SCIENTIST PROFILE 1. Name & Designation : Dr. M. Din, Principal ...

SCIENTIST PROFILE
1. Name & Designation : Dr. M. Din, Principal Scientist
2. Date of Birth : 18 th January, 1961
3. Date of joining ICAR : 5 th Feburary, 2001
4. Date of joining the present post : 17 th October, 2008
5. Qualification ( highest degree) : Ph.D
6. Post Doctoral Research Experience/Training: Nil
7. Area of Specialization/research interest: Agricultural Engineering, Renewable Energy
8. Significant Contribution including products and patents (Five bullets):
• Development of CRRI 4-row manual Drum seeder (hyperboloid shape)
• Design and Development of hand and pedal operated coconut Dehusker
• Design and development of solar and Biomass fired dryers for drying of coconut,
areacanut, spices and fish in tropical climate of Andaman and Nicobar islands
• Developed Models of work and rest cycle for bullocks and camels and fatigue score
card for camels
• Design of structures for protected cultivation for humid tropical climate
9. Awards/Honours:
• Received Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Award 2006-07 in the year 2008 for outstanding
Agricultural Research in Tribal Areas in Andaman and Nicobar Islands at CARI, Port
Blair
• Best Paper Presentation Award 2007 was given by BIOVED Research Society,
Allahabad for the paper entitled “ Potential and Prospects of Natural Resources of
Bay Islands”
10. Publications (10 best):
i. Mohapatra PC, Din M, Parida BC, Patel SP and Mishra P (2012). Effect of
mechanical planting and weeding on yield, water-use efficiency and cost of
production under modified system of rice intensification. Indian Journal of
Agricultural Sciences 82(3): 280-3.
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Balakrishnan M, Ravisankar N, Swarnam TP and Din M (2010). Influence of prickly
sesban (sesbania cannabina) intercropping in wet-seeded rice (Oryza sativa) on
productivity, profitability, 1nergetic and nitrogen balance under Island ecosystem.
Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 80(1): 21-23.
Ravisankar N, Raja R, Din M, Elanchezhian R, Swarnam TP, Deshmukh PS and
Chaudhuri S Ghoshal (2008). Influence of varieties and crop establishment methods
on production potential, economics and energetic of Wet seeded rice (Oryza sativa
L.) under Island ecosystem. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 78(9): 807-
809.
Din M, Deshmukh PS, Ravisankar N, Chaudhuri S Ghoshal and Kumar Manoj
(2008). Influence of tillage and planting methods on productivity and energetic of
paddy under island ecosystem. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 78(8): 702-
705.
v. Din M. Deshmukh PS, Ravisankar N and Chaudhuri S Ghoshal (2007). Farm
mechanization in Andaman and Nicobar Island. Agricultural Mechanization in
Asia, Africa and Latin America 38(1): 78–82.

vi. Ravisankar N, Raja R, Din M, Elanchezhian R and S. Ghoshal Chaudhuri (2007).
Response of rice (Oryza sativa) varieties and super rice cultures to anaerobic wet
seeding in Bay Islands. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 77(1): 14 –17.
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Pandey CB, Singh Lilita, Rai RB and Din M (2005). Traditional homestead farming
systems and their variants in Andaman and Nicobar, India: An analysis of structure
and economics. Indian Journal of Agroforestry 7(1): 1-15.
Din M, Tiwari GN, Ghoshal MK Srivastava, NSL, Khan Md. Imron and Sodha MS
(2003). Effect of thermal storage on the performance of greenhouse. International
Journal of Energy Research 27(1): 79-92.
Tiwari GN, Din M, Srivastava NSL, Jain D and Sodha MS (2002). Evaluation of
Solar fraction (F n ) for the north wall of a controlled environment greenhouse: an
experimental validation. International Journal of Energy Research 26: 203-215.
x. Srivastava NSL, Din M and Tiwari GN (2000). Performance evaluation of
distillation-cum-greenhouse for a warm and humid climate. International Journal of
Desalination 128: 67-80.