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PeeyushSoni

SCOPUS Author ID: 9248907800
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9533-6858
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Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=VCQFMoUAAAAJ
Web of Science ID: AAA-1981-2019 Publons ID: 2931753

Current affiliation:

Contact details:

Research interests:

Associate Professor(Farm Machinery and Power)
Agricultural and Food Engineering Department
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Kharagpur - 721 302, West Bengal, India

F-101/AGFE/IITKGPOffice: (3222) 283100
Cell: 959 356 6905
soni@iitkgp.ac.insoni.ait@gmail.com

 Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization
 Soil Tillage and Wetland Traction
 Precision Agriculture Management of Mechanized Agriculture

Professional preparation:
2006

D.Eng. (Agricultural Engineering), Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand[CGPA 4.0/4.0]

2003

M.Eng. (Agricultural Engineering), Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand[CGPA 4.0/4.0]

2001

B.Eng. (Agricultural Engineering), MPUAT – Udaipur, Rajasthan, India[Merit holder]

Professional experience:
2018- presentAssociate Professor, Department of Agricultural and Food Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India

2015-2018

Associate Professor, Department of Food, Agriculture and Bioresouces
Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand

2012-2015

Assistant Professor, Department of Food, Agriculture and Bioresouces
Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand

2007-2012

Senior Instructor, Adjunct/Affiliated Faculty Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand

Awards and Honors:
Senior Professional Engineer (Academic) Award CTAE Alumni Society, Maharana Pratap University of Agricultureand Technology, Udaipur, India (2020)
Adjunct Faculty Asian Institute of Technology Thailand (July 2018 – June 2019)
Member Academic Council Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHUATS), India(Dec 2018 – Dec 2019*)
Visiting Faculty Vaugh School of Agricultural Engineering and Technology; Faculty of Engineering and Technology;
Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHUATS), India (Nov 2014 – Nov 2019*)
ScienceDirect Top 25 Ranked 9th in Top25 for Journal of Terramechanics–Jan- Mar 2013. ScienceDirect
Top 25 List of Most Downloaded Paper, by Elsevier BV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2013)
ScienceDirect Top 25 Ranked 24th in Top 25 for Agricultural Systems – Jan- Mar 2013. ScienceDirect Top
25 List of Most Downloaded Paper, by Elsevier BV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2013)
Best Paper Award The best technical paper presented at the 2011 ISTVS Conference; The Internationalsociety for Terrain-Vehicle Systems; Sept. 18-22, 2011, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA (2011)
AMA-ShinNorinsha-AAAE Young Researcher Award For outstanding contributions to the advancement ofAgricultural Engineering profession; Asian Association for Agricultural Engineering (AAAE) (2010)
ScienceDirect Top 25 Ranked 4th on the Top 25 for Biosystems Engineering – Oct - Dec 2005. ScienceDirect
Top 25 List of Most Downloaded Paper, by Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2005)
The Reddy Award For the best graduate thesis; Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (ISAE) (2004)AIT Alumni Association Prize For the most outstanding academic performance in the School of Environment,
Resources and Development, 98th Batch, Asian Institute of Technology (2003)
Y. Y. Kishida Prize For the most outstanding academic performance among students in AgriculturalEngineering, Asian Institute of Technology (2003)
Government of the Netherlands Scholarship Recipient of scholarship for M.Eng.(2002)
Maharana Mewar Foundation Bhamashah Award For state level academic excellence in AgriculturalEngineering, Rajasthan state, India (2001 – 2002)
University Certificate of Merit For B.Eng. (Agri.); Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology,
Udaipur, Rajasthan state, India (2001)
Certificate of Merit For secondary school examination, by Ministry of Human Resources & Development,
Department of Education, Government of India (1994)

Student supervision:
Ongoing PhD = 4 + 2 (joint)
Ongoing M.Tech = 6Ongoing B.Tech = 4

