Dr. Sukanta Dash
Scientist • Researcher • Statistician

Dr. Sukanta Dash

Senior Scientist

ICAR–Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute (IASRI), New Delhi, India
Agricultural Statistics Email: sukantadash.iasri@icar.org.in ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7997-8508
01 · Profile

Professional Biography

Dr. Sukanta Dash is currently working as a Senior Scientist at the ICAR–Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute (IASRI), New Delhi. He obtained his Ph.D. in Agricultural Statistics from the ICAR–Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) in 2012 and joined ICAR as a Scientist on 15 September 2011. His areas of specialization include Factorial Experiments, Row–Column Designs, Latin Hypercube Designs, Microarray Experiments, Linear Models, Artificial Neural Networks (ANN), and Multivariate Statistics. His research focuses on the development of innovative statistical methodologies, efficient experimental designs, computational tools, and their applications in agricultural and allied sciences. Dr. Dash has published more than 100 research articles in peer-reviewed journals, three books, 10 book chapters, and more than 30 popular articles. He has developed or co-developed 15 R packages and has contributed to the development of more than 30 web-based platforms for the benefit of research scholars, scientists, farmers, and other users. He has successfully worked on more than 20 institute and externally funded research projects. His contributions have been recognized through several national-level honors, including the Bharat Vikas Award, and three Young Scientist Awards from national and international professional societies. He has also been granted eight copyrights and three patents. Dr. Dash has actively contributed to postgraduate education and research supervision. He has guided four M.Sc. and one Ph.D. student of IARI as Chairman of their Advisory Committees and is currently guiding six Ph.D. scholars in Agricultural Statistics as Chairman of their Advisory Committees. His work integrates statistical theory, experimental design, computational innovation, and practical applications to strengthen agricultural research and evidence-based decision-making.

At a glance
Designation
Senior Scientist
Institution
ICAR–IASRI
Division
Design of Experiments
Location
New Delhi, India
To develop innovative and robust statistical methodologies and experimental designs that advance scientific research and enable reliable, data-driven decision-making in agriculture and allied sciences.

Research Interests

Factorial Experiments Development and analysis of efficient factorial and fractional factorial designs for agricultural and allied experiments.
Row–Column Designs Construction and statistical analysis of efficient row–column designs for controlling multiple sources of experimental variation.
Latin Hypercube Designs Development and application of Latin hypercube designs for efficient exploration of multidimensional experimental spaces.
Microarray Experiments Statistical modelling and analysis of high-dimensional microarray data for identifying significant biological patterns and relationships.
Linear Models Development and application of linear and generalized linear modelling approaches for agricultural and experimental data analysis.
Artificial Neural Networks & Multivariate Statistics Application of artificial neural networks and multivariate statistical techniques for modelling, prediction, classification, and analysis of complex agricultural datasets.
02 · Academic Background

Education

DegreeUniversity / InstituteYearSpecialization / Thesis
Ph.D. in Agricultural Statistics ICAR–Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi 2011 Statistical Designs for Microarray Experiments
M.Sc. in Agricultural Statistics ICAR–Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi 2008 Some Investigations in Classificatory Techniques in Agriculture
B.Sc. (Agriculture) Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT), Bhubaneswar 2006 —
03 · Career

Professional Experience

[2023–2026]
[Senior Scientist, level 13A] · ICAR–IASRI
[Working as Scientist in Design of Experiments. Taking Projects as reseach activit.Conducting training programme for ICAR personnel. Taught several courses and guided MSc and Ph.D. students of The graduate School, IARI under teaching activity]
[2020–2023]
[senior Scientist, level 12] · ICAR–IASRI
[Working as Scientist in Design of Experiments. Taking Projects as reseach activit.Conducting training programme for ICAR personnel. Taught several courses and guided MSc and Ph.D. students of The graduate School, IARI under teaching activity]
[2015–2020]
[Scientist (Senior Scale), level 11] · ICAR–IASRI
[Working as Scientist in Design of Experiments. Taking Projects as reseach activit.Conducting training programme for ICAR personnel. Taught several courses and guided MSc and Ph.D. students of The graduate School, IARI under teaching activity]
[2011–2015]
[Scientist, level 10] · ICAR–IASRI
[Joined as Scientist. working on teaching, training and research]
04 · Scientific Work

Research Contributions

Use this section for your most important original scientific contributions. Focus on what you developed, solved or established—not only what you published.

