Hydroponics, Natural farming, Tissue culture, Prapagation and nursery management

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AICRP- Agroforestry

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2018 : Best Teacher award

Faculty excellence award 2021, 2022,2023 and 2024

Outstanding Horticulture Teacher Award 2021-2022, conferred by Indian Society of Horticultural Research & Development (ISHRD).

Distinguished scientist award for 2021 by Hi-Tech Horticultural Society, Meerut.

Best poster presentation award by Society for scientific development in Agriculture & Technology (SSDAT), Meerut, in the International Web Conference (ICAAS 2021) held during July 19-21, 2021.

Best poster presentation award In: National seminar on “Fruit production on eastern tropical region of India” organised by CHES, Bhubaneshwar in collaboration with Society for promotion of Horticulture, ICAR, IIHR, Bengaluru from March 24- 26, 2022.

First prize for oral presentation in Global meet on Science and Technology (GMST-2024), Karnal, held from 21-22, September, 2024.

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Total no of Research Papers: 71

Popular articles: 42

Book Chapters: 10

1. Samir, M., Rai, R., Prasad, B. 2016. Effect of organic manures on seed germination and seedling growth of khirni, The Indian forester,142 (7): 666-669.


2. Rai, R., Joshi, S., Roy, S., Singh, O., Samir, M. And Chander, A. 2015.Implications of changing climate on productivity of temperate fruit crops with special reference to apple. Journal of Horticulture, 2:2.


3. Rai, R, Misra, K.K. and Kaushal, P. 2005. In-vitro propagation of Natal plum (Carissa grandiflora D.C.) through shoot tip culture. Prog. Hort., 37 (2): 395¬-401.


4. Rai, R and Misra, K.K. 2005. Micropropagation of Karonda (Carissa carandas) through shoot multiplication. Scientia Horticulturae, 103: 227 -232.


5. Rai, R., Misra, K.K. 2001.Quality of Bael fruit pulp powder – influence of clones and drying methods. Indian Food Packer, 1 :68-72.

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Supervised 03 Ph.D. and 12 M.Sc. students.

Invited speaker in International conference on Global initiatives for sustainable development: Issues and strategies held at Bangkok, Thailand from June 23-27, 2019.

Visiting faculty in Western Sydney University, Australia w.e.f. 18 July, 2023 to 20 August, 2023.

Projects handled:

1. Generation of elite planting material of temperate fruit crops’’ w.e.f. 06.09.05-30.06.12.- HTM MM-I, 6 yrs 10 months.
2. ‘‘FAO – Apple improvement programme – w.e.f. 06.09.05-31.10.08 – FAO -3 yrs 1 month.
3. Establishment of budwood and rootstock bank of temperate fruit crops (April,2010-Mar, 2013)