Dr. Sukanta Kumar Sarangi
Head, Division of Agricultural Technologies for Women
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Experience: 23  Years
Educational Qualification
Degree
Subject
Year
University/Institute
Ph.DAgronomy – Agroecosystem, Advances in Agronomy, Advances in Soil Fertility Management, Advanced Soil2003Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
M.Sc(Agri.)Agronomy – Crop Production, Irrigation and Drainage, Dry Farming, Micrometeorology, Soil Fertility, 1998Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar
Research Areas
Agroforestry; Crop and Water Management; Cropping System; Integrated Farming System
Previous Experience
Institute
Designation
From
To
ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research InstitutePrincipal Scientist01-09-201417-12-2023
ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute Senior Scientist01-09-200831-08-2014
ICAR Research Complex for NEH RegionScientist-SS18-03-200731-08-2008
ICAR Research Complex for NEH RegionScientist18-03-200317-03-2007
M.S.Swaminathan Research FoundationResearch Fellow19-02-199906-04-2000
Awards
  1. National Scholarship
  2. ICAR-Junior Fellowship
  3. ICAR-Senior Fellowship
  4. Gold Medal in Graduation
  5. University Gold Medal in Post Graduation
  6. Fellow of Indian Society of Agronomy
  7. Fellow of Indian Society of Coastal Agricultural Research
  8. Fellow of Association of Rice Research Workers
  9. Best Poster Awards
  10. Best Research Paper Awards
  11. Best Oral Presentation Award
 
Publications
           Total Number of Research Articles:280
Significant Research Articles
  1. Sarangi, S.K., Maji, B., Singh, S., Burman, D., Mandal, S., Sharma, D.K., Singh, U.S., Ismail, A.M. and Haefele, S.M.. 2015. Improved nursery management further enhances the productivity of stress-tolerant rice varieties in coastal rainfed lowlands. Field Crops Research. 174(2015): 61-70
  2. Sarangi, S.K., Maji, B., Singh, S., Sharma, D.K., Burman, D., Mandal, S., Singh, U.S., Ismail, A.M. and Haefele, S.M.. 2016. Using improved variety and management enhances rice productivity in stagnant flood-affected coastal zones. Field Crops Research. 190(2016): 70-81
  3. Sarangi, S.K., Maji, B., Singh, S., Sharma, D.K., Burman, D., Mandal, S., Ismail, A.M. and Haefele, S.M.. 2014. Crop establishment and nutrient management for dry season (boro) rice in coastal areas. Agronomy Journal. 106(6): 2013-2023
  4. Sarangi, S.K., Maji, B., Sharma, P.C., Digar, S., Mahanta, K.K., Burman, D., Mandal, U.K., Mandal, S. and Mainuddin, M.. 2021. Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) cultivation by zero tillage and paddy straw mulching in the saline soils of the Ganges Delta. Potato Research. 64(2): 277–305
  5. Sarangi, S.K., Singh, S., Kumar, V., Srivastava, A.K., Sharma, P.C. and Johnson, D.E.. 2020. Tillage and crop establishment options for enhancing the productivity, profitability, and resource use efficiency of rice-rabi systems of the salt-affected coastal lowlands of eastern India. Field Crops Research. 247(2020): 1-15
  6. Sarangi, S.K., Singh, S., Srivastava, A.K., Choudhary, M., Mandal, U.K., Lama, T.D., Mahanta, K.K., Kumar, V., Sharma, P.C., Ismail, A.M.. 2020. Crop and residue management improves productivity and profitability of rice–maize system in salt-affected rainfed lowlands of East India. Agronomy. 10(2019)
  7. Sarangi, S.K., Mainuddin, M., Maji, B., Mahanta, K.K., Digar, S., Burman, D., Mandal, U.K., Mandal, S.. 2021. Optimum Sowing date and salt tolerant variety boost rice (Oryza sativa L.) yield and water productivity during Boro season in the Ganges Delta. Agronomy. 11(2413)
  8. Mandal, U.K., Bhardwaj, A.K., Lama, T.D., Nayak, D. B., Samui, A., Burman, D., Mahanta, K. K., Sarangi, S. K., Mandal, S. and Raut, S.. 2021. Net ecosystem exchange of carbon, greenhouse gases and energy budget in coastal lowland double cropped rice ecology. Soil and Tillage Research. 212(2021): 105076
  9. Mainuddin, M., Maniruzzaman, M., Gaydon, D.S., Sarkar, S., Rahman, M.A., Sarangi, S.K., Sarker, K.K. and Kirby J.M.. 2020. A water and salt balance model for the polders and islands in the Ganges delta. Journal of Hydrology. 587(2020): 1-13
  10. Bhatt, B. P., Sarangi, S. K. and De, L. C.. 2010. Fuelwood characteristics of some firewood trees and shrubs of eastern Himalaya, India. Energy Sources Part A. 32: 469-474
 
Any other Relevent Information
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the Indian Society of Coastal Agricultural Research; Editor, Indian Journal of Agronomy; Institute Management Committee Member for ICAR-Research Complex for NEH Region for the period 31.03.2020 to 30.03.2023; Member of the Rural Programme Advisory Committee (RAPC) of All India Radio (AIR), Kolkata; Reviewer of several reputed international peer-reviewed journals such as Field Crops Research, Agronomy Journal (American Society of Agronomy), Paddy and Water Environment, Science of the Total Environment, Plant Stress, Environmental Challenges, Open Agriculture, Earth Science Reviews, Sustainability, Agriculture, Agronomy etc.; Successfully completed several foreign aided projects (funded by Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, International Rice Research Institute, International Fund for Agricultural Development, European Commission, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, BMZ, WORLD BANK) as PI/CO-PI and established strong international research collaboration with countries such as Australia, Philippines, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Nepal.