| Designation | Principal Scientist |
|---|---|
| Qualification | Ph.D (Computer Science & Applications) |
| Division | Section of Extension & Social Sciences |
| Specialisation | Crop Simulation modeling, ICT applications in agriculture, Artificial Intelligence, IoTs, Information system management, Web technologies, Soft computing(Fuzzy logic, Artificial neural networks), Robotics. |
| Intercom | 110 |
| Location | Head Quarters |
| Total publications | Articles in Journals: 25 , Conferences/Seminar proceedings: 10 ,Technical bulletins: 2 , .Books:1 ,Book chapters: 5 |
Areas of Interest
Crop Simulation modeling, ICT applications in agriculture, Artificial Intelligence, IoTs,
Information system management, Web technologies, Soft computing(Fuzzy logic, Artificial
neural networks), Robotics.
Research Projects
Institute Projects: 10; Externally funded: 3; International: 1(CIP-IFAD: FoodSTART)
Research Publications
Awards
1. Received recognition from ICAR as the lead developer of e-Crop Based Smart Farming
(eCBSF), which was selected among the best five technologies of ICAR in horticulture
division during the year 2022 and received the recognition for this during the foundation
day of ICAR on 16 July 2023 at New Delhi.
2. Recipient of KRISHI VIGYAN Award of Government of Kerala for the year 2020
3. Received patent for the invention Electronic Crop IoT Device for Smart Farming (Indian
Patent No: 523325)
4. Consultant of Michigan State University, USA on simulation modelling of sweet potato
using SPOTCOMS to study the impact of climate change on sweet potato in eastern
Africa
5. Consultant Resource Person of FoodSTART project of CIP (International Potato Centre),
Peru, Lima for yield gap analysis using sweet potato growth simulation model
SPOTCOMS.
6. Member of FoodSTART project of CIP (International Potato Centre), Peru, Lima for
mapping studies of tuber crops in India
7. Member, Cassava Modelling Improvement Team of CIAT, Cali, Columbia
8. Served as peer reviewer for the journals, CURRENT SCIENCE, COMPUTER AND
ELECTRONICS IN AGRICULTURE, JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, POTATO JOURNAL and JOURNAL OF ROOT
CROPSJudge for the session on “Mathematical sciences” during 28th Kerala Science
Congress, which was held in Calicut university campus during 28–30 January 2016
9. Member, State Farm Award Committee, Government of Kerala during 2019
10. IARI Junior Research Fellowship (1991-1993) for M.Sc (Computer Application).
11. Secured 2nd Rank in the Agricultural Research service Examination (Computer
application in Agriculture) conducted by Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board,
Government of India during 1994.
