Research Projects in Operation
ICAR Research Projects
| S.No. | Name of the Project | Principal Investigator |
| 1. | A.I.C.R.P. on Honeybee & Pollinators | Dr. Manoj Kumar, pi.honeybee@rpcau.ac.in |
| 2. | A.I.C.R.P. on Medicinal & Aromatic Plants and Betelvine | Dr. Dinesh Rai, pi.map@rpcau.ac.in |
| 3. | A.I.C.R.P. on Soil Testing Response Correlation (STCR) | Dr. Mukesh Kumar, pi.stcr@rpcau.ac.in |
| 4. | A.I.C.R.P. on Micro & Secondary Nutrients & Pollutant Elements in Soils & Plants (MNS) | Dr. Ranjan Laik, pi.mns@rpcau.ac.in |
| 5. | A.I.C.R.P. on Rice Improvement | Dr. A. K. Misra, pi.rice@rpcau.ac.in |
| 6. | A.I.C.R.P. on Agroforestry | Dr. D.K. Das, pi.agroforestry@rpcau.ac.in |
| 7. | A.I.C.R.P. on Agro-Meteorology | Dr. Abdus Sattar, pi.agromet@rpcau.ac.in |
| 8. | A.I.C.R.P. on Irrigation Water Management | Dr. S. K. Jain, pi.iwm@rpcau.ac.in |
| 9. | A.I.C.R.P. on Fruits | Dr. S. K. Singh, pi.fruits@rpcau.ac.in |
| 10. | A.I.C.R.P. on Floriculture | Dr. A.K. Singh, pi.floriculture@rpcau.ac.in |
| 11. | A.I.C.R.P. on Vegetable crops | Dr. Udit Kumar, pi.vegetables@rpcau.ac.in |
| 12. | A.I.C.R.P. on Sugarcane | Dr. S.K. Thakur, pi.sugarcane@rpcau.ac.in |
| 13. | A.I.C.R.P. on Post Harvest Technology | Dr. P.D. Sharma, pi.pht@rpcau.ac.in |
| 14. | A.I.C.R.P. on Farm Implements & Machinery (FIM) | Dr. P. K. Pranav, pi.fim@rpcau.ac.in |
| 15. | AINP Biofertilizer | Dr. M. N. Jha, pi.biofertilizer@rpcau.ac.in |
| 16. | A.I.C.R.P. on Mushroom | Dr. Daya Ram, pi.mushroom@rpcau.ac.in |
| 17. | A.I.C.R.P. on Breeder Seed Production | Dr. Rajesh Kumar, pi.bsp@rpcau.ac.in |
| 18. | A.I.C.R.P. on Seed Technology Research | Dr. Rajesh Kumar, pi.nsp@rpcau.ac.in |
| 19. | A.I.C.R.P. on Spices | Dr. A. K. Mishra, pi.spices@rpcau.ac.in |
| 20. | A.I.C.R.P. on Potato | Dr. L.M. Yadav, pi.potato@rpcau.ac.in |
| 21. | A.I.C.R.P. on Small Millet | Dr.S. K. Singh, pi.millets@rpcau.ac.in |
| 22. | A.I.C.R.P. on Rapeeed & Mustard | Dr. Anil Pandey, pi.maize@rpcau.ac.in |
| 23. | A.I.C.R.P. on Tuber Crop other than Potato | Dr. Ashish Narayan, pi.tuber@rpcau.ac.in |
| 24. | A.I.C.R.P. on Maize | Dr. Anil Pandey, pi.maize@rpcau.ac.in |
| 25. | A.I.C.R.P. on Pigeonpea | Dr. S. B. Mishra, pi.pigeonpea@rpcau.ac.in |
| 26. | A.I.C.R.P. on Chickpea | Dr. S. B. Mishra, pi.pigeonpea@rpcau.ac.in |
| 27. | A.I.C.R.P. on MULLaRP | Dr. S. B. Mishra, pi.pigeonpea@rpcau.ac.in |
| 28. | A.I.C.R.P. on Wheat (Voluntary Centre) | Dr. D. K. Roy |
| 29. | A.I.C.R.P. on Linseed (Voluntary Centre) | Dr. Anil Pandey |
| 30. | A.I.C.R.P. on Sesamum (Voluntary Centre) | Dr. Anil Pandey |
| 31. | A.I.C.R.P. on Soyabean (Voluntary Centre) | Dr. Anil Pandey |
| 32. | A.I.C.R.P. on MULLaRP-Nematodes (Voluntary Centre) | Dr. K. N. Pathak |
| 33. | AICRP on Nematodes in Agriculture | Dr. Nishi Keshari, nishinema@gmail.com |
| 34. | A.I.C.R.P. on Home Science | Dr. Meera Singh |
| 35. | A.I.C.R.P. on Forage Crops | Dr. Nilanjaya, pi.forage@rpcau.ac.in |
| 36 | Structural Transformation, Regional Disparity and Institutional Reforms in Agriculture | Dr. D. K. Sinha |
Projects Funded by International Organizations
| S.No. | Name of the project | Year of Start | Name of P.I. | Sponsoring Agency |
| 1. | Development of heat tolerant high yielding & climate-resilent wheat cultivars by utilizing genomics, molecular and physiological information and resources | 2016 | Dr. Rajeev Kumar, rajiv.gen@gmail.com | USAID |
