ICAR-CIAE, Bhopal

Dr. Chandra Kant Saxena

Senior Scientist

Research Focus

Micro-irrigation, Soil Water Salinity. Irrigation pumps. Natural resource management, agricultural drainage.

Saxena, C.K., Vijay, V.K. 2020. Deterministic Modelling of Solar Radiation for Natural Resource Management in Udaipur Region. International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology. 7(5):6611-6615.
Saxena, C.K., Ambast, S.K., Gupta, S.K. 2020. Laser Land Levelling for Higher Water Productivity in Rice-Wheat System. International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering. 9(8):374-379. [ DOI: 10.35940/ijitee.H6482.069820]
Saxena, C.K., Rao, K.V. Ramana, Nayak, A. K. 2019. Evaluation and testing of machine installed subsurface drip laterals. International Journal of Chemical Studies. 7(3):1966-1971.
Saxena, C.K., Singh, Ramadhar, Pyasi, S. K. and Mekale, Ajay Kumar. 2018. Evaluation of Movement of Wetting Front under Surface Point Source of Drip Irrigation in Vertisols. Journal of Agricultural Engineering 55(2):61-67.
Nayak A.K., Rao K.V.R., Saxena, C. K., Kumar M. 2018. Estimation of various loads of a naturally ventilated saw tooth type greenhouse. The Andhra Agricultural Journal. 65(spl): 538-543.
Waghaye , Abhishek M. , Saxena, C.K., Kumar, Satyendra, Pathan, A., Abhishek, R. 2018. Multiple linear modelling of electrical conductivity at a subsurface drainage site in Haryana using EM technique. International Journal of Chemical Studies 6(2):1953-1960.

Fellow of Institution of Engineers (India) (F-1269239).

Best research papers in the National conferences - Two.

Many institute (in-house) awards on best poster, hindi essay and other competitions.

Fellowship - Scientific and Engineering Research Council (SERC) fellowship of the DST (GoI) for research on “Integrated Canal Scheduling of Deliveries of Gambhiri Irrigation Project, Chittorgarh, Rajasthan” during December 1996 to February 1997.

Best logo award in the open competition held for the selection of the society logo of the Indian Society of Soil Salinity and Water Quality.

Dr. Chandra Kant Saxena

ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering,
Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal – 462 038
Contact No.- (O) +91-755-2521152
Email: Chandra.Saxena@icar.gov.in

Dr. Yogesh Anand Rajwade

Scientist

Research Focus

Precision Irrigation
Wastewater treatment and Hydrology

Chandel, N.S., Chakraborty, S.K., Rajwade, Y.A., Dubey, K., Tiwari, M.K. and Jat, D. 2020. Identifying crop water stress using deep learning models. Neural Computing and Applications, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-020-05325-4.

Chandel, N.S., Rajwade, Y.A., Golhani, K., Tiwari, P.S., Dubey, K. and Jat, D. 2020. Canopy spectral reflectance for crop water stress assessment in wheat (Triticum aestivum, L.). Irrigation and Drainage. 1-11 https://doi.org/10.1002/ird.2546.

Mehta, C.R., Chandel, N.S. and Rajwade, Y.A. 2020. Smart Farm mechanization for sustainable Indian Agriculture. Agricultural Mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America. 50 (4): 99-104.

Rajwade, Y.A., Swain, D.K. and Tiwari, K.N. 2018. Effect of Irrigation Method on Adaptation Capacity of Rice to Climate Change in Subtropical India. International Journal of Plant Production, 12(3): 203-217.https://doi.org/10.1007/s42106-018-0021-3.

Rajwade, Y.A., Swain, D.K., Tiwari, K.N. and Bhadoria, P.B.S. 2018. Grain yield, water productivity, and soil nitrogen dynamics in drip irrigated rice under varying nitrogen rates. Agronomy Journal, 110(3): 868-878.https://doi.org/10.2134/agronj2017.09.0538.

Ministry of Human Resources Development fellowship for PhD program.
ICAR Junior Research Fellowship for PG program in Agricultural Engineering.

