Dr. Ulavappa B. Angadi
Dr. Girish Kumar Jha
Head & Professor
girish.jha@icar.gov.in
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Research Interest

  • Bioinformatics
  • Econometrics
  • Sample Survey

Important Projects

    Ongoing:


  • Network project on Agricultural Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

  • Global Challenge Research Fund (GCRF) South Asian Nitrogen Hub (SANH) funded by UKResearch and Innovation (UKRI).


    • Completed:


  • Crop yield estimates at small area level using farmers’ estimates

  • A pilot study on cost of production of coconut in Kerala

  • Assessment of harvest and post-harvest losses

  • Economic analysis and prospects of non-edible oil seeds in India

  • Pilot study to develop an alternative sampling methodology for estimation of area and production of horticultural crops

  • Oilseeds and edible oils scenario in India

  • Policy and institutional options for inclusive agricultural growth

  • Improvement of pigeon pea for stress tolerance

  • National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA)


Foreign Visit

  • University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK in 2017
  • University of Manitoba, Canada in 2008

Important Publications

  • Renjini V R, Girish K. Jha , Babita Kathayat (2023) Pushing for self-sufficiency in edible oils in India in the aftermath of recent global events, National Academy Science Letter, 46, 483-86. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40009-023-01294-ziconpdf

  • Aditya Korekallu Srinivasa, KV Praveen, Subash Surendran Padmaja, ML Nithyashree, Girish K. Jha (2023) Does a farmer's knowledge of minimum support price (MSP) affect the farm-gate price? Evidence from India, Journal of Economics and Development, 25(4), 302-316 iconpdf

  • M. L. Geetha, P. Venkatesh, Girish K. Jha , Dharam Raj Singh and V. Sangeetha (2023). A study on consumer awareness, perception and willingness to pay for biofortified products in Delhi, India. Current Science, 125, 728-736. iconpdf

  • P. S. Priyanka, V. Sangeetha, P. Venkatesh, V. Lenin, L. Muralikrishnan,Girish K. Jha (2023). Assessing farmers knowledge towards Agri-Nutrition (A2N) in Uttar Pradesh and Telangana: A psychometric test development and impact analysis. Agricultural Mechanization in Asia, 54 (10). iconpdf

  • T. Danakumara, J.Kumari, A. K. Singh, S. K. Sinha, A. K. Pradhan, S. Sharma, S. K. Jha, R. Bansal, Sundeep Kumar, Girish K. Jha, Mahesh C. Yadav and P. V. Vara Prasad (2021). Dissection of seedling root system architectural traits in a diverse panel of hexaploid wheat through multi-locus genome-wide association mapping for improving drought tolerance. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22: iconpdf

  • T. Murugan, O.P.Awasthi, S.K.Singh, G.Chawla, A.U.Solanke, S.Kumar and Girish K. Jha (2023). Molecular and historical vailidation of modified in ovulo nucellus culture based high-competency direct somantic embryogenesis and amplitude true-to-the-type plantlet recovery in Kinnow mandarin. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14:1116151: 1-17 iconpdf

  • R. Jaiswal, Girish K. Jha, R. R. Kumar and K. Choudhary (2022). Deep long short-term memory based model for agricultural price forecasting. Neural Computing and Applications, 34:4661-4676. iconpdf

  • Girish K. Jha and K. Sinha (2014). Time-delay neural networks for time series prediction: An application to the monthly wholesale price of oilseeds in India. Neural Computing and Applications, 24(3-4): 563-571

  • S. Rasheed , P. Venkatesh , D. R. Singh , V. R. Renjini , Girish K. Jha, D. K. Sharma (2021). Ecosystem valuation and eco-compensation for conservation of traditional paddy ecosystems and varieties in Kerala, India. Ecosystem Services, (49): 1-9

  • A. Suresh, Aditya K. S., Girish K. Jha and Suresh Pal (2018). Micro-irrigation development in India: an analysis of distributional pattern and potential correlates. International Journal of Water Resource Development, 35(6): 999-1014

  • P. Kumar, A. Kar, D. R. Singh, Anbukkani P., C. S. S. Gowda, K. V. Reddy, P. S. Badal, A. L. Kamble, V. Kamalvanshi, Girish K. Jha, M. S. Nain, Prakash, P., A. Alataway, A. Dewidar and H. O. Elansary (2021). Protected cultivation of horticultural crops in Uttarakhand: An economic analysis. Agronomy, 11, 692 iconpdf

  • S. J. Kale, S. K. Jha, Girish K. Jha, J. P. Sinha and S. B. Lal (2015). Soaking induced changes in chemical composition, glycemic index and starch characteristics of basmati rice. Rice Science, 22(5): 227-236.

  • A. Suresh, P. Krishnan, Girish K. Jha and A. Reddy (2022). Agricultural sustainability and its trends in India: A macro-level index based empirical evaluation. Sustainability, 14, 2540. iconpdf

  • Praveen K. V., Alka Singh, Girish K. Jha, P. Kumar, Kingsly I. T. and Aditya K. S. (2021). What drives the use of organic fertilizers? Evidence from rice farmers in Indo-Gangetic Plains, India. Sustainability, 13, 9546 iconpdf

  • Suresh Kumar, Dharam Raj Singh, Alka Singh, Naveen Prakash Singh and Girish K. Jha (2020). Does adoption of soil and water conservation practice enhance productivity and reduce risk exposure Empirical evidence from Semi-arid tropics (SAT), India, Sustainability, 12(6965):1-16. iconpdf

  • Philip Kuriachen, Asha Devi, Anu Susam Sam, Suresh Kumar, Jyoti Kumari, A. Suresh,Girish K. Jha (2022). Wheat yield responses to rising temperature: insights from northern plains of India. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 150: 1157-1172 iconpdf

  • R. J. Varadan, P. Kumar, Girish K. Jha, S. Pal and R. Singh (2015). An exploratory study on occurrence and impact of climate change on agriculture in Tamil Nadu, India. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 127(3-4): 993-1010

  • R. R. Kumar, Girish K. Jha, and Praveen, K.V. (2022) Linkage of Electricity with Agricultural Growth and Technology Factors: An Illustration of India’s Case, Energies, 15(7), 2422 iconpdf

  • Suresh Kumar, D. R. Singh, N. P. Singh, Girish K. Jha and Surender Kumar (2022). Impact of natural resource conservation technology on productivity and technical efficiency in rainfed areas of Southern India. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. iconpdf

  • Jyoti Kumari, M. K. Bag, S. Pandey, S. K. Jha, S. S. Chauhan, Girish K. Jha, N. K. Gautam and M. Dutta (2016). Assessment of phenotypic diversity in pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.] germplasm of Indian origin and identification of trait-specific germplasm. Crop & Pasture Science, 67(2): 1223-1234 iconpdf

  • Ruppa K. Thulasiram, Parimala Thulasiraman, Hari Prasain and Girish K. Jha (2014). Nature-inspired soft computing for financial option pricing using high-performance analytics. Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience iconpdf

  • Y. Zhou, N. Jain, Girish K. Jha and T. Begho (2022). Nitrogen pollution from cattle production in India: a review of the social, cultural and economic influences. The Journal of Agricultural Science, 160: 98-106

  • Praveen K V, Girish K. Jha and Aditya K S (2021). Discerning sustainable interaction between agriculture and energy in India. Current Science,120 (12): 1833-1839.

  • S. Rasheed, P. Venkatesh, D. R. Singh, V. R. Renjini, Girish K. Jha, D. K. Sharma (2021). Who cultivates traditional paddy varieties and why? Findings from Kerala, India. Current Science, 121(9): 1188

  • Suresh Kumar, Girish K. Jha, Dharam Raj Singh and H Biswas (2020). Economic incentives for sustainable legume production in India: a valuation approach internalizing risk sharing and environmental benefits. Current Science, 119(7): 1184-1189.iconpdf

  • P. Venkatesh, I. Sekar, Girish K. Jha, Premlata Singh, V.Sangeetha and Suresh Pal (2016). How do the stakeholders perceive plant variety protection in Indian seed sector? Current Science, 110 (12): 2239-2244

  • Kuldeep Singh, R M Sharma, A K Dubey, Deeba Kamil, Lekshmy S, O P Awasthi and Girish K. Jha (2019). Phytophthora nicotianae Breda de Haan induced stress changes in citrus rootstock genotypes. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology, 57: 248-258.

  • Asha Devi S.S., Anbukkani P., Alka Singh, Dayakar Rao K. and Girish K. Jha (2022). Millet production and consumption in India: where do we stand and where do we go?. National Academy Science Letters. iconpdf

  • S. Rasheed, P. Venkatesh, D. R. Singh, V. R. Renjini, Girish K. Jha, D. K. Sharma (2022). Public interventions for conservation of Paddy ecosystems- An empirical evidence from Kerala, India. National Academy Science Letters, 45(4): 287-289 iconpdf

  • Aditya K. S., Muthuprasad T., Subash S. P., Girish K. Jha (2021). The Indian crop insurance puzzle: A discourse from behavioral science perspective. National Academy Science Letters, 44:377-382. iconpdf

  • Pramod Kumar, B H Manaswi, P Prakash, P Anbukkani, Girish K. Jhaa, DUM Rao and V Lenin (2020). Impact of farmer producer organization on organic chilli production in Telangana, India. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge, 1(1): 33-43.