| 2. | Scaling up Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) through Mainstreaming Climate Smart Villages (CSVs) in Bihar | 2019 | Er. Dinesh Rajak, dinesh_rajak@yahoo.co.in | University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign (UIUC), USA from ADM Institute |
| 3. | Haplo-GS (Superior hapotype based Genomic selection) based precision breeding for enhanced genetic gain in rice for Eastern India. | 2019 | Dr. N. K. Singh, nksingh_1950@yahoo.com | IRRI |
| 4. | Management of Acute Malnutrition through Food Based approach | 2018 | Dr. Usha Singh | UNICEF |
| 5. | Improvement in Health and Nutrition among infants, children adolescents and at risk mothers through diversification in diet by establishing centre for improvement of Diets in Bihar | 2018 | Dr. Usha Singh | UNICEF |
Projects Sponsored by Govt. of India
| S.No. | Name of the project | Name of P.I. | Year of Start |
| 1. | National Horticulture Mission (CCS, Spices) | Dr. S. P. Singh | 2001 |
| 2. | Forecasting Agricultural Output using Space, Agrometeorology and Land Based Observation (FASAL) | Dr. Abdus Sattar pi.agromet@rpcau.ac.in |
2011 |
| 3. | Agro-meteorology Advisory Services | Dr. Abdus Sattar pi.agromet@rpcau.ac.in |
1995 |
| 4. | National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture. | Dr. Abdus Sattar pi.agromet@rpcau.ac.in |
2011 |
| 5. | Detection of allele other than sub-1 for submergence tolerance in mutant lines of rice using SSR molecular markers. | Dr. Rajesh Kumar, rajrau.2007@rediffmail.com |
2014 |
| 6. | Improvement of mungbean (Vigna radiate L.) Wilczek in resistance to Mungbean Yellow Mosaic Virus (MYMV) | Dr. Sangita Sahni, sangeetampp@gmail.com | 2016 |
| 7. | (i) Improvement/ Development of poultry farm at APRI, Pusa into a model instructional poultry unit. (ii) Establishment of Regional Centre of Excellance for Indegenous Breed (CoEIB). |
Dr. Pramod Kumar, pramod123ndri@gmail.com | 2019 |
| 8. | Establishment of Indegenous Cattle Conservation and Improvement Centre at Madhopur under Rashtriya Gokul Mission. | Dr. R. K. Ashthana, drrajeev95@gmail.com | 2019 |
Projects Funded by Govt. of Bihar
| S. No. | Project Title | Principal Investigator |
| 1. | State Co-ordinated Varietal Testing under quality seed production in Bihar | Dr. N. K. Singh, nksingh_1950@yahoo.com |
| 2. | Farm Implements Testing Centre (RKVY) | Er. Manoranjan Kumar, fmtc@rpcau.ac.in |
| 3. | Establishment of High Quality Vegetable Sedling Production Technology under protected conditions at Piprakothi (East Champaran) under NHB | Dr. Udit Kumar, pi.vegetables@rpcau.ac.in |
| 4. | Development of 15 units of Small Nursery (1 ha.) under NHM | Dr. Udit Kumar, pi.vegetables@rpcau.ac.in |
| 5. | Promotion of Home Based Nutritional Therapy & Care-Process to combat Sever Acute Malnutrition in Children under 5 years of age at Sitamarhi | Dr. Usha Singh |
University Funded Research Projects
| S.No. | Name of the project | Name of P.I. | Year of Start | Project Duration |
| 1 | i.Development of floating Solar Photovoltaic Pumping System for irrigation to diara/ dhab lands of Bihar
ii.Design and development of portable irrigation system cum sprayer for the small and marginal farmers |
Dr. S. K. Jain, skjain@rpcau.ac.in |
2017 | 3 years |
| 2 | 1. Design and evaluation of drainage cum recharge structure under north Bihar condition