Dr. Yogesh Anand Rajwade

ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering,
Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal – 462 038
Contact No.- (O) +91-755-2521156 (M) +91-8348502627
Email: Yogesh.Rajwade@icar.gov.in

Dr Mukesh Kumar

Scientist

Research Focus

Design and automation of irrigation system
Protected cultivation

Kumar M, Sarangi A, Singh D K, Sudhishri S, Rao A R. 2020. Development of production function of wheat cultivars under irrigated saline environment and foliar potassium fertigation. Current Science, 118(12): 1939-1945.

Kumar M, Sarangi A, Singh DK, Sudhishri S, Rao A R and Kumar M. 2020. Water productivity of wheat cultivars under saline irrigation and foliar potassium fertigation. International Journal of Chemical Studies, 8 (1), 764-768.

Kumar M, Sahni RK, Kumar M, Bhushan Babu V and Pandey H S. 2019. Crop productivity index of Madhya Pradesh: An application of principal components analysis. International Journal of Chemical Studies, 7(5): 2861-2864.

Kumar M, Tiwari K N, Santosh D T, Karan A K, Waghaye A M. 2019. Water productivity of Sapota (Manilkara Zapota L.) under drip and surface irrigation with plastic mulch. Proceedings of 9th International Micro Irrigation Conference (9IMIC) held at Aurangabad during 16-18th Jan, pp: 325-336. (Publishers: IvyLeagueSystems.com).

Kumar M, Sahni R K, Waghaye A M, Nayak A K and Kumar D. 2018. Automated irrigation system for rice: A review. The Andhra Agricultural Journal, 65 (spl): 324-329.

Kumar S P, Gontia N K, Singh T, Kumar M, Kumar N, Kumar U, Joshi V. 2018. Development of GUI based software for estimation of evapotranspiration using FAO-56 Penman-Monteith method. The Andhra Agricultural Journal, 65 (spl): 87-95.

Kumar M, Sarangi A, Singh D K, Rao A R. 2018. Modelling the grain yield of wheat in irrigated saline environment with foliar potassium fertilization. Agricultural Research, 7(3): 321-337.

Received “Best Agricultural Equipment Award” during Nirmaan-2019 organized by Sistec, Bhopal for Automatic Irrigation System for Rice.

Awarded “Rashtriya Gaurav Award” by IIFS, New Delhi (registered under Societies Registration Act XXI of 1980).

Dr Mukesh Kumar

ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering,
Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal – 462 038
Contact No.-(M) +91-9953260281
Email: mukeshpkv@gmail.com

Er Ravindra D Randhe

Scientist

Research Focus

Irrigation system design and automation.
Protected and soilless cultivation.
agricultural drainage water management.

Waghaye, A. M., Randhe, R. D., Mukesh Kumar & Rajwade, Y. A. (2020). Temporal trend analysis and probabilistic rainfall estimation for Bhopal district of Madhya Pradesh, International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 9(12): 1364-1370.

Randhe, R.D., Hasan, M., Rajwade, Y. A., Waghaye, A. M., & Yadav, R. S. (2019). Effect of Modified Deficit Irrigation Strategies on Fruit Quality of Tomato under Greenhouse. Agricultural Engineering Today, 43(2): 30-37.

Jyoti, B., Reddy, K. V. S. R., Sawant, C. P., Pandirwar, A. P., Potdar, R. R., & Randhe, R. D. (2019). Predicting draft requirement of tillage implements using pull type load cell in southern region of Andhra Pradesh, India. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 8(1): 606-612.

Waghaye, A. M., Rajwade, Y. A., Randhe, R.D.,& Nidhi Kumari (2018). Trend analysis and change point detection of rainfall for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, India. Journal of Agrometeorology, 20 (2):160-163.

Er Ravindra D Randhe

ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering,
Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal – 462 038
Contact No.- (M) +91-9422053325
Email: randhe.ravindra@icar.gov.in

Drainage system design

Scientist

Research Focus

Drainage system design.
Agricultural water management.