Contribution 01 · Designs for computer Experiments

Efficient orthogonal and nested orthogonal latin hypercube designs with good space filling properties

Contribution:Developed construction methods for orthogonal and nested orthogonal latin hypercube designs with good space filling properties Several Construction methods developed

Impact: Published in high impact factor peer review Statistical journals

Contribution 02 · Designs for Microarray Experiments

Efficient Designs for Microarray Experiments in block size 2

Contribution:Developed construction methods to obtain Efficient Designs for Microarray Experiments in block size 2 Several Construction methods developed

Impact: Published in high impact factor peer review Statistical journals

Contribution 03 · Designs for Factorial experiments in restricted block size

Efficient designs for factorial and fractional factorial experiments

Contribution:Develop construction methods for generation of Efficient designs for factorial and fractional factorial experiments Several Construction methods developed

Impact: Published in high impact factor peer review Statistical journals

Contribution 04 · Designs for order of addition experiments

Generation of efficient designs for order oof addition experimemts for pairwise componrnt model and component orthogonal array

Contribution:Develope construction methods for efficient designs for order oof addition experimemts for pairwise componrnt model and component orthogonal array Several Construction methods developed

Impact: Published in high impact factor peer review Statistical journals

05 · Research Portfolio

Research Projects

Research Projects

Project title, role, funding agency, period and status, based strictly on the supplied project record.

14 Projects Listed
ProjectRoleFunding AgencyPeriodStatus
Row-column designs for factorial experiments in two rows.PIInstitute2012–2014Completed
Planning, Designing and Analysis of ON FARM Research Experiments Planned under PDFSR, Modipuram.Co-PIIIFSR, Modipuram2012–2017Completed
A-optimal block designs for comparing treatments with control treatment(s): An algorithmic approach.Co-PIInstitute2015–2017Completed
Statistical Designs for Microarray Experiments as Ph.D. Research workPIInstitute2008–2012Completed
Information System for Planning and Analysis of Experiments of All India Co-ordinated Research Project on Vegetable Crops.Co-PIICAR2014–2019Completed
On construction of orthogonal and nested orthogonal Latin hypercube designs.PIInstitute2015–2019Completed
Incomplete split-plot designs: construction and analysisCo-PISERB (budget: ₹12 lakhs)2016–2019Completed
ICAR Research Data Repository for Knowledge Management as KRISHI: Knowledge based Resource Information System Hub for Innovations in Agriculture: XII Plan Component of ICAR Headquarters.Co-PI(from 03 Apr 2017)ICAR Headquarters2015–2026Continuing
Plant source based environmentally safe crop protection and production technologies: Development and capacity building.CCPI (from 27 Mar 2019)Education Division, ICAR2019–2022Completed
Designing and analysis of ON FARM research experiments planned under AICRP on IFSCo-PIAICRP on IFS2012–2017; 2017–2020; 2011–2026Completed
Efficient Designs for Order-of-Addition Experiments.CoPI / PIInstitute2021–2024Completed
Diversified Farming through Livestock and AgricultureCoPI / CCPIICAR2021–2024Completed
Efficient Small-Run Fractional Factorial Designs for Ecological and Environmental ApplicationsPIInstitute2026–2029Ongoing
Statistical analysis and online solution of neutrosophic data derived from designed experimentsCo-PI (till 16 Aug 2024)Institute2023–2026Completed (role ended 16th August 2024)
06 · Scholarly Output

Publications & Research Outputs

Selected Research Articles

A curated selection of 40 research publications, comprising 17 important statistical journal articles and 23 articles in other important journals, as provided in the research publication list.