COMPLETED since 2008 -Supervision
PhD
Master’sSupervisor
1279

Co-Supervisor
91

External Examiner: PhD = 5 [completed]; MS / MTech = 1 [completed]Peer-reviewed publications (International): Total= 87 [h-index: 18; Scopus citations = 1,068 RG_score = 1,440]
Total impact points = 205.5 Avg IF per paper = 2.36

Year-wise publications (as in Sept 2022)

Journal metrics (as in 2022)

Year
2022
2021
2020
Upto 2019TOTAL

ISI IF / CiteScore
IF ≥ 5IF ≥ 4IF ≥ 3IF ≥ 2IF ≥ 1
0 < IF < 1

Published/Accepted
34
3
77
87

18
21
32
40
46
9

Other products:
Books/Monographs: 4, Book chapters: 6, National journals: 4, Conference proceedings: 37, Invited talks /Keynotes: 35
Workshop / Short courses talks: 50+

Synergistic professional activities:
Director (International Relations) Asian Association for Agricultural Engineering (AAAE) (2022-)
Vice President (Elect) Section-II, Asian Association for Agricultural Engineering (AAAE) (2014-2018)
Secretary General (Elect) Asian Association for Agricultural Engineering (AAAE) (2007-2009)
President of the AIT Student Union (Elect) (2004)
Associate Editor – Farm Machinery and Power Agricultural Engineering Today (AET), Indian Society of AgriculturalEngineers (ISAE), ISSN 0970-2962 (2019- continuing)
Editorial Board Member Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology; Published by Nong Lam University
Hochiminh city, Viet Nam (2017-*)
Co-operating Editor Agricultural Mechanization in Asia, Africa, and Latin America; ISSN 0084-5841; Published by FarmMachinery Industrial Research Corp., Japan (2016-*)
Editorial Board Member Asia Pacific Journal of Sustainable Agriculture, Food and Energy (APJSAFE); ISSN 23381345; Published by Sustainable Agriculture, Food and Energy (SAFE2013) Network, Indonesia (2013-2016)
Editorial Board Member International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering (IJABE) (2012-2015)
Assistant Editor International Agricultural Engineering Journal (IAEJ), ISSN 0858-2114 (2008-2009)
Newsletter Editor AAAE Newsletter, Vol. 16(3), 16(4), 17(1), 17(2), 17(3&4), 18(1&2), 18(3&4) ISSN 0858-706X,
published quarterly (2007-2009)
International Project Proposal Reviewed:
13 [completed]
USA-Israel Agricultural Fund; Kazakhstan National Center of Science & Technology Grant; Sultan Qaboos University
Research Grant

Administrative positions held:
Degree Program Chair Agricultural Systems & Engineering Graduate Degree Program; AIT Thailand (2017-2018)
UG Program Coordinator Undergraduate Program on Biosystems Engineering (BSE); AIT Thailand (2014-2016)
Degree Program Chair Agribusiness Management (ABM) Graduate Degree Program; AIT Thailand(2017-2018)
Degree Program Chair Agricultural Systems & Engineering Degree Program; AIT Thailand(2009-2010; 2017-2018)

