Name: Dr. Bhaskar Bharat Gaikwad

Designation: Principal Scientist 

Date of Birth: 15.12.1982

Area of Specialization: Precision Agriculture, Abiotic stress characterization using Hyperspectral Spectroscopy

Email Id: bhaskar.gaikwad@icar.org.in; bhaskargaikwad@gmail.com

Mobile: +91-9179962002; Phone: 02112-254057, Fax: 02112-254056

Education

Professional History

Publications

Published 15 research papers, 02 review paper, 16 popular articles, 12 technical bulletins and training manuals and 04 book chapters. h-index 11, i10-index 14 with more than  800 citations in international literature.

Publications List​

• BB Gaikwad, NPS Sirohi, 2007, Design of a low-cost pneumatic seeder for nursery plug trays. BB Gaikwad, NPS Sirohi, Biosystems Engineering 99 (3), 322-329.
• A Kumar, G Bhaskar, JK Singh, 2008, Assessment of controls layout of Indian tractors, Applied ergonomics, 40 (1), 91-102.
• Gaikwad Bhaskar; Sirohi N.P.S.; Adarsh Kumar, 2008, Studies on Vacuum Singulation of Seeds for Sowing Nursery Plug Trays, Journal of Agricultural Engineering, 44(4), 54-59.
• R.R. Potdar, C.R. Mehta, B.B. Gaikwad, L.P. Gite and B.S. Narwariya, 2015, Anthropometry and Segmental Proportions of Female Agricultural Workers of Bhopal District of Madhya Pradesh, Agricultural Engineering Today, 42(1): 26-37.
• A. P. Pandirwar , Adarsh Kumar , Indra Mani , B. B. Gaikwad , C. P. Sawant and Arpan Bhoumik, 2018, Soil Bin Studies on Plug and Finger-type Onion Seedling Transplanting Mechanism, Journal of Agricultural Engineering, 55(1): 1-14.
• Khadatkar A, Mathur SM and Gaikwad BB, 2018, Automation in transplanting: a smart way of vegetable cultivation   Current Science, 115 (10): 1884-1892.
• Chandel NS , Tiwari PS, Singh KP, Jat D, Gaikwad BB, Tripathi H  and Golhani K, 2019, Yield prediction in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) using spectral reflectance indices. Current Science, 116 (2): 272-278.
• Thorat DS, AP Magar, Manoj kumar, B.B. Gaikwad, and V Bhushan Babu, 2019        Site specific application of neem coated urea for cotton crop- A lab study. International journal of current microbiology and applied sciences, 8(10): 1989-2000
• Bhendarkar, Mukesh P., Brahmane M. P., Gaikwad, B.B and Singh, N. P. 2020, Present status and prospects for Fisheries and Aquaculture in Maharashtra, India: An Overview.   Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences. 

Technologies/Products/Patents

Products

• ICAR-CIAE Arecanut Sheath Shredder
• ICAR-CIAE-SPAD Meter ​
• ICAR-CIAE Manual Stalk Uprooter​
• ICAR-CIAE Hand held Vegetable Transplanter

Licensing Details for all above products: www.ciae.nic.in/WriteReadData/UserFiles/file/CIAE %20Technolgies %20-%20 Available%20for%20%20 Licenseing-f.pdf

• Searchable Agricultural Equipment Manufacturer’s Directory of India
• NDVI based Nitrogen Dose Calculator  (Android app)
• Online NDVI based Nitrogen Dose Calculator (Webapp)​
• App for brute-force identification of best performing two band spectral indices

Technologies

• Spectral reflectance based variable rate top dress urea application system

Patents

• “Singulation and pickup mechanism for bare root seedlings of onion, cuttings and the like” Ref No/Application No. 201821022812; App. No. TEMP/E-1/24120/2018-MUM Status: Under Examination

Teaching Experience

Courses Taught (postgraduate) as Faculty of IARI at ICAR-CIAE, Bhopal

            AE-529: Simulation Modelling in Engineering Systems (2L)

            AP-540: Principles of Remote Sensing (4L)

            AE/PHT/BIO-691: Seminar (1L)

Awards/Fellowships/Recognitions

• ICAR-Junior Research Fellowship in Agricultural Engineering- 2004 (AIR-1^st )
• IARI-Senior Research Fellowship 2006 (AIR-1^st)
• CSIR- Senior Research Fellowship - 2007-2010
• National Award for Best. M.Tech Thesis in Agricultural Engineering-2007
• Best Doctoral Research Paper-2^nd Prize, International Conference on Ergonomics -2007
• Agricultural Research Service -2009 (AIR 1^st in Farm Machinery and Power)
• Selected as Scientist B - Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, GOI 2009 (AIR- 3^rd)
• ICAR-NAIP International Training Fellowship -2014 in the area of “Application of Image Processing for Characterization of Agricultural Produce’ at Oklahoma State University, USA
• Invited expert to guide grass root innovators at “Festival of Innovations-2016” by National Innovation Foundation held at Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi
• Best poster award for ‘Identification of Hyperspectral Vegetation Indices for Estimating Chlorophyll and Relative Water Content with Respect to Moisture Stress in Sweet Orange’ authored by YP Singh, BB Gaikwad, Mahesh Kumar, DD Nangare, NS More, Nebu Varghese, Ronald Singh in ISPP west zonal seminar held at Rahuri, 2^nd Aug. 2018
• Best oral paper ‘Seedling metering device for onion transplanter’ authored by AP Magar, BB Gaikwad, AP Pandhirwar, CP Sawant & Kalyani Gorrepati presented at International Symposium on Edible Alliums: Challenges and Opportunities- 2019
• Best poster award for “Sugarcane bud and node detection using efficient Convolution Neural Networks for Mobile Vision Applications” authored by BB Gaikwad, NS More and RR Babar, in International symposium on ‘Artificial Intelligence based future technologies in Agriculture’ held at Pune during Jan. 7-9, 2020

Member of Professional bodies​

• Life Member of Indian Society of Agricultural Engineering (ISAE-LM-10530)
• Life Member of Society for Agricultural Research on Abiotic Stress (SARAS )
• Life Member of ARSSF