CHARANJEET S. PANNU

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SUMMARY

● ASSISTANT RESEARCH ENGNEER (ASSISTANT PEOFESSOR) - Research on energy audit

and management in farm operations, energy requirements of cereal, oilseeds, pulses, vegetables

and orchard crops, dairy, poultry. Source-wise and operation-wise energy input in crops, energy

output from crops, teaching of undergraduate courses of Agricultural Engineering, outreach to

farmers (Land Grant University system) at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) Ludhiana, India.

● RESEARCH ENGINEER (ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR)- Design, development and evaluation of

machinery for production of crops such as rice, wheat, cotton, sugarcane, vegetables, orchards

crops, supervising manufacturing workshop of farm implements, safety and ergonomics in farm

operations, supervising graduate student's research, teaching of graduate courses to Agricultural

Engineering students, outreach to farmers and manufacturers.

● SENIOR RESEARCH ENGINEER (PROFESSOR)- Research on development machinery on

the basis of ergonomics considerations, supervising graduate student's research, teaching of

Agricultural Engineering graduate courses with specialization in Farm Machinery and Power

Engineering, outreach to farmers and manufacturers.

● COORDINATOR OF RESEARCH (Additional administrative work)- Monitoring and coordinating

research projects in College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, interaction with

Agricultural, Civil, Mechanical, Computer and Electrical Engineering departments for research

coordination.

● CONTRIBUTIONs IN RESEARCH, TEACHING AND OUTREACH - Published 15 Papers in

International Research Journals, 23 Papers in National Research Journals (Indian), and 5

Monographs/books/bulletins, teaching of 25 (number of offerings) undergraduate and graduate

courses (Agricultural Engineering : Farm Machinery and Power), guided 3 Ph.D, 2 masters and

12 undergraduates students thesis or projects, published 32 extension (outreach) articles and 30

TV/Radio talks for farmers/ manufacturers, attended about 30 International delegations.

● DATA SPECIALIST- Data entry and analysis of medical device's testing performance (tested in

US hospitals), data acquired through emails, printed and entered in data warehouse. Medical

device testing, Quality Assurance team and devices assembly line team support,

● Proficiency in IDEAS, CAD, C++, TURBO-PASCAL, FORTRAN, SQL, INet, MS Office .

EMPLOYMENT

● 6/2012- till date, Data Specialist, at Hospira Inc. (Manufacturing medical devices), San Jose,

CA, USA

● 6/2010-11/2011- Coordinator of Research (Engineering), College of Agricultural Engineering and

Technology, PAU Ludhiana, India.

● 2/2008-11/2011- Professor (Sr. Research Engineer) Department of Farm Machinery & Power

Engineering, PAU Ludhiana.

● 2/2000-1/2008 – Associate Professor (Research Engineer) Department of Farm Power &

Machinery, PAU Ludhiana.

● 4/1990-1/2000 – Assistant Professor (Assistant Research Engineer) Department of Farm Power

& Machinery, PAU Ludhiana.

EDUCATION

● Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) at Ludhiana, Punjab, India. 2005

Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering (Farm Power & Machinery) Accredited in CA, USA

● Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) at Kharagpur, West Bengal, India. 1989

Master of Technology (M. Tech.) in Farm Machinery and Power. Accredited in CA, USA

● College of Technology & Engineering (CTAE) at Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. 1987

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Agricultural Engineering. Accredited in CA, USA

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

● Member of American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE)

● Life member of Indian Society of Ergonomics (ISE)

● Life member of Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (ISAE)

● Life member of Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE)

● Member of Institution of Engineers (India) (IEI)

AWARDS

● Commendation medal at Annual ISAE convention at Nagpur, India Jan 2011

● Best Chapter Award, as Chairman of Punjab Chapter of ISAE (2007-08)

TRAININGS TAKEN

1. Faculty Programme for training in computer languages PASCAL and FORTRAN

organised by Dept. Of Mathematics and Statistics, PAU Ludhiana from June 14 to

July 30, 1993.

2. Training course on “Researach on agricultural implements/machines”

sponsored by NARP and organised by TTC, CIAE Bhopal from 4-17, May 1994.

