Horticulture

Dr.Basavaraj Shellikeri.M  

Assistant Professor and Head;  PhD in  Horticulture (Vegetable Science); NET Qualified
Email Id : basavhorti1725@gmail.com

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION:

  • Qualified Junior Research Fellow (JRF-ICAR, 2015) in Horticulture with overall 93rd rank
  • Qualified Senior Research Fellow with overall 6th rank (SRF-ICAR, 2017) in Vegetable Science

Qualified ASRB-National Eligibility Test (NET- 2017-18) in Vegetable Science

ACHIEVEMENTS:

  • Participated in the 5k/10k/ 21k run at “Go Heritage Run Bidar” conducted by Go-UNESCO on 2ndNovember, 2014.
  • Bagged Runner place in Volley Ball in “5th Inter Collegiate Sports Meet” 2013-14 during 17th -20thJanuary at Bagalkot.
  • Awarded “Best Volley Ball player” in the sports meet in 2013-14.
    Participated in “XV All India Inter Agricultural University Sports and Games Meet” in ‘VolleyBall’ organised Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat during March (24-28) 2014.
  • Participated in “20th Maharashatra State Inter University Sports Meet” in ‘Volley Ball’ organized at Vasanthrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth Parabhani, Maharashatra,India.
  • Bagged Runner place in Volley Ball in “9th Inter Collegiate Sports Meet” 2017-18 during December atKRCCH Arabhavi.
  • Represented as ‘Captain’ in ‘Volley Ball’ in “18th All India Agri-Sports Meet” at University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru during 30th – 3 rd. January 2017-18.


Susmitha Rachel Jillapegu
M.Sc. Assistant Professor of Horticulture
Email Id: rachelsusmitha6@gmail.com

Working Experience

RESEARCH PROGRAMME

  • Worked on research entitled “Effect of plant growth regulators and chemicals on seed germination and field establishment of Swollen root (Decalepis hamiltonii Wight & Arn.).”

EXPERIENCE

  • Administrartive experience as Officer incharge in Academic matters for Kadiri Babu Rao College of Horticulture for a period of 1 year 6 months.
  • Worked as Program coordinator for a period of 2 years for “Vice Chancellor to Village Programme – Mana Gramam Mana Vishwavidhyalam”.
  • Organizer of Horticulture Training Programmes; Extension programmes viz., ‘One day Training Programme to farmers’ on “Post Harvest Management of Horticultural crops”.
  • “PALS FOR POMOGRANATE GROWERS” a Farmers – Students.

RESEARCH ARTICLES

  • Published Research article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL STUDIES entitled “Effect of plant growth regulators and chemicals on seed germination and seedling growth of swollen root (Decalepis hamiltonii WIGHT & ARN.).”

CONFERENCES

  • “Advancement in Research and development of Plantation, Spice, Medicinal and Aromatic crops: 2020 and vision 2030.”

INTERNSHIP AND TRANING PROGRAMMES

  • Training on Organic Farming at ICAR – Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal (M.P) (05 days)
  • Internship on “Maintenance and Production Operations in Commercial Nursery” at Gromor Food Nursery, Hyderabad. (1 Month)
  • Online Training programme on “Soilless Terrace Gardening” organized by ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bengaluru.

EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING PROGRAMME

  • Preparation of processed products of Fruits and Vegetables.

Dr.  PAVITHRA GOPAVARAM

Ph.D in Fruit Science, Assistant Professor, NET Qualified
Email Id : gopavarampavithra@gmail.com 

WORKING EXPERIENCE

  • Masters Research  work on “Effect of different sources of boron on flowering and fruit quality of mango cv.Amrapali” under the guidance of DR. Pauline Alila, Department of Horticulture, SASRD, Nagaland.
  • Doctral Research work on n “Inducing variability in dragon fruit through mutation and hybridization” under the guidance of Dr. G. Karunakaran, Principal Scientist & ICAR National Fellow, Division of Fruit crops, IIHR, Bengaluru. 
  • Qualified the National Eligibility Test conducted by ICAR held during 2019 in the professional subject Fruit Science and eligible for lectureship.
  • Worked as Assistant professor (Dept. of Horticulture) through online mode at JCDR Horticultural college, Tadipatri for a period of six months (i.e.,17-07-2021 to 15-01- 2022)

AWARDS AND MEDALS

  • Awarded NON-JRF-Fellowship-2017 by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) for M. Sc.
  • University gold medal for M. Sc (Fruit Science)

