Designation
Principal Scientist
Educational qualification
M.Sc.(Ag) & Ph.D Extension Education
Division
Social Sciences
Contact Address
Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research,
Rajendranagar, Hyderabad,
Telangana, India- 500030
Tel No
040-24598170
E-mail
gd.satishkumar@icar.gov.in
satish_dor@rediffmail.com
Projects completed
- Bridging production gaps in potential districts of sunflower and sesame funded by DAC & FW, NMOOP.
- e- Kapas and technology documentation funded by Technology Mission on Cotton through CICR, Nagpur.
- Analysis of seed systems of castor funded by Institute.
- Developing mobile phone based knowledge modules for sunflower and castor growers- ongoing funded by Institute
On-going Projects
- Formation and promotion of FPOs funded by NCDC
- Frontline demonstrations on oilseeds and other extension activities funded by DAC & FW
- Analysis of yield gaps and developing suitable extension strategy for reducing yield gaps in oilseeds funded by Institute.
Trainings undertaken (National & International)
- Leadership Development (a Pre-RMP programme) (12 days) at ICAR-NAARM
- Advances in Extension Research and Evaluation Methodology (10 days) at ICAR-NAARM
- Market Research & Value Chain Management of Agricultural Commodities (05 days) at ICAR-NAARM
- Techniques of improving extension services for farm women (04 days) at NRCWA, Bubaneshwar, Orissa
- Risk management in Agriculture (03 days) National Institute for Management of Agricultural Extension (MANAGE), Hyderabad.
- Advances in extension research (21 days) Division of Agricultural Extension, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi.
Development of web applications for knowledge dissemination in Agriculture (21 days) Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi. - Survey instruments and their implementation (3 days) ICRISAT, Patancheru, Hyderabad
- Enhancing skills in ICT based DSS for market and agri-business orientation and sustaining rural livelihoods (10 days), MANAGE, Hyderabad
- Attended the National Training on ‘Intellectual Property Rights and Technology Licensing in Agriculture’ (10 days) NAARM, Hyderabad
Recent Publications (best papers in past 5 years )
- Kumar, G.D.S., Vishnuvardhan Reddy A and Ramana Rao, S.V.2020. Productivity Potential and Profitability of Whole Package Technology in Oilseeds. Oilseeds Research, 37: (2) 113-119.
- Kumar, G.D.S. and Aziz Qureshi, A. 2020. Productivity potential of sesame in rabi-summer season under rice-fallows and turmeric-fallows. Journal of Oilseeds Research, 37: (special issue) 132-133.
- Kumar,G.D.S., M. Padmaiah and S.V. Ramana Rao, 2014. Frontline Demonstrations on Need Based Plant Protection in Oilseeds: Impact in Enhancing Productivity and Profitability under Farmers’ Conditions. Indian Journal of Plant Protection 42 (2):105-109
- Kumar,G.D.S.,M. Padmaiah and K. Alivelu, 2014. Evaluation of mobile phone based agro-advisory programme on sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.). Journal of Oilseeds Research, 31(2):149-154
- Kumar, G.D.S. and Popat, M.N. (2010). Farmers’ perceptions, knowledge and management of aflatoxins in groundnuts (Arachis hypogaea L.) in India. Crop Protection. 29: 1534 —1541
- Kumar, G.D.S. and Popat, M.N. (2010). Assessment of adoption gaps in management of aflatoxin contamination of groundnut (Arachis Hypogaea L.). Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension. 16 (3): 309—319
- Kumar, G.D.S., and Popat, M.N. (2010). Factors influencing the adoption of aflatoxin management practices in groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.). International Journal of Pest Management. 56 (2): 165—71.
Area of expertise
Mobile phone based communication, methodologies of assessing knowledge, adoption and impact of technologies. Organizing FLDs on nine oilseed crops, formation and promotion of FPOs.
Awards and recognition
- Received 'best paper award' (oral) at the National seminar on sustainable development of tribal areas through integrated and eco-friendly approaches, 2009 from Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari and KVK, Vaghai
- Travel grant for attending the Conference on Partnerships in Agricultural Development organized by the South African Society for Agricultural Extension held at Potchefstroom, South Africa 2010, from Kirk House Trust, UK
- Young Scientist Award 2009 from Dr. V.V. Sadamate, Advisor (Agriculture), Planning Commission, GOI and Dr. P.Das, former Deputy Director General (Agricultural Extension) during 2009
- Received travel grant for attending the Ninth International Conference on Dryland Development: Sustainable Development in the Drylands - Meeting the Challenge of Global Climate Change held at Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt, during 2008 from The International Dryland Development Commission (IDDC)
- Member of National Level Monitoring Team for ISOPOM (NALMOT)
- Life member of Indian Society of Oilseeds Research, Indian Society of Extension Education and Society of Extension Education
- Reviewer for Crop Protection, Elsevier Publication, Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education and South African Journal of Extension Education