Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth CAAST,Rahuri

Dr. Pradnya Balkrishna Jadhav

Research Associate (IDE)

Ph.D. (IDE)

Profile Details

Education:
School, college and/or University Attended			Degree/certificate or other specialized education obtained					Date Obtained
Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, Ahmednagar (MS)			Ph. D (Irrigation and Drainage Engg.)					December, 2019
Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Ratnagiri (MS)			M. Tech (Irrigation and Drainage Engg.)					January, 2013
Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, Ahmednagar (MS)			B. Tech (Agril. Engg.)					June, 2010
ASRB-National Eligibility Test (NET)			Land and Water Management Engineering					Qualified in 2015, 2017 and 2018

Employment Record and Experience:
Period	Employing organization and your title/position. Contact info for references				Country		Summary of activities performed relevant to the Assignment
21 August 2012 to 30 November 2013	Position: Assistant Professor Employing Organization: Dr. D. Y. Patil College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Talsande, Dist. Kolhapur Reference: Er. S. B. Patil Tel: +919823381191 Email: sbpatilprincipaldypcaet@gmail.com				India		Taught courses related to Irrigation and Drainage Engineering to B.Tech (Agril. Engineering) students including theory and practical. (Courses-Irrigation Engineering, Groundwater, Wells and Pumps, Advanced Irrigation System Design, Micro Irrigation System Design) and Some research and extension activities. Also performed duties of Summer training in-charge and Project in-charge.
22 July 2019 to 16 January 2020	Position: Senior Research Fellow Employing Organization: ICAR-IWMI collaborative Ad-hoc research project, EEWPICC, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, Maharashtra Reference: Dr. S. D. Gorantiwar Tel: +91 9881595081 Email: sdgorantiwar@gmail.com				India		Enhancing Economic Water Productivity in Irrigation Canal Commands (EEWPICC). Study area: Sina Command Area (MS) Research: Assessment of water availability for different Land Use Land Cover (LULC) in context of climate change, Downscaling of climate variables using SDSM model, Development of soft tools for performance evaluation of irrigation scheme, Analysis of LULC of Sina command area using ground truth survey of cropping pattern, Digitization and status of masonry works of Sina canal network using ground truth survey, Mapping of soil chemical properties of Sina using Soil Health Cards (SHC), Periodic groundwater status and energy accounting using household survey for Sina command.
20 January 2020 to till date	Position: Research Associate Employing Organization: Center for Advanced Agricultural Science and Technology (CAAST) for Climate Smart Agriculture and Water Management (CSAWM) by Education Division of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP), MPKV, Rahuri Reference: Dr. S. D. Gorantiwar Tel: +91 9881595081 Email: pi.caast.csawm@gmail.com				India		Research: Irrigation scheduling of wheat, Estimation of emission uniformity of drip irrigation system, involved in development of mobile applications related to crop irrigation scheduling Extension: Coordinating offline and online training programmes for faculty, students and farmers; Development of PG diploma courses
Language Skill:
Language Known		Speaking		Reading		Writing
English		Good		Excellent		Excellent
Hindi		Excellent		Excellent		Excellent
Marathi		Excellent		Excellent		Excellent

Skills Acquired:

VB.NET Language
PYTHON Language
Optimization techniques: Genetic Algorithm and Linear Programming
AquaCrop, CROPWAT, Phule Irrigation Scheduler (Irrigation Scheduling models)
ArcGIS, ERDAS, MATLAB, AutoCAD
TerrSet, WMS 10.1, Surfer 14, Grapher 12

List of Publication

List of Publications:

