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General Informations

  • Join Date: 01/04/1989
  • College: College of Agriculture
  • Department: Agricultural Engineering
  • Office Email: pankaj.barua[at]aau.ac.in
  • Other Charges: Incharge , Experiencial Learning Programme, CoA

Education Details

 
 
 
 
 
1988
B.Tech. (Agricultural Engineering)

Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya

 
 
 
 
 
1994
M.Tech. (Soil and Water Engineering)

Punjab Agricultural University

 
 
 
 
 
2005
Ph.D.

Tezpur University

Employment History

 
 
 
 
 
01-04-1989 - 22-08-1986
Junior Research Assistant

BN College of Agriculture, AAU

 
 
 
 
 
23-08-1996 - 31-08-1996
Assistant Professor (Agril.Engg.)

BN College of Agriculture, AAU

 
 
 
 
 
03-09-1996 - 19-06-1998
Assistant Soil Conservation Officer

Department of Soil Conservation, Government of Assam

 
 
 
 
 
20-06-1998 - 28-07-1998
Assistant Professor (Agril.Engg.)

BN College of Agriculture, AAU

 
 
 
 
 
20-07-1998 - 07-02-1999
Junior Scientist (Agril. Engg.)

Regional Agricultural Research Station , AAU

 
 
 
 
 
08-02-1999 - 31-12-2004
Junior Scientist (Agricultural Engineering)

Plasticulture Development Center, Department of Horticulture, AAU

 
 
 
 
 
01-01-2005 - 30-06-2008
Scientist (Sr. Scale)

Precision Farming Development Center, Department of Horticulture, AAU

 
 
 
 
 
01-07-2008 - 13-05-2010
Senior Scientist (Agril. Engg.)

Precision Farming Development Center, Department of Horticulture, AAU

 
 
 
 
 
14-05-2010 - 29-06-2014
Senior Scientist (Agril. Engg.)

AICRP on Water Management

 
 
 
 
 
30-06-2014 - 04-07-2017
Principal Scientist (Agril. Engg.)

AICRP on Irrigation Water Management

 
 
 
 
 
05-07-2017 - 04-07-2020
Director

North Eastern Regional Institute of Water and Land Management

 
 
 
 
 
06-07-2020 - 26-09-2021
Professor (Agril. Engg.)

Department of Agril. Engg.), Faculty of Agriclture, AAU

 
 
 
 