2. Development of Automated Surface Irrigation Outlet |
Dr. Ravish Chadra, ravish.cae@gmail.com |
2017 |
2 years |
| 3 | Effect of enzyme pretreatment on Eco-friendly natural dyeing | Dr. Sangita Deo, head.tad@rpcau.ac.in |
2017 | 3 yrs |
| 4 | Effect of irrigation and nutrient management practices on the performance of different maize based inter croppings | Dr. Mritunjay Kumar, drmritunjay.rau@gmail.com |
2017 | 3 yrs |
| 5 | Formulation and evaluation of liquid inoculants on pulse productivity and soil health | Dr. Geeta Kumari, geetasri.kumari5@gmail.com |
2017 | 3 yrs |
| 6 | Impact of organic farming on soil carbon sequestration, soil health and sugarcane productivity in calcareous soil of Bihar | Dr. S. K. Thakur, pi.sugarcane@rpcau.ac.in |
2016 | 3 years |
| 7 | Improving input use efficiency in rice production | Dr. S. K. Choudhary, skcrau@gmail.com |
2016 | 3 years |
| 8 | Exogenous application of plant growth regulators & antioxidants to improve the terminal heats tolerance of wheat cultivars grown in Bihar | Dr. Shailesh Kumar | 2016 | 3 years |
| 9 | Selection & promotion of Trichodermafor crop improvement under sustainable agriculture | Dr. Dinesh Rai, drai1975@gmail.com |
2017 | 3 years |
| 10 | Evaluation of microbial consortium on seed germination, plant growth promoting attributes & biocontrol potential against important diseases of mungbean | Dr. Sangita Sahni, sangitampp@gmail.com |
2017 | 3 years |
| 11 | Participatory action research for enhancing productivity through vermicompost technology dissemination of field and horticultural crops in North Bihar | Dr. Satya Prakash, satyaprakashpusa@gmail.com |
2017 | 3 years |
| 12 | Development of hybrid rice for Bihar | Dr. V. K. Sharma, vksharmarau@yahoo.com |
2017 | 3 years |
| 13 | (i) Study on culture and propagation technique of freshwater prawn Macrobrachium dayanum (Henderson)
(ii) Popularization of giant freshwater prawn Machrobrachium rosenbergii (de man) farming |
Dr. Poonam Prakash, poonamprakash.cof@gmail.com |
2017 |
3 years |
| 14 | Population dynamics and biomanagement of mycophagus nematodes of mushroom by Fictocomposticloa and its culturing and survival studies | Dr. Nishi Keshari
nishinema@gmail.com |
2017 | 3 years |
| 15 | Development of self reliant banana farming module for Bihar | Dr. S. K. Singh
pi.fruits@rpcau.ac.in |
2017 | 3 years |
| 16 | Boron fertilization 0n yield and quality of sugarcane plant-ratoon system in calcareous soils of Bihar | Dr. C. K. Jha, ckjha@@rpcau.ac.in |
2018 | 4 years |
| 17 | Studies on rice-wheat cropping system under changing climatic scenario | Dr. N. K. Singh
nksingh_1950@yahoo.com |
2017 | 3 years |
| 18 | 4. University campus waste management strategies | Dr. Shankar Jha
skjha2k2@gmail.com |
2017 | 3 years |
| 19 | Sustainable Cropping and Waste Land Development Plan for Birauli Farm ( KVK & HRS) | Dr. Ravinda Kumar Tiwari,
pi.birauli@rpcau.ac.in |
2018 | 2 years |
| 20 | Male migration in rural north Bihar and its impact on women empowerment | Dr. Poonam Kumari
punamk1987@gmail.com |
2018 | 2 years |
| 21 | Empowering under privileged community through multiple approaches: | Dr. Arti Sinha
Director, Planning |
2018 | 2 years |
| 22 | Development of Dhab area for enhancing livlihood through Agricultural Intervention. | Dr. P. P. Singh
Director, Seed & Farms |
