Curriculum Vitae (as of June, 2024)
Siva K Balasundram, PhD
Professor (Precision Agriculture) & HeadDepartment of Agriculture Technology
Faculty of Agriculture
Universiti Putra Malaysia
43400 Serdang, Selangor
MALAYSIA
Email:
siva@upm.edu.my, skbal71@gmail.com
Voice:+6 03-9769 4896 (work), +6 019-240 7371 (mobile)
Facsimile:+6 03-8938 1015
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS(Degree | Thesis Title | Awarding Institution | Year)

Doctor of Philosophy in Soil Science (Precision Agriculture) | Strategies for Precision Oil Palm Management inSouth Sumatera, Indonesia | University of Minnesota, USA | September, 2003
Master of Agricultural Science (Soil Chemistry) | Use of Palm Oil Mill Effluent and Peat to Reduce Ammonia
Volatilization from Fertilizer Urea | Universiti Putra Malaysia | May, 1997
Bachelor of Agricultural Science (Agronomy) | Effect of Repeated Application of Selected Herbicides on the Growthand Physiology of Immature Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis) | Universiti Putra Malaysia | July, 1994

AREA OF EXPERTISE(Field | Scope | Concentration)

Agricultural Science | Agricultural Information System and Technology | Precision Agriculture
CURRENT APPOINTMENTS(Designation | Institution | Year)

International
 Country Representative | International Society of Precision Agriculture (ISPA) | 2011-todate
 Country Representative | Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Agricultural Data Union | 2018-todate
 Member of the Executive Committee | Asian Conference on Precision Agriculture (ACPA) Conference Series |2019-todate
University
 Head | Department of Agriculture Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia | 2021-27
 Research Associate | Smart Farming Technology Research Center (SFTRC), Faculty of Engineering, Universiti
Putra Malaysia | 2020-2025
SummaryTotal value: RM1,428,202

RESEARCH GRANT (recent 5 years)(Project Title | Role | Funding Agency | Amount | Year | Status)

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Assessment of nutrient use efficiency and water use efficiency in durian using data-driven approaches |Principal Investigator | Top Fruits Sdn. Bhd. | RM180,000 | 2022-2025 | Ongoing
Enhancement of durian growth and management of Phytopthora palmivora diseases by lead microorganism
characterized from soil and root microbiome Co-Principal Investigator | Top Fruits Sdn. Bhd. | RM180,000| 2022-2025 | Ongoing
Crop and soil sensing in rice using a precision agriculture approach | Principal Investigator | Collaborative
Research in Engineering, Science and Technology (CREST) | RM160,000 | 2020-2023 | Completed
Enhancing oil palm stress detection and monitoring capability using drone technology | Principal
Investigator | Saffron Systems Pte. Ltd., Singapore | S$10,000 (equiv. RM30,406) | 2020-2021 |Completed
Development of non-invasive assessment protocol for orange spotting disease in oil palm using remotesensing and artificial neural network | Principal Investigator | Universiti Putra Malaysia | RM42,300 | 20182019 | Completed