Best of 40
Research Articles
Sl. No. Research Article IF NAAS
Rating
1 Mandal, B.N*., Dash, S. (2015). On balanced incomplete Latin square design. Communication in Statistics: Theory and Methods. 46(13), 6258-6263. DOI 0.90 6.90
2 Mandal, B. N*., Dash, S., Parui, S. and Parsad, R. (2016). Orthogonal Latin hypercube designs with special reference to four factors, Statistics & Probability Letters, 119, 181-185. DOI 0.70 6.70
3 Pradhan, U. K., Lal, K., Dash, S. and Singh, K. N*. (2017) Designs and Analysis of Mixture Experiments with Process Variable in smaller number of runs. Communication in Statistics: Theory and Methods. 46(1), 259-270. DOI 0.90 6.90
4 Parui, S., Parsad, R., Mandal, B. N. and Dash, S. (2018). Block Designs for Incomplete Factorial Treatment Structures with Two Factors, Communications in Statistics-Theory and Methods. 48 (24), 6038-6053. DOI 0.90 6.90
5 Mandal, B. N., Parsad, R. and Dash, S. (2018). Construction of A-optimal Balanced Treatment Incomplete Block Designs: An Algorithmic Approach, Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation. 49(6), 1653-1664. DOI 0.90 6.90
6 Dash, S., Mandal, B. N., and Parsad, R. (2020). On the construction of nested orthogonal Latin hypercube designs. Metrika: International Journal for Theoretical and Applied Statistics, 83(3), 347-353. DOI 1.20 7.20
7 Sarkar, S., Kalra, K., Dash, S. and Yadav, S. K. (2021). Generation of 2n series fractional factorial plans robust against linear-trend. The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 93(9), 1041–1044. DOI 0.70 6.70
8 Vinayaka, Parsad, R.,Mandal, B.N.,Dash,S., Vinaykumar, L.N., Kumar and Singh, D.R. (2023) Partially balanced bipartite block designs, Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods, 53(19), 6777-6784. DOI 0.86 6.86
9 Dash, S., Kumar, A. A., and Mandal, B. N. (2024). Construction of Sliced Orthogonal Latin Hypercube Designs with Flexible Run Size. International Journal of Agricultural and Statistical Sciences, 20(2), 535-540. DOI 0.2 6.20
10 Manjunatha, B., Parsad, R., Mandal, B.N., Dash, S., and Vinayaka (2024). Construction of Structurally Incomplete Row-Column Designs with Pairwise Balance and/or Variance Balance Property. International Journal of Agricultural and Statistical Sciences, 20(2), 599-607. DOI 0.2 6.20
11 Yadav, K. K., Dash, S*., Mandal, B. N. and Parsad, R. (2024). Construction of Balanced Semi-Latin Rectangles in block size four: An Algorithmic Approach. Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice, 18, 29. DOI 0.90 6.90
12 Kumar, A.A., Mandal, B.N., Parsad, R. et al. On Construction of Sliced Orthogonal Latin Hypercube Designs. J Stat Theory Pract 18, 52. DOI 0.90 6.90
13 Dash, S., Mandal, B.N., Parsad, R. et al. On Construction of Efficient Designs for Order-of-Addition Experiments. J Stat Theory Pract 20, 24. DOI 0.90 6.90
14 Dash, S., Singh, A.K., Mandal, B.N., Parsad, R. (2025). Construction of Designs for Cropping Sequence Experiments in Fractional Replication. J Stat Theory Appl, 24, 1056–1063. DOI 1.18 7.18
15 Yadav, S.K., Dash, S., Parsad, R., Varghese, C. and Kumar, M (2026). On Construction of Row-Column Designs for 3 Level Factorial Experiments in Three Rows. J Stat Theory Pract 20, 65. DOI 0.90 6.90
16 Singh, A., Dash, S. and Yadav, K. K. (2026). Designs for Cropping Sequence Experiments in Factorial Structure: A Case Study, International journal of Agricultural and Statistical Sciences, 22(1), 337-342 0.20 6.20
17 Sunil Kumar Yadav, Sukanta Dash, Med Ram Verma and Anil Kumar(2026). On construction of Efficient block designs for 3 level factorial experiments in block size 3. International Journal of Agricultural and Statistical Sciences, IJASS-10970/26 0.20 6.20
18 Dash, S*., Wahi, S.D. and Rao, A.R. (2012). Classification of maize genotypes by artificial neural network-based method: self-organizing feature map. Indian journal of agricultural science, 82(2), 161-163 0.70 6.70
19 Dash, S*., Parsad, R. and Gupta, V. K. (2013). Row–Column Designs for 2n factorial 2-Colour Microarray Experiments for Estimation of Main Effects and Two-Factor Interactions with Orthogonal Parameterization. Agricultural Research, 2(2), 172-182 1.2 7.2
20 Rani, V., Dash, S., Nain, L., and Arora, A. (2015).Expression of novel glucose tolerant β-glucosidase on cell surface by Rhodotorula glutinis isolate, Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology,4(3), 380-387 0.89 6.89
21 Singh, N*., Dash, S. and Khan, Y.J. (2016), Survival of chickpea, sesame, niger, castor and safflower seeds stored at low and ultralow moisture contents for 16-18 years Seed Sci. & Technol., 44(3), 1-14 0.40 6.40
22 Maragal, S. Y., Singh, A. K., Behera, T. K*., Munshi, A. D. and Dash, S. (2018). Effect of planting time and fertilizer dose on growth, yield and quality of parthenocarpic cucumber (Cucumis sativus) grown under polyhouse and nethouse conditions, Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 88 (1), 63–69 0.70 6.70
