Introduction

Rajasthan Agricultural Research Institute (RARI) is a constituent research and teaching institute of Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University, Jobner. This institute is located 15 km from the Jaipur railway station and central bus stand on the Jaipur-Tonk Highway. It is adjacent to Jaipur international airport and is surrounded by serene location. The longitude and latitude of the institute are 26.50°N and 75.47°E, respectively at an altitude of 390 m above MSL. This institute has been in the forefront of agriculture since its inception and is the main research institute of the University.

The Beginning

The institute came into existence in the year 1943 as a testing and verification centre of Department of Agriculture, Government of Rajasthan. Over the time, its functions have been broadened to include research to address the problems of agriculture of the state. The centre was named as Agricultural Research Station, which continued till Feb., 2013. The year 1977 was the landmark year, as the station and its staff were transferred to University of Udaipur. After the trifurcation of the parent university (SKRAU) in the year 2013, the Rajasthan Agricultural Research Institute is now the constituent research and teaching campus of Shri Karan Narendra Agriculture University, Jobner. All along since its inception, the institute carved for itself an important place in the state’s agricultural development.

Director's Profile

Dr. Surendra Singh Manohar

Director, RARI

Email: director.rari@sknau.ac.in

Contact: 9414349440

Born on 15th Feburary, 1968 at village Mandha Bhim Singh, District Jaipur (Rajasthan).He did his schooling from Dudu and Jobner and got 81.33 % marks in 10th and 75.75% marks in high secondary with distinction in Physics, Chemistry and maths. Dr.Singh passed B.Sc.(Ag) with Honours from SKNCOA,Jobner in 1989 and got Bhamashah award (Gold medal). He obtained masters degree in Agronomy discipline from SKNCOA, Jobner in 1992 and secured 85.15% marks (3.83/4.00 OGPA) and awarded Doctoral degree from RCA,Udaipur. He has joined as Assistant Professor (Agronomy) in RAU,Bikaner (Now SKRAU) on 7th May,1996 in the Agromet. Advisory Services at ARS, Durgapura. He has promoted as Associate Professor (Agronomy) in 2008 and Professor from 7.5.2011. Out of 24 years of service carrier he served as researcher, teacher, guide and administrator. He has served as master trainer (Agronomy) from 2012 to 2018(6 years); Nodal officer (Agriculture Universities of state) from 2014 to 2019(5 years) and Nodal Officer, GKMS (from 2015 to 2020(5 years) and Head, Division of Agronomy from 1.1.2019 to 24.1.2020. He was also Member of BOM, SKNAU for two years (26.3.2015 to 25.3.2017) and invitee member of Academic Council in 2017,2018, 2019 & 2020. For excellent services in Agromet. Advosory Services (Now GKMS) his Unit got best unit award at National Level (2005-6) and got Krishi Seva Ratan award (State award) in 2007 for best services for the farming community of state. He also got University award in 2011 & 2018 for getting external projects & received Appreciation letter from Hon’ble Vice Chancellor in 2019 for excellent services for recruitment of teaching faculty. Dr.Singh has handled 16 projects worth Rs 121.1 Lakhs and generated 25 recommendations for the benefit of farming community. He has published 34 research papers, one book, 3 booklets, 6 book chapters,8 folders,4 crop calenders,3 success stories and 30 popular articles. As significant milestone Dr. Singh has developed state level Weed Museum in the Division of Agronomy at RARI, Durgapura in 2019 under the RKVY project on Weed Management. Dr. Singh has also credited to develop smart seminar cum class room in Division of Agronomy in 2019 at RARI, Durgapura. Dr.Singh also served as member of committee for formulating draft of Agriculture policy of state (2019), Member of Agriculture Education policy of state (2018) and member of Common act & statute of Agriculture Universities of state(2019).

Former Directors

Vision & Mission

Vision

• To be a research institute of national and international importance in enhancing the productivity, profitability and sustainability of agricultural production systems.
• To improve the quality of rural livelihood in the state of Rajasthan.
• To be an institute for higher learning and conduct research in frontier area of agriculture.

