Dr. Ashish Ratn Mishra

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Associate Professor

+91-9450383990

ashish.mishra@shuats.edu.in

+91-9450383990

ashish.mishra@shuats.edu.in

Centre for Geospatial Technologies

Educational Details

Doctorate

Ph.D

University of Florida,
USA

Graduated in 2010

PG

M.S.

University of Arkansas,
USA

Graduated in 2005

UG

B.Tech

AAIDU,
Allahabad

Graduated in 2001

Professional Summary

Dr. Mishra joined SHIATS in Oct 2011 as an Associate Professor in SWLEM of VSAET. His responsibility includes teaching several courses of undergraduate (UG) and post graduate (PG) level in water resource, agricultural & civil engineering disciplines. He is also supervising UG and PG students in their research works and actively involved in writing research proposals. Additionally, he is conducting seminars and workshops for faculties and students and working closely with the societies of VSAET.

Prior to join SHIATS, Dr. Mishra worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Citrus Research and Education Center (CREC), the world’s biggest research institute of citrus in Florida, USA. His work responsibilities included evaluation of spectroscopic sensors for disease detection, development of algorithms for sensor signal processing, grant writing, project reports, journal manuscript preparation and assisting with other ongoing projects.

Dr. Mishra completed his B. Tech in Agricultural Engineering from SHIATS in 2001 and secured first position. He graduated from University of Arkansas, USA in 2005 with master’s degree in agricultural and biological engineering. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Florida at Gainesville, Florida, USA with a major in Agricultural and Biological Engineering and a minor in geographical information systems.

Area of Specialization

Precision Agriculture, Remote Sensing & GIS

Expertise

Dr.Mishra is a precision agriculture/irrigation scientist working in the field of remote sensing, GIS, watershed modeling. His research interest includes crop water requirement estimation, disease detection in crops, nutrient management, aerial and satellite image processing, water quality and remote sensing application in natural resource management.

Projects

Developed GIS User Interface to investigate Plant health.
Developed program in MATLAB to calculate vegetative indices of hyperspectral images.
Lab VIEW applications in measuring and analyzing signals.
Autonomous Robotic Vehicle Design for ASABE Robotics Competition 2009.
Water quality-Effect of suspended sediments and chlorophyll concentration on the spectrum of water.
Flow measurement- Designed low flow condition measuring device using Pitot tube for streams.

Publications

Kumar, A., A R Mishra, D. M. Denis, Pawan Jeet and Uday Singh, 2020. Calibration and validation of FAO: Aqua crop model for wheat in Vindhyan region. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, 9(5): 299-305.

Mani, R., A. R. Mishra. 2019. Computer based framework for identification of leaf diseases and risk assessment. International journal for scientific research & development, 5(5): 801-805

Maurya, D., A. R. Mishra, J. Kumar, E. P. Mishra. 2017. Assessment of groundwater potential using water balance approach in Pindra block Varansi. International Journal for research in Applied Science & Engineering Technology, 5(IX):1515-1521

Kumar, R., Mishra, A. R. and Pandey, S. K. 2016. Effect of irrigation scheduling with variable nitrogen application on vegetative growth and grain yield of paddy. Research in Environment and Life Sciences, 9(8):1005-1008.

Li, X., W. S. Lee, M. Li, R. Ehsani, A. R. Mishra, C. Yang and R. L. Mangan. 2015. Feasibility study on Huanglonbing (citrus greening) detection based on WorldView-2 satellite imagery. Biosystems Engineering, 132: 28-38.

Larbi, P. A., R. Ehsani, M. Salyani, J. M. Maja, Ashish Mishra, J. C. Neto. 2013. Multispectral based leaf detection system for spot sprayer application to control citrus psyllids. Biosystems Engineering, 116 (4): 509-517.

Mishra, A. R., D. Karimi, R. Ehsani and W. S. Lee. 2012. Identification of Citrus Greening (HLB) infected citrus trees using spectroscopy and statistical classification. Transactions of ASABE, 55(2):711-720.