23 Singh, S, Bhatia, R., Kumar, R, Sharma, K., Dash, S. and Dey, S. S. (2018). Cytoplasmic male sterile and doubled haploid lines with desirable combining ability enhances the concentration of important antioxidant attributes in Brassica oleracea, Euphytica., 214(11), Article 207 1.63 7.63
24 Devi, I., Singh, P., Lathwal, S. S., Dudi K, Singh, Y., Ruhil A. P., Kumar, A., Dash, S. and Malhotra, R. (2019). Threshold values of acoustic features to assess estrous cycle phases in water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis), Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 219, 104838 2.45 8.45
25 L. Upadhyaya 1, R. Roy Burman, V. Sangeetha, V. Lenin, J. P. Sharma, S. Dash (2019). Digital Inclusion: Strategies to Bridge Digital Divide in Farming Community, Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology, 21(5), 1079-1089 1.30 7.30
26 Avinash Singh Patel, Abhijit Kar, Sukanta Dash & Sanjaya K. Dash (2019). Supercritical fluid extraction of β-carotene from ripe bitter melon pericarp, Scientific Reports, 9(1), 19266. 4.38 10.38
27 Singh P., Singh, D.K., Sehgal, V.K. Dash, S. Sarangi, A. and Chakravarti, B. (2020). Performance evaluation of evapotranspiration estimation methods in Sultanpur District, Uttar Pradesh, India, Indian journal of agricultural Science, 91(3), 421-425 0.70 6.70
28 Kundu A, Dutta A, Mandal A, Negi L, Malik M, Puramchatwad R, Antil J, Singh A, Rao U, Saha S, Kumar R, Patanjali N, Manna S, Kumar A, Dash S and Singh PK (2021) A Comprehensive in vitro and in silico Analysis of Nematicidal Action of Essential Oils. Front. Plant Sci. 11:614143. 5.90 11.90
29 Priyadarsani, S., Kar, A., Patel, A. S., Dash, S. (2021). Process optimization for the supercritical carbon dioxide extraction of lycopene from ripe grapefruit (Citrus paradisi) endocarp, Scientific Reports. 11:10273 5.38 10.38
30 Dutta A, Mandal A, Kundu A, Malik M, Chaudhary A, Khan MR, Shanmugam V, Rao U, Saha S, Patanjali N, Kumar R, Kumar A, Dash S, Singh PK and Singh A (2021) Deciphering the Behavioral Response of Meloidogyne incognita and Fusarium oxysporum Toward Mustard Essential Oil. Front. Plant Sci. 12:714730. DOI 5.9 11.90
31 Rekha, Devram, L. S., shukla, L., Mani, I., Parray, R. A., Dash, S., Chobhe, K. A., Kumar, R. and Khura, T. K. (2022). Effect of inoculum spraying on rice (Oryza sativa) residue decomposition kinetics, Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 92 (10), 1258–1262 0.70 6.70
32 Kumar, A., Sarangi, A., Singh, D.K., Dash, S. and Mishra, I.M. (2023). Evaluation of ultrasonic sensor for flow measurement in open channel, Journal of Scientific & Industrial Research. 82, 1091-1099 0.56 6.56
33 Upadhyay PK, Singh VK, Rajanna GA, Dwivedi BS, Dey A, Singh RK, Rathore SS, Shekhawat K, Babu S, Singh T, Kumar Y, Singh C, Rangot M, Kumar A, Sarkar S, Dash, S. and Rawat, S. (2023) Unveiling the combined effect of nano fertilizers and conventional fertilizers on crop productivity, profitability, and soil well-being. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 7:1260178. DOI 5.01 11.01
34 Kumar, A., Sarangi, A., Singh, D.K., Mani, I., Bandyopadhyay, K. K., Dash, S. and Khanna, M. (2024). Evaluation of soft-computing techniques for pan evaporation estimation. Journal of Agrometeorology, 26(1), 56-62. 0.70 6.70
35 Rawat, S., Singh, R. K., Singh, P., Upadhyay, P.K. Shekhawat, K., Sangwan, S. Dash, S., Mondal, B. K. and Shukla, R. (2024). Studies on comparison of nano-urea and prilled urea for enhancing maize (Zea mays) growth and productivity. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 94(3), 325–328. 0.70 6.70
36 Kurmi, R., Lande, S. D., Mishra, I.M., Chobhe, K.A., Parray,R.A., Kumar, R., Birla, L. and Dash, S. (2024). Electrical conductivity based algorithm for precise application of liquid nitrogenous fertilizers. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 94 (8), 895–899 0.70 6.70
37 Rahul Kumar Thakur, Shalini Gaur Rudra, Harsh Kr. Dikshit, Sukanta Dash, Rakesh Bhardwaj, T. Vinutha, Shiv Kumar, Sangeeta Chopra (2024). Baked crisps from Indian biofortified lentils: Effect of seed coat on rheology, texture and composition, Applied Food Research, 4(1), 100380 2.48 8.48
38 M., Ranjani and Rudra, S. G., Sharma, R. M., T., Arun, Chawla, G., Dash, S. and Kumar, D. (2025). Ultrasonication-assisted polyol-osmosed persimmon candies: effect of ultrasonication and drying techniques on product quality, Sustainable Food Technol. 3(1),322-332 5.30 11.30
39 Rahaman, S., Awana, M., Goswami, D. Kumari, S., Bollinedi, H., Anand, A., Dash, S., Rao, M., Singh, A., Singh, A. K. and Krishnan, V. (2025). Predictive model for resistant starch (RS) in rice (Oryza sativa L.) based on digestibility factors. J. Plant Biochem. Biotechnol. DOI 1.50 7.50
40 Kumar, A., Sarangi, A., Singh, D. K., Mani, I., Bandyopadhyay, K. K., Dash, S. and Khanna, M. (2025). Trend analysis of monthly and seasonal rainfall of IARI research farm (New Delhi), MAUSAM, 76(3), 856–865. 0.70 6.70