2018 | 2 years |
| 23 | Nutritional Evaluation of Litchi Seed Meal
in the Diet of Labeo rohita fingerlings |
5. Dr. Shivendra Kumar
shivendra@rpcau.ac.in |
2018 | 2 years |
| 24 | Domestication and Induced Breeding of Indian Spiny Eel/ Gainch Mastacembelus acculeatus | Dr. S. C. Rai
Dean, COF |
2018 | 2 years |
| 25 | Exploration/livelihood through mechanized processing of bamboo for rural entrepreneurship in Bihar | Dr. M. S. Ali
head.forestry@rpcau.ac.in |
2018 |
2 years |
| 26 | Formulation of Microbial consortia for Biological treatment of waste water | Dr. Devendra Singh, dsingh.micro@rpcau.ac.in | 2019 | 2 years |
| 27 | Development of Low Cost technology for Turmeric Processing | Er. Anupam Amitabh, anupam@rpcau.ac.in | 2019 | 2 years |
| 28 | Preparation of microbial consortia and its application in compost formation for button mushroom production | Dr. K. R. Meena, krmeena@rpcau.ac.in | 2019 | 2 years |
| 29 | Preparation of fish cookies from the locally available fish species in Bihar. | Dr. Tanushree Ghorai, tanushri.cof@rpcau.ac.in |
2019 | 2 years |
| 30 | Identification and characterization of transporter gene families involved in mineral fortification in Oryza sativa. | Ms. Sarita Kumari, sarita@rpcau.ac.in | 2019 | 3 years |
| 31 | Molecular characterization of sugarcane varieties released from SRI, Pusa | Dr. Ashutosh Singh, ashutosh@rpcau.ac.in | 2019 | 3 years |
| 32 | Development of Vitamin-Mineral mixture for inclusion in aquaculture diets. | Dr. Ankur Jamwal, jamwal@rpcau.ac.in | 2019 | 2 years |
| 33 | Bycatch, Maincatch, Fishing efficiency and CPUS analysis of fishing gears of river Burhi Gandak, Bihar | Mr. Anirudh Kumar, anirudh.cof@rpcau.ac.in | 2019 | 2 years |
| 34 | Weaning stritagies with different live feed on growth and survival of Clarius magur larvae. | Mr. Pravesh Kumar, pravesh.cof@rpcau.ac.in | 2019 | 3 years |
| 35 | Effect of Bio-regulators on growth, yield and quality of different photoperiodic cultivars of strawberry in Bihar. | Ms. Jyotsna Rani Pradhan, jyotsna.pradhan@rpcau.ac.in | 2019 | 3 years |
| 36 | Investigation on fish health and diseases in freshwater aquaculture farms in North bihar. | Dr. Sujit Kumar Nayak, snayak.cof@rpcau.ac.in | 2019 | 2 years |
| 37 | Validation of grow out techniques and seed production of Amer carp, Cyprinus carpio haeatopterus (Hamilton) in the ponds of North Bihar, India. | Dr. Adita Sharma, adita.cof@rpcau.ac.in | 2019 | 3 years |
| 38 | Assessing phytochemical composition of pummelo and underutilized fruit crop and its suitability for making value-added products. | Dr. Hemlata Singh, hemlata@rpcau.ac.in | 2019 | 2 years |
| 38 | Development of realtime soil Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potash (NPK) sensor. | Dr. S. K. Patel, skpatel@rpcau.ac.in | 2019 | 2 years |
| 39 | Development of digital display of depth of operation on Tractor’s Dashboard. | Dr. P. K. Pranav, pkpranav@rpcau.ac.in | 2019 | 1 years |
| 40 | Evaluation and characterization of minor crops – little millet (Panicum sumatrense) as an example. | Ms. Kumari Anjani, anjani@rpcau.ac.in | 2019 | 3 years |
| 41 | Development of double row manual vegetable transplanter for small land holds. | Ms. Jaya Sinha, jaya.sinha@rpcau.ac.in | 2019 | 1 years |
| 42 | Assessment of different genotypes of horticultural crops of Samastipur, Muzaffarpur region, Bihar for their post harvest quality and processing attributes. | Dr. K. Prasad, kprasad.tca@rpcau.ac.in | 2019 | 2 years |