Mishra, A., Waghaye, A., Chatterjee, C., Rautaray, S. K. 2020. Rain water resource management in mango orchards through micro-catchments, Sustainable Water Resources Management, 6, 45. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40899-020-00404-9.

Randhe, R. D., Hasan, M., Rajwade, Y. A., Waghaye, A. M., Yadav, R. S. 2019. Effect of Modified Deficit Irrigation Strategies on Fruit Quality of Tomato under Greenhouse. Agricultural Engineering Today, 43(2): 30-37.

Waghaye, A. M., Rajwade, Y. A., Randhe, R.D., Nidhi Kumari 2018. Trend analysis and change point detection of rainfall for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, India. Journal of Agrometeorology, 20 (2):160-163.

Waghaye, A. M., Saxena, C. K., Satyendra Kumar, Pathan, A., Abhishek, R. 2018. Multiple linear modelling of electrical conductivity at a subsurface drainage site in Haryana using EM technique. International Journal of Chemical Studies. 6(2):1953-1960.

Mukesh Kumar, Ramesh K. Sahni, Abhishek M. Waghaye, Ajit K. Nayak. 2018. Automated Irrigation System for Rice: A Review, The Andhra Agric. J: 65 (spl): 324-329.

Kumari Nidhi, Chowdary, V. M., Waghaye, A. M., Tiwari, K. N. 2016. Assessment of surface runoff and sediment yield using WEPP model. Nature Environment and Pollution Technology 15 (2): 491-496.

Banabihari Mohanty Memorial Award to paper entitled “Rain Water Management in Mango Orchards through Micro-Catchments authored by A. Mishra, A. Waghaye, C. Chatterjee and S. K. Rautray during 60th annual technical session organized by Institution of Engineers (India), Odisha State Centre, Bhubaneshwar on 30th March 2019.

Best paper award in session of Advances in Irrigation Engineering of 72nd ISAS conference held during 13-15 Dec. 2018 at ICAR-CIAE Bhopal.

Er Abhishek M Waghaye

ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering,
Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal – 462 038
Contact No.- +91-9552205271
Email: waghaye.abhishek@icar.gov.in

Er. Ajita Gupta

Scientist

Research Focus

Irrigation Scheduling
Crop Modelling
Soil and Water Conservation
Micro-irrigation
Climate Change
Surface Irrigation

Gupta, A., Sarangi, A., & Singh, D.K. (2017). Estimation of Crop Coefficients and Water Productivity of Mustard (Brassica juncea) under Semi-Arid Conditions. Current Science, 113(2):264-271.

Gupta, A., Sarangi, A., & Singh, D.K. (2018). Determination of crop evapotranspiration and partitioning of bare soil evaporation of mustard using weighing type field lysimeters. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 17 (2): 169-175.

Gupta, A., Rao, K.V.R., Singh, Suchi., Soni, Kumar & Sawant, C. (2019). Water productivity and yield of baby corn (Zea mays L.) as influenced by irrigation levels under subsurface drip irrigation. International Journal of Chemical Studies, 7(5): 128-135.

Gupta, A., Sarangi, A., & Singh, D.K. & Parihar, S.S. (2016). Evaluation of Methods for Estimation of Reference Evapotranspiration. Indian Journal of Hill Farming, 29 (1): 79-86.

Gupta, A., Sarangi, A., & Singh, D.K. & Parihar, S.S. (2016). A software for crop coefficient estimation and irrigation scheduling. Green Farming, 7(5): 1186- 1191.

IARI Merit Medal 2016, for Outstanding Academic Performance in Master of Technology Degree Programme.

