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Dr. Ajeet Singh Nain
Department of Agrometeorology

Dr. Ajeet Singh Nain

Professor & Research School Director Agri -Informatics
  • DesignationProfessor & Research School Director Agri -Informatics
  • QualificationPh.D.
  • SpecialisationAgrometeorology
  • Emailnainaamgbpuatacin, nain_ajeethotmailcom
  • Contact No.+91-9411159871

Research Areas/Areas of interest

  • Application of Artificial Intelligence Geospatial Technology, Robotics and Crop Simulation Modelling in efficient resources utilization and conservations and Precision Farming.
  • Study of climate change its impact on crop and animals and working out adaptation and mitigation strategies.
  • Agro climatic and Agro-ecological zonation / regionalization for strategic planning.
  • Carbon crediting and development of Roadmap for Agricultural development with focus on Natural Resources.

Research projects

  1. Forecasting Agricultural Yield using Space, Agrometeorology & Land based Observation (FASAL) with an outlay of (70 Lakh)
  2. NABARD CHAIR PROFESSOR UNIT for studying impact on Climate Change (21.5 Lakh)
  3. Sustaining Marginal & Small Farmers by Enhancing Farm Income under Changing Environment Code No-7093 (23.5 lakh)
  4. Geoinformatics for Natural Resources Management (445 lakh)
  5. Institutional Development Plan (IDP) Under National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP) (2500 Lakh)
  6. Developing a Novel System for Monitoring and Management of Crop Diseases using AI (Artificial Intelligence)/ ML (Machine Learning) Techniques (MoM-CAT)-8027 (42.5 Lakh)
  7. Gramin Krishi Mausam Seva (GKMS) (20 Lakh)
  8. SARAL (25 Lakh)
  9. Drone Research and Development Grant (33 Lakh)
  10. Strengthening of Agrometeorology (12 Lakh)
  11. Fodder Development & Conservation Technique (20 Lakh)
  12. Rural Enterprise Acceleration through capacity Building in Various Agriculture field (276 Lakh)
  13. Digital Soil Mapping and Nutrient application through Android based application (23 Lakh)
  14. Capacity Building on climate smart Agriculture (20 Lakh)
  15. Capacity Building in Fodder production (20 Lakh)
  16. Establishment of field equipment for validation of Evapotranspiration and soil moisture product – Phase I (21.68 Lakh)
  17. Establishment of field equipment for validation of Evapotranspiration and soil moisture product – Phase II (17.78 Lakh)
  18. Society Centric Participatory Approach for Efficient Resources Management Through Science and Technology Hub (SPARSH) (384 Lakh)
  19. Establishment of Seed Processing and Storage facility (562 lakh)
  20. Establishment of High Tech Potato Seed Production Unit using ARC (572 Lakh)
  21. Studying value/ supply chains of Ginger, Mango, Finger Millet and Turmeric in Uttarakhand (18 Lakh)
  22. Evaluation of newly developed genotypes of different field crops in multilocation trials in Uttarakhand State (31.5 Lakh)
  23. Establishment of service cum training centre of drone for Uttarakhand state – An innovative idea to bring drone revolution in Uttarakhand (60.05 Lakh)
  24. International Project on Development of Window based Agriculture Expert System for Fertilizers and Irrigation recommendations. Principal Investigator July 2005 to March 2008 Jointly by DST and DAAD, Germany (9.94 Lakh)
  25. International Project on Identification of suitable regions for Energy Plantation in Northern India using Remote Sensing and GIS. Principal Investigator April 2010-March 2013 Jointly by IIT Delhi and ASTON University, United Kingdom (28.6 Lakh)
  26. COCOSIM (Cloud Crop simulation): A joint venture of GBPUAT, Pantnagar, IITKM, Kerala, ZALF, Germany & INRA, France Principal Investigator July 2018 to June 2019 IBM (8.5 Lakh)
  27. Land Use Dynamics and its impact on carbon sequestration, nitrogen cycling and biodiversity of tropical forest ecosystem of Chhattisgarh through Remote Sensing and GIS. CO-PI from June 2007 to March 2008. July 2005-June 2008 Ministry of Forest, Govt of India (53.46 Lakh)
  28. Soil and Vegetation Carbon Flux – National Carbon Project (NCP) Principal Investigator Sept 2010 to August 2013 Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) (13.28 Lakh)
  29. Monitoring Diseases of Wheat in Uttarakhand using Remote Sensing (MDRS) Principal Investigator April 2012 – March, 2015 Uttarakhand Space Applications Center (USAC), Dehradun (2.42 Lakh)
  30. Drought Monitoring in the major crops of Uttarakhand using Remote Sensing (DMRS) Principal Investigator April 2012 – March, 2015 Uttarakhand Space Applications Center (USAC), Dehradun (1.20 Lakh)
  31. Digitization of Farm Boundary of Agricultural Farm of Pantnagar using Remote Sensing and GIS
  32. Analysis of water requirements of different field crops using Lysimeter, AET, Pantnagar Principal Investigator 2010 June-March 2017 India Meteorological Department (IMD), Pune (17.5 Lakh)
  33. Participatory Technology Development & Green House Gas Reduction for Sustainable Production of Organic and Fair Trade Basmati Rice in India. CO-Principal Investigator June 2012-May 2013 Inter-cooperation Social Development India (ICSD) (11.09 Lakh)