Li, X., W. S. Lee, M. Li, R. Ehsani, A. R. Mishra, C. Yang and R. L. Mangan. 2012. Spectral difference analysis and airborne imaging classification for citrus greening infected trees. Computer and Electronics in Agriculture, 83:32-46.

Mishra, A. R., D. Karimi, R. Ehsani and L. G. Albrigo. 2011. Evaluation of an optical active sensor for detection of Huanglongbing (HLB) disease. Journal of Biosystems Engineering, 110:302-309.

Sankaran, S., Ashish Mishra and Reza Ehsani. 2011. Visible near infrared spectroscopy for detection of Huanglongbing in citrus orchards. Computer and Electronics in Agriculture, 77(2): 127-134.

Sankaran, S., A. Mishra, R. Ehsani and C. Dima. 2010. A review of advanced techniques for detecting plant diseases. Computer and Electronics in Agriculture, 72(1):1-13.

Bajwa, S. G., A. R. Mishra and R. Norman. 2010. Plant nitrogen accumulation dynamics in rice (Oryza sativa L.) in response to nitrogen management, soil and cultivar. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 41(4):454-471.

Bajwa, S. G., A. R. Mishra, and R. Norman. 2009. Canopy reflectance response to plant nitrogen accumulation in rice. Precision Agriculture, 11(5):488-506.

Bajwa, S. G. and A. R. Mishra. 2006. Effect of suspended sediment and chlorophyll concentrations on water reflectance. International Agricultural Engineering Journal, 15(2-3): 139-150.

Bajwa, S.G., A. R. Mishra, M. Mozaaffri. 2004. Response of cotton canopy reflectance to petiole nutrients. Wayne E. Sabbe Arkansas Soil Fertility Studies, 18-21.

Conferences

Kumar, A., A.R. Mishra, E. P. Mishra, M. Kumar and N. Kumar. 2020. Geo-Spatial Application for Land Use/Land Cover Monitoring in Karchana Block, Prayagraj. , 54^th annual convention of ISAE and International symposium on “Artificial Intelligence based future Technologies in India”, Jan 6-9, Pune, Maharashtra.

Mani, R. M., A.R. Mishra, E. P. Mishra and D.Lal. 2019. Machine learning vision for identification of leaf diseases and risk assessment, ISAE annual convention, 53^rd annual convention of ISAE and International symposium on “Engineering Technologies for Precision and Climate Smart Agriculture”, Jan 28-30, Varanasi, U.P.

Kumar, R., A.R. Mishra, and D.M. Denis. 2015. Effect of variable nitrogen on biomass plant nitrogen and grain yield of Paddy. Strategic governance and technological advancement for sustainable agriculture organized by Uttar Pradesh Council of Agricultural Research (UPCAR), Uttar Pradesh Academy of Agricultural Sciences (UPAAS) and SHIATS, June 14-16, Allahabad, UP.

Tabish M., A.R. Mishra, and D.M. Denis. 2014. Probability analysis for prediction of annual maximum rainfall of one to seven consecutive days for Ambedkar Nagar Uttar Pradesh. , ISAE annual convention, Feb 23-25 7-10, Ludhiana, Punjab.

Ashish Mishra, J. M Maja, R. Ehsani. 2011. Detection of new flush in citrus trees for controlling HLB infections, ASABE annual international meeting, Aug 7-10, Louisville, Kentucky (Paper#1111835).

Li, X., W. S. Lee, M. Li, R. Ehsani, A. R. Mishra, C. Yang and R. L. Mangan. 2011. Comparison of different detection methods for citrus greening disease based on airborne multispectral and hyperspectral imagery. ASABE annual international meeting, Aug 7-10, Louisville, Kentucky (Paper#1110570).

Ashish Mishra, R. Ehsani, G. Albrigo and S. Sankaran. 2010. Application of Hyperspectral imaging for detection of Citrus Greening, ASABE annual international meeting, June 20-23, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Paper#1009998).

