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Mr. Jagdish Manik Rao
Designation : Principal Scientist
Specialised in : Mechanical Equipment Design
Joining at CSIR on : 1/2/2010
Joining at CMERI on : 1/2/2010
Research and Development Activities
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Successfully Completed a DST Sponsored Project Entitled "Design and development of inter row rotary cultivator for wide row crops". As a Project Leader
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Successfully Completed a DST Sponsored Project Entitled "Design and development of offset rotavator for an orchard" as a Project Leader.
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Successfully Completed a DST Sponsored Project Entitled "Design and development of self-propelled chilli harvestor suitable for multi pickings” as a Project Leader.
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Successfully Completed a DST Sponsored Project Entitled "Development of indigenous tractor mounted spading machine" as a Project leader.
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Lead and successfully Completed CSIR MLP project entitled “Design and development of Retractable-roof poly house”.
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Provided technical service to industries on design of farm machineries and Finite element analysis of equipment’s.
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Technologies transferred
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Inter row rotary cultivator
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Retractable roof poly house
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Contactless hand washer (Covid-19)”
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Technologies developed
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Inter row rotary cultivator
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Offset Rotator for Orchards
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Tractor operated spading machine
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Retractable roof poly house”
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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
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Organised MSME sponsored Advanced Entrepreneurship Skill Development Programme (A-ESDP) on “Advanced CAD/CAE for Agri-Machinery Design’’
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Under CSIR integrated skill development programme, Providing training to students on Design of farm machinery and FEM software
Administrative Responsibilities
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In charge, Electrical Section, CoEFM Ludhiana
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Complete dismantling of overhead power line and installation of underground power line at colony and office premises of CoEFM Ludhiana.
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In charge, Guest house CoEFM Ludhiana
Educational career: M.Tech (IIT Delhi, Mechanical Equipment Design), Pursuing PhD (AcSIR)