Central Research Institute For Dryland Agriculture

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Central Research Institute For Dryland Agriculture was established in 1985.

FACULTY DETAIL:

Name : Dr. Ch. Srinivasa Rao
Designation : Project Coordinator (Dryland Research)
Date of Birth : 04.10.1965
Education : Ph.D. in Soil Science & Agril Chemistry and Post-Doctoral in Plant Nutrition
Major research areas : Integrated nutrient management, Soil health and soil quality, Carbon sequestration,Watershed management, Resource characterization
E-mail : chsrao@crida.in ; cherukumalli2011@gmail.com
Mobile : 9848848453

Name : Dr. G. Ravindra Chary
Designation : Principal Scientist (Agronomy)
Date of Birth : 06.06.1964
Education : Ph.D.. in Agronomy
Major research areas : Land evaluation, Watershed based Land Use Planning and Cropping Systems
E-mail : rcgajjala@crida.in
Mobile : 9494232600

Name : Er. R. Nagarjuna Kumar
Designation : Scientist (Computer Application in Agriculture)
Date of Birth : 15.06.1967
Education : M.S. in Software Systems
Major research areas : Application of GIS and Remote Sensing for Land Use Land Cover Planning for management of agricultural resources and for Natural Resource management; Development of web based Applications and Development of Database Systems for different Applications
E-mail : rnkumar@crida.in ; rnagarjunakumar@yahoo.com
Mobile : 9390288999

Name : Dr. V. Uma Maheswara Rao
Designation : Project Coordinator (Agromet)
Date of Birth : 04.06.1954
Education : Ph.D.. in Meteorology
Major research areas : Agro climatic analysis Crop-weather-risk management Micro meteorological Studies, Agromet advisories and Climate change
E-mail : vumrao@crida.in ; vumrao54@gmail.com
Mobile : 9441232830

Name : Dr. B. Bapuji Rao
Designation : Principal Scienitst (Agromet)

Name : Dr. P.Vijaya Kumar
Designation : Principal Scientist (Agromet)
Date of Birth : 15.03.1958
Education : Ph.D. in Meteorology
Major research areas : Crop weather relations, climate change and drought studies
E-mail : pvkumar@crida.in

Name : Mr. A.V.M.Subba Rao
Designation : Scientist Senior Scale (Agromet)
Date of Birth : 15.08.1967
Education : M.Tech. in Atmospheric Science
Major research areas : Climate change, Agro climatic analysis-Weather-risk indices, Crop-weather Simulation modeling GIS and Remote Sensing-Weather forecasting and Agromet advisories
E-mail : avmsrao@crida.in ; avmsubbarao@gmail.com
Mobile : 9640386358

Name : Mr. Rajkumar Dhakar
Designation : Scientist (Agril. Physics)
Date of Birth : 15.06.1986
Education : M.Sc. (Agril. Physics)
E-mail : raj.dhakar@crida.in

Name : Mr. M.A. Sarath Chandran
Designation : Scientist (Agril. Meteorology)
Date of Birth : 11.03.1986
Education : M.Sc. (Agril. Physics)
E-mail : sarath@crida.in ; sarathagri@gmail.com

Name : Dr. M. Maheswari
Designation : Head, DCS
Date of Birth : 20.12.1958
Education : Ph.D. in Plant Physiology
Major research areas : Molecular aspects of heat and moisture stress tolerance
E-mail : mmaheswari@crida.in
Mobile : 9441490688

Name : Dr. V. Satyaprakash Rao
Designation : Principal Scientist (Horticulture)
Date of Birth : 04.08.1953
Education : Ph.D. in Horticulture
Major research areas : Dryland horticulture, post-harvest technology
E-mail : vsrao@crida.in

Name : Dr. Y.G. Prasad
Designation : Principal Scientist (Entomology)
Date of Birth : 02.03.1963
Education : Ph.D. in Entomology
Major research areas : Microbial control and integrated pest management
E-mail : ygprasad@crida.in ; ygprasad@gmail.com
Mobile : 9490192749

Name : Dr. N. Narayana Reddy
Dsignation : Principal Scientist (Horticulture)
Date of Birth : 01.06.1957
Education : Ph.D. in Horticulture
Major research areas : Micropropagation, water management in horticultural crops
E-mail : nnreddy@crida.in

Name : Dr. S. Desai
Designation : Principal Scientist (Plant Pathology) &
Officer-in-charge, HRF
Date of Birth : 01.06.1959
Education : Ph.D. in Plant Pathology
Major research areas : Biological control, Weather based disease forewarning and Integrated disease management
E-mail : desai@crida.in ; desai1959@yahoo.com

Name : Dr. S.K. Yadav
Designation : Principal Scientist (Bio-chemistry)
Date of Birth : 14.11.1960
Education : Ph.D. in Bio-chemistry
Major research areas : Grain quality, molecular biology of abiotic stresses
E-mail : skyadav@crida.in
Mobile : 9492042651

Name : Dr. M. Vanaja
Designation : Principal Scientist (Plant Physiology)
Date of Birth : 16.06.1963
Education : Ph.D. in Plant Physiology
Major research areas : Stress Physiology and Climate Change
E-mail : mvanaja@crida.in
Mobile : 9247349409

Name : Dr. S.S. Balloli
Designation : Principal Scientist (Soil Science)
Date of Birth : 18.03.1962
Education : Ph.D. in Soil Science and Agriculture Chemistry)
Major research areas : Soil testing and Integrated Soil Fertility Management
E-mail : ssb@crida.in