| 43 | Collection, conservation, evaluation and maintenance of different turfgrass genotypes, species and accessions for different abiotic stress conditions. | Ms. Roshni Agnihotri, roshni@rpcau.ac.in | 2019 | 3 years |
| 44 | Dissipation and persistence of different pesticides in brinjal, okra and tomato. | Dr. Sanjay Kumar Sahoo, sksahoo@rpcau.ac.in | 2019 | 3 years |
| 45 | molecular characterization of important insects and pests of brinjal and okra crop in Bihar | Dr. M.S. Sai Reddy, sai.reddy@rpcau.ac.in | 2019 | 3 years |
| 46 | Mutation breeding of Sunflower (Hallanthus annuus) for biotic and abiotic stress resistance and yield attributing traits. | Mr. K. L. Bhutia, klbhutia@rpcau.ac.in | 2019 | 3 years |
| 47 | Isolation and characterization of essential oils from leaves of different varieties of Curcuma longa cultivated in Bihar. | Dr. Teikur Majaw, teikur@rpcau.ac.in | 2019 | 2 years |
| 48 | Identification of packaging material and seed treatment for soybean seed storability. | Mr. Hrishikesh Sutradhar, hrishikesh@rpcau.ac.in | 2019 | 2 years |
| 49 | Extraction of fibrer from banana plant and analysis of their properties for utilization | Ms. Gayatri, gayatri@rpcau.ac.in | 2019 | 2 years |
| 50 | Standardization of time and method of propagation of guava through different vegetative methods under different growing environments. | Neeharika kanth, neeharika@rpcau.ac.in | 2019 | 3 years |
| 51 | Impact of Bihar Krishi Road Map on livelihood promotion of the farmers and extent of linkage among collaborative departments. | Dr. Sudhanand Prasad Lal, | 2019 | 3 years |
| 52 | Evaluation of Moringa olifera Lam for green fodder production in Bihar | Dr. Soibam Lanabir Singh, soibam@rpcau.ac.in | 2019 | 2 years |
| 53 | Diversification of rice based cropping system through climate resilent cropping in upland situation of Bihar | Sri. Kaushal Kishore | 2019 | 3 years |
| 54 | Introduction to Permaculture in dhab area for sustainable livelihood. | Dr. Rajesh Kumar Meena, rkmeena@rpcau.ac.in |
2019 | 5 years |
| 55 | Development of Pedotransfer functions (PTF) to characterize soil physical quality indicators for different soil and crop management practices. | Mr. Vikash Kumar Rai, vikash.soils@rpcau.ac.in |
2019 | 2 years |
| 56 | Faunal diversity and standardization of breeding techniques of selected ornamental fish species, North Bihar india. | Mr. Roshan Kumar Ram, roshan.cof@rpcau.ac.in |
2019 | 3 years |
| 57 | Demonstration on vegetable cultivation under drip-fertigation. | Dr. Udit Kumar, udithort@gmail.com |
2019 | 3 years |
| 58 | Establishment and development of Biodiversity Park for Conservation of Native Flora and Fauna of Bihar | Dr. R. K. Jha | 2018 | 3 years |
| 59 | Evaluation of bamboo plantation in river side (dhab) land for improved production, processing & utilization for better livelihood of Bihar farmers. | Dr. D. K. Das | 2018 | 5 years |
| S. No. | Project title | Principal Investigator |
| 1. | Assessment of polyhalite-a multinutrient fertilizer on soil fertility and productivity of Rice-Wheat Cropping System in North-West alluvial plains of Bihar. | Dr. S. P. Singh |
| 2. | Scaling up Climate Smart Agriculture through mainstreaming Climate Smart Village in Bihar. (NABARD) | Dr. R. K. Jha |