VAIBHAV Summit - 2020 on “Sensor and Sensing for Precision Agriculture (V16H1S1)”

5^th October, 2020, New Delhi

The ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi organized a Session on “Sensors and Sensing for Precision Agriculture” under the “Precision Agriculture” during the Vaishwik Bhartiya Vaigyanik (VAIBHAV) Summit - 2020 today.

Prof. M. Udayakumar, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru and Dr. Alol Sikka, Indian Water Management Institute, New Delhi along with Dr. Anil Rai, ADG (ICT), ICAR also virtually participated in the session.

The Indian Speaker, Dr. C. Viswanathan, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi India and NRI Speaker, Prof. Sindhuja Sankaran, Washington State University, U.S.A. made presentations on the Indian and U.S. scenario on high throughput sensor-based plant phenotyping for development of resource efficient, climate smart and high yielding cultivars which are fundamental for the smart agriculture.

The Indian Speaker, Prof. Uday B. Desai, IIT, Hyderabad and Prof. Prasant Mohapatra, University of California, U.S.A. deliberated on the Wireless Sensor Network and IoT technologies and potential use in precision agriculture during the occasion.

The Indian Speaker, Dr. Rabi N. Sahoo, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India and Dr. Chandrashekhar Biradar, ICARDA-CGIAR and Non-Resident Speakers Prof. Dharmendra Saraswat, Purdue University, U.S.A.; Prof. Rajiv Khosla, Colorado State University, U.S.A. and Dr. Lav R. Khot, Washington State University, U.S.A. deliberated on the state of the art technologies on sensors and sensing technologies including drone remote sensing for assessing and monitoring for the soil and crop health for precision agriculture.

A total of 1019 participants including 38 panellists virtually participated in the session.

(Source: ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi)