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Dr. Kuppusamy Ponnusamy

Head, Division of Social Science

Division of Social Science

Head, Division of Social Science

K.Ponnusamy@icar.gov.in

04994-232894 ext 230

Ph.D, MBA

Agricultural Extension

 

A Technologies / Extension models  
1 A model village with Gender mainstreaming concept in Giringaput village of Khurda district in Odisha  
2 Design and implementation of five Public Private Partnership (PPP) models across the country for gender mainstreaming in agriculture
3 Validation of 12 technologies in dairy farming for their climate resilience capacity
4 Bringing India on World map in fish meal and fish oil production by survey and publication
5 Developed ten indices including sustainable livelihood for academia use
6 Methodology for evaluating model villages and climate resilience villages
7 Instrumental in popularization of CIBA shrimp feed, shrimp immunostimulant, diagnostic kits in shrimp farming and establishment of diagnostic lab for soil, water and shrimp pathogens in Navsari, Gujarat
8 Validated poly-herbal medication to control ticks in dairy animals
9 Developed Effectiveness Index on ventures developed by KVK, NDRI
10 Development of forecasting the dairying scenario for 2025 and 2030
11 Promotion of 20 women dairy group models & one FPC on dairy processing
12 Validated & popularised gender friendly tools in dairy farming
B Projects & flagship programmes
1 Four research projects in CIWA and eleven projects in NDRI
2 Coordination of 124 villages under MGMG, natural farming and waste disposal models under SBA at NDRI, Karnal
3 Working as MANAGE Facilitator for the state of Haryana during 2021 to 2023
C Contributions to physical and infrastructure development
1 Eight expert systems covering 5 crops & 3 animal enterprises
2 NDRI SMS portal
3 Live fodder museum in 2 acres and animal health herbal garden at NDRI
D Inter-disciplinary programme formulation and participation in research activities
1 PPP models, Farmers FIRST, DAPSC, NICRA, NAIP and Expert systems
2 Promoted 14 Artificial Insemination (AI) technicians under DAPSC
E Teaching, Training and Mentorship
1 Seven new courses in NDRI, two text books and a Teaching Manual
2 Two summer school, one short course, 25 trainings and BSMA syllabus revision
3 Mentored 10 Ph.D and 9 M.Sc scholars as major advisor in NDRI, Karnal
4 Worked in PME cell and RTI Appellate Authority at NDRI, Karnal until 21.12.2023

 

1 Best Teacher Award in 2020 from ICAR-NDRI Deemed University, Karnal, Haryana models  
2 Award of Fellow of National Academy of Dairy Sciences India in 2014 from National Academy of Dairy Sciences India  
3 Shri. K.Chidambaram Memorial award for best extension work in 2008 from Fisheries Technocrats Forum, Chennai
4 ISEE Fellow Award in 2017 from Indian Society of Extension Education, New Delhi
5 GCBR Award-2013 for popularisation of biological science in 2013 from Gugly Centre for Biological Research at Bhubaneswar
6 Outstanding Scientist award in 2015 from Venus International Foundation, Chennai
7 Best article award of 2017 published in the Indian Journal of Dairy Science in 2019 from Indian Dairy Association, New Delhi
8 Best article award of 2007 published in the Indian Dairyman in 2009 from Indian Dairy Association, New Delhi
9 Best article award of 2006 published in the Indian Journal of Dairy Science in 2008 from Indian Dairy Association, New Delhi
10 Best article award of 2009 published in the Indian Journal of Dairy Science in 2011 from Indian Dairy Association, New Delhi
11 Member, Board of Management during 2013-2015 and 2023-2025 in ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute Deemed to be University
12 Member, Extension Council of IARI, New Delhi during 2104-2017 in ICAR-IARI, New Delhi
13 Member, Extension Council of IVRI, Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh during 2017-2019 in ICAR-IVRI, Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh
14 Vice-President in Society for Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension from 2019 onwards, GADVASU, Ludhiana, Punjab
15 National essay competition on Combating female foeticide in India in 2007 from Central Social Welfare Board and Tamil Nadu State Social Welfare Board

