Experience

National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR)
• India
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Associate Professor

  • May 2017 - Present

Centre For Development of Advance Computing, Hyderabad (C-DAC)
• India
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Joint Director

  • Jan 2014 - May 2017


Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Hyderabad

• India
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Principal Technical Officer

  • Oct 2006 - Dec 2013

  Worked for the India Development Gateway Project of Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Communications & IT, Government of India. Key responsibilities include: - Building partnerships (working with State/Central Government departments, institutions, private sector innovators and Non-Government Organisations) and institutionalising partnerships (finalising scope of work and MoU process) - Managing Agriculture content and services in the CMS based Knowledge Sharing Platform (www.vikaspedia.in ) - Conceptualisation, designing and facilitating implementation (proof-of-concept/pilot) of web and mobile based services, empowering farmers and first level service providers. - Drafting project proposals (R&D/Business), requirement gathering, documentation, impact analysis and preparing reports - Organising outreach events and training programmes for the stakeholders Projects implemented/associated in C-DAC - India Development Gateway (InDG) - WSN based Pest/disease forewarning Model for Groundnut Farmers (HARITA PRIYA) - Mobile based Maternal Health Awareness (MOTHER) - Creating model e-Villages in North East India (e-Village) - Dynamic Market Information (DMI) - Development & Maintenance of Rice Knowledge Management Portal (RKMP) - Developing Expert Systems for Crop and Animal Husbandry Enterprises Trainings and Skills received - Management Development Programme on ‘Financial Management in Scientific Organisations’, from 28th June to 2nd July 2010 at National Institute of Financial Management (Ministry of Finance, Gov. of India), Faridabad - Certificate course on ‘Website Quality Assurance & Certification’ from 19 – 20 February 2009 at STQC IT Services (Ministry of Communications & IT, Gov. of India), Bangalore - Project Management Basics Show less



Jain Irrigation Systems Limited

• India
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive (Farm Operations)

  • Jan 2006 - Oct 2006

  Key responsibilities include- - Overall management of farm operations at Udumalpet Facility, Coimbatore, India. - Managing R&D trials of Mango Ultra High Density Plantation (M-UHDP) project. - Coordinated with farmers and fruit growers associations for contract farming. Key responsibilities include- - Overall management of farm operations at Udumalpet Facility, Coimbatore, India. - Managing R&D trials of Mango Ultra High Density Plantation (M-UHDP) project. - Coordinated with farmers and fruit growers associations for contract farming.



Gopalan Enterprises International Pvt Ltd

• General Manager (Agriculture)

  • May 2005 - Jan 2006

  Key responsibilities include: - Managing production of culinary herbs grown under climate controlled polyhouses - Managing the production activities including Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) at 100% EOU (Export Oriented Unit) exporting culinary herbs grown under controlled conditions. - Conducting variety trails as required for processing and export (Arava Exports, Amsterdam). Key responsibilities include: - Managing production of culinary herbs grown under climate controlled polyhouses - Managing the production activities including Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) at 100% EOU (Export Oriented Unit) exporting culinary herbs grown under controlled conditions. - Conducting variety trails as required for processing and export (Arava Exports, Amsterdam).



Vishwas Organic Technologies Pvt Ltd

• Project Executive

  • Apr 2003 - May 2005

  Key responsibilities include: - Associated with an Israeli Consultant Company (Jordan River Herbs) and implemented a turn-key project for producing organic culinary herbs, high value vegetable crops and vanilla. - Lead a team of horticulturists involved in production of export oriented crops - Involved in field staff management, project planning, execution and preparing reports. Key responsibilities include: - Associated with an Israeli Consultant Company (Jordan River Herbs) and implemented a turn-key project for producing organic culinary herbs, high value vegetable crops and vanilla. - Lead a team of horticulturists involved in production of export oriented crops - Involved in field staff management, project planning, execution and preparing reports.



Gem Agro Industries Ltd

• Horticulturist

  • Nov 2002 - Mar 2003

  - Worked as Subject Matter Expert (SMS) in developing contract farming based project proposals including feasibility survey, budgeting and execution plans. - Worked as Subject Matter Expert (SMS) in developing contract farming based project proposals including feasibility survey, budgeting and execution plans.



University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Research Fellow

  • Nov 1999 - Oct 2002

  Worked in the Department of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Division of Horticulture, as part of my PhD research - conducted research on in vitro mutagenesis and varietal improvement in Coleus forskohlii medicinal plant - screened high forskolin varieties developed through mutation breeding Worked in the Department of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Division of Horticulture, as part of my PhD research - conducted research on in vitro mutagenesis and varietal improvement in Coleus forskohlii medicinal plant - screened high forskolin varieties developed through mutation breeding