  • S. Sarkar, R. N. Padaria, K. Vijayaragavan, H. Pathak, P. Kumar and Girish K. Jha (2015). Assessing the potential of indigenous technological knowledge (ITK) for adaptation to climate change in the Himalayan and arid ecosystems. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge, 14(2): 251-257.

  • Girish K. Jha, G. Singh, S. Vennila, M. Hegde, M. S. Rao andH. Panwar (2017). Multi-layer perceptron based neural network model predicting maximum severity of Spodoptera litura (Fabricius) on groundnut in relation to climate for Dharwad region of Karnataka (India). Mausam, 68(3): 537-542

  • K Phillip, S.S. Asha Devi, Girish K. Jha, B.M.K. Raju, B.Sen, A.Ali and J.Kumari (2020). Sensitivity of wheat yields to rise in growing season temperature: Evidences from panel data analysis. Journal of Agrometeorology, 22(2), 191-197.

  • Girish K. Jha, G. Singh, S. Vennila, M. S. Rao, H. Panwar andM. Hegde (2016). Predicting the severity of Spodoptera litura on groundnut in relation to climatic variability using ordinal logistic model. Journal of Agrometeorology, 18(2): 282-287

  • P. H. Zaidi, S. K. Vasal, P. Maniselvan, Girish K. Jha, Mehrajjudin and R P Singh (2008). Stability in performance of quality protein maize under abiotic stress. Maydica, 53: 249-260

  • Girish K. Jha, Chiranjit Mazumder, J. Kumari and G. Singh (2014).Nonlinear principal component based fuzzy clustering: A case study of lentil genotypes. Indian Journal of Genetics & Plant Breeding, 74(2): 189-196

  • R. S. Tomar, Vinod, S. M. S. Tomar, S. V. Sai Prasad, K. Bhojaraja Naik, Girish K. Jha, N. K. Singh and Suresh Chand (2012). Development of mapping populations and their characterization for drought tolerance in wheat. Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding, 72(2): 195-207

  • H. Tanveer, P. R. Choudhury, G.P. Dixit and Girish K. Jha (2010). Detection of molecular divergence and development of DNA fingerprints in fieldpea cultivars. Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding. 70(2): 132-139.

  • Jyoti Kumari, R. N. Gadag and Girish K. Jha (2008). Genetic distance based on simple sequence repeats and its relationship to specific combining ability and heterosis in maize (Zea mays L.). Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding, 68(2): 124-131

  • Nandini Saha, Amit Kar, Girish K. Jha, Pramod Kumar, P Venkatesh and Rajeev R Kumar (2021). Integration of prices in major markets of onion and potato in India. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 91(9): 1290-5

  • P. Venkatesh, D. R. Singh, J Bisen, V. Sangeetha, S. Kumar, Renjini. V. R., M. Balasubramanian, Girish K. Jha and Alka Singh (2021). Assessment of farm constraints and income losses during COVID-19 lockdown in India., 91 (4):639-643

  • Praveen K. V., Alka Singh, P. Kumar, Girish K. Jha, Kingsly I. and Aditya K. S. (2021). Indian fertilizer subsidy conundrum: Tracking the recent developments. Indian Journal of Agricultrual Sciences, 91(4): 608-12

  • P. Venkatesh, P. Kuriachen, Sen B., Girish K. Jha, D.R.Singh, Balasubramanian M., and Sangeetha V. (2021). Role of agricultural diversification in mitigating risk in Eastern India. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 91(8): 1205-9

  • Om Prakash, S. K. Jha, S. G. Rudra, Girish K. Jha, J. P. Sinha and Firoz Hossain (2021). Development of quality protein maize based breakfast cereal. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 91 (2): 300-4.

  • P. Kumar, Suby B., Kaur Jaswinder, Bajya D. R., Sekhar J. C., Soujanya P. Lakshmi, Jindal Jawala, Singh R., Bana J. K., Reddy L. M. and Girish K. Jha (2021). Assessment of crop losses caused by Chilo partellus in maize. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 91 (2): 218-21

  • P. Kumar, P. S. Badal, R. K. Paul, Girish K. Jha, Venkatesh P., Kamalvanshi, Anbukani P., Balasubramanian M. and Preeti Patel (2021). Forecasting onion price for Varanasi market of Uttar Pradesh, India. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 91 (2): 249–53.

