V. Ravikumar

V. Ravikumar is currently the chief Scientist in an All India coordinated project namely Irrigation Water Management at Water Technology Centre, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Coimbatore, India. He obtained Bachelor of Engineering degree from Agricultural Engineering College, TNAU, Coimbatore; and masters and doctorate degrees in Irrigation Water Management in College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai. He has more than 30 research publications which include two in American Society of...See more

V. Ravikumar is currently the chief Scientist in an All India coordinated project namely Irrigation Water Management at Water Technology Centre, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Coimbatore, India. He obtained Bachelor of Engineering degree from Agricultural Engineering College, TNAU, Coimbatore; and masters and doctorate degrees in Irrigation Water Management in College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai. He has more than 30 research publications which include two in American Society of Civil Engineers, three in Agricultural Water Management and one in Irrigation Science. He has taught this subject of Sprinkler and Drip irrigation to students of agricultural engineering, working professionals and farmers for a period of 27 years. He is a Co-developer of a popular free software for the design of drip irrigation systems namely, Drip System Simulation Programme (DSSP). He was awarded with Shrimati Saroma Sanyal Memorial prize by Institution of Engineers (India) in 2011. See less