ICAR–Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi

Institute: ICAR-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi-221305

Email: hiranmoy.das@icar.org.in; hiranmoy.das.stat.iivr@gmail.com

Mobile: +91-9406951530; +91-7470825619

Field of Specialization

Agricultural Statistics with specialization in the design of experiments focusing optimal covariate design.

Research Interests

Multidisciplinary applied research on statistics in the agricultural and allied sciences.

• B.Sc. (Agriculture), Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Cooch Behar, 2008.
• M.Sc. (Agril. Statistics), ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 2010.
• Ph.D. (Agril. Statistics), Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Nadia, 2018.

• Senior Scientist, ICAR-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi (31.08.2022 – Till date).
• Senior Scientist, ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal (15.09.2021 – 30.08.2022).
• Scientist (Sr. Scale), ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal (15.09.2016 – 14.09.2021).
• Scientist, ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal (15.09.2011 – 14.09.2016).

1. Hiranmoy Das, Ankita Dutta, Dikeshwar Nishad and Anurup Majumder (2021). New D-optimal Covariate Designs in CRD and RCBD set-ups. J. Ind. Soc. Agric. Stat., 75 (2): 157-168.
2. Das, H., Majumder, A., Kumar, M. and Nishad, D. (2020). New Series of Optimal Covariate Designs in CRD and RBD set-ups. J. Ind. Soc. Agric. Stat., 74 (1): 41-50.
3. Bharat Prakash Meena et al. (2021). Energy budgeting and carbon footprint in long-term integrated nutrient management modules in a cereal-legume (Zea mays–Cicer arietinum) cropping system. Journal of Cleaner Production, 314: 127900.
4. Bharat Prakash Meena et al. (2019). Long-term sustaining crop productivity and soil health in maize–chickpea system through integrated nutrient management practices in Vertisols of central India. Field Crops Research, 232: 62-76.
5. AK Vishwakarma et al. (2023). Impact of sequential herbicides application on crop productivity, weed and nutrient dynamics in soybean under conservation agriculture in Vertisols of Central India. Plos one, 18 (1): e0279434.
6. Kaushlendra Pratap Singh et al. (2022). Interactive effect of tillage and crop residue management on weed dynamics, root characteristics, crop productivity, profitability and nutrient uptake in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) under Vertisol of Central India. Plos one, 17 (12): e0279831.
7. M.L. Dotaniya et al. (2019). Reducing chromium uptake through application of calcium and sodium in spinach. Environ. Monit. Assess., 191: 754-762.
8. Dotaniya M. L., Das H. and Meena V. D. (2014). Assessment of chromium efficacy on germination, root elongation, and coleoptile growth of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) at different growth periods. Environ. Monit. Assess., 186: 2957-2963.
9. Abhay Omprakash Shirale et al. (2023). Characterization and K Release Pattern of Glauconite in Contrasting Soils of India. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 23 (3): 4632-4646.
10. Jaydeep Halder et al. (2025). Phyllotreta striolata as radish root and shot hole borer: biology, molecular analysis, damage severity and integrated organic pest management option. Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection, 132 (1): 47.

• Nehru Memorial Gold Medal from ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi in 2011.
• V. N. R. Murthy Award from ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi in 2011.

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=nz9ztToAAAAJ

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hiranmoy-Das-3