Selected Research Publication

Sr No Title Cited by Year
1 Growth, biomass, carbon stocks, and sequestration in an age series of Populusdeltoides plantations in Tarai region of central Himalaya, G ARORA, S Chaturvedi, R Kaushal, A Nain, S Tewari, NM Alam; Turkish journal of agriculture and forestry 38 (4), 550-560 179 2014
2 Comparative analysis of statistical and machine learning techniques for rice yield forecasting for Chhattisgarh, India, A Satpathi, P Setiya, B Das, AS Nain, PK Jha, S Singh; Sustainability 15 (3), 2786 99 2023
3 Use of CERES-Wheat model for wheat yield forecast in central Indo-Gangetic Plains of India, AS Nain, VK Dadhwal, TP Singh; The Journal of Agricultural Science 142 (1), 59-70 76 2004
4 Calibration and validation of CERES model for simulating, AS Nain, KC Kersebaum; Modelling water and nutrient dynamics in soil–crop systems: Proceedings of Modelling water and nutrient dynamics in soil-crop systems: Applications of different models to common data sets, Proceedings of a workshop held 2004 in Müncheberg, Germany, KC Kersebaum, JM Hecker, W Mirschel, M Wegehenkel; Springer Science 53 2007
5 Real time wheat yield assessment using technology trend and crop simulation model with minimal data set, AS Nain, VK Dadhwal, TP Singh; Current Science, 1255-1258 47 2002
6 Composition, structure and diversity characterization of dry tropical forest of Chhattisgarh using satellite data, T Thakur, SL Swamy, AS Nain; Journal of forestry research 25 (4), 819-825 38 2014
7 Prioritization of watershed using remote sensing and geographic information system, D Kumar, A Dhaliaya, AS Nain, MP Sharma, A Singh; Sustainability 13 (16), 9456 34 2021
8 Comparison of weather-based wheat yield forecasting models for different districts of Uttarakhand using statistical and machine learning techniques, P Setiya, A Satpathi, AS Nain, B Das; Journal of Agrometeorology 24 (3), 255-261 29 2022
9 Simulation of maturity duration and productivity of two rice varieties under system of rice intensification using DSSAT v 4.5/CERES-Rice model, A Dass, AS Nain, S Sudhishri, S Chandra; Journal of Agrometeorology 14 (1), 26-30 27 2012
10 Thermal indices in relation to crop phenology of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and urd (Vigna mungo L. Hepper) at Tarai region of Uttarakhand, N Kumar, S Kumar, AS Nain, S Roy; Mausam 65 (2), 215-218 24 2014
11 Weather and climate forecasts for agriculture, HP Das, FJ Doblas-Reyes, A Garcia, J Hansen, L Mariani, A Nain; WMO Guide to agricultural meteorological practices, 5.1-5.57 24 2010
12 Rice yield prediction through integration of biophysical parameters with SAR and optical remote sensing data using machine learning models, S Sah, D Haldar, RN Singh, B Das, AS Nain; Scientific reports 14 (1), 21674 22 2024
13 Evaluating statistical and machine learning techniques for sugarcane yield forecasting in the Tarai region of North India, A Satpathi, N Chand, P Setiya, R Ranjan, AS Nain, DK Vishwakarma; Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 229, 109667 17 2025
14 Estimation of crop evapotranspiration using statistical and machine learning techniques with limited meteorological data: a case study in Udham Singh Nagar, India, A Satpathi, A Danodia, A Danodia, AS Nain, M Dhyani, DK Vishwakarma, AZ Dewidar; Theoretical and Applied Climatology 155 (6), 5279-5296 17 2024
15 Discrimination and monitoring of rice cultural types using dense time series of Sentinel-1 SAR data, S Sah, D Haldar, S Chandra, AS Nain; Ecological Informatics 76, 102136 16 2023