 
27-09-2021 - Till date
Head

Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, AAU

Publications

Yassing;M.;Barman;S.;Barua;P.;Bordoloi;N. (2016) . Mechanization of farm Operations in Selected Crops of Assam, Progressive Research – An International Journal, 11(3), 309-312
Borkotoki B.;Pegu;R.;Barua;P.;Deka;P.C.;Begum;A.M.;Sarmah;A.K.;Neog;B.K.;Bora;P. Deka;S.N.;Rahman;N. (2015) . Improvement of traditional rain water harvesting structures for multiple use of water through IFS module under famers participatory action research programme,, International Journal of Tropical Agriculture, 33(2): 607-610., 33(2), 607-610
Barua;Pankaj;Hazarika;R. (2014) . Studies on fertigation and soil application methods alongwith mulching on yield and quality of Assam lemon (Citrus limon L. Burmf.), Indian Journal of Horticulture, 71(2), 190-196
Barua;Pankaj;Hazarika;R. (2014) . Rain water Harvesting and Drip Irrigation Integration in Banana: Experience through Farmer’s participatory Action Research in Assam, Agricultural Engineering Today, 38(1), 31-37
Barua;Pankaj (2013) . Integration of rain water harvesting and drip irrigation for increasing productivity of lemon (citrus limon (L.) Burmf), International Journal of Agricultural Engineering , 6(1), 133-137
Barua;Pankaj (2013) . Yield , fruit quality and water productivity of drip fertigated Assam Lemon (Citrus limon), International Journal of Agricultural Engineering , 6(2), 339-344
Barua;Pankaj (2013) . Effect of different level of water , N and K application through drip irrigation on growth and yield of guava, International Journal of Agricultural Science, 9(2), 571-574
Barua;Pankaj (2013) . Techno economic feasibility of manual low lift pumps for irrigation in shallow water table areas of Brahmaputra valley of Assam, International Journal of Agricultural Engineering , 6(2), 541-546
Talukdar;Madhumita Choudhury;Barooah;Luna;Barua;Pankaj (2010) . Effect of fertigation in production of standard and spray chrysanthemum under polyhouse condition, Indian Journal of Horticulture, 67(4), 359-361
Brahma Sanchita;Deepa Borbora Phookan;Pankaj Barua;Luchon Saikia (2010) . Effect of drip-fertigation on performance of tomato under Assam conditions, Indian Journal of Horticulture, 67(1), 56-60
Brahma Sanchita;Saikia Luchon;Barua Pankaj;Hazarika Tridip;Sarma Bhaskarjyoti (2010) . Studies on effect of fertigation with different levels of N and K fertilizers on growth, yield, quality and economics of early season capsicum (CAPSICUM ANNUM L. VAR. GROSSUM) under cover, Vegetable Science , 37(2), 160-163
Barua Pankaj;Phukan D.B. (2009) . Effect of Drip Irrigation and Plastic Mulch on Yield of Broccoli, Journal of Water Management, 17(1), 9-13
Kashyap Shataroopa; Phookan Deepa Borbora; Barua Pankaj;Bhuyan  Puna (2009) . Effect of drip irrigation and polythene mulch on yield, quality, water-use efficiency and economics of broccoli production ,, Indian Journal of Horticulture, 66(3), 323-325
Barua;Pankaj;Mandal;Purnendu; (2007) . BRISS: A web based dynamic decision support tool for Brahmaputra River Basin ,, Asian Journal of Water , Environment and Pollution, 4(1), 151-159
Kashyap;S. Borboraphookan;D.;Barua;Pankaj; (2005) . Effect of Drip Irrigation and Plastic Mulch on growth, yield and water use of Broccoli (Brassica Oleracea (L) var. Italica)., Research On Crops , 6(3), 555-559
Barua;H.K.;Barua;P.;Saikia;J. (2000) . Application of plastic tunnel for overwintering of carp fish., Journal of Agriculture Science Society of N.E. India (JASS) , 13(2), 193-195
Barua Pankaj;Barua;H.K.;Borah;A (2000) . Plant growth and yield of Assam Lemon as influenced by different drip irrigation levels and plastic mulch, Annals of Biology, 16(1), 17-20
Barua Pankaj;Narda N.K;Lubana;P.P.S. (1997) . Effect of wetted soil volume and its orientation for trickle irrigated tomatoes, Jouranl of Research Punjab Agricultural University, 34(2), 198-202
Barua, P.(2021). Performance of Selected Indigenous Crops under Drip Irrigation in the North-East Region of India. in : Fertigation Technologies for Micro Irrigated Crops Performance, Requirements, and Efficiency, Goyal, M.R.; Ray, L.P.; (Eds), Apple Academic Press,1265 Goldenrod Circle NE, Palm Bay, FL 32905, pp 45-58, ISBN:1265 Goldenrod Circle NE,.
Barua, ; Pankaj, and , D.P..(2015). Farm Mechanization in Assam –Prospect and Policies. in : Agriculture in Assam-2nd Edition, Bhattacharyya, A.; (Ed), AAU,Jorhat, pp 226-240.
Barua, and , P.(2013). Shifting cultivation and climate change. in : Climate variability and its impact on crop production, Das, R. (Ed), Agrotech Publishing Academy,Udaipur, pp 85-96, ISBN:9788183212786.
Barua, and , P.(2011). Axomor krishi jantriki koronor praxongik dis xamuh(in Assamese).. in : Adhunik Krishikatha, Misra, P. (Ed), Aak Baak,Guwahati, pp 95-114, ISBN:9789380454429.