Sponsored research / Consultancy experience:
Ongoing / Under consideration
1. Joint Principal Coordinator “Vision-Guided AI Enabled Robotic Apple Harveter (VGH)”. Sponsoring Agency:
Centre for Development of Advance Computing (CDAC), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Govt.
of India. Total budget: 61.34 Lakhs INR. Duration: 1/3/2022 – 31 Mar 2024 (Status: ON GOING)
2. Principal Coordinator “Indo-South Korea Joint Network Centre for Environmental Cyber Physical Systems (JNC)”.
Sponsoring Agency: International Bilateral Cooperation Division, Dept. of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. ofIndia.Total budget: 22.91 Lakhs INR. Duration: 1/1/2021 – 31 Jan 2024 (Status: ON GOING)
3. Consultant Consultancy Project Type-III “Validating Mahindra & Mahindra Range of Tractors in Selected Southeast
Asian Countries”. Sponsoring Agency: Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., Mumbai. Consultancy fee: 23 Lakhs INR
Duration of project: 8/11/2019 – 28/2/2024 (Status: ON GOING)
4. Co-Consultant Consultancy Project “Nutrient Recommendations using Novel XRF and IR based Soil and Plant
Analysis (NBSA)”. Sponsoring Agency: Coromandal International Limited, Telangana, India. Consultancy fee: 20Lakhs INR (With equipment grant of worth 1 Crore approx.). Duration: 26/6/2019 – 25/6/2022 (Status: ON GOING)
5. Principal Coordinator TEQIP-III sponsored short term course is designed on “Sustainable AgriculturalMechanization”. (Status: APPROVED) Program ID: IIT/CEP/STC/TQ/2019-2020/AG/66
6. Principal Investigator Institute Scheme for Innovative Research and Development (ISIRD) Project Title:“Developing a Fleet of Autonomous Agricultural Vehicles (AAVs) for Intelligent Maneuvering and Operation inPrecision Farming”. Total budget: 28 Lakhs INR. (Status: ON GOING)

7. Co-PI Project Title: “Optimal In-field Laser Land Leveling Operation for Equal Cut-Fill Ratio and Minimum Travel
Path using Particle Swarm Optimization”. Total budget: 30.45 Lakhs INR. Sponsoring Agency: Science andEngineering Reseach Board (SERB), Dept. of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India. Duration: 6/3/2020 –5/3/2023 (Status: ON GOING)

Sponsored research / Consultancy experience: COMPLETED
Sponsored Projects
Project nameSponsored by

From - To

1

Nitrogen-use-efficiencies under precision agriculture
management

SABIC Global Technologies BV, TheNetherlands

Oct 2017 – Dec 20192

Field evaluation of input-use-efficiencies under precision
agriculture management

SABIC Global Technologies BV, The
Netherlands

Apr 2017 – Dec 20193

Technological development for climate resilience andefficient use of resources for the agricultural sector inThailand : Phase- II (Implementation)

Climate Technology Centre andNetwork (CTCN)- UNEP, United
Nations

Sept 2016 – Apr 20184

Technological development for climate resilience andefficient use of resources for the agricultural sector in
Thailand : Phase- I (Response Plan)

Climate Technology Centre andNetwork (CTCN)- UNEP, United
Nations

May 2016 – Oct 20165

Durability-Stress Tests for Agricultural Tractor underExtreme Traction Conditions

John Deere India Pte. Ltd.

Sept 2015 – Dec 2015

6Development of an Instrumentation and Data Acquisition
System for Agricultural Tractor

John Deere India Pte. Ltd.

Feb 2012 – Dec 20137

Short-term training program for final year students as apart of their international internship on Agribusiness andAgroindustries in Thailand

Sam Higginbottom University ofAgriculture, Technology and Sciences
SHUATS, India

Aug 2011 – Dec 2017

8

Laboratory training program for capacity building of SQU

Sultan Qaboos University SQU,
Muscat (Oman)

Jul 2010 – Aug 2010

9Enhancing Productivity and Market Linkages- Improving
the Livelihoods and Food Security of Smallholders in Asia
– with 2 other Co-PIs

United States Agency for InternationalDevelopment (USAID)

May 2013 – Apr 2016

10An assessment of the technical capacity of aquaculturebusiness in East Africa – with 1 other Co-PIGATSBY Africa

Nov 2016 – Dec 2017

11Life Cycle Assessment of Export Rice and Cotton in SouthSouth East Asia: promoting communication, capacity
building and networking in LCA research activities– with 3other Co-PI

CIRAD (France)