Books & Edited Volumes

  1. Kumar, A., Rathod, S. and Dash, S. (2025). Essentials of Statistical Computing with R, Genic Book Publishers Pvt. Ltd., ISBN: 978-81-987820-3-8.
  2. Kumar, A., Rathod, S., Kumar, P. and Dash, S. (2025). Advanced Bayesian Statistics, Genic Book Publishers Pvt. Ltd., ISBN: 978-81-994518-5-8.
  3. Kumar, P., Kumar, A., Rathod, S., Dash, S. and Kumar, R.R. (2026). Statistical Ecology and Environmental Statistics, Genic Book Publishers Pvt. Ltd., ISBN: 978-81-997735-0-9.
  4. Ajit, Hukum Chandra, Bishal Gurang, Mir Asif Iquabal, Pradeep Basak, Ranjeet Kumar Paul, Soumen Pal, Sukanta Dash, Sunil Kumar Yadav. (2018). Annual Report. ICAR-IASRI Publication, 180 pages.
  5. Ramasubramanian V, Hukum Chandra, Mir Asif Iquabal, Ranjeet Kumar Paul, Soumen Pal, Sukanta Dash, Prabina Kumar Meher, Sunil Kumar Yadav, Achal Lama, Pradeep Basak. (2019). Annual Report. ICAR-IASRI Publication, 209 pages.
  6. Med Ram Verma, Prabin Meher, Upendra Pradhan and Sukanta Dash. (2025). Annual Report. ICAR-IASRI Publication, 130 pages.
  7. Sankhyki Vimarsh (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023).