16 Erosion tolerance index under different land use units for sustainable resource conservation in a Himalayan watershed using remote sensing and geographic information system (GIS), S Sudhishri, A Kumar, JK Singh, A Dass, AS Nain; African Journal of Agricultural Research 9 (41), 3098-3110 15 2014
17 Evaluating the performance of Grid IMD, NASA POWER, and MarkSim timeseries weather dataset for Uttarakhand Climatic Condition, P Setiya, M Singh, AS Nain; Theoretical and Applied Climatology 155 (4), 2657-2668 14 2024
18 Development of yield prediction model of rice crop for hilly and plain terrains of Uttarakhand, P Setiya, AS Nain; Journal of Agrometeorology 23 (4), 452-456 14 2021
19 CONCEPTUALIZATION OF A FRAMEWORK OF DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR AGRICULTURE IN HILLY REGION, ASNANDKK SINGH; MAUSAM 67 (1), 195-204 12 2016
20 Multivariate analysis of the effects of weather variables on white rust epidemics and yield reduction of mustard over multiple growing seasons, M Singh, S Savary, P Setiya, AK Tewari, AS Nain; Plant Pathology 73 (4), 791-809 11 2024
21 Wheat acreage estimation using remote sensing in tarai region of Uttarakhand, A Jha, AS Nain, R Ranjan; Vegetos 26 (2), 105-111 11 2013
22 Predicting rice yield based on weather variables using multiple linear, neural networks, and penalized regression models: P Setiya, A Satpathi, AS Nain; Theoretical and Applied Climatology 154 (1), 365-375 10 2023
23 Use of CERES-wheat model for predicting wheat yields of Nainital district (UP) India., AS Nain, VK Dadhwal, TP Singh; Journal of Agrometeorology, 2(2), 113–122. 10 2000
24 Estimation of the crop evapotranspiration for Udham Singh Nagar district using modified Priestley-Taylor model and Landsat imagery, A Satpathi, A Danodia, SA Abed, AS Nain, N Al-Ansari, R Ranjan; Scientific Reports 14 (1), 21463 9 2024
25 Monitoring and Mapping Invasive Aquatic Weed Salvinia molesta using Multispectral Remote Sensing Technique in Tumaria Wetland of Uttarakhand, India, NA Ingole, AS Nain, P Kumar, R Chalal; Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing 46 (5), 863-871 9 2018
26 Comparative analysis of SMLR, ANN, Elastic net and LASSO based models for rice crop yield prediction in Uttarakhand, P Setiya, AS Nain, A Satpathi; Mausam 75 (1), 191-196 8 2024
27 Comparative evaluation of hybrid and individual models for predicting soybean yellow mosaic virus incidence, Y Khan, V Kumar, A Gacem, A Satpathi, P Setiya, K Surbhi, AS Nain; Scientific Reports 15 (1), 15790 6 2025
28 Simulated effect of climate change on wheat production and nitrogen management at different sites in Germany, KC Kersebaum, AS Nain, C Nendel, M Gandorfer, M Wegehenkel; Journal of Agrometeorology 10, 266-273 6 2008
29 Linking crop simulation model and remote sensing for wheat yield forecast, AS Nain, KC Kersebaum, VK Dadhwal, J Agrometeorol 14, 482-490 4 2012
30 Photograph-based machine learning approach for automated detection and differentiation of aerial blight disease in soybean crops, M Nainwal, A Satpathi, S Shamsi, A Salem, AS Nain, DK Vishwakarma; Journal of Big Data 12 (1), 146 2 2025

Other Information

  1. Nodal Officer – REAP
  2. Research School Director – Agri-informatics
  3. Chairman University Accreditation Committee
  4. Chairman Ag. Road Map Committee
  5. Chairman Carbon Credit Policy Government of Uttarakhand
  6. Chairman COE & Knowledge Management Committee Government of Uttarakhand
  7. Lab Incharge – GIS Lab, AI Lab, Robotics Lab, GHG Lab, RS Lab, CIL Lab, Analytical I & II Lab
  8. Director RPTO
  9. NABARD Chair (July 2016 – December 2019)
  10. Head of Department (June 2015 – February 2020)
  11. Director Research (February 2020 – August 2025)
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