Ashish Mishra, D. Karimi, R. Ehsani, W. S. Lee and G. Albrigo. 2009. Potential applications of VIS-NIR spectroscopy and hyperspectral imaging for detecting HLB infected citrus trees, FSHS meeting, June 7-9, Jacksonville, FL.

Ashish Mishra, Reza Ehsani, John Pilkey, Andre Colaco and Gene Albrigo. 2009. An Active optical sensor for detection of citrus greening (HLB) disease. 8th fruit, nut and vegetable production engineering symposium, Jan 5-9, Concepcion, Chile.

Ashish Mishra, R. Ehsani, G. Albrigo and W. S. Lee. 2008. Spectral discrimination of Huanglongbing (Greening) infection in citrus with PLS and discriminant analysis. ASABE annual international meeting, June 29 - July 2, Providence, Rhode Island (Paper#085149).

Ashish Mishra, R. Ehsani, G. Albrigo and W. S. Lee. 2007. Spectral characteristics of citrus greening using hyperspectral data. ASABE annual international meeting, June 17-20, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Paper#073056).

Ashish Mishra, S. Bajwa and R. Norman. 2004. Spectroscopy for rice nitrogen estimation. ASABE annual international meeting, Aug 1-4, Ottawa, Canada (Paper#041770).

Ashish Mishra, S. Bajwa and R. Norman. 2004. Remote sensing of rice nitrogen estimation and management, ASPRS meeting, May 23-28, Denver, Colorado.

M. Imtiyaz, D. Lal and A. R. Mishra. 2002. Critical appraisal of canal irrigation project: A case study of Meja branch canal. International Agricultural Engineering Conference, Nov 28-30, Wuxi, China

Teaching Experience

Dr. Mishra is teaching Remote sensing and GIS applications in Agriculture and Water Resorce Engineering. More than five years he is teaching various courses of Soil Water Engineering like hydrology, Irrigation Engineering, Hydraulics and Design of irrigation system, Wells and Pumps etc. to UG and PG students. He has supervised about 20 PG and 35 UG students.

Other

Invited guest speaker in national seminar on “Remote sensing for food water security under climate change” in Online RiverCon21, 8^th National Conference Ecosystem based Adoption in Changing Climate for Food and water Security. (May7-9, 2021).
Invited guest speaker on the topic “ Data and information resources in GIS” in Online Soft skill development in application of basics of remote sensing & GIS in nutritional crops, held at C. S. Azad University of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur under “Centre for Advanced Agricultural Science & Technology on nutritional crops (CAAST-NC) project sponsored by Indian council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi (July 16-20, 2020)
Invited guest speaker in national seminar on “Biodiversity and Renewable Energy” at Baba Saheb Bhimrao Ambedkar, College of Agricultural Engineering & Technology, Etawa, U.P., India (Feb 2016).
Invited guest speaker in RiverEcos-2015 2nd National Conference on Science, Engineering and IT for River Ecosystems Conservation, Restoration and Management April 25-26, IERT, Allahabad, U.P., India.
Invited guest speaker in Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology Kanpur at Etawah campus on hyperspectral imaging & spectroscopy (Mar 29, 2014).
Invited guest speaker in Sensors and Actuators for Precision Farming training at Central Institute of Agricultural Engineers at Bhopal sponsored by National Agricultural Innovation Project (Mar 3-12, 2014).
Invited Judge for 56th Annual State Science and Engineering Fair of Florida at Orlando, FL (2011).
Recipient of $500 T. A. Wheaton graduate student travel award at Univ.of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA (2009).
Recipient of ASD spectro-radiometer for a year to use in my doctoral Research (2007).
Outstanding academic accomplishment award by University of Florida International Center (2006).
First rank holder in B.Tech, Agricultural Engineering (Silver medal at university level).
Won first place in Arkansas section of ASAE 2003 poster competition.
Successfully competed in Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) in 2001, All India Rank 50
Successfully competed in Graduate Aptitude test in Engineering (GATE) in 2000,

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