Assistant Professor (OG)

Area of specialization
Farm Machinery- Crop harvesting

Research interest
• Spraying
• Ergonomics

Academic Experience
• Assistant Professor, in Agriculture Dept., Saveetha Engineering college from Aug 2019 to till date.
• Senior Research Fellow at Agricultural Engineering College and Research Institute, Kumulur. April 2018 to July 2019.

Publications
• N Nisha and Shridar B. (2018). Development of power tiller operated harvester, for small onion (allium cepa var. Aggregatum). International Journal of Agricultural Science and Research, Vol 8, Issue 1, Page No: 73-78. ISSN(E): 2321-0087. (NAAS Rating 4.13)
• N Nisha and Saravanakumar M. (2019). Development of Reciprocating Cutter Bar Test Rig for Measurement of Cutting Force of Finger Millets. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, Vol 8, Issue 4, Page No: 187-192. ISSN: 2319-7706. (NAAS Rating 5.32)
• N Nisha and Saravanakumar M. (2019). An investigation on the effect of moisture content, crop diameter and cutting speed on cutting force of finger millet stem. International Journal of Agricultural Science and Research, Vol 9, Issue 3, Page No: 187-192. ISSN(E): 2321-0087. (NAAS Rating 4.13)

Conferences
• National conference on “Career and research trends in food processing” 2011 held at Indian Institute of Crop Processing Technology, Tanjavur.
• International Conference on Applied Sciences, Engineering, Technology and Management 2017 held at DRK Institute of Science and Technology, Hyderabad.

Workshops / Seminars
• National workshop on “Food and water security” is association with UNESCO 2011 held at Anna University, Chennai.
• National workshop on “HACCP and food safety in food industries” 2011 held at Indian Institute of Crop Processing Technology, Tanjavur.
• 14th workshop on “Scientific Writing Skills” 2018 held at TNAU, Coimbatore.

Awards and Honors
• SRF Award from council of Scientific and industrial Research, New Delhi for the research work entitled “Development of harvester for finger millet (ragi) as influenced by crop and machine parameters”