  • Renjini V. R., Girish K. Jha and J. P. Sinha (2021). Economic feasibility of solar irrigation pump in India: An insight from Andhra Pradesh. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 91 (2): 236–9

  • S. Kumar, D. R. Singh, Girish K. Jha, B. Mondal and H. Biswas (2021). Key determinants of adoption of soil and water conservative measures: A review. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 91(1): 08-15

  • Anuja A R, Amit Kar, Pramod Kumar, Girish K. Jha, R Roy Burman, K N Singh and Shivaswamy G P (2020). Pattern and implications of labour migration on technical efficiency of farm households: A study in Bundelkhand region of central India. Indian Jounal of Agricultural Sciences, 90(10): 1877-82

  • Rajeev R. Kumar, Girish K. Jha, K. Choudhary and D. C. Mishra (2020). Spatial integration and price transmission among major potato markets in India, Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 90 (3): 581–584.

  • B H Manaswi, Pramod Kumar, P Prakash, Amit Kar, P Anbukkani, Girish K. Jha, DUM Rao (2019). Impact of Farmer Producer Organizations on organic chilli (Capsicum frutescens) production in Telangana. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 89(11): 1850-4

  • Girish K. Jha, A Suresh, Bhoopesh Punera and P Supriya (2019). Growth of horticulture sector in India: Trends and prospects. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 89(2): 314-321

  • Kapil Choudhary, Girish K. Jha, Rajeev R Kumar and Dwijesh Mishra (2019). Agricultural commodity price analysis using ensemble empirical mode decomposition: A case study of daily potato price series. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 89(5): 882-6.

  • Sherry R Jacob, Girish K. Jha, Gajab Singh and Arun Kumar M B (2019). A viable mathematical model for seed moisture prediction in multiple species. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 89(9): 1518-22.

  • V R Renjini and Girish K. Jha (2019). Oilseeds sector in India: A trade policy perspective. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 89(1): 73-78.

  • Kuldeep Singh, R M Sharma, A K Dubey, DeebaKamil, Lekshmy S, O P Awasthi and Girish K. Jha (2018). Response of the citrus rootstock genotypes against artificial inoculation of Phytophthoranicotianae. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 88(5): 786-90.

  • Ankhila R. Handral, Alka Singh, D.R. Singh, A Suresh and Girish K. Jha(2017). Scenario of changing dynamics in production and productivity of major cereals in India. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 87 (10): 1371-76.

  • A. A. Bashir, J. P Sinha, Girish K. Jha and S. Chopra (2016). Drying kinetics for vegetable seeds with Zeolite beads. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 86 (12): 1630–4.

  • J. Kaur, Pradyumn Kumar, Suby, S. B., Jagbir Singh and Girish K. Jha. (2016). Measurement of antibiosis in maize genotypes against pink stem borer Sesamia inferens (Walker). Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 86(3): 340-346.

  • S. S. Chauhan, S. K. Jha, Girish K. Jha, D. K. Sharma, T. Satyavathi and J. Kumari (2015). Germplasm screening of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) for popping characteristics. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 85(3): 344-48.

  • S. Sarkar, R. N. Padaria, K. Vijayaragavan, H. Pathak, P. Kumar and Girish K. Jha (2014). Assessing the socio-economic impacts of climate change in arid ecosystems of India. Range Management and Agroforestry, 35(2), 249-255.

  • A. R. Anuja, A. Kar, Girish K. Jha and R. Kumar (2013). Price dynamics and market integration of natural rubber under major trade regimes of India and abroad. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 83(5): 555-560.

  • K. R. Jalgaonkar, S. K. Jha, R. K. Pal, Girish K. Jha, and D.V.K. Samuel (2013). Effect of species and particle size on essential oil yield of citrus peel (Citrus spp). Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 83(12),: 1285-88.

  • Jyoti Kumari, R. N. Gadag and Girish K. Jha (2007). Genetic analysis and correlation in sweet corn (Zea mays) for quality traits, field emergence and grain yield. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 77(9): 613-615.

  • Jyoti Kumari, R.N. Gadag and Girish K. Jha (2007). Combining ability and heterosis in field vs sweet corn (Zea mays) hybrids using line by tester mating design. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 78(3): 261-264.

  • Jyoti Kumari, R. N. Gadag and Girish K. Jha (2006). Identification of potential early maturing single cross maize hybrids. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 76(6): 383-85.

