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Agricultural Engineering      (17 scientists)

Mr Utpal Ekka

   

Field of Specialisation : Farm Machinery and Power

Mr Utpal Ekka
Scientist

M.Sc. : Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur



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PG School, Faculty Disciplines : Farm Machiner and Power



Publications having NAAS rating 6 and above with first or corresponding author only

  1. TV, A. K., Aradwad, P. P., Lama, A., Das, R., CS, R., Pattaiya, M., Ekka, U., Hassan, M., ... (2025). A comparative analysis of machine learning approaches for predicting maturity in watermelon using acoustic and quality features. Food Chemistry, 486, 144431.
  2. Sarkar, S., Upadhyay, P. K., Dey, A., Ekka, U., Rathore, S. S., Shekhawat, K., ... (2025). Integrating soil and crop metrics with precision agriculture: Pusa N Doctor app for sustainable nitrogen management in maize. PLOS ONE, 20(4), e0318678.
  3. Kiran, U. M., Singh, S. P., Kumar, A., Ekka, U., Bana, R. S., & Ramasubramanian, V. (2024). Ergonomic assessment of walk-behind battery-powered two-wheel weeder. Journal of Agricultural Engineering, 61(2), 157–168.
  4. Raj, R., Das, T. K., Chakraborty, D., Bhattacharyya, R., Babu, S., Govindasamy, P., ... (2023). Soil physical environment and active carbon pool in rice–wheat system of South Asia: Impact of long-term conservation agriculture practices. Environmental Technology & Innovation, 29, 102966.
  5. Ekka, U., Singh, S. P., & Singh, M. K. (2022). Comparative field performance evaluation of different type of Pusa Electric Power Units. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 92(6), 747–751.
  6. Ekka, U., Roy, H. S., Kumar, A., Singh, S. P., Pandey, A. K., & Nath, K. (2023). Machine learning algorithms for categorization of agricultural dust emissions using image processing of wheat combine harvester. Current Science, 124(9), 1074–1081.
  7. Singh, S. P., Ekka, U., Singh, M. K., & Jain, A. K. (2022). Mini Electric Prime Mover for Increasing Productivity of Sugarcane Farmers. Sugar Tech.
  8. Kushwaha, H. L., Ekka, U., & Singh, S. P. (2022). Development of overload protection alarm for Pusa mini electric agri prime mover. RASSA Journal of Science for Society, 4(2&3), 118–124.
  9. Ugargol, M., Singh, S. P., Kumar, A., Kushwaha, H. L., Ekka, U., Mishra, G. P., ... (2022). Development of battery-operated groundnut decorticator for female workers. RASSA Journal of Science for Society, 4(1), 16–25.
  10. Singh, S. P., Ekka, U., & Singh, M. K. (2022). Scope of walk-behind electric (battery-assisted) prime mover for natural farming in India. RASSA Journal of Science for Society, 4(2&3), 141–144.

Patent / Technologies / Methodologies / System etc. (Upto Five) :

  1. PUSA N Doctor

Awards / Recognitions / Fellowship (Upto Five) :

  1. Innovative Scientist Award” on “Natural Farming for Sustainable Agriculture and National Prosperity” Royal Association for Science-led Socio-cultural Advancement (RASSA), New Delhi., S.D. Agricultural University, S.K. Nagar (Gujarat) and Akshay Krishi Parivar, New Delhi. November, 2022.