3. Attended Winter School on “Advances in Manufacturing Technology of Agricultural

Equipment” organised by TTD, CIAE, Bhopal from 4 to 24 September 2000.

4. Attended Computer Training Programme on IDEAS (Integrated Design Engineering

Analysis Software) organised by Ms Tata Elaxi, New Delhi at CIAE Bhopal from 16 to 22

October 2000.

5. Training Attended on Integrated Design Engineering Analysis Software arranged by CIAE

at CRISP (Centre for Research and Industrial Staff Performance) at Bhopal from 16 th April

to 12th May 2001.

6. Attended a refresher course on “Energy Conversion and management in Agriculture.

Organized by School of Energy Studies in Agriculture, PAU Ludhiana from 20 July to 5

August 2002.

7. Attended one week HRD programme “Work Physiology Cardio-Vascular Aspects” at

Industrial Design Centre (IDC), IIT Bombay from 2nd June to 6th June 2008.

8. Attended a training for PAU faculty on ‘Russian language learning‘ imparted by Dr. Olga

Mamay, Expert Russian Language, Moscow State University of Environmental

Engineering, 19 Prianishnikova St, Moscow, was organized at COAET, PAU from 22nd

Feb to 8 March 2009 .

TEACHING

Teaching of Courses Ag Engineering to B.Tech, B Sc, M. Tech and Ph.D. Students

FPM-101 Tractor Driving and Machinery Field Practices 0+1 offered one time

FPM-201 Farm Power & Machinery 2+1, offered 3 times

FPM-203 Farm Machinery and Equipment–I 3+1, offered one time

FPM-301 Field Operations and Maintenance of Tractor and Farm Machinery 0+1, offered 3 times

FPM-302 Farm Power Units 1+1, offered one time

FPM-303 Tractor Systems and Controls 2+1, offered one time

FPM-402 Farm Machinery Design 1+1, offered 3 times

FPM-423 Energy in Agricultural Production System 2+0, offered one time

FPM-431 Manufacturing Processes of Agricultural Machinery 2+1, offered 5 times

FPM 522 Principals of Ergonomics and its Application 2+1, offered 4 times

FPM-591 PG Seminar 0+1, offered one time

FPM-601 Energy in Agriculture 2+0, offered one time

PG students guided (Ph.D) : 3

Sr. Name T itle of Thesis Year of

No . of p assing

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1 Naresh Kumar Studies on noise and vibration of self 2010

Chhuneja p ropelled sprayer

2 Sushil Sharma Development of precision seed planter for 2011

cotton

3 Rajesh Goyal Development of Flails type forage 2011

harvester (5th Sem)

P G students guided (Masters, M. Tech.) : 2

Sr. Name of T i tle of Thesis Year of

No . S tudent p assing

s

1 Jain Sachin Comparative study of different nozzles on 2002

Pukharaj commercially available power operated

cotton sprayer

2 Prafull O. Development of a wheeled fertilizer 2008

M ange b roadcaster

U G projects guided (Bachelor’s, B. Tech.) : 12

S r. Name T itle of Thesis Year

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1 Raman Arora Performance evaluation of t ractor-mounted 3- 1992

