project Visioning, policy analysis and Gender – VPAGe) of NAIP funded by The World Bank (Rs 30 lakhs)

2004-06 Principal Investigator: Capacity building of NARS in application of GRAM GIS in micro level planning and development for sustainable agriculture (Funded by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India; Rs 13 lakhs)

2003-06 Principal Investigator: Development of decision support tools for research systems transition towards sustainability (Funded by Indian Council of Agricultural Research; Rs 8.00 lakhs)

2001-05 Co-Principal Investigator: Development of Virtual learning Centre to host learning resources for training in Agricultural Research Management, Information Management and Human resources management, (Project under National Agricultural Technology Project (NATP) funded by The World Bank, Rs 25.00 lakhs)

2001-05 Principal Investigator, Capacity building of NARS in agricultural management decision support using GIS (Project under National Agricultural Technology Project (NATP) funded by The World Bank, Rs 25.00 lakhs)

1999-08 Principal Investigator, Capacity building of NARS in sustainability of agricultural systems, information management and GIS applications (Institutional funding by NAARM/ICAR)

1995-98 Principal Investigator, Development of computer aided water management system using medium range weather forecasts (with IIT Delhi); (Funded by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India; Rs 50 lakhs)

1994-97 Principal Investigator, Development of decision support system for conjunctive water use in irrigation projects; (Funded by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India; Rs 12 lakhs)

1977-98 Co-Principal Investigator: Modelling soil water balance and groundwater recharge systems; optimizing irrigation systems management for single and multiple crops; Optimizing conjunctive use of canal water and groundwater in irrigation projects, and Modelling non-point source pollution in irrigation project areas (institutional funding by IARI/ICAR)

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