Mission

To conduct research and extension activities for enhancing productivity, profitability and sustainability of agricultural production systems and to improve the quality of rural livelihood in the state of Rajasthan.

RARI at a Glance

Staff Details

Photo	Name	Designation	Specialization	Contact & Profiles
Associate Dean Office
	Dr. D. K. Gothwal	Professor (Genetics & Plant Breeding) & Associate Dean	Abiotic Stress, Breeding and Biometrical Genetics	gothwaldk.pbg@sknau.ac.in 9928845911 Profile
Department of Agronomy
	Dr. Surendra Singh Manohar	Professor (Agronomy)	-	surendrasingh.agro.rari@sknau.ac.in Profile
	Dr K C Gupta	Professor (Agronomy) & Head	Cropping System Management, Weed Management, Crop Production	kcgupta.agro.rari@sknau.ac.in 9414287447 Profile
	Dr. Seema Sharma	Professor (Agronomy)	Pearl millet Agronomy, Irrigation management	seemasharma.agro@sknau.ac.in 9408708418 Profile
	Dr Ram Niwas Choudhary	Associate Professor (Agronomy)	Arid Legumes, Nutrient management Climate Change weed management	rnchoudhary.agro@sknau.ac.in 9427007778 Profile
	Dr. Rani Saxena	Assistant Professor (Agronomy)	Climate Change, Remote sensing and GIS	ranisaxena.agro.rari@sknau.ac.in 7976984584 Profile
	Dr. Shweta Gupta	Assistant Professor (Agronomy)	Weed Management	shweta.agro@sknau.ac.in 9983606777 Profile
	Dr. Bheem Pareek	Assistant Professor (Agronomy)	Groundnut Agronomy, crop modelling	bpareek.agro@sknau.ac.in 9694556325 Profile
	Dr. Anju Kanwar Khangarot	Assistant Professor (Agronomy)	Weed Management, Nutrient Management	anju.agro@sknau.ac.in 9772297309 Profile
	Dr. Malu Ram Yadav	Assistant Professor (Agronomy)	Integrated Farming System, Forage Science	mryadav.agro.rari@sknau.ac.in 7027930165 Profile
Department of Biochemistry
	Dr. N. K. Garg	Assistant Professor (Biochemistry)	Wheat and Barley Quality, Biotic and Abiotic stress	nkgarg.biochem.rari@sknau.ac.in 9136488810 Profile
Department of Entomology
	Dr. B. L. Jakhar	Professor (Entomology) & Head	Soil Arthropod Pests (White grub, Termite)	bljakhar.ento@sknau.ac.in 9998912282 Profile
	Dr Vipin Kumar	Professor (Entomology)	Pulse Entomology & IPM	vipenkumar.coalalsot@sknau.ac.in 9414345497 Profile
	Dr. B.N. Sharma	Assistant Professor (Entomology)	-	bnsharma.rari@sknau.ac.in 9571508480 Profile
	Dr. Mukesh Nitharwal	Assistant Professor (Entomology)	Agricultural Entomology (Soil Arthropod Pests and IPM)	mukeshnitharwal.ento@sknau.ac.in 7597434146 Profile
	Dr. Hansa K. Jat	Assistant Professor (Entomology)	Agriculture Entomology, Pesticide Residue	Hansajat.ento@sknau.ac.in 9982123500 Profile
	Dr. Manisha Sharma	Assistant Professor (Entomology)	Storage Entomology & IPM.	manisha.ento@sknau.ac.in 7568697732 Profile
Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding
	Dr. S. S. Punia	Professor (Genetics & Plant Breeding) & ADR (Seeds)	MULLaRP and Wheat Breeding	sspunia.pbg@sknau.ac.in 9414168316 Profile
	Dr. S. K. Jain	Professor (Genetics & Plant Breeding) & Head	Chickpea, Pearlmillet and Sorghum Breeding	skjain.pbg.coalalsot@sknau.ac.in 7573017654 Profile
	Dr. S. S. Rajput	Assistant Professor (Genetics & Plant Breeding)	Barley Breeding	ssrajput.skncoa@sknau.ac.in 8302035321 Profile
	Dr. B.L. Kumhar	Assistant Professor (Genetics & Plant Breeding)	Arid Legumes and Groundnut Breeding	blkumhar.pbg@sknau.ac.in 9460858793 Profile