PUBLICATIONS

  • RESEARCH ARTICLES
  • “Effect of mineral boron sources on reproductive, yield and quality characteristics of mango (Mangifera indica)”.
  • “Effect of different sources of boron on flowering and yield of mango (Mangifera indica) cv. Amrapali”
  • “Variability of morphological characters in the hybrid progenies of dragon fruit”
  • ABSTRACTS
  • “Effect of different sources of boron on flowering and fruit quality of mango cv. Amrapali”
  • “Epidemiology and Strategies for chemical management of Anthracnose in Mango”
  • “Transgenics: A Genetic Engineering approach to develop biotic stress resistance in fruit crops”
  • “Role of microbes in climate resilience and sustainable crop production”
  • “Underutilized arid fruit crops. Genetic Diversity, Importance, Conservation and utilization strategies.”
  • “Impact of climate change on productivity and quality of fruit crops and mitigation strategies”
  • BOOK CHAPTERS
  • Site Specific Nutrient Management in Fruit crops – Sustainable Agriculture- Recent Advances.

TRANINGS

  • Four months training on Rural Agricultural Work Experience (RAWEP) Programme at HRS, Anantharajupeta, during B.Sc (Horti.) degree programme.
  • Four months Hands on Training (Experiential learning) Programme on “Production of quality fruit planting Material” at College of Horticulture, Anantharajupeta during B.Sc. (Horti.) degree programme.

Dr. Bharathkumar A
P.hD. Assistant Professor of Horticulture, NET Qualified.
Email Id: : bharathkumara4@gmail.com 

Working Experience

  • Senior Project Associate in CSIR – Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore.
  • Assistant Professor July, 2022 – January, 2023. Department of Post Harvest Technology. J C Diwakar Reddy Horticultural College, Tadipatri.
  • Development and assessment of polyherbal formulation for anti-diabetic and beta-cell regeneration activity in diabetes induced rats.
  • Standardization of pre-treatments for quality improvement in raisins and dehydrated fig.
  • National Eligibility Test conducted by Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board, New
    Delhi, on 29-Dec – 2018.
  • Best oral presentation award in the theme of Post Harvest Management and value addition organized by Department of Horticulture, National Conference on “Arid fruits: A way forward for sustainable production and nutritional security, 28th to 30th November-2019, University of
    Agricultural Sciences, Raichur, Karnataka, India.

SKILLS

  • Physico-chemical analysis (moisture, water activity, textural properties, total soluble solids, titratable acidity, phenols, antioxidants, tannins, crude fiber, total ash, ascorbic acid and flavonoids).
  • Microbial analysis(Bacteria, yeast and mould).
  • Mass production of bio-control agent (Trichoderma harzianum).
  • Blood serum analysis (glucose, triglycerides, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein, low-density lipoprotein, very high-density protein, total protein, alkaline phosphatase and lipid peroxidase).

CONFERENCES

  • National Conference on “Arid fruits: A way forward for sustainable production and nutritional security.
  • Interactive PG Poster Seminar on Post Graduate Research.
  •  National Seminar on “Horticulture for sustainable Development, Nutritional and Livelihood Security.”
  • National Virtual Conference on “Post-Harvest Management: Concepts, Challenges and Prospects (PHM-2022)” organized by department of Academics and Human Resource Development. National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management- Thanjavur (NIFTEM-T).

PUBLICATIONS

  • Study on fruit preparation on quality of fig fruits (cv. Bellary) osmotic-dehydrated under solar tunnel dryer.
  • Effect of storage period on organoleptic evaluation of raisins under refrigerated condition. 
  • Effect of storage on water activity and microbial count of dehydrated fig (cv. Bellary) under ambient condition.
  • Influence of storage period on colour quality parameters of raisins.
  • Influence of pre-treatments on sensory properties of raisins.
  • Influence of pre-treatment on total soluble solids, titratable acidity and sugars of raisin.
  • “Standardization and microbial quality assessment of antidiabetic polyherbal formulations.” 
  • Grafting in brinjal (Solanum melongena L.): a sustainable way of increasing the yield.
  • Evaluation of physical and functional properties of weaning food blended with banana, sweet potato and drumstick leaves powder.
  • Formulation and acceptability of blended weaning food by incorporating banana, sweet potato and drumstick leaves powder.
  • “Identification of elite jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.) genotypes for fruit characters, bulb characters and biochemical parameters in Doddaballapur and Tumkur districts of Karnataka, India (in Indian province of Karnataka).”