V ikas Dhingra row vegetable seed-bed-shaper

2 Dimple Mehta Adoption behavior of t ractor front mounted, 1994

Sukhwinder P.T.O. operated windrower in Punjab and

Singh neighbouring areas

3 Vishal Gupta Development and fabrication of 2-row t ractor 1997

operated cotton stalk uprooter

4 Munish Bali Performance evaluation of two-row t ractor 1998

operated cotton stalk uprooter

5 Dinesh Garg Design, fabrication and evaluation of 1999

Pankaj Kansal manually operated crust breaker for cotton

6 Gaurav Sood Fabrication and evaluation of manually 2000

operated crust breaker for cotton

7 Chetan Singla Study on use of aeroblast sprayer in Punjab 2001

L akhbir Singh

8 Jatin Anthropometric data of male agricultural 2006

workers of Punjab

V ikash Kumar

9 Gurashish Status of monitory compensation given to 2008

Singh agricultural accident victims

10 Gurpreet Ergonomical evaluation of manually and power 2008

Singh operated chaff cutters

11 Sukhmeet Anthropometric data of male agricultural 2009

Singh workers of two districts

12 Varun Chhabra Study on measurement of dust during combine 2010

harvesters operation

NEW FARM MACHINES OR TECHNOLOGIES WORKED ON

1) Mechanization of Cotton Crop

(i) Two-row tractor operated cotton stalk uprooter

(ii) Manually operated crust breaker for cotton germination

(iii) Precision cotton planter with variable fertilizer application

2) Mechanization of Rice Transplanting

i) Soil sieving machine for rice (paddy) nursery sowing

ii) Mat type rice nursery raising techniques

iii) Manually operated rice transplanter : field evaluation

iv) Engine operated (Chenese type) paddy transplanter : field evaluation

vi) Development of direct (sprouted) paddy seeder

3) Rice straw (Residue) management

i) Paddy Straw Spreader : an attachment to combine harvester

ii) Paddy straw chopper-cum-loader

iii) Happy Seeder for sowing of wheat in crop residue

iv) Simulation of paddy stubbles in Lab.

v) Lab model of cross-conveyor paddy straw thrower

vi) Tractor front-mounted cross-conveyor straw thrower

4) Machinery for crop diversification

(i) Tractor operated bed planter

(ii) Roto till drill for sowing of wheat

(iii) Tractor operated multi-crop planter

(iv) Tractor operated sugarcane cutter planter

(v) Tractor operated automatic potato planter

(vi) Self propelled engine operated power weeder

(vii) Tractor operated aeroblast sprayer

(viii) Tractor operated vegetable transplanter

(ix) Pick Positioner for fruit harvesting

(x) Tractor operated forage harvester

5) Ergonomics and safety in farm operations

(i) Survey of agricultural accidents

(ii) Collection of anthropometric and human strength data

(iii) Minimizing accidents in agricultural operations

(iv) Conveyor feeding system for thresher

(v) Tractor-trailer for better safety in transport

(vi) Wheeled fertilizer broadcaster

(vii) Vibration control of crop sprayer.

6) Energy requirements in agricultural sector

(i) Operation-wise and sources-wise energy input and energy out for crops like wheat, rice, cotton,

maize, pulses, oil seeds, sugarcane etc.

(ii) Operation-wise and sources-wise energy input and energy out for dairy, fishery and house hold

activities.

(iii) Energy planning of a village, energy audit and management in crop production.

(iv) Optimum energy for maximization of crops yield, multiple objective planning (MOP) for energy

management.

(iv) Energy saving technologies for crop production.

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

Referred Journal Articles (International)

• C.J.S.Pannu, Surendra Singh, M.P.Singh, Sarjinder Singh & B.S.Bhangoo. (1993). Energy

use pattern for a selected village in cotton-belt of Punjab. ENERGY - The International

Journal, USA, 18(11) 1113-17.

• C.J.S.Pannu, K.P.Pandey & A.C.Pandya. (1994). Techno- economic investigations on

cotton spraying using knapsack sprayer. AMA - The International Journal, Japan, 25(3) 23-

28.

• Sarjinder Singh, Surendra Singh, C.J.S.Pannu, B.S.Bhangoo & M.P.Singh. (1994). Energy

inputs and crop yield relationships for wheat crop in Punjab. Energy Conversion &

Management - The International Journal, USA, 35(6) 493-99.

• Surendra Singh, Sarjinder Singh, J.P.Mittal, C.J.S.Pannu, & B.S.Bhangoo. (1994). Energy

inputs and crop yield relationships for rice in Punjab. ENERGY - The International Journal,

USA, 19(10) 1061-65.

• Surendra Singh, I.P.Singh, Sarjinder Singh & C.J.S.Pannu. (1996). Energy planning of a

Punjab village using multiple objectives compromise programming. Energy Conversion &

Management - The International Journal, USA, 37(3) 329-42.

• Surendra Singh, Sarjinder Singh, C.J.S.Pannu & J.P.Mittal. (1996). Fertilizer energy use

and crop yield relationships for wheat in Punjab ecosystem. Energy Conversion &

Management - The International Journal, USA, 37(10) 1547-53.