Barua, and , P.(2011). How sustainable is the Brahmaputra river water resources.. in : Community Based Water Resources Management in North East India Lessons from a Global Context, Jain, C. and Islam, K.B. Sarma, S.K.; (Eds), Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd,new delhi, pp 0-0, ISBN:978-81-8424-696-4.
Barua, ; Pankaj, and , G.R.(2006). Web based Decision Support System: Concept and Issues. in : Handbook on Computational Intelligence In Manufacturing and Production Management., Laha, D.; Mandal, P. (Eds), IGI Global,701 E. Chocolate Ave. Hershey, PA 17033, USA., pp 300-314, ISBN:9781599045825.
Barua, . and , P.(2003). Greenhouse for North East India. in : Plasticulture Intervention for Agriculture Development in North Eastern Region, Satapathy, and K., K. Kumar, A.; (Eds), ICAR,ICAR, pp 73-83.
Barua, P.(2017). Raised Bed Planter for Kharif Pulse Cultivation in Assam . AAU, Jorhat
Barua, P.(2016). Tractor Drawn Zero-Till Seed-cum-Fertilizer Drill for Growing Pea in Rainfed Rice Fallow Land of Assam . AAU, Jorhat
Barua, P.(2014). Mechanization of Rice Cultivation in Assam. AAU, Jorhat
Barua, P.(2014). Plastic Paddy Drum Seeder for Direct Seeded Rice in Assam. AAU, Jorhat
Barua, P.(2010). RAINWATER HARVESTING AND DRIP IRRIGATION IN ASSAM LEMON. AAU, Jorhat
Achivements
  • ICAR Junior fellowship in Agricultural Engg. In the year 1991 while working as Junior Research Assistant (Agril. Engg.) at BN College of Agriculture, AAU,Biswanath Chariali.
  • Dr. M.C. Bora memorial best student paper-2005, award given by System Dynamics Society of India during their Biennial Conference held at Tezpur University on 05.11.2005 for the paper titled “BARISS : A web based dynamic DSS tool for water resources sustainability evaluation on river basin scale”
  • Best poster paper award for the paper titled “Low cost structure for protected cultivation in North East India” presented during International Conference on Plasticulture and Precision Farming-2005 held at Hotel Ashoka, New Delhi during November 17-21, 2005
  • MASHAV fellowship-Center for International Cooperation , Government of Israel fellowship to attend international workshop on "R & D on Agricultural Engineering Technologies" in Tel Aviv during 18.10.2006 to 31.10.2006
  • NUFFIC fellowship to attend International course on “ Facilitating a Multi-stakeholder Process…” 05.09.2009 to 26.09.2009
  • Best oral presentation award certificate for paper titled “Integration of roof rainwater harvesting …….Assam” , national seminar on “Emerging challenges and prospective strategies for hill agriculture in 2050 “ held at ICAR , NEH, Nagaland Center , Jan 23-25, 2014
  • Started M.Tech. programme in Water Resources Management at NERIWALM, Tezpur while working as Director, NERIWALM on lien in the year 2019
  • Initiated self financed training programme and was able to conduct 25% of the total training programme as self financed one while as Director, NERIWALM on lien during 05.07.2017 to 04.07.2020
  • Agricultural Skill Council of India (ASCI) affiliation for 15 Job roles in related areas for the year 2018-19 during my tenure as Director NERIWALM on lien
  • Started a 6 months certificate programme on “ Analysis of Environmental Parameters – Water Quality” under affiliation from Assam Science and Technology University (ASTU) and also started self financed internship programme on land and water related issues since December 2017 while as Director NERIWALM on lien.
  • Approval for starting of M.Tech. in Soil and Water Conservation Engineering under Department of Agricultural Engineering , Fculty of Agriculture, AAU from Academic Council and BoM in 2022-23.
  • Successfully started and operating a revolving fund " Agricultural tools and machinery manufacturing" w.e.f. 2021-22
Membership
  • Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers
    Life Member
  • Soil Conservation Society of India
    Life Member
Projects
  • ICAR under AICRP on FIM sponsored project on "Mechanical weed management under different crop establishment methods in dry DSR under organic field conditions", project cost Rs.0.59 Lakh implemented in 2022.
  • AAU sponsored project on "AI based robotic seed drill for small and hilly farms of North East India", project cost Rs.2.5 Lakh implemented in 2023.
  • Government of Assam sponsored project on "training on operation repair and maintenance of agricultural machinery", project cost Rs.100 Lakh implemented in 2021.
  • ICAR sponsored project on "Seed tape system for vegetable production in small and hilly farms of NE India", project cost Rs.22.98 Lakh implemented in 2016.
  • IIT-DIC sponsored project on "Design Innovation Centre (DIC) project on- Design and development of a hand operated Assam lemon fruit harvester", project cost Rs.7.60 Lakh implemented in 2016.