Book Chapters

  1. Bhowmik, A., Dash, S., Jaggi, S. and Sarkar, S. (2020). Cluster Analysis. In Nikam, V., Jhajhria, A. and Pal, S. (eds.), Quantitative Methods for Social Sciences, ISBN: 9788194008026, pp. 7–18.
  2. Dash, S., Lal, K. and Parsad, R. (2020). Conjoint Analysis. In Nikam, V., Jhajhria, A. and Pal, S. (eds.), Quantitative Methods for Social Sciences, ISBN: 9788194008026, pp. 96–109.
  3. Sukanta Dash, Sachikanta Dash, Med Ram Verma (2026). Internet of Things, Agricultural Sensors, and Robotics. In: Smart Agriculture and Food Processing Technologies, V6S1044B1, IIP Series, Vol. 6, pp. 15–22. Iterative International Publishers IIP. E-ISBN: 978-81-69923-43-9. DOI
  4. Sukanta Dash, Sachikanta Dash, Med Ram Verma (2026). Smart Crop Monitoring and Precision Farming Systems. In: Smart Agriculture and Food Processing Technologies, V6S1044B1, IIP Series, Vol. 6, pp. 47–54. Iterative International Publishers IIP. E-ISBN: 978-81-69923-43-9. DOI

Technical Publications

  1. सुकान्त दाष, सुषील कुमार सरकार, वैद्यनाथ मण्डल एवं देवेन्द्र कुमार (2014-15) एस.पी.एस.एस. का उपयोग कर मिश्रित मॉडल का विश्लेषण। भारतीय कृषि सांख्यिकी अनुसंधान संस्थान की हिन्दी पत्रिका, सांख्यिकी-विमर्श, 58-64.
  2. सुकान्त दाष, सुषील कुमार सरकार, देवेन्द्र कुमार एवं ज्ञान सिंह (2014-15) कृत्रिम तंत्रिका नेटवर्क एवं पारंपरिक वर्गीकरण पद्धतियों का तुलनात्मक अध्ययन। भारतीय कृषि सांख्यिकी अनुसंधान संस्थान की हिन्दी पत्रिका, सांख्यिकी-विमर्श, 94-96.
  3. रेंजिनी वी. आर., वेंकटेष पी., धर्म राज सिंह, विपिन कुमार चैधरी, सुकान्त दाष एवं अनिल कुमार (2019-20) कृषि में अधिक आय के लिए विपणन प्रबंधन, 79-84.
  4. सुकान्त दाश, बी एन मंडल, राजेन्द्र प्रसाद, सुशील कुमार सरकार, अनिल कुमार एवं देवेन्द्र कुमार (2019-20) लांबिक एवं अंर्तप्रविष्ट लांबिक लैटिन हैपरक्यूब अभिकल्पनाओं की संरचना पर एक वैब अनुप्रयोग, 85-89.
  5. नरेन्द्र सिंह तोमर, सुब्रत गोरेन, अनिल कुमार, सुकान्त दाश, प्रवीण आर्या एवं धर्मराज सिंह (2018-19). महाराष्ट्र में ड्रिप सिंचाई प्रौद्योगिकी के विकास का एक अध्ययन, भारतीय कृषि सांख्यिकी अनुसंधान संस्थान की हिन्दी पत्रिका, सांख्यिकी-विमर्श, 13-16.
  6. अनिल कुमार, सुकान्त दाश, सुशील कुमार सरकार, संजीव पंवार, बी-एन- मण्डल एवं रचित वर्मा (2018-19). समरूपता परीक्षण-क्षेत्र का माप व आकार, भारतीय कृषि सांख्यिकी अनुसंधान संस्थान की हिन्दी पत्रिका, सांख्यिकी-विमर्श, 23-26.
  7. सुकान्त दाश, बी-एन- मण्डल, अनिल कुमार, सुशील कुमार सरकार एवं स्नेहदीप (2018-19). समूह प्रयोग के विश्लेषण, भारतीय कृषि सांख्यिकी अनुसंधान संस्थान की हिन्दी पत्रिका, सांख्यिकी-विमर्श, 39-44.
