Dr. Manu Sundavalu

Email: dr.manusm@gmail.com

Cropping systems, Conservation Agriculture, Soil fertility & nutrient management,  Agri-waste Management 

Doctor of Philosophy (Agronomy),    

ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India 

Master of Science (Agriculture) in Agronomy,

University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka, India 

Bachelor of Science (Agriculture),

University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India  

Senior Research Fellow (Dec 2023 – present)

Project: Consortia Research Platform on Conservation Agriculture (CRPCA), 

Division of Agronomy, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India

Tutor cum Subject Coordinator (July 2023 - Dec 2023)

Platform: AgriTopper’s Classes, a digital education platform. https://agritoppers.com/

1. Himansu Sekhar Gouda, Yudh Vir Singh, Yashbir Singh Shivay, D.R. Biswas, R.S. Bana, S. Poornima, S.M. Manu, Sagar Maitra, et al. 2024. Root parameters and water productivity of rice and wheat in a rice‒wheat cropping system as influenced by enriched compost and crop establishment methods. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research 18: 101317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafr.2024.101317. [NAAS rating: 9.8 / IF: 4.8]

2. G.K.Dinesh, et al…and S.M. Manu, S. Karthika, A.K. Singh, B. Kumar, D.M. Mahala. 2024. Residue retention and precision nitrogen management effects on soil physicochemical properties and productivity of maize-wheat-mungbean system in Indo-Gangetic Plains. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems (Provisionally accepted) [NAAS rating: 9.7 / IF: 3.7]

3. N.D. Saha, P. Saha, A. Paul; S.M. Manu, L.K. Prasad, S. Kalyani, J.P. Bindu, M.S. Madhav. 2024. Transforming hazardous waste to wealth: Vistas of alternative applications of tobacco stalks and tobacco based waste. Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances, (Communicated, HAZADV-D-24-00296). [NAAS rating: 11.4 / IF: 5.4]

4. Manu S. M., Singh Y. V., Shivay Y. S., et al. 2024. Influence of microbial consortia mediated in-situ rice straw management options on yield, economics and energetics in rice-wheat cropping system. Indian Journal of Agronomy 69 (2): 117-121. (NAAS rating: 5.31)

5.   Manu S. M., Singh Y. V., Shivay Y. S., Livleen Shukla et al. 2023. Nitrogen budgeting under the influence of in-situ rice residue management options in rice (Oryza sativa)–wheat (Triticum aestivum) cropping system. The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences93(2): 151–156. (NAAS rating: 6.40; IF: 0.4) 

 G. S. Kumar, S. K. Wanniang, R. Bahadur, S. Anbarasan, P. Raj, Manu S. M. 2024. From Soil to Harvest Integrating Agronomy with Soil Science. Ninetales Publishings, New Delhi. 

• National Eligibility Test
• IARI Senior Research Fellowship
• ICAR-National Talent Scholarship
• GOI Post-Metric Scholarship
• Gold medal in All India inter-Agri. Universities Sports
• Certificates of Appreciation (Govt. of Karnataka & AIASA)
• Best NSS Volunteer Award, Govt. of Karnataka

• Students' Representative to the Academic Council of IARI, New Delhi during 2020-21.
• Member of the executive committees of Post-Graduate School Students' Union (PGSSU), ICAR-IARI, New Delhi (2020-21 & 2021-22), AIASA, New Delhi (Chief PRO, 2019) and BABSA-IARI, New Delhi (2022-23).
• Member of the IARI Standing Committees on Courses Curricula and Academic Affairs; Scholarships, Financial Assistance and Academic Progress; Student’s Problems, Discipline, Welfare Board and Residences (2020-21).
• Elected Member of the Executive Committee of the IARI Alumni Association, New Delhi
• Life Member, Indian Society of Agronomy