Dr.  PAVITHRA GOPAVARAM

Ph.D in Fruit Science, Assistant Professor, NET Qualified
Email Id : gopavarampavithra@gmail.com 

WORKING EXPERIENCE

  • Masters Research  work on “Effect of different sources of boron on flowering and fruit quality of mango cv.Amrapali” under the guidance of DR. Pauline Alila, Department of Horticulture, SASRD, Nagaland.
  • Doctral Research work on n “Inducing variability in dragon fruit through mutation and hybridization” under the guidance of Dr. G. Karunakaran, Principal Scientist & ICAR National Fellow, Division of Fruit crops, IIHR, Bengaluru. 
  • Qualified the National Eligibility Test conducted by ICAR held during 2019 in the professional subject Fruit Science and eligible for lectureship.
  • Worked as Assistant professor (Dept. of Horticulture) through online mode at JCDR Horticultural college, Tadipatri for a period of six months (i.e.,17-07-2021 to 15-01- 2022)

AWARDS AND MEDALS

  • Awarded NON-JRF-Fellowship-2017 by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) for M. Sc.
  • University gold medal for M. Sc (Fruit Science)

PUBLICATIONS

  • RESEARCH ARTICLES
  • “Effect of mineral boron sources on reproductive, yield and quality characteristics of mango (Mangifera indica)”.
  • “Effect of different sources of boron on flowering and yield of mango (Mangifera indica) cv. Amrapali”
  • “Variability of morphological characters in the hybrid progenies of dragon fruit”
  • ABSTRACTS
  • “Effect of different sources of boron on flowering and fruit quality of mango cv. Amrapali”
  • “Epidemiology and Strategies for chemical management of Anthracnose in Mango”
  • “Transgenics: A Genetic Engineering approach to develop biotic stress resistance in fruit crops”
  • “Role of microbes in climate resilience and sustainable crop production”
  • “Underutilized arid fruit crops. Genetic Diversity, Importance, Conservation and utilization strategies.”
  • “Impact of climate change on productivity and quality of fruit crops and mitigation strategies”
  • BOOK CHAPTERS
  • Site Specific Nutrient Management in Fruit crops – Sustainable Agriculture- Recent Advances.

TRANINGS

  • Four months training on Rural Agricultural Work Experience (RAWEP) Programme at HRS, Anantharajupeta, during B.Sc (Horti.) degree programme.
  • Four months Hands on Training (Experiential learning) Programme on “Production of quality fruit planting Material” at College of Horticulture, Anantharajupeta during B.Sc. (Horti.) degree programme.

Dr. SHRUTI UMACHAGI
P.hD. Assistant Professor of Horticulture, NET Qualified.
Email Id: : umachagishruti415@gmail.com

Working Experience

NATIONAL EXAMS PASSED :

  • ICAR – JRF, AIR-50, 2017
  • ICAR, ASRB – NET Qualified, 2019
  • ICAR – SRF, AIR-19, 2019

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

  • MSc. Research : Response of tuberose to potassium and planting depth for growth, flowering, yield and quality.
  • Ph.D. Research : Studies on genetic variability and divergence in tuberose genotypes and varieties through morphological and molecular markers.

AWARDS

  •  2 Gold medals and 2 Cash prizes from Dr. PDKV, Akola for m.sc. topper

PUBLICATIONS

  • Vegetative and flowering parameters as influenced by potassium and planting depth

ALLA VENKATA SATYA HYNDAVI 

M.Sc. Post Harvest Technology, Assistant Professor.
Email Id : hyndavi05@gmail.com

WORKING EXPERIENCE

  • Underwent 4 months of intensive Rural Awareness Work Experience Programme in DEVARAGUNTA village of ELURU district of Andhra Pradesh. The learning process involved interacting with the farmers, studying the rural scenario, cropping pattern & the major constraints in the adoption of latest technology.
  • Hands on training in cultivation of crops. I got personal training in cultivation of crops like citrus, chilli, bhendi and brinjal and flower crop like crossandra.
  • Gained experience regarding the crop production, protection, marketing and extensional aspects during RAWEP.
  • Five months of Experiential Learning Programme (ELP) on Bioinputs: Bio Pesticides and Bio-fertilisers and Dehydration of Fruits and Vegetables in the final semester of degree programme.
  • Gained practical experience regarding value added products produced from different fruits and vegetables like jam, jelly, fruit bars, ketchup etc.
  • 1 year project work about shelf life studies on minimally processed fresh cut tender jackfruit. I have studied the effect of brine solutions, packaging material and dehydration techniques on tender jackfruit to increase their shel life.

TRANINGS

    • Participated in two days training programme on “value addition in Jackfruit” 
    •  Participated in one day workshop on “Development of soft skills for entrepreneurship among Agri Graduates.” 

PUBLICATIONS

  • Effect of drying techniques and packaging material on shelf life of tender jackfruit powder.
  • Active and Intelligent packaging for fruits and vegetables. Two day ‘National Conference on Advances in agriculture and environmental studies (NCAE).
  • Osmotic dehydration of fruits and vegetables. Two day ‘National Conference on Advances in agriculture and environmental studies (NCAE).