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 |
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 |
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 | 1. “Management of Acute Malnutrition through Food Based approach”
2. “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” |
Dr. Usha Singh | 2018 | |
| 59 | Establishment and development of Biodiversity Park for Conservation of Native Flora and Fauna of Bihar | Dr. R. K. Jha | 2018 | 3 years |
| 60 | 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 |