Profile Details

Research and Development Activities

Successfully Completed a DST Sponsored Project Entitled "Design and development of inter row rotary cultivator for wide row crops". As a Project Leader
Successfully Completed a DST Sponsored Project Entitled "Design and development of offset rotavator for an orchard" as a Project Leader.
Successfully Completed a DST Sponsored Project Entitled "Design and development of self-propelled chilli harvestor suitable for multi pickings” as a Project Leader.
Successfully Completed a DST Sponsored Project Entitled "Development of indigenous tractor mounted spading machine" as a Project leader.
Lead and successfully Completed CSIR MLP project entitled “Design and development of Retractable-roof poly house”.
Provided technical service to industries on design of farm machineries and Finite element analysis of equipment’s.
Technologies transferred
- Inter row rotary cultivator
- Retractable roof poly house
- Contactless hand washer (Covid-19)”
Technologies developed
- Inter row rotary cultivator
- Offset Rotator for Orchards
- Tractor operated spading machine
- Retractable roof poly house”
Presently working on DST sponsored ongoing Project entitled “Automatic guided weeding tool based on plant geo-positions for Organic Farming Mechanization” as a project leader

Other non R&D Activities

Organised MSME sponsored Advanced Entrepreneurship Skill Development Programme (A-ESDP) on “Advanced CAD/CAE for Agri-Machinery Design’’
Under CSIR integrated skill development programme, Providing training to students on Design of farm machinery and FEM software

Administrative Responsibilities

In charge, Electrical Section, CoEFM Ludhiana
- Complete dismantling of overhead power line and installation of underground power line at colony and office premises of CoEFM Ludhiana.
In charge, Guest house CoEFM Ludhiana

Educational career: M.Tech (IIT Delhi, Mechanical Equipment Design), Pursuing PhD (AcSIR)

Phone : +91-9478506111(Mobile)

Mr. Jagdish Manik Rao