Vikas Kumar Rai
Assistant Professor
Soil Physics/ Remote Sensing & GIS
- M.Sc. (Agricultural Physics) – Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
- B.Sc (Agriculture) – Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
- Research Area – Soil Physics/ Remote Sensing / Simulation Modelling
- Research interest – Soil physics, SPAC studies, crop simulation modelling,hydrological modelling, use of remote sensing for agroecosystem monitoring.
Rai, V.,Pramanik, P., Das, T. K., Aggarwal, P., Bhattacharyya, R., Krishnan, P., & Sehgal, V. K. (2019). Modelling soil hydrothermal regimes in pigeon pea under conservation agriculture using Hydrus-2D. Soil and Tillage Research, 190, 92-108.
Parihar, C. M., Nayak, H. S., Rai, V. K.,Jat, S. L., Parihar, N., Aggarwal, P., & Mishra, A. K. (2019). Soil water dynamics, water productivity and radiation use efficiency of maize under multi-year conservation agriculture during contrasting rainfall events. Field Crops Research, 241, 107570.
Kumar, V., Gathala, M. K.…Rai, V.,Jewlia. H.R., Kuri, B.R. (2019). Impact of tillage and crop establishment methods on crop yields, profitability and soil physical properties in rice–wheat system of Indo‐Gangetic Plains of India. Soil Use and Management, 35, 303-313.
Parihar C.M., Singh, A. K., Jat, S. L.…Rai, V.,Satayanaryana, T. (2019). Dependence of temperature sensitivity of soil organic carbon decomposition on nutrient management options under conservation agriculture in a sub-tropical Inceptisol. Soil and Tillage Research, 190, 50-60.
Rai, V., Aggarwal, P., Pramanik, P., Sehgal, V.K and Shafeeq, P.M. (2018). Field evaluation of infiltration models under different conservation agriculture treatments. Journal of Agricultural Physics, 18, 31-38.
Rai, V.,Pramanik, P., Aggarwal, P., Krishnan, P., & Bhattacharyya, R. (2018). Effect of Conservation Agriculture on Soil Physical Health. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 7, 373-389.
Rai, V.,Pramanik, P., Aggarwal, P., Krishnan, P., Rakshit, A., Das, T. K., &Meena, R. (2017). Determination of Soil Water Stress Coefficient by different Methods for Computing Crop Transpiration under Bed Planted Pigeon Pea. International Journal of Agriculture, Environment and Biotechnology, 10, 681-687.
Mobile No. – 9910940174
Email Id – vikas.soils@rpcau.ac.in