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S.No. Publications  
1 Ponnusamy, K and Jancy Gupta. 2010. Contributing factors for sustainable livelihood in different farming systems in coastal areas. Outlook on Agriculture. 39 (3):185 -189  
2 Ponnusamy, K Jancy Gupta and R Nagarajan. 2009. Indigenous Technical Knowledge (ITKs) in dairy enterprise in coastal Tamil Nadu.Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge. 8 (2): 206-211
3 Ponnusamy, K., Rajiv Baliram Kale, Sohanvir Singh, Manjit Panwar and Teena Saini. 2017. Socio-economic pattern of fodder markets in urban and peri-urban areas. Range Management and Agroforestry. 38 (2): 266-273.
4 Ponnusamy, K and Jancy Gupta. 2009. Livelihood contribution, prospects and problems of aquaculture in integrated farming systems. Indian Journal of Fisheries. 56 (4): 317-322
5 Ponnusamy, K and Jancy Gupta. 2007. Fisheries Based Farming System for Sustainable Livelihood of Coastal Farmers. Indian Journal of Fisheries. 54 (3): 327-331
6 Ponnusamy, K, Sendhil, R and Krishnan, M. 2016. Socio-economic development of fishers in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states in India. Indian Journal of Fisheries. 63 (3): 157-161
7 Ponnusamy, K, Ambasankar, K and Ponniah, A.G. 2012. Production and marketing of fish meal in India- a study. Indian Journal of Fisheries. 59 (1): 147-149
8 Ponnusamy, K, and S.M. Pillai. 2014. Evaluation of factors contributing to adoption of management practices productivity and net income in shrimp farming in Gujarat, India. Indian Journal of Fisheries. 61 (4) : 79-83
9 Ponnusamy, K., Binoo P Bonny and Manju Dutta Das. 2017. Impact of public private partnership model on women empowerment in agriculture. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 87 (5): 613–617
10 Ponnusamy, K. 2013. Impact of public private partnership in agriculture: A review. Indian Journal of Agricultural Science. 83 (8):803-808.
11 Ponnusamy, K, Jyoti Nayak, Ananta Sarkar, MPS Arya and Manoranjan Prusty. 2013. Comparative performance and gender appraisal of random and line planting in paddy (Oryza sativa) cultivation. Indian Journal of Agricultural Science. 83(10):99-101
12 Ponnusamy, K. and R. Sendhil. 2015. Gender issues and livelihood pattern of migrant women labourers of farm families. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 85 (11): 1428–34
13 Ponnusamy, K. and Asif Mohammad. 2015. Gender appraisal of technological and psychological dynamics of farmers' club. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 85 (12): 1614–18
14 Ponnusamy, K., and Pachaiyappan, K. 2018. Strengthening extension research in animal husbandry: review of issues and strategies. Indian Journal of Animal Sciences. 88 (2): 137–143.
15 Ponnusamy, K, Sriram. N, S. Prabhukumar, E. Vadivel, R. Venkatachalam and B. Mohan. 2016. Effectiveness of Cattle and Buffalo Expert System in Knowledge Management among the Farmers. Indian Journal of Animal Sciences 86 (5): 604–608
16 Ponnusamy, K, Chauhan, A K and Meena, Sunita. 2017. Testing the effectiveness of Pasu Sakhi: An innovation for resource poor farm women in Rajasthan. Indian Journal of Animal Sciences. 87 (2): 229–233
17 Ponnusamy, K., Rajiv Baliram Kale, K.N. Ravi, M.C. Arulmozhi Devi and Parvinder Sharma. 2017. Cross-regional analysis on usage of Indigenous Technical Knowledge in dairy farming. Indian J. Anim. Res., 51 (3): 549-556.
18 Ponnusamy, K, A.K. Shukla and Kundan Kishore. 2015. Studies on sustainable livelihood of farmers in horticulture-based farming systems. Indian Journal of Horticulture. 72 (2): 285-288
19 Ponnusamy, K, and R.N.Padaria. 2021. Research in agricultural extension: Review of its contribution and challenges. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 91 (5): 659–65.
