Dr. Pradipkumar Mahadev Adhale is currently serving as Agricultural Economist in the Department of Economics and Sociology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. He started his career as Senior Research Fellow at ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, and ICAR-National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (NIAP), New Delhi. He joined Punjab Agricultural University in June, 2021. Dr. Pradipkumar holds a PhD in Agricultural Economics from Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Maharashtra (2019), MSc in Agricultural Economics from Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth (2016), and BSc in Agriculture from Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Agricultural University (2014). He is guiding one postgraduate students as a major adviser and three students as advisory committee member. He has authored over a 15 peer-reviewed research articles in reputed journals such as Science of the Total Environment, Sustainability, Current Science, Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, and Agricultural Economics Research Review. He is also the co-author of technical reports including Bridging Markets and Harvesting Fortunes and Commodity Outlook Report: Maize. He has participated in capacity-building programs and winter schools at ICAR-NDRI Karnal, ICAR-NIAP New Delhi, and IASRI New Delhi. He serves as a reviewer for reputed journals including Indian Journal of Economics and Development, National Academy Science Letters, and Agricultural Research Journal. 

Professional Accomplishments

Research Projects 

• Agricultural Marketing Innovations, Research and Intelligence Centre (AMIRIC) funded by Government of Punjab.

• Social Impact Assessment of Land Acquisition for Ecocity-3 Residential Scheme in New Chandigarh funded by Department of Housing and Urban Development, Government of Punjab.

Research Publications

1. Singh P, Vaidya M K, Guleria, A, Adhale  P, Bhoi P B, Bhoi A K and Barsocchi P (2025) Climatic vulnerability and adaptation strategies for vegetable production in the Northern Himalayan region. Science of the Total Environment 969: 178343. (NAAS Rating: 14.20).
2. Singh P, Adhale P, Guleria A, Bhoi P B, Bhoi A K, Bacco M and Barsocchi P (2022) Crop diversification in South Asia: a panel regression approach. Sustainability, 14: 9363. (NAAS Rating: 9.30).
3. Singh P, Adhale P, Guleria A and Vaidya M K (2022) Is crop diversification vulnerable to climate, agricultural and socio-economic factors in Himachal Pradesh, India? Current Science 123: 707-711. (NAAS Rating: 7.10).
4. Arora K, Kumar S, Adhale P, Bhoi P B and Vatta K (2023) Addressing the impact of COVID-19 on dairy value chains: evidence from Punjab, India. Current Science 124: 570-577. (NAAS Rating: 7.10).
5. Arora K, Vatta K, Kumar S, Adhale P and Bhoi P B (2024) Exploring India’s Dairy Export Competitiveness: Insights from a Gravity Model Analysis. Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics 79, 521-534. (NAAS Rating: 5.66)

Awards and Recognitions

1. NA Mujumdar Best Paper Presentation Award at 84th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics (ISAE), at Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru College of Agriculture and Research Institute, Karaikal, Pondicherry (November 11-13, 2024).
2. Second Best Paper Award at Annual Conference of Indian Society of Agricultural Development and Policy at Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana.
3. ICSSR Doctoral Fellowship, Indian Council of Social Science Research (2018-19).