	Dr. A. K. Meena	Assistant Professor (Genetics & Plant Breeding)	Groundnut Breeding and Heterotic Grouping	akmeena.pbg@sknau.ac.in 8432719252 Profile
	Dr. Omprakash	Assistant Professor (Genetics & Plant Breeding)	Chickpea Breeding	omprakash.pbg@sknau.ac.in 8953876748 Profile
	Dr. Manish Kumar	Assistant Professor (Genetics & Plant Breeding)	MULLaRP Breeding	manishkumar.pbg@sknau.ac.in 9455943719 Profile
	Dr. S. K. Sharma	Assistant Professor (Genetics & Plant Breeding)	Pearlmillet Breeding	sksharma.pbg@sknau.ac.in 9660040812 Profile
Department of Horticulture
	Dr. Uadal Singh	Professor (Horticulture) & Head	Post-Harvest Technology	usingh.horti@sknau.ac.in 9424482576 Profile
	Dr. K. K. Meena	Professor (Horticulture)	Pomology	kkmeena.horti.rari@sknau.ac.in 9414063649 Profile
	Dr. Shashi Kumar Bairwa	Assistant Professor (Horticulture)	Vegetable Breeding	skbairwa.kvkdausa@sknau.ac.in 9529487495 Profile
	Dr. Yogesh Kumar sharma	Assistant Professor (Horticulture)	Vegetable Science	yogeshsharma.rari@sknau.ac.in 9314240829 Profile
Department of Nematology
	HEMRAJ GURJAR	Assistant Professor (Nematology) & Incharge of Department	-	hrg.nematology@sknau.ac.in 8005830510, 9887271976 Profile
Department of Plant Pathology
	Dr. R. K. Bagri	Professor (Plant Pathology) & Head	Vegetable Pathology	rkbagri.ppath.rari@sknau.ac.in 9414228249 Profile
	Dr. P. S. Shekhawat	Professor (Plant Pathology)	Wheat & Barley Pathology, Mushroom Production	psshekhawat.ppath.rari@sknau.ac.in 9414783632 Profile
	Dr. R. S. Sharma	Assistant Professor (Plant Pathology)	Vegetables, Pearl Millet and Chickpea Pathology	rssharma.rari@sknau.ac.in 6350158779 Profile
	Dr. Anita Jat	Assistant Professor (Plant Pathology)	White Grub Pathologist, Plant Bacteriology	anitajat.ppath@sknau.ac.in 7611003075 Profile
	Dr. Bhavya Mishra	Assistant Professor (Plant Pathology)	STR Pathology, Pearl Millet & Groundnut Pathology	bhavya.ppath@sknau.ac.in 9756409773 Profile
	Dr. Shankar Lal Yadav	Assistant Professor (Plant Pathology)	-	slyadav.ppath@sknau.ac.in 9929898136 Profile
Department of Plant Physiology
	Dr. Sunita Gupta	Professor (Plant Physiology) & Head	Abiotic stress tolerance, PGR	sunita.pphy.rari@sknau.ac.in 9414639561 Profile
	Dr. R.C. Meena	Associate Professor (Plant Physiology)	Abiotic stress	rcmeena.pphy@sknau.ac.in 8947992761 Profile
	Dr. Subodh Kumar Bishnoi	Associate Professor (Plant Physiology)	Abiotic stress tolerance, Plant tissue culture, PGRs	skbishnoi.pphy@sknau.ac.in 8058626129 Profile
Department of Soil Science
	Dr. Prerna Dogra	Assistant Professor (Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry)	-	prernadogra.soils@sknau.ac.in 9785549593 Profile
	Dr. S.K. Dadhich	Professor (Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry) & Head	Soil Chemistry/ Fertility/Microbiology/Organic farming	skdadhich.soils@sknau.ac.in 9414385915 Profile
	Dr. Pratibha Singh	Assistant Professor (Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry)	Soil Chemistry/ Fertility/Microbiology/Nanotechnology	pratibha.soils@sknau.ac.in 7042988107 Profile
	Dr. Ajeet Singh	Assistant Professor (Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry)	Soil Fertility/ mineralogy/ Analytic/Pesticide Residue	ajeetsingh.soils@sknau.ac.in 7987776047 Profile
Dept. of Statistics, Math & CS
	Dr Anita Choudhary	Assistant Professor (Computer Science)	Cloud Computing, Real Time System, IoT, Networks, Time Series Forecasting	anitach.cs@sknau.ac.in 7665027770 Profile