  • M. Mallick, O. P. Awasthi, V. Paul, M. K. Verma and Girish K. Jha (2016). Effect of physical and chemical mutagens on leaf sclerophylly and stomatal characteristics of Kinnow mandarin mutants. Indian Journal of Horticulture, 73(2): 291-293.

  • A. K. Jha, Netra Pal, A. K. Saxena, Dhyan Singh and Girish K. Jha (2006). Coinoculation effect of VAM and PGPR on growth and yield of onion. Indian Journal of Horticulture, 63(1): 44-47

  • Girish K. Jha, Venkatesh P., B. Sen, A. Kumar (2022). Explaining rice and wheat yield gaps in eastern Indian states: Insights from stochastic frontier analysis. Agricultural Research iconpdf



Products

  • Pearl Millet Genetic stock (INGR 13056) for popping quality.

  • Girish K. Jha, Ronit Jaiswal, Kapil Choudhary and Rajeev Ranjan Kumar (2021). stlELM: Hybrid Forecasting Model Based on STL Decomposition and ELM. https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/stlELM/index.html

  • Girish K. Jha, Ronit Jaiswal, Kapil Choudhary and Rajeev Ranjan Kumar (2021). stlTDNN: STL Decomposition and TDNN Hybrid Time Series Forecasting. https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/stlTDNN/index.html

  • Girish K. Jha, Kapil Choudhary, Rajeev Ranjan Kumar and Ronit Jaiswal (2021). EEMDelm: Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition and Its Variant Based ELM Model. https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/EEMDelm/index.html

  • Rajeev Ranjan Kumar, Girish K. Jha and Neeraj Budhlakoti (2020). MSGARCHelm: Hybridization of MS-GARCH and ELM Model. https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/MSGARCHelm/index.html

  • Rajeev Ranjan Kumar, Girish K. Jha, Dwijesh C. Mishra and Neeraj Budhlakoti (2020). SBAGM: Search Best ARIMA, GARCH, and MS-GARCH Model. https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/SBAGM/index.html

  • Kapil Choudhary, Girish K. Jha, Rajeev Ranjan Kumar and Ronit Jaiswal (2021). eemdTDNN: EEMD and Its Variant Based Time Delay Neural Network Model. https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/eemdTDNN/index.html

  • Pankaj Das, Achal Lama and Girish K. Jha (2021). ECTTDNN: Cointegration Based Timedelay Neural Network Model. https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/ECTTDNN/index.html

  • Achal Lama, Girish K. Jha, K N Singh and Bishal Gurung (2019). BayesBEKK: Bayesian Estimation of Bivariate Volatility Model. https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/BayesBEKK/index.html

  • Pankaj Das, Achal Lama and Girish K. Jha (2021). EMDANNhybrid: Ensemble Machine Learning Hybrid Model. https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/EMDANNhybrid/index.html

  • Pankaj Das, Achal Lama and Girish K. Jha (2021). EMDSVRhybrid: Hybrid Machine Learning Model. https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/EMDSVRhybrid/index.html

  • Pankaj Das, Achal Lama and Girish K. Jha (2021). MARSANNhybrid: MARS Based ANN Hybrid Model. https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/MARSANNhybrid/index.html

  • Pankaj Das, Achal Lama and Girish K. Jha (2021). MARSSVRhybrid: MARS Based SVR Hybrid. https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/MARSSVRhybrid/index.html

  • Ronit Jaiswal, Girish K. Jha, Rajeev Ranjan Kumar, Kapil Choudhary (2021). stlARIMA: STL Decomposition and ARIMA Hybrid Forecasting Model https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/stlARIMA/index.html

  • Kapil Choudhary, Girish K. Jha, Rajender Parsad, Ronit Jaiswal (2022). vmdTDNN: VMD Based Time-delay Neural Network Model. https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/vmdTDNN/index.html

  • Rajeev Ranjan Kumar, Girish K. Jha, Kapil Choudhary, Ronit Jaiswal (2022). eemdARIMA: EEMD Based Auto Regressive Integrated Moving Average Model. https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/eemdARIMA/index.html

  • Pankaj Das, Kapil Choudhary, Girish K. Jha, Achal Lama (2021). EEMDSVR: Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition and Its Variant Based Support Vector Regression Model. https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/EEMDSVR/index.html

  • PESTPREDICT: An Android Application

  • Manual on Horticulture and Spices Statistics for the MOS & PI, Govt. of India

  • Survey instrument for studying students' perception and preference for online education



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