Profile of Dr. Ravish Chandra

• B. Tech. in Agricultural Engineering: Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa
• M. E. (Agricultural Engineering) in Irrigation Water Management Engineering: Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture & Technology, Udaipur
• Ph.D. in Irrigation & Drainage: G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar

Professional Area:

• Research Areas: Irrigation Water Management, Groundwater Management
• Research Interests: Hydrologic and Crop Growth Modelling, Application of Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographic Information System (GIS) in Groundwater and Irrigation Management, Solar Energy Applications in Irrigation, Micro Irrigation Hydraulics, and Protected Cultivation.

Publications:

• Ravish Chandra and Ram Suresh. 2005. Rainfall-Runoff-Sediment Yield Relationship Established for a Micro watershed.  Journal of Agricultural Engineering  (ISAE) Volume 42(4):42-44
• Ravish Chandra, N.K. Tyagi and Jaspal singh. 2006.  Field Scale Modelling Approach  to Improve Productivity in Irrigated Agriculture.  Int. J. Tropical Agriculture, 24(3-4):507-518
• Ravish Chandra, N.K. Tyagi and Jaspal Singh. 2007.  Performance Evaluation of Water Delivery System in Bhakra Canal Command of Northwest India. .  Int. J. Tropical Agriculture,25(1): 256-261.
• Ravish Chandra, N. K. Tyagi and R. Sakthivadivel. 2009.  Irrigation water quality and crop yield relationship established for kaithal irrigation circle of Bhakra canal command.  J. Agricultural Engineering(ISAE), 46(2): 40-44
• Anjali Chandra, Subha Roy and Ravish Chandra. 2009.  Rural Technologies for Storing Vegetables and Fruits.  Environment & Ecology  27 (4B0: 2074-2076
• Ravish Chandra, B.R. Sharma and V.K. Bhatt. 2012.  Ground water use across command area of Pabnawa minor of Bhakra irrigation system.  J. Agricultural Engineering, ISAE, 49 (1): 60-61
• A.K.Singh, S.K. Jain and Ravish Chandra.  Studies on Impact of Municipal, Industrial and Agro chemical pollutants on quality of ground water.  RAU, Journal of Research, 22 (1 &2) :48-56.
• Ravish Chandra and P.K. Singh. 2015.  Effect of drip and surface irrigation on growth, yield and water use efficiency of Broccoli grown under mulch and non mulch conditions in Tarai condition in Uttarakhand.  Int. J. Basic and Applied Agricultural Research.
• Ravish Chandra and P. K. Singh.  Growth, Yield and Water Use Efficiency Response of Green House grown Capsicum under Deficit and PRD Method of Irrigation.  J. Agricultural Engineering , ISAE, 54 (1) : 21-26.
• Ravish Chandra, S.K. Jain and  A. K. Singh.  Estimation of Water consumption and Crop Water Productivity of Wheat Crop in Farmer’s Field of North Bihar.  Enviornment and Ecology, 35 (2A): 954-958.
• Amit Kumar, Shikha Anand, Manish Kumar and Ravish Chandra. 2017.  Groundwater Assessment: A Case Study in Patna and Gaya District of Bihar, India.  Int. J. Curr.Microbiol. App.Sci. 6(12): 184-195.
• Ravish Chandra, S.K. Jain and A.K. Singh. 2018.  Assessment of Ground Water Resources for Irrigation in Nalanda District of South Bihar, India.  Int. J. Curr. Microbiol. App.Sci. 7(02): 1223-1232.
• Ravish Chandra, S.K. Jain, Mukesh Kumar, A.K. Singh and Vinod Kumar. 2018.  Comparative Effects of Deficit Irrigation and Partial Root Zone Drying (PRD) on Growth, Yield and Water use Efficiency of Rabi Maize.  Int. J. Curr. Microbiol. App.Sci. 7(02): 1073-1080.
• Ravish Chandra, S.K. Jain and A.K. Singh. 2018.  Assessment of Ground Water Resources for Irrigation in Aurangabad District of South Bihar, India.  Int. J. Curr.Microbiol. App.Sci. 7(04): 1606-1617.
• Ravish Chandra and P. K. Singh. 2018.  Evaluation of drip irrigation system for Okra under Tarai condition of Uttarakhand.  Int. J. Curr.Microbiol. App.Sci. 7 (3) :132-139
• Vicky Kumar* , Ravish Chandra and S. K. Jain. 2018.  Effect of Deficit Irrigation in Rabi Maize for Crop Growth, Yield, Biomass and Water Use Efficiency in North Bihar Condition.   Int. J. Curr.Microbiol. App.Sci.: 7(6)2319-7706.

Book Chapters

• Chandra, R., Srivastava, R. C., Jain, S. K., & Kumar, A. (2021). Empowering farmers towards sustainability through innovative solar irrigation system in vulnerable areas of North Bihar. In Recent advances in irrigation system & irrigation scheduling (pp. 25–30, 139 pp.). Parmar Publication. ISBN: 978-81-928932-3-7.
• Chandra, R., Srivastava, R. C., Jain, S. K., & Kumar, A. (2021). Ground water recharge cum drainage unit. In Technology basket (pp. 1–2, 153pp). Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University (RPCAU), Pusa.
• Srivastava, R. C., Jain, S. K., & Chandra, R. (2020). Boating beyond sailing: Solar pump fitted boats in Samastipur, Bihar. In Compendium on solar powered irrigation systems in India (pp 12-14, 61 pp) CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), IWMI.
• Srivastava, R. C., Jain, S. K., & Chandra, R. (2020). Solar tree for irrigation. In Compendium on solar powered irrigation systems in India (pp 56-57, 61 pp). CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).
• Chandra, R., & Singh, P. K. (2019). Variation of climatological parameters inside and outside naturally ventilated polyhouses. In Wastewater reuse and watershed management: Engineering implications for agriculture, industry, and the environment (pp. 406–414, 497 pp.). Apple Academic Press. Hard ISBN: 9781771887465; eBook ISBN: 9780429433986.
• Chandra, R., Jain, S. K., & Singh, A. K. (2018). Development of ground water resources for irrigation in Burhi Gandak River Basin and South. In Technical Bulletin No. 80 “ Technologies for Sustainable Ground Water Management 1st ed., pp. 32–33, 34/p). IIWM, Bhubaneshwar.
• Chandra, R., Jain, S. K., & Singh, A. K. (2018). Ground Water Polution in Bihar and Option for its reuse. In Technical Bulletin No. 80 “ Technologies for Sustainable Ground Water Management 1st ed., pp. 33–34, 34/p). IIWM, Bhubaneshwar.
• Chandra, R., Jain, S. K., & Singh, A. K. (2016). Estimation of water productivity for wheat in farmers’ field of North Bihar. In Water and sustainable development (1st ed., pp. 32–39). New Delhi Publishers. ISBN: 978-93-85503-22-1.

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