Photo	Name	Designation	Contact
General Administration
	Dr. Sita Ram Pancholi	Senior Technical Assistant (STA)	srpancholi.rari@sknau.ac.in Ph: 9829655422
	Ms. Suman Dhaka	Technical Assistant	sumandhaka258@gmail.com Ph: 8619535854
	Sh. Laxman Prasad Yadav	Technical Assistant	lpyadav.rari@sknau.ac.in Ph: 9929235985
	Sh. Rajendra Kumawat	Technical Assistant	rk4894447@gmail.com Ph: 7877165796
	Sh. Lal Singh	Agriculture Supervisor	- Ph: 7568131672
	Sh. Tara Chand Yadav	Agriculture Supervisor	tarachandyadav77@gmail.com Ph: 9636674043
	Sh. Manoj Kumar Yadav	Lab Assistant	mkyadav.rari@sknau.ac.in Ph: 9460067909
	Sh. Mukan Singh	Lab Assistant	mukun2015aipmt@gmail.com Ph: 9983853479
	Sh. Hanuman Choudhary	Lab Attendant	choudharyhanuman1804@gmail.com Ph: 6377699703
	Mrs. Sharda Devi	Class-IV	- Ph: 7792046201
	Ajay Kumar Meena	Driver	Ph: 9460721728
	Devi Narayan	Class-IV
	Ghishi Devi	Class-IV
	Govind Kumar Harijan	Sweeper
	Kamal Jeet	Clerk Grade-II	Ph: 8949837102
	Lokendra Singh	Clerk Grade-I
	Mahendra Kumar Verma	Class-IV
	Naval Kishor Agarwal	Lab Attendant
	Padam Kant Paliwal	Personal Assistant (PA)
	Pooja Mahala	Clerk Grade-II	poojamahala@sknau.ac.in Ph: 9024555311
	Pooja Saini	Class-IV
	Prashant Machiwal	Clerk Grade-II
	RAM SWAROOP	Class-IV
	Rukma	Class-IV
	Sh. Kana Ram	Class-IV
	Sh. Nand Kishore Singh	Driver
	Shailendra Tank	Lab Assistant
	Smt. Chandra Kala	Class-IV
	Smt. Kusum Shekhawat	Assistant Section Officer
	Smt. Leena M Manwani	Technician
	Suman Lata	Assistant Section Officer
	Suresh Meena	Clerk Grade-II
	YAAD RAM	Clerk Grade-II
	Ashok Kumar Sharma	Personal Assistant (PA)	aksharma.rari@sknau.ac.in Ph: 9413488128
	Sh. A.N. Mathur	Lab Assistant	anmathur.rari@sknau.ac.in Ph: 9829135458
	Sh. Satish Kumar Gautam	Lab Assistant	skgautam.skncoa@sknau.ac.in Ph: 9462817393
	Satyapal Singh Baloda	Farm Manager	satyapalchoudhary1994@gmail.com
Department of Horticulture
	Vivek Choudhary	Agriculture Supervisor	vivek.ags@sknau.ac.in Ph: 7296891606
Department of Nematology
	Mr. Tarun Kumar	Class-IV