Profile of Dr. Sudhanand Prasad Lal

• B.Sc. in Agriculture: Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur (U.P)
• M.Sc. in Agricultural Extension Education: ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal (Haryana)
• Ph.D. in Agricultural Extension Education: ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal (Haryana)

Professional Area

• Research Area: Research Methodology, Behavioural Science, Econometric Models, Artificial Neural Networks, Mental Health, Climate Change, Migrant Workers
• Research Interests: ICTs in Agriculture, Statistical Analysis, Graphic Designing, Psychometric Analysis, Index Standardization

Publications (Number)

Key Publications

• Samadder S, Lal SP, Prakash S, Singh KM (2025) Ethnozoological perspectives on otter fishing in the Indian Sundarban: Evolution of traditional knowledge, its drivers and revival mechanisms. Uttar Pradesh Journal of Zoology 46(11):196–212.
• Deo S, Shahi V, Lal SP, Kumari S, Chaudhary G, Shipra K, Kumari R, Simran (2025) Awareness and skill enhancement among farm women vis-à-vis manual multi-seed dibbler: An experimental research. Journal of Experimental Agriculture International 47(5):473–481.
• Verma M, Lal SP, Kumari M, Verma AK, Dubey SK (2025) Friedman-based ranking for unveiling constraints perceived by members of farmer producer organizations in Bihar. Journal of Community Mobilization and Sustainable Development 20(Special Issue):8–13.
• Shukla P, Kumari A, Lal SP, Sushmita K (2025) Drivers of decision-making among farm women in varied agricultural activities: Forward-step logistic regression model technique. Indian Research Journal of Extension Education 25(2&3):18–23.
• Samadder S, Lal SP, Prakash S, Singh KM (2025) Determinants of food insecurity in the Sundarbans: Multinomial logit approach apropos the Food Insecurity Experience Scale. European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety 17(4):204–215.
• Lal SP, Kumar SKN, Shukla G (2024) Knowledge assessment of integrated pest management practices among hybrid tomato growers. Gujarat Journal of Extension Education 38(2):144–152.
• Lal SP, Kumar SKN, Shukla G (2025) Drivers of IPM adoption among hybrid tomato farmers in Karnataka: Insights through Mlogit model. Indian Journal of Extension Education 61(1):48–54.
• Srivastava RK, Lal SP, Rai A, Mallick B (2024) Agricultural mechanization trends and drivers in selected states of bringing Green Revolution to Eastern India. Agricultural Mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America 55(5):17783–16793.
• Kandpal AS, Lal SP, Singh R, Kumar R, Kumar N, Saran M, Singh S, Mishra R, Samadder S (2024) Assessment of training needs of diverse agripreneurs in India: Mean weighted discrepancy score approach. Agricultural Mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America 55(1):16764–16776.
• Srivastava D, Lal SP, Shukla G (2024) Visualizing the shift: Word cloud analysis of Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Suvidha Sanitary Napkin. Indian Journal of Extension Education 60(3): 18–22.

BOOKS/ BOOK CHAPTERS:

• Lal SP, Singh S (2025) Cultivating the future: Smart farming innovation for climate resilient agriculture. Vital Biotech Publication, Kota, Rajasthan, India, pp 1–164.
• Lal SP, Prakash S, Kumari V, Kumari A, Sushmita K (eds) (2025) Gender mainstreaming in agriculture. National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE), Hyderabad & Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar, pp 198.
• Lal SP, Pandey N, Samadder S, Sushmita K (2025) Agroforestry, precision agriculture and circular economy for sustainable agriculture. Orbit Ink Publication, Kota, Rajasthan, pp 1.
• Singh SK, Kumar R, Kumar M, Choudhary RK, Nidhi, Chandra R, Paswan S, Prakash S, Kumari T, Lal SP (eds) (2025) Data revolution in agriculture: Innovative statistical and computational methods for Viksit Bharat @ 2047. Indian Society of Agricultural Statistics, New Delhi & RPCAU, Pusa, Biha.
• Singh SK, Kumar R, Kumar M, Choudhary RK, Nidhi, Chandra R, Paswan S, Kumari T, Lal SP (eds) (2025) Souvenir & abstract: 75th Platinum Jubilee Annual Conference of Indian Society of Agricultural Statistics. Indian Society of Agricultural Statistics, New Delhi & RPCAU, Pusa, Bihar, pp 1–251.
• Jha RK, Sattar A, Singh AK, Rai M, Singh RP, Lal SP, Dwivedi M, Kumar T (2025) Climate resilient agriculture for sustainable agriculture: An initiative. Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar, pp vi+110.
• Kumar A, Lal SP, Katare MB, Kumari R, Kumari P, Jayswal DK, Rashmi K (eds) (2024) Integrated farming system models: Development and implementation. NIPA Books, New Delhi, pp 300.
• Verma K, Lal SP, Verma S (2023) A study on mobility and aspiration of migrant workers. LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, Republic of Moldova, Europe, pp 120.
• Kumar A, Katare M, Sharma B, Lal SP, Malik MS (2023) Entrepreneurship in integrated farming system. Daya Publishing House, Astral International Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, pp xxvi+361.
• Kumar M, Kumar A, Rai D, Alam T, Sattar A, Pramanick B, Singh U, Yadav S, Chandra S, Sharma M, Kumari T, Lal SP, Kumar N, Jha RK, Kumar V, Rai CK, Tyagi A, Nail BSSS (2023) MAIZE: Its glorious journey in Bihar. Vital Biotech Publication, Kota, Rajasthan, India, pp 1–100.

A. Department of Agricultural Extension Education, PGCA, RPCAU, Pusa, Samastipur-848 125 Bihar, India

M. sudhanand.lal@rpcau.ac.in 

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ORCID: 0000-0002-6288-5276

Scopus Author ID: 57190620499

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