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ICAR - Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal

(An ISO 9001 : 2015 Certified Institute)

Scientific Staff

Irrigation and Drainage Division

Dr K V Ramana Rao

Principal Scientist
ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering,
Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal – 462 038
Contact No.- (O) +91-755-2521076 (M) +91-9425023739
Email: Kondapalli.Rao@icar.gov.in

Dr. Chandra Deep Singh

Principal Scientist
ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering,
Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal – 462 038
Contact No.- 755-2521050
Email: Chandra.Singh@icar.gov.in

Dr. Ranjay Kumar Singh

Principal Scientist
ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering,
Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal – 462 038
Contact No.- 91-7726953529
Email: ranjay.singh3@icar.gov.in

Dr. Chandra Kant Saxena

ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering,
Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal – 462 038
Contact No.- (O) +91-755-2521152
Email: Chandra.Saxena@icar.gov.in

Dr. Yogesh Anand Rajwade

ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering,
Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal – 462 038
Contact No.- (O) +91-755-2521156 (M) +91-8348502627
Email: Yogesh.Rajwade@icar.gov.in

Dr Mukesh Kumar

ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering,
Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal – 462 038
Contact No.-(M) +91-9953260281
Email: mukeshpkv@gmail.com

Er Ravindra D Randhe

ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering,
Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal – 462 038
Contact No.- (M) +91-9422053325
Email: randhe.ravindra@icar.gov.in

Er Abhishek M Waghaye

ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering,
Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal – 462 038
Contact No.- +91-9552205271
Email: waghaye.abhishek@icar.gov.in

Er. Ajita Gupta

ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering,
Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal – 462 038
Contact No.- 07552521060
Email:ajitagupta2012@gmail.com

Scientific Staff

Irrigation and Drainage Division

Dr K V Ramana Rao

Principal Scientist ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal – 462 038 Contact No.- (O) +91-755-2521076 (M) +91-9425023739 Email: Kondapalli.Rao@icar.gov.in

Dr. Chandra Deep Singh

Principal Scientist ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal – 462 038 Contact No.- 755-2521050Email: Chandra.Singh@icar.gov.in

Dr. Ranjay Kumar Singh

Principal Scientist ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal – 462 038 Contact No.- 91-7726953529 Email: ranjay.singh3@icar.gov.in

Dr. Chandra Kant Saxena

ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal – 462 038 Contact No.- (O) +91-755-2521152Email: Chandra.Saxena@icar.gov.in

Dr. Yogesh Anand Rajwade

ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal – 462 038 Contact No.- (O) +91-755-2521156 (M) +91-8348502627 Email: Yogesh.Rajwade@icar.gov.in

Dr Mukesh Kumar

ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal – 462 038 Contact No.-(M) +91-9953260281Email: mukeshpkv@gmail.com

Er Ravindra D Randhe

ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal – 462 038 Contact No.- (M) +91-9422053325Email: randhe.ravindra@icar.gov.in

Er Abhishek M Waghaye

ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal – 462 038 Contact No.- +91-9552205271Email: waghaye.abhishek@icar.gov.in

Er. Ajita Gupta

ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal – 462 038 Contact No.- 07552521060 Email:ajitagupta2012@gmail.com

Principal Scientist
ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering,
Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal – 462 038
Contact No.- (O) +91-755-2521076 (M) +91-9425023739
Email: Kondapalli.Rao@icar.gov.in

Principal Scientist
ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering,
Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal – 462 038
Contact No.- 755-2521050
Email: Chandra.Singh@icar.gov.in

Principal Scientist
ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering,
Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal – 462 038
Contact No.- 91-7726953529
Email: ranjay.singh3@icar.gov.in

ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering,
Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal – 462 038
Contact No.- (O) +91-755-2521152
Email: Chandra.Saxena@icar.gov.in

ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering,
Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal – 462 038
Contact No.- (O) +91-755-2521156 (M) +91-8348502627
Email: Yogesh.Rajwade@icar.gov.in

ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering,
Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal – 462 038
Contact No.-(M) +91-9953260281
Email: mukeshpkv@gmail.com

ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering,
Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal – 462 038
Contact No.- (M) +91-9422053325
Email: randhe.ravindra@icar.gov.in

ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering,
Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal – 462 038
Contact No.- +91-9552205271
Email: waghaye.abhishek@icar.gov.in

ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering,
Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal – 462 038
Contact No.- 07552521060
Email:ajitagupta2012@gmail.com