Dr. Vilas Mundhe
Head, Research and Development Bio Fertilizers & Bio Pesticides
M.Sc., Ph.D. (Agriculture) in Plant Pathology Discipline
14+ Years of Work Experience
Research:
M.Sc. (Agriculture in Plant Pathology) Studies on Foot Rot of Nagli (Eleusine Coracana) and its Management.
Ph.D. (Agriculture in Plant Pathology) Management of Early Blight of Tomato Incited By Alternaria Solani.
- Training Programme on Mushroom Production Technology, Directorate of Mushroom Research, Solan (H.P.), India
- HRD Training Programme on Plant Protection in kharif Crops, Directorate of Extension Education, V.N.M.K.V., Parbhani (Maharashtra), India
- National Trainers Training Programme on “Planning & Implementation Of Watershed Project” Under New Common Guidelines. Yashwantrao Chavhan Academy Of Administration & Development (YASHDA), Baner Road, Pune (Maharashtra), India.
- Training On Management Of Citrus Crop In Marathwada Region , Training on Indexing of mother plants for production of disease free planting material and Nursery management of citrus, National Research Centre for Citrus, Nagpur (Maharashtra) , India.
- Training on On-Farm Production of Biocontrol Agents and Microbial Biopesticides National Institute Of Plant Health Management ,Rajendra nagar (Hyderabad ), India.
Contribution to Apex:
- Manufacturing Different types of Bacterial NPK fixation and micronutrient bio fertilizer.
- Manufacturing Different types of Bacterial , Fungal Bio pesticide.
- Conducted extensive research on different biological products, laboratory analysis and field investigations.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams of Scientists and Researcher
- Prepared detailed reports and presentations on research findings and project progress, effectively conveying complex information to team members and stakeholders.
- Sharing research findings and contributing to the advancement of knowledge in the field of agriculture
- Participate in different licensing procedures of company, Documentations, seminars, Farmer Meetings , Kisan Goshti , records maintain of different Government and Private agencies like State Department, CIB, Ecocert etc.
- To maintain purity and sub culturing of different Bacterial, fungal master cultures and multiplication of there in pure form and use there in commercial formulations of different biological products.
- Research and development in different biological products, conducts different trials in vivo and in vitro according to farmers interactions, marketing team, Field officers with emerging agriculture problems.
- Participating in solving and advising farmers overall agriculture problems related to Soil, pest diseases , Nutrient management and yield etc.