Name : Dr. V. Maruthi
Designation : Principal Scientist (Agronomy)
Date of Birth : 05.05.1965
Education : Ph.D. in Agronomy ; Post Doctoral in Root Studies
Major research areas : Drought and weed management studies
E-mail : vmaruthi@crida.in

Name : Dr. M. Srinivasa Rao
Designation : Principal Scientist (Entomology)
Date of Birth : 26.12.1963
Education : Ph.D. in Entomology
Major research areas : Crop pest weather modeling and IPM
E-mail : msrao@crida.in ; msrao909@gmail.com
Mobile : 9849547302

Name : Dr. Arun Kumar Shanker
Designation : Principal Scientist (Plant Physiology) &
Officer-in-charge, Library
Date of Birth : 01.08.1966
Education : Ph.D. in Crop Physiology
Major research areas : Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology : Environmental Science and Multidisciplinary
E-mail : akshanker@crida.in ; arunshank@gmail.com

Name : Dr. M. Prabhakar
Designation : Principal Scientist (Entomology) & Programme Coordinator (KVK)
Date of Birth : 24.08.1968
Education : Ph.D. in Entomology
Major research areas : Remote sensing & GIS for crop health management, Crop-pest-weather interactions, Seasonal dynamics & natural biological control of crop pests.
E-mail : mprabhakar@crida.in ; prabhakar_mathyam@yahoo.com

Name : Dr. Basudeb Sarkar
Designation : Principal Scientist (Plant Breeding
Date of Birth : 12.08.1970
Education : Ph.D. in Genetics
Major research areas : Genetic enhancement of dryland crops with tolerance to abiotic stresses
E-mail : b.sarkar@crida.in ; basudeb70@gmail.com
Mobile : 9502311849

Name : Dr. N. Jyothilakshmi
Designation : Principal Scientist (Plant Physiology)
Date of Birth : 07.06.1969
Education : Ph.D. in Plant Physiology
Major research areas : Stress physiology of rainfed short duration pulses, Climate Change, Nitrogen nutrition, Elevated CO2
E-mail : nyothi@crida.in
Mobile : 9985160940

Name : Dr. N. Ravi Kumar
Designation : Senior Scientist (Computer Applications in Agriculture) & Officer-in-charge, AKMU
Date of Birth : 30.08.1972
Education : Ph.D. in Motion analysis of insects using DIP
Major research areas : Digital image processing and Bioinformatics
E-mail : nrkumar@crida.in
Mobile : 9441245510

Name: Dr. K. Sreedevi Shankar
Designation : Senior Scientist (Food & Nutrition)
Date of Birth : 20.01.1970
Education : Ph.D. in Food & Nutrition
Major research areas : Quality aspects, elevated CO2 and biofortification of Dryland crops
E-mail : k.sreedevishankar@crida.in ; sreedevikobaku@gmail.com
Mobile : 9866990529

Name : Dr. K.A. Gopinath
Designation : Senior Scientist (Agronomy)
Date of Birth : 22.07.1974
Education : Ph.D. in Agronomy
Major research areas : Weed management, Organic farming and Farming systems
E-mail : gopinath@crida.in
Mobile : 9177506238

Name : Dr. Minakshi Grover
Designation : Senior Scientist (Microbiology)
Date of Birth : 15.03.1973
Education : Ph.D. in Microbiology
Major research areas : Microbial management of Abiotic Stress, Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) and bio-control
E-mail : minakshi@crida.in
Mobile : 9177232952

Name : Dr. G. Jayaram Reddy
Designation : Scientist Senior Scale (Agronomy)
Date of Birth : 02.05.1955
Education : Ph.D. in Agronomy
Major research areas : Vegetation management
E-mail : gjram@crida.in

Name : Dr. A. Gopala Krishna Reddy
Designation : Scientist (Horticulture)
Date of Birth : 01.06.1982
Education : Ph.D. in Horticulture
Major research areas : Vegetable breeding, Oil palm
E-mail : agkr@crida.in
Mobile : 9652900208

Name : Dr. K. Salini
Designation : Scientist (Plant Breeding)
Date of Birth : 17.04.1982
Ph.D. in Plant Breeding
Major research areas :
E-mail : salini.k@crida.in

Name : . Ms. V. Visha Kumari
Designation : Scientist (Agronomy)
Date of Birth : 07.03.1986
Education : M.Sc. in Agronomy and MPS in Life Science and Agriculture

Name : Dr. K. Smmi Reddy
Designation : Head of the Division
Date of Birth : 12.10.1965
Education : Ph.D. in Soil Science and Agril. Chemistry
Major research areas : Soil health and quality; Carbon Pool Dynamics and Carbon Sequestration in Soils, Soil Testing and Fertilizer and Manure Recommendations to Different Crops; Efficient Nutrient Management in Different Production Systems
E-mail : sammireddy@crida.in ; ksreddy_iiss39@yahoo.com
Mobile : 9652114864

DIVISIONS:

All India Coordinated Research Project for Dryland Agriculture (AICRPDA)

All India Coordinated Research Project on Agrometeorology (AICRPAM)

Division of Resource Management (DRM)

Division of Crop Sciences (DCS)

Section of Design & Analysis (SDA)

Section of Transfer of Technology (TOT)

Prioritization Monitoring and Evaluation Cell (PME Cell)

Agriculture Knowledge Management Unit (AKMU)





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