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RAD, A.K., R.R. SHAMSHIRI, A. NAGHIPOUR, S.O. RAZMI, M. SHARIATI, F. GOLKAR and S.K.
BALASUNDRAM. 2022. Machine learning for determining interactions between air pollutants andenvironmental parameters in three cities of Iran. Sustainability, 14(13): 8027. [Q2]
AHAMED, M.S., M. SULTAN, R.R. SHAMSHIRI, M.M. RAHMAN, M. ALEEM and S.K. BALASUNDRAM.
2022. Present status and challenges of fodder production in controlled environments: A review. Smart
Agricultural Technology, 3:100080.
AZIZ, M., M. KHAN, N. ANJUM, M. SULTAN, R.R SHAMSHIRI, S.M. IBRAHIM, S.K. BALASUNDRAM andM. ALEEM. 2022. Scientific irrigation scheduling for sustainable production in olive groves. Agriculture(Switzerland), 12(4): 564. [Q2]RAD, A.K., S.K. BALASUNDRAM, S. AZIZI, Y. AFSHARYZAD, M. ZAREI, H. ETESAMI and R.R.
SHAMSHIRI. 2022. An overview of antibiotic resistance and abiotic stresses affecting antimicrobialresistance in agricultural soils. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(8):4666. [Q2]
JAMAL, S.A., S.K. BALASUNDRAM, M.H.A. HUSNI and C.B.S. TEH. Response of potential indicators ofsoil quality to land-use and land-cover change under a mediterranean climate in the region of Al-Jabal AlAkhdar, Libya. 2021. Sustainability, 14(1): 162. [Q2]
BALANAGOUDA, P., S. SRIDHARA, S. SHIL, V. HEGDE, M.K. NAIK, H. NARAYANASWAMY and S.K.
BALASUNDRAM. 2021. Assessment of the spatial distribution and risk associated with fruit rot disease
in Areca catechu L. Journal of Fungi, 7(10): 797. [Q1]
RAD, A.K. R.R. SHAMSHIRI, H. AZARM, S.K. BALASUNDRAM and M. SULTAN. 2021. Effects of theCOVID-19 pandemic on food security and agriculture in Iran: A survey. Sustainability, 13: 10103. [Q2]
BALASUNDRAM, S.K. and Y.M. CHONG. 2021. Use of selected spectral ratios to assess the response ofpineapple to potassium nutrition. Journal of Smart Science and Technology (UiTM), 1(1): 16-22.
NASER, A.G., S.K. BALASUNDRAM, N.M. NAWI, M.K. UDDIN and M.I. SARIPAN. 2021. Remote sensing
agricultural applications in integrated pest management in Malaysia: A literature review. Design Engineering(Toronto), 2021(04): 1730-1737. [Q4]
REZVANI, S.M., H.Z. ABYANEH, R.R. SHAMSHIRI, S.K. BALASUNDRAM, V. DWORAK, M. GOODARZI,M. SULTAN and B. MAHNS. 2020. IoT-based sensor data fusion for determining optimality degrees ofmicroclimate parameters in commercial greenhouse production of tomato. Sensors, 20(22), 6474. [Q2]
JAMAL, S.A., S.K. BALASUNDRAM, M.H.A. HUSNI and C.B.S. TEH. 2020. Detecting and analyzing land
use and land cover changes in the region of Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya using time-series Landsat data from1985 to 2017. Sustainability, 12: 4990. [Q2]
YADEGARI, M., R.R. SHAMSHIRI, A.R.M. SHARIFF, S.K. BALASUNDRAM and B. MAHNS. 2020. Using
SPOT-7 for nitrogen fertilizer management in oil palm. Agriculture (Switzerland), 10(4): 10040133. [Q2]SHAMSHIRI, R.R., E. VAN HENTEN, I. BOJIC, S.K. BALASUNDRAM, V. DWORAK and C. WELTZIEN.
2020. Model-based evaluation of greenhouse microclimate using IoT-sensor data fusion for energy efficient
crop production. Journal of Cleaner Production, 263: 121303. [Q1]
SHAMSHIRI, R. R., B. IBRAHIM, S.K. BALASUNDRAM, S. TAHERI and C. WELTZIEN. 2019. Evaluating
system of rice intensification using a modified transplanter: A smart farming solution toward sustainability ofpaddy fields in Malaysia. International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, 12(2): 54-67. [Q1]
GOLHANI, K., S.K. BALASUNDRAM, G. VADAMALAI and B. PRADHAN. 2019. Estimating chlorophyll
content at leaf scale in viroid-inoculated oil palm seedlings (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) using reflectancespectra (400-1050 nm). International Journal of Remote Sensing, 40(19): 7647-7662. [Q1]
GOLHANI, K., S.K. BALASUNDRAM, G. VADAMALAI and B. PRADHAN. 2019. Selection of a spectral
index for detection of orange spotting disease in oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) using red edge andneural network techniques. Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 47(4): 639-646. [Q2]
TEE, Y.K., S.K. BALASUNDRAM, P. DING, M.H.A. HUSNI and K. BARIAH. 2019. Determination ofoptimum harvest maturity and non-destructive evaluation of pod development and maturity in cacao(Theobroma cacao L.) using a multiparametric fluorescence sensor. Journal of the Science of Food andAgriculture, 99: 1700-1708. [Q1]
H-index (Scopus): 21 | H-index (Google Scholar): 31

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