Jan 2010 – Dec 2012

Individual Consultancy / Professional Engagement:
Consultancy name12345678

Consultant
To draft the content of the regional database guideline of the regional
database guideline on Agricultural Mechanization in Asia and Pacific –upon consultation with Technical Working Group designated bymember countries
Consultant
To develop and draft the outline of the regional database guideline on
Agricultural Mechanization in Asia and Pacific
Consultant
To develop a case study on mapping exercise in the area of custom
hiring of agricultural machines in the Dry Zone of Myanmar’Consultant
To undertake initial planning work on establishing the Regional
Database of Agricultural Mechanization in Asia and PacificInternational Consultant/Expert
Analytical Publication on the Status and Future of Sustainable
Agricultural Mechanization (SAM) in Asia and the PacificInternational Coordinator
Commissioning and coordinating regional studies on Public-PrivatePartnership (PPP) for Agribusiness and Agro-industry development inAsia
ConsultantTo feasibility study on the proposed establishment of Asia-Pacific
Network for Testing Agriculture Machinery (ANTAM) , containing
macro-analysis, country need assessment, and to make policy
recommendations
ExpertTo contribute and participate in an Expert Group Meeting on Applicationof Green Agriculture Machinery for Sustainable Agriculture in the
Asia-Pacific Region

Contracted byFrom - To

Center for Sustainable Agricultural
Mechanization (CSAM) Beijing;
United Nations-ESCAPFeb 2017 –June 2017

Center for Sustainable Agricultural
Mechanization (CSAM) Beijing;
United Nations-ESCAP
Center for Sustainable Agricultural
Mechanization (CSAM) Beijing;
United Nations-ESCAP
Center for Sustainable Agricultural
Mechanization (CSAM) Beijing;
United Nations-ESCAPAug 2015 –Dec 2015

FAO- Regional Office for Asia andthe Pacific (Bangkok)

Jan 2013 –Dec 2014

FAO of the United Nations (Italy)

Jan 2010 –Dec 2011

United Nations Asian and PacificCentre for Agricultural Engineeringand Machinery (UNAPCAEM)
Beijing; United Nations-ESCAP

Nov 2009 –Jan 2010

United Nations Asian and PacificCentre for Agricultural Engineeringand Machinery (UNAPCAEM)
Beijing; United Nations-ESCAP

Sept 2009

Oct 2016

Mar 2015 –May 2015

9Consultant
To write a review of the feasibility study on the potential application ofCDM in Conservation Agriculture

10Consultant
To analyze and report agricultural engineering R&D situation in SouthAsia, Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia

United Nations Asian and PacificCentre for Agricultural Engineeringand Machinery (UNAPCAEM)
Beijing; United Nations-ESCAP
United Nations Asian and PacificCentre for Agricultural Engineeringand Machinery (UNAPCAEM)
Beijing; United Nations-ESCAPAug 2009 –Sept 2006

Sept 2006 –Dec 2006

Selected research contributions:

Design and Development of an Automatic Grading Machine for Palm Oil (Elaeis guineensis)
Fresh Fruit Bunches (FFB) using Non-Destructive Examination

Low-Altitude Remote Sensing and Image Processing for Weed and Disease Monitoring by an
Unmanned Radio-Controlled HelicopterDesign and Evaluation of a Smart Greenhouse Control System with Remote Interface overInternet



Development of a Non-Destructive Ground-Based Nitrogen Sensing System for Coffee Plantation

Development of Precision Inter and Intra Row Weeding Robot on the Paddy Field

Unmanned wet-direct Seeding of Rice Robot using a Computer Vision based Seed RowGuidance for High Inter-Row Precision

Development of a Smart Farm for Automated Irrigation and Fertilization



Obstacle Detection and Identification for Autonomous Agricultural Vehicles

Machine-Vision based Precise Measurement of Seed Flow RateDC-Motor Powered Precise Transplanting Mechanism for Paddy



Development of a Submerged Aquatic-Weed Harvester for Irrigation Canals



Development and Performance Evaluation of a Cassava HarvesterAnthropometry of Indonesian Agricultural Workers and its Application in Design of AgriculturalTools

Modeling Soil and Powered-Disc Interactions for Development of a Disc HarrowMulticriteria Decision Making in Integrated Agriculture Production SystemsPerformance of Diversified Cropping Systems and Practices: Techno-Economic and EnvironEnergy Auditing