Designation
Principal Scientist
Educational qualification
M.Sc & Ph.D.( Ag.Statistics)
Other Roles
Head, Social Sciences
Division
Social Sciences
Contact Address
Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research
Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500 030
Tel No
040-24598172
E-mail
c.sarada@icar.org.in
saradac@yahoo.com
Projects completed
As PI
1. Biometrical approach to develop castor core collection
2. In-silico mining of castor draft genome
On-going Projects
As Co-PI
- ICT mediated knowledge management and dissemination in different oilseeds crops
- Impact assessment of varieties/hybrids of IIOR mandated crops in varied agro ecological regions of India
- Development of models to predict yield responses to climate change in oilseeds crops
- Proactive mitigation of gray mold (Botryotinia ricini) disease of castor (Ricinus communis L.) crop in Telangana State using dynamical disease forecast (DST-SSTP)
- Frontline Demonstrations (FLDs) on oilseeds and other extension activities (National Food Security Mission (NFSM) under DAC & FW)
Trainings undertaken (National & International)
- Training programme on "Documenting Success Stories", 23rd-27th, September, 2019 by MANAGE, Hyderabad
- Training on : Financial Inclusion, Agricultural Credit and crop Insurance" during November 27-29, 2017 organised by MANAGE,Hyderabad.
- ICAR winter School on Bioinformatics and Statistical Genomics" during 17th November - 7th December, 2009 at Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi.
- “SAS for Trainers” conducted by HUB 8 of SSCNARS (NAIP) project at NAARM Hyderabad during June 8th , 2010 to August2,2010.
- A short course on “High Performance Bio-Computing and Drug Design" sponsored by National Agricultural Innovation Project, ICAR under sub-project “Establishment ofNational Agricultural Bioinformatics Grid (NABG) in ICAR”, held at SCFBIO, IIT, New Delhi during 12- 22 September, 2011.
Recent Publications (best papers in past 5 years )
- S. Senthilvel, Mobeen Shaik, K. Anjani, Ranjan K. Shaw, Poornima Kumari, C.Sarada and B.Usha Kiran (2016). Genetic variability and population structure in a collection of inbred lines derived from a core germplasm of castor. J. Plant Biochem. Biotechnol
- K.Alivelu, P.Padmavathi, C.Sarada, P.Lakshmamma. and M. Santha Lakshmi (2016). Safflower Yield Forecasting in India – An application of Auto Regressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) Model. Journal of Oilseeds Research., 33(1): 68-71, March.
- K.Alivelu, P.Padmavathi, C.Sarada, P.Lakshmamma. and M. Santha Lakshmi (2016). Safflower Yield Forecasting in India – An application of Auto Regressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) Model. Journal of Oilseeds Research., 33(1): 68-71
- Lakshmamma, Lakshmi Prayaga C. Sarada (2016) Response of contrasting root growth genotypes of castor (Ricinus communis L.) to drought stress J. Oilseeds Res., 33(4) : 212-215
- Lakshmi Prayaga, C Sarada and P Lakshmamma 2017. Germination of sunflower (Helianthus annus L.) at low temperature with different methods of seed treatment. Journal of Oilseeds research, 34 (2): 93-97
- K. Anjani, , M.A. Raoof , M. Santha Lakshmi Prasad , P. Duraimurugan , C. Lucose , Praduman Yadav , R.D. Prasada , J. Jawahar Lal , C. Sarada (2018): Trait-specific accessions in global castor (Ricinus communis L.) germplasm core set for utilization in castor improvement. Industrial Crops and Products.Vol 112:776-774
- Santosh Sam Koshy, Venkata Srikanth sunnam, Prateek Rajgarhia, Kathiresan Chinnusamy, Durga Prasad Ravulapalli and Sarada Chunduri (2018) Application of the internet of things (IoT) for smart farming: a case study on groundnut and castor pest and disease forewarning. CSI Transactions on ICT. Volume 6, Issue 3–4, pp 311–318
- Usha, D., Prasad, M.S.L. & Sarada, C. (2019) Sensitivity of different fungicides against isolates of Alternariaster helianthi (Hansf) Tubaki and Nishihara, leaf blight in sunflower Indian Phytopathology (2019) 72: 351. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42360-018-00109-2.
- Kammili, A, Mandalapu, P, Ponukumatla, B, Ruvulapalli, DP, Sarada, C. (2019) Introgression of resistance to Alternaria leaf spot from wild species into susceptible cultivated safflower. Plant Breed. ; 00: 1– 7. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbr.12775
Area of expertise
Statistical modeling , Multivariate analysis, Bio-informatics