Securing water for agricultural and food sustainability: developing Transdisciplinary approach to ground water management; Funding: SPARC-MHRD, Govt. of India.
Damodhara Rao Mailapalli
Associate Professor · Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
- Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
- India
- PhD, IIT Kharagpur, India
Areas of interest
Irrigation hydraulics and Modeling, Surface and groundwater management, Nanofertilizers and environmental toxicity, Crop Modeling and Simulation, Nonpoint source agricultural pollution
Biography
Dr. Mailapalli is currently working on 1) transdisciplinary approach for sustainable management of groundwater, 2) on-farm water and nutrient management using advanced irrigation and nutrient management techniques, 3) business strategic units pertaining to unmanned areal systems and water quality testing, and 4) cyber physical systems for efficient irrigation and nutrient application. He has worked with researchers from universities and industries as well. Dr. Mailapalli is one of the Editorial Board Members of the Journal of Water Resources and Protection. He has published more than 35 research articles, 5 book chapters, 1 patent and 26 conference papers, and volunteered as a reviewer for more than 20 research articles. He acquired $800,000 grant money through various research projects. He has been supervising 8 PhD, 17 masters and 08 honours students in the area water environment and sustainability.
Research Project
Soil matrix temperature gradient influence on migration of plant nutrients in soil; Funding: SRIC-IIT Kharagpur.
Development and evaluation of real-time river-reservoir water quality advisory system; Funding: SERB-DST, Govt. of India
Key Publications/Reports
Pradhan,S, Durgam, M, and Mailapalli, D.R., 2020. Urea loaded hydroxyapatite nanocarrier for efficient delivery of plant nutrients in rice, Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, 1-12.
Shekhar, S., Mailapalli, D.R., Das, B.S., Raghuwanshi, N.S., 2019. Hydrus-1D model for Simulating Water Flow through Paddy Soils under Alternate Wetting and Drying Irrigation Practice. Paddy and Water Environment, 18 (1): 73-85.
Prasad, L. R. V. and Mailapalli, D. R., 2018. Evaluation of nitrogen fertilization patterns using DSSAT for enhancing grain yield and nitrogen use efficiency in rice. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 49(12):1401-1417.
Debnath, S., Mishra, A., Mailapalli, D.R., and Raghuwanshi, N.S., 2018. Quantifying Yield Gap for Rice Cropping Systems in Lower Gangetic Plains. Paddy and Water Environment, 16 (3):601-615, IF: 1.379.
Dubey, A. and Mailapalli, D.R., 2018. Development of control release urea fertilizer model for water and nitrogen movement in flooded rice. Paddy and Water Environment, 16(1):1-13. IF: 1.379.