• Surendra Singh, Sarjinder Singh, J.P.Mittal & C.J.S.Pannu. (1998). Frontier energy use for

the cultivation wheat crop in Punjab. Energy Conversion & Management – The

International Journal, USA, 39(5/6) 485-91.

• Surendra Singh & C.J.S.Pannu. (1998). Energy requirements in fish production in the state

of Punjab. Energy Conversion & Management - The International Journal, USA, 39(9) 911-

14.

• Surendra Singh, Sarjinder Singh, C.J.S.Pannu & J.P.Mittal. (1998). Pre-harvest energy

use and crop yield relationships for growing wheat in Punjab. Energy Conversion &

Management- The International Journal, USA, 39(12) 1377-82.

• Satwinder Singh, Surendra Singh, C.J.S.Pannu & Jasdev Singh (1999). Energy input and

yield relations for wheat in different agro-climatic zones of the Punjab. Applied Energy,

USA, 63 287-98.

• Surendra Singh, Satwinder Singh, C.J.S.Pannu & Jasdev Singh (2000). Optimization of

energy input for raising cotton crop in Punjab. Energy Conversion & Management - The

International Journal, USA, 41 1851-61.

• C.J.S.Pannu and L.N.Shukla. (2010). Development of tractor front-mounted cross-

conveyor paddy straw thrower. AMA - The International Journal, Japan, 41(2) 35-42.

• Chetan Singla and C.J.S.Pannu (2011). Study on use of aero-blast sprayers in Punjab,

Progressive Agriculture - The International Journal, India 11(2) 453-55.

Referred Journal Articles (Indian)

• C.J.S. Pannu, Surendra Singh, B.S.Bhangoo & M.P.Singh. (1992). Actual use, demand

and availability of farm power and machinery in cotton-belt of Punjab. Indian J. of Agril.

Engg. ICAR, New Delhi. 2(2) 90-97.

• Surendra Singh, V.K. Mittal, C.J.S. Pannu, M.P. Singh & B.S. Bhangoo. (1992). Farm

power and machinery availability and utilization in selected village of Punjab. J. of

Research, PAU, Ludhiana. 29 (3) 378-86.

• Surendra Singh, Madhu. P.Singh, C.J.S.Pannu & B.S.Bhangoo. (1993). Energy balance of

a selected village in rain-fed conditions in Punjab. J. of Rural Development. NIRD,

Hyderabad. 12(3) 327-34.

• Surendra Singh, C.J.S.Pannu & Sarjinder Singh. (1993). Performance of bullock-

drawn implements in the rain-fed region of Punjab. J. of Rural Energy, New Delhi.

2(2-4) 105-10.

• Surendra Singh, C.J.S.Pannu, M.P.Singh & B.S.Bhangoo. (1994). Performance of

newly modified agriculture implements in the Kandi region of Punjab. J. of

Research, PAU, Ludhiana. 31(1) 59-68.

• Sarjinder Singh, Surendra Singh, C.J.S.Pannu & J.P.Mittal. (1994). Cotton yield and

pre-harvest energy use in Punjab. Indian J. of Agricultural Engineering. ICAR, New Delhi.

4(3-4) 94-99.

• Surendra Singh and C.J.S.Pannu. (1998). Energy economics of of orchard cultivation

in Punjab. J. of Agricultural Development and Policy. PAU Ludhiana, 10(1) 74-79.

• Surendra Singh, C.J.S. Pannu, K.C. Dhawan and Jasdev Singh (1999). Economics of

animal and mechanical energy use in crop production. J. of Agricultural Development

and Policy. PAU Ludhiana, 11(1) 55-60.

• Satwinder Singh, Surendra Singh, C.J.S.Pannu and Jasdev Singh (2000). Effect of energy

input on yield of paddy in Punjab. J. of Institution of Engineers (Agricultural Engineering).

81 (June):14-18

• Surendra Singh, C.J.S.Pannu and Jasdev Singh (2000). Energy requirement for milling of

wheat maize and oil seeds in tiny rural industries in Punjab. Agricultural Engineering

Today, 24(4):34-39.