20 Ponnusamy, K, Vikram Singh and Ritu Chakravarty. 2021. Strategies to overcome the challenges in dairy extension. Indian Journal of Animal Sciences. 91 (6): 430–437.
21 Ritu Chakravarty, Ponnusamy, K, and R.Sendhil. 2021. Prioritization of climate induced gender specific vulnerability issues in crop and dairy enterprises. Indian Journal of Animal Sciences. 91 (7): 577–581.
22 Sharath, G M, Ponnusamy, K, and P.Ramusundaram. 2021. Diversification and intensification in crop and dairy farming through watershed interventions. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 91 (3): 355–358.
23 Sharma P, Ponnusamy, K and Rajiv Baliram Kale. 2015. Study on behavioural changes among women SHGs and their impact on adoption of scientific practices in dairying. Indian Journal of Animal Research. 46 (6): 855-859
24 Balaganesh, G, Ravinder Malhotra, R. Sendhil, Smita Sirohi, Sanjit Maiti, K. Ponnusamy, Adesh Kumar Sharma.2020. Development of composite vulnerability index and district level mapping of climate change induced drought in Tamil Nadu, India. Ecological Indicators. 113 (106197).
25 Singh V, Puneet kumar, Shiv datt and Ponnusamy K. 2015. Intellectual assets management and transfer in animal science sector at the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). Indian Journal of Animal Science. 85 (9): 1051–1055.
26 Sudhanand Prasad Lal, Asif Mohammad, Ponnusamy, K and Rajiv Baliram Kale. 2016. Expectation of participants in national dairy fair of India: A complete itemization by multivariate analysis. Indian Journal of Animal Sciences. 86 (8): 940–946.
27 Kale R B, Ponnusamy, K, Chakravarty A K, Sendhil R and Asif Mohammad. 2016. Assessing resource and infrastructure disparities to strengthen Indian dairy sector. Indian Journal of Animal Sciences. 86 (6): 720–725
28 Patel, D., Ponnusamy, K and Sendhil R. 2019. Development and testing of potential indicators for evaluation of dairy production systems. Indian Journal of Animal Sciences. 89(11): 1274-1282.
29 Kale R.B., Ponnusamy K, Chakravarty A K, Sendhil R and Asif Mohammad. 2018. Future aspirations and planning of dairy farmers in India: Horizon 2020. Indian Journal of Animal Sciences. 88 (4): 493–498.
30 Chahal, V.P and Ponnusamy K. 2014. Study on gender issues in promoting agri-entrepreneurship among farm graduates. Indian Journal of Agricultural Science. 84 (6): 684–90.
31 Bhattacharyya, Sangeeta and Ponnusamy, K. (2017). Assessment of model villages in farming perspective using Model Village Potential Index. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 87 (4): 528–533.
32 Krishnani, KK, Gupta BP, Muralidhar M, Saraswathy R, Pillai SM, Ponnusamy K and Nagavel A. 2011. Soil and water characteristics of traditional paddy and shrimp fields of Kerala. Indian Journal of Fisheries 58 (4):71-77.
33 Kale R.B., Ponnusamy K, Chakravarty A K, Asif Mohammad and Sendhil R. 2018. Productive and reproductive performance of cattle and buffaloes reared under farmers’ management in differential dairy progressive states in India. Indian Journal of Animal Research. 52 (10): 1513-1517.
34 Kale, R. B., Ponnusamy, K., Sendhil, R., Maiti, S., Chandel, B. S., Jha, S. K., & Lal, S. P. 2019. Determinants of inequality in dairy development of India. National Academy Science Letters, 42(3): 195-198.
35 Darshnaben M, R Sendhil, Smita Sirohi, BS Chandel, K Ponnusamy and G Sankhala (2018). Tracking the Disparities in Gujarat Dairy Development – An Application of Biplot Analysis. Current Science, 114 (10): 2151-2155.
36 Mahida DP, R Sendhil, S Sirohi, BS Chandel, K Ponnusamy, G Sankhala (2018). Regional disparities in Gujarat dairy development—Principal component approach, Indian Journal of Animal Sciences 88 (12), 1395-1398