Dr.S.T.PRABHU

Name of the institute: Agricultural Research Station (Paddy), Sirsi

University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad

1. Name: Dr.S.T.PRABHU

2. Date of Birth: 31^st August, 1965

3. Designation: Associate Professor of Agril Entomology

4. Telephone No. with STD Code: 08384 224099

5. Mobile No. : 09448182225

7. Educational Qualifications:

8. Professional Experience:

Sl.No	Designation	From To	Employer	Place of work
1	Associate Professor of Entomology	2004 October till to date	UAS, Dharwad	ARS (Paddy), Sirsi
2	Assistant Professor of Entomology (Senior Scale)	01-01-2000 to Oct 2004	UAS, Dharwad	ARS (Paddy), Sirsi
3	Assistant Professor of Entomology	26-02-1999 to 31-12-1999	UAS, Dharwad	ARS (Paddy), Sirsi
4	Assistant Professor of Entomology	05-10-1995 to 25-02-1999	UAS, Dharwad	ARS, Hanumanamatti
5	Senior Merit Associate	01-09-1995 to 04-10-1995	UAS, Dharwad	Agricultural Research Station, Dharwad (Hebballi
6	Research Associate	25-08-1994 to 05-01-1995	UAS, Dharwad	Agricultural College, Dharwad
7	Research Assistant	08-02-1994 to 24-08-1994	UAS, Dharwad	Agricultural Research Station, Arabhavi

9. Area of Specialization: Agricultural Entomolgy

10. Post graduate students guided as

A Chairman:

Sl.no	Degree	Number
1	M.Sc.(Agri)	3

b. Member:

Sl.no	Degree	Number
1	M.Sc.(Agri)	4

11. Outside funded Ad-hoc Projects handled

A. As Principal Investigator: 1

B. As Co-Principal Investigator:3

12. Awards:

Sl.no	Name of the Award	Agency	Award for	Year
1	Karnataka Rajyotsava Prashasti	Govt of Karnataka	Highest scoring ion M.Sc.(Agri) in Agril. Entomology	1989

13. Visits abroad:

Sl.no	Country	From to	Purpose
1	Canada	Jan, 22 to July 23 2005	Part of CIDA project on Consolidation of Food Security in India
2	United States of America	April, 2005	Visit to relative

14. Publications: 87

Sl.no	Type	Number
1	Research Papers	13
2	Papers presented in National/ International Seminars/Symosia	33
4	Popular articles	32
5	Extension Folders	9

15. National level training programmes Organized: nil

16. Seminars/Workshops/Symposia organized: 5

17. Training programmes organized for farmers: 125

18. Front line Demonstrations organized: nil

19. Technologies Assessed and validated: 3

20. Exhibitions organized: 4

21. IFS models developed:nil

22. Radio talks:8

23. TV shows 12

24. Significant contributions such as technologies developed

along with level of adoption ( proof to be included)

Use of Gnidea glauca, a plant whose leaf extract at 5% in water controls rice insect problem such as rice leaf folder
Use of plant products such as soapnut and neem oil in the form of a mixture in 5% aqueous solution and used against Arecnut rootgrubs.
Introduction of new Honey bee strain into the Western Ghat. A red strain of Apis cerana indica has been areas of introduced into Hilly areas of Western Ghats in Sirsi and surrounding areas.

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