• Surendra Singh, Satwinder Singh, C.J.S.Pannu and Jasdev Singh (2000). Energy use

pattern for cultivation of maize crop in Punjab. J. of Research, PAU, Ludhiana. 37 (3-4)

209-17.

• C.J.S.Pannu, Anoop Dixit and Kulvinder Singh Jassar (2003). Development of Manually

Operated Crust Breaker for Cotton Crop. Indian J. of Agricultural Engineering. ICAR, New

Delhi. 40 (2) 21-29.

• Sharma Sushil and C.J.S. Pannu (2011) Effect of water soaking on physical properties of

hybrid cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) seeds. Journal of Research SKUAST-J. 10(1):12-

13 (NAAS rating 1.8)

• N.K.Chunneja, C.J.S.Pannu, Manjeet Singh, Ankit Sharma & Brajesh Nare, (2012),

Ergonomic evaluation and refinement of tractor operated pick positioner. Crop

improvement, Special Issue p671-72, (NAAS 3.7)

• C.J.S. Pannu, Brajesh Nare, N.K.Chunneja & P.K. Guru (2013), Development and

evaluation of gas sucking machine for tube well pit. Academic Journal: Scientific Research

and Essays (SRE) Vol.8(30) p1442-47, DOI. 10.5897/5RE2013.5527 (NAAS 6.0).

• Sushil Sharma and C.J.S.Pannu (2013), Development and evaluation of a two-row cotton

planter with fertilizer applicator. J. of Agricultural Engineering, ICAR, New Delhi 50 (3) p1-

8 (NAAS 3.9).

• Sushil Sharma and C.J.S.Pannu and S.S. Manhas (2014), Effect of differential rate

application of fertilizers with precision planter on growth and yield of cotton (Gossypium

hirsutum L.). J. Cotton Res. Dev. 28 (1) 66-69.

MONOGRAPHS/BOOKS/BULLETINS ETC.

• Surendra Singh, CJS Pannu, Sarjinder Singh, IP Singh and Surenderjit Kaur. (1996)

Energy in Punjab Agriculture. Department of Farm Power and Machinery, Punjab

Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India.

• Surendra Singh, Dipanker De and C.J.S. Pannu. Energy Conservation Technology for

Farm Operation in Punjab. (1999). Technical Bulletin no. CIAE/99/73. Central Institute of

Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal, India

• I.K.Garg, Baldev Dogra and CJS Pannu. A bulletin on “Tractor Mounted Till Planter : A

Success Story”. (2002). Published by Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal,

India

• Manjeet Singh, C.J.S. Pannu and other contributors “Precision Farming and its Potential in

Punjab Agriculture”. Research Bulletin 4/2011, Directorate of Research, PAU, Ludhiana,

India

•Sharma Sushil and C.J.S. Pannu (2011) Precision planter : Resource Conservation in

Cotton, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing GmbH & Co. KGHeinrich-66121

Saarbrucken, Germany

REFERENCES

Dr. W J Chancellor

3032 Bainer Hall

Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering

University of California

One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616

Phone 530-***-****

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Dr. Manjit S. Kang,

Former Vice Chancellor, (CEO)

Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India

Professor Emeritus, Louisiana State University

Baton Rouge, LA 70803-2110, USA

Current affiliation – Kansas State University,

Manhatta, USA

Ph 225-***-****, 91-941-***-**** acd1zz@r.postjobfree.com

Dr. Sarjinder Singh

Department of Mathematics

Rhode Hall 223, MSC 172

Texas A&M University, Kingsville

Texas 78363-8202

956-***-**** acd1zz@r.postjobfree.com

Dr. R. Khosla

Professor of Precision Agriculture & Extension Specialist,

President - International Society of Precision Ag

Department of Soil and Crop Sciences

Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO 80523-1170

Phone: 970-***-****, Fax: 970-***-****

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Dr. S R Verma

Ex Dean, College of Agricultural Engineering & Technology

Punjab Agricultural University

14-Good Friends Colony

Barewal Road, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Phone 91-987-***-****

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Mr. Sukhwinder Singh Gill

Operations Manager, US Service Center

Hospira Inc. 5729 Fontanoso Way,

San Jose, CA, 95138

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