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Chandra Sekhar Praharaj

Principal Scientist (Agronomy) · ICAR-Indian Institute of Groundnut Research, Junagadh, Gujarat 362015 (India)

https://researchid.co/cspraharaj
@icar-iigr.org.in
77Scopus Publications

Research Interests

Made significant research contributions in precision irrigation, long-term soil fertility, and conservation agriculture in multiple cropping systems involving cereals, potato, cotton, and pulses in diverse agro-ecologies.

Biography

DR. CHANDRA SEKHAR PRAHARAJ is the Principal Scientist and Head at ICAR-DGR, Junagadh (Gujarat), India. He handled many research projects under DAC, DST, UPCST, NASF,NSP,BSP,TAR/IVLP,AICRPs. He has made significant research contributions in precision irrigation, long-term soil fertility, and conservation agriculture in multiple cropping systems cereals, potato, cotton, and pulses in diverse agro-ecologies. His notable efforts caused a saving of 30% water use thr extensive popularization of micro-irrigation through scaling resource use efficiency in cotton, pulses and its systems. He has published >650 publications including >150 research articles. He was recipient of FELLOW of ISA (2014) & ISPRD (2016); Outstanding Scientist Award (IIPR, 2017; IIGR 2025), Best Team Award (IIPR, 2019; IIGR 2025), ISPRD Recognition Award (2020), ISA GOLD MEDAL (2021). He was Editor-in-Chief (EIC) of JFL (ISPRD2017-20), Associate EIC of CAAS(SAP2015-18), Organizing Secretary of ICPulse2020, Bhopal, India

Education

Ph.D. In Agronomy from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana (India) 141004

Recent Scopus Publications

  1. Conservation tillage and sprinkler irrigation for sustainable water management and enhanced crop yields in maize and field pea cropping system
    Scientific Reports, 2026
  2. Unravelling decisive attributes for yield maximization in conservation agriculture: A five-year analysis of rice-chickpea system in South Asian rice ecologies
    Field Crops Research, 2026
  3. Smart management of water aiding in efficient resource use in pulses
    Journal of Food Legumes, 2026
  4. Intensification of Cereal-Cereal System with Summer Mungbean Changes Carbon Pool with Net Increase in Soil Carbon
    National Academy Science Letters, 2025
  5. Navigating Climate Change Challenges for a Resilient Future in Groundnut Production: A Review
    Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, 2025

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