Educational qualifications

• Graduation (B.Sc. Agriculture) from Acharya N.G. Ranga Agriculture university - 2004
• Post –Graduate (M. Sc. In Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry) Bidhan Chandra krishi Viswavidyalaya (B. C. K. V) West Bengal – 2006 and recipient of the ICAR – Junior Research Fellowship for doing MSc.
• Passed CSIR-UGC Net :2006
• Joined Agricultural Research Services in- 2008, holding All India 3rd rank.
• PhD. (Soil Science and Agricultural chemistry), Analysis of Preferential Flow Pattern In Soils Under Different Land Use In Semi-Arid Telangana, Annamalai University, Tamilnadu.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

Institute Project:

Project handled as principal Investigator

• Land resource Inventory for farm planning in Parseoni mandal of Parseoni Taluk, Nagpur, Maharashtra. (2009-2011)
• Spatial Estimation of Soil Moisture Using Microwave Remote Sensing. (2013-16)
• Impact of Grass Strip on Soil Carbon Sequestration and Soil Physical Properties in Cropped Field Under Semi-Arid Environment. (2016- 2019)
• Characterizing Preferential Flow in Soils of Semi- arid Telangana (2019-till date)
• Evaluation of Natural Farming Practices to Sustain Soil Health and Crop Productivity in Rainfed Areas. (2022-till date)
• Comparative Field Evaluation of superabsorbent Hydrogel and Croptek on Growth, Yield and Irrigation Scheduling in Summer Maize. (2023-till date)

Project handled as Co-principal Investigator

• Characterisation and Evaluation of Carbon (COC) and Sulphur Status in Soyabean Growing Areas of Dhar District, Madhya Pradesh, to Suggest Alternative Cropping Pattern. (2008-2011)
• Documentation and Storing of Maps and photographs- Concept of Digital Map Library. (2008-2011)
• Development of DSS for Real Time Water Balance Modelling (2011-2013)
• Zeolite characterization and its application effect on enhancing water and nutrient use efficiency in rainfed crops. (2014-2019)
• Plant growth promoting rhizomicroorganisms and chitosan mediated biotic and abiotic stress tolerance in rainfed crops (2016- till date)
• Potential Options for Doubling Farmers' income in Rainfed Regions of Karnataka and Telangana. (2018-2021)
• Collection and Evaluationof Tamarind (Tamarindus Indica L.) Germplasm from Rainfed Areas. (2018-2021)
• Economic impact of livestock as means of livelihood security to resource poor dryland farmers. (2021-till date)

Externally funded Project:

Project handled as principal Investigator

• Assessment of quality and Resilience of soils in diverse agro-ecosystems. (2011-2012) (NAIP-component 4)

Project handled as Co- principal Investigator

• Adaptation Strategies through Cropping Systems at Selected Soil Benchmark Sites. (2011- 2017) (Project under NICRA)
• antitative assessment of Potential Positive impacts of Long-term Conservation Agricultural Practices on Climatically Resilient Soil Parameters in Rainfed Alfisols. (2012- 2017) (Project under NICRA)
• velopment and management of Integrated Water Resources in Different Agro-ecological regions of India. (2016- 2020) (Project under ICAR-Water Platform)
• Soill Quality Assessment and Developing Indices for Major Soil and Production Regions of India. (2016- 2018) (Project under ICAR- Eatramural project)

Publications:

Research article:

Pushpanjali, Samuel J, Pankaj PK, Reddy KS, Karthikeyan K, Reddy AGK, Rohit J, Sammi Reddy K, Singh VK. Fodder Grass Strips: An Affordable Technology for Sustainable Rainfed Agriculture in India. agriculture. 2023; 13(2):318. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13020318

Pushpanjali, Osman, M.D., Reddy, K.S., Pankaj, P.K., Samuel, J., Karthikeyan, K. and Reddy, K.S., 2022. Land-use change mapping and analysis using remote sensing and GIS for watershed evaluation-A case study. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 21(1), pp.1-6.

Pushpanjali, Samuel, J., Sharma, K. L., Pankaj, P. K., Karthikeyan, K., & Reddy, K. S. (2022). Evaluation of RISAT-1 data for soil moisture retrieval in semi-arid tropics of India. The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 91(12), 1753–1757.

Pushpanjali and Dhimate Ashish Satish (2022). Watershed approach for studying soil preferential flow: A case study. Annals of Plant and Soil Research, 24(2):238-244.

Pushpanjali, Dhimate Ashish Satish, Josily Samuel, ICAR A. Gopala Krishna Reddy (2022). Preferntial Flow: A Hotspot for Biological activity in soils- A case study. Journal of Soils and Crops, 32(1):92-96.

ka, B., Sankar, G. R., Dutta, M., Baruah, T. C., Pushpanjali, Kumari, V. V., & Mishra, P. K. (2017). Assessment of fertility potential for the soils of Northern Brahmaputra valley zone using Principal Component Analysis. Indian Journal of Soil Conservation, 45(1), 1-11.

Pushpanjali, Josily Samuel, Rama Rao CA, Raju BMK, (2021), Spatial estimation and climate projected change of cover-management factor in semi-arid region of India, Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 91 (4), 521-525.