Dr. Shashi Kumar Singh did B. Tech, M.Tech and Ph.D from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. He is a Principal Scientist (Renewable Energy Engineering) at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana. He has over 30 years of experience in the fields of farm machinery, spray technology, renewable energy, liquid biofuel, and energy auditing in agriculture. He has led and contributed to several important national and institutional research projects. He has published 30 research papers in reputed journals and authored a book, book chapter, research bulletin, and a manual. He has received several awards, including the Innovative Student Project Award (Doctoral level) awarded by Indian National Academy of Engineering and the G.S. Khush Team Award for excellence in technology transfer. He also served as member of editorial board for Agricultural Engineering Today.   

Professional Accomplishments:

Completed Research Projects

1. ICAR Adhoc Research Project: Integrated use of paddy straw (Component D-Application of paddy straw as fuel for gasification and furnaces.)
2. AICRP on RES (Liquid Fuels-Biodiesel technology)
3. Submission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM) on Strengthening of Farm Machinery Testing Centre.
4. Efficacy study of aerial spraying system to control pests for different crops.
5. Assessment of crop residue availability and its potential in Punjab for bio-refining.
6. Consortia research platform on energy from agriculture (CRP on EA)

Current Research Projects

AICRP on Energy in Agriculture and Agro-based industries:

1. Demonstration of Renewable Energy Systems (DRES)
2. Energy Management in Agriculture (EMA)

Research Publications

1. Singh A, Singh S K, Singh M, Dixit A K and Javed M (2024) Design, development and evaluation of bailing attachment with self-propelled combine harvester. Journal of Agricultural Engineering (India) 61(4): 753-70.
2. Singh S K, Singh I, Singh H and Chalotra (2024) Energy consumption in wheat-rice cropping system in Punjasb. Journal of Agricultural Engineering (India) 61(4): 610-20.
3. Goel N, Singh S K, Dixit A K, Singh A, Singh M and Jain L (2022) Refinement of wheat straw harvester for paddy straw harvesting and bruising. Journal of Agricultural Engineering (India) 59 (3): 201-16.
4. Parmar R P, Singh S K and Singh M (2021) Bio-efficacy of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle based spraying to manage pests. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 91 (9): 109-13.
5. Singh M, Sidhu H S, Singh Y, Singh S K and Pandey H S (2020) Performance evaluation of automatic vis-à-vis manual topographic survey for precision land levelling. Precision Agriculture 21: 300-10.

Award and recognition:

1. Innovative Student Project Award (Doctoral Level) 2006 awarded by Indian National Academy of Engineering.
2. G S Khush Team Award for excellence in Transfer of Technology to the Farmers for the year 2018-19.
3. Best poster award for the poster presentation on “Study of farm machinery services provided by selected cooperative societies”, in the 45^th Annual Convention of ISAE and International Symposium on Water for Agriculture, held at Dr Panjab Rao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola from 17-19 Jan.2011.
4. Best poster paper award for the paper on “ Self-propelled paddy transplanter operated boom sprayer” presented during 48^th ISAE annual convention & symposium on Engineering Interventions in Conservation Agriculture held on 21-23 Feb.2014 at MPUAT, Udaipur.
5. Best poster paper award for the paper on “Effect of Orifice Opening Area and Spinning Disc Speed on the Performance of a Tractor Operated Fertilizer Broadcaster”. Poster paper presented during 49^th Annual Convention of ISAE and Symposium on Engineering Solutions for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Processing, held at PAU,Ludhiana on Feb.23-25,2015.
6. Member of editorial board for Agricultural Engineering Today during the year 2014-15.