I. Research Articles (Journal Papers)

Jadhav, P. B., R. T. Thokal, M.S. Mane, H.N. Bhange and S. R. Kale. 2014. Conveyance Efficiency Improvement through Canal Lining and Yield Increment by Adopting Drip Irrigation in Command Area. International Journal of Innovative Research in Science Engineering and Technology (IJIRSET), Vol. 3, Special Issue 4, pp 120-129. (ISSN (Online): 2319-8753).
Jadhav, P. B., R. T. Thokal, M. S. Mane, H. N. Bhange and S. R. Kale. 2014. Improving Conveyance Efficiency through Canal Lining in Command Area: A Case Study. International Journal of Engineering Innovation & Research (IJEIR), Vol. 3, Issue 6, pp 820-826. (ISSN: 2277-5668).
Thokal, R. T., P. B. Jadhav, M. S. Mane, H. N. Bhange and S. R. Kale. 2014. Strategies of Deficit Irrigation in Canal Command. International Journal of Engineering Innovation & Research (IJEIR), Vol. 3, Issue 6 pp 921-929. (ISSN: 2277-5668).
Jadhav, P. B., S. A. Kadam and S. D. Gorantiwar. 2015. Reference Evapotranspiration (ETr) Mapping for the Western Maharashtra. Innovative Trends in Engineering, Annual Technical Journal, IEI, Vol. 39 (ISBN-978-81-924990-3-1).
Jadhav, P. B., S. A. Kadam and S. D. Gorantiwar. 2015. Comparison of methods for estimating reference evapotranspiration (ETo) for Rahuri region. Journal of Agrometeorology. Vol. 17, Issue 2, 204-207. (NASS Rating 6.6)
Jadhav, P. B., S. A. Kadam and S. D. Gorantiwar. 2016. Drainage Coefficients for Plain Zone through Rainfall Analysis: A Case Study. Journal of Agriculture Research and Technology (JART), Vol. 41, Issue 3, pp 471-474. (NASS Rating 4.18).
Jadhav, P. B., S. A. Kadam and S. D. Dahiwalkar. 2017. Trends and Variability of Reference Evapotranspiration (ETo) at Rahuri, Maharashtra. Journal of Agriculture Research and Technology (JART), Vol. 42, Issue 3, pp 075-080. (NASS Rating 4.18)
Jadhav, P. B., S. A. Kadam and S. D. Gorantiwar. 2017. Mapping of Reference Evapotranspiration using Geostatistical Analysis techniques. Agricultural Research Journal, Vol. 54, Issue 2, pp 197-201. (NASS Rating 4.71)
Jadhav, P. B., R. T. Thokal, S. A. Kadam and S. D. Gorantiwar. 2018. Evaluation of AquaCrop Model for Irrigation Planning in Command Area under Changing Climate. Agricultural Research Journal, Vol. 55, Issue 1, pp 72-78. (NASS Rating 4.71).
Jadhav, P. B., S. D. Gorantiwar and S. A. Kadam. 2019. Simulation of Soil Moisture Content for Estimation of Crop Yield and Net Benefits. International Journal of Agriculture Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 21, pp 9177-9181. (NASS Rating 4.2).
Jadhav, P. B., S. D. Gorantiwar and S. A. Kadam. 2019. Simulation model for Irrigation Water Management using Fixed Date Variable Depth Approach. Agricultural Research Journal, Vol. 57, Issue 2, pp 253-259 (NASS Rating 4.71)

II. Research Articles (Technical Papers)

Jadhav P. B., R. T. Thokal, M.S. Mane, H.N. Bhange and S. R. Kale. 2013. Irrigation Planning under Deficit Conditions in Command Area. Proceedings of National conference on “Sustainable Water Resources Development and Management SWARDAM-2013” pp 56-69.
Thokal R. T., P. B. Jadhav, M.S. Mane, H.N. Bhange and S. R. Kale. 2013. Improving Conveyance Efficiency through Canal Lining in Command Area: A Case Study. Proceedings of National conference on “Sustainable Water Resources Development and Management SWARDAM-2013” pp 397-404.
Jadhav P. B., R. T. Thokal, M. S. Mane, H.N. Bhange, S. R. Kale and S. A. Kadam. 2014. Improvement in Yield and Water Use Efficiency by Adopting Drip Irrigation Strategy in Command Area. All India Seminar on Engineering Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture through Natural Resource Management held at Ahmednagar 8-9 August, 2014.
Jadhav P. B., S. B. Gadge, and S. D. Gorantiwar. 2014. Estimating Water Requirements using FAO Penman-Monteith Method under Surface Irrigation: A Case Study. All India Seminar on Engineering Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture through Natural Resource Management held at Ahmednagar 8-9 August, 2014.

III. Recommendations

Determination of Surface Drainage Coefficient through Rainfall Analysis for Solapur District (JOINT AGRESCO-2014)
Determination of Surface Drainage Coefficient through Rainfall Analysis for Satara District (JOINT AGRESCO-2015)
Determination of Surface Drainage Coefficient through Rainfall Analysis for Nashik District (JOINT AGRESCO-2015)
Estimation of weekly crop evapotranspiration (ETc) for effective irrigation scheduling in wheat crop for the western Maharashtra. (JOINT AGRESCO-2016)
Estimation of weekly crop evapotranspiration (ETc) for effective irrigation scheduling for Potato and Chilli within the jurisdiction of MPKV, Rahuri (JOINT AGRESCO-2019)