  8. सुकान्त दाश, अनिल कुमार, सुशील कुमार सरकार एवं स्नेहदीप (2018-19). कृषक भूमि पर परीक्षण, भारतीय कृषि सांख्यिकी अनुसंधान संस्थान की हिन्दी पत्रिका, सांख्यिकी-विमर्श, 27-32.
  9. बी-एन- मण्डल, सुकान्त दाश, अनिल कुमार एवं गणेश कुमार (2018-19). अंतर फसल परीक्षण, भारतीय कृषि सांख्यिकी अनुसंधान संस्थान की हिन्दी पत्रिका, सांख्यिकी-विमर्श, 49-52.
  10. सुशील कुमार सरकार, सुकांत दाश, प्रकाश कुमार (2016-17). एस-ए-एस द्वारा लेखाचित्र। भारतीय कृषि सांख्यिकी अनुसंधान संस्थान की हिन्दी पत्रिका, सांख्यिकी-विमर्श, 127-130.
  11. इन्दु देवी, एस-एस- लठवाल, अनिल कुमार एवं सुकान्त दाष (2020-21). नवजात गोवंश की उचित देखभाल एवं प्रबंधन, भारतीय कृषि सांख्यिकी अनुसंधान संस्थान की हिन्दी पत्रिका, सांख्यिकी-विमर्श अंक 16, 80-85.
  12. बी-एन- मण्डल, सुकान्त दाष, अनिल कुमार, विपिन कुमार चैधरी, सनत कुमार एवं उदयवीर सिंह (2020-21). एस-ए-एस का उपयोग कर तुलनात्मक प्रयोगों के लिये आधारी अभिकल्पनाओं को बनाना, भारतीय कृषि सांख्यिकी अनुसंधान संस्थान की हिन्दी पत्रिका, सांख्यिकी-विमर्श अंक 16, 119-122.
  13. बी-एन- मण्डल, सुकान्त दाष, विपिन कुमार चैधरी, सनत कुमार एवं उदयवीर सिंह (2020-21). संतुलित अपूर्ण लैटिन वर्गाकार अभिकल्पनाएं, भारतीय कृषि सांख्यिकी अनुसंधान संस्थान की हिन्दी पत्रिका, सांख्यिकी-विमर्श अंक 16, 123-126.
  14. अनिल कुमार, सुकांत दाष, बी-एन- मंडल, संजीव कुमार, डी-आर- सिंह, समीर फारूकी, प्रवीण आर्य, सुषील कुमार सरकार एवं रचित वर्मा (2020-21). पूर्वानुमान के लिए गैर-रेखीय प्रतिरूप का विकास, भारतीय कृषि सांख्यिकी अनुसंधान संस्थान की हिन्दी पत्रिका, सांख्यिकी-विमर्श अंक 16, 158-170.
  15. अनिल कुमार, सुकांत दाष, बी-एन- मंडल, संजीव कुमार, डी-आर- सिंह, समीर फारूकी, प्रवीण आर्य, सुषील कुमार सरकार एवं रचित वर्मा (2020-21). विश्वसनीयता सिद्धांत में नकारात्मक द्विपद प्रक्रिया, भारतीय कृषि सांख्यिकी अनुसंधान संस्थान की हिन्दी पत्रिका, सांख्यिकी-विमर्श अंक 16, 171-178.
  16. अनिल कुमार, सुकांत दाष, बी-एन- मंडल, संजीव कुमार, डी-आर- सिंह, समीर फारूकी, प्रवीण आर्य, सुषील कुमार सरकार एवं रचित वर्मा (2020-21). विश्वसनीयता सिद्धांत में वेइबुल प्रक्रिया का एक अनुप्रयोग, भारतीय कृषि सांख्यिकी अनुसंधान संस्थान की हिन्दी पत्रिका, सांख्यिकी-विमर्श अंक 16, 179-187.
  17. सुकान्त दाश, अनिल कुमार, बैद्यनाथ मंडल, सुशील कुमार सरकार, विपिन कुमार चौधरी एवं देवेन्द्र कुमार (2021). स्वसंयोजित लक्षण प्रतिचित्र का उपयोग करते हुए फसल जीन प्रारूप का वर्गीकरण, सांख्यिकी-विमर्श अंक 17, 67-72.
  18. Anil Kumar, Mohd Harun, Sukanta Dash, Susheel Kumar Sarkar, Sunil Kumar Yadav, Vipin Kumar Chauhary and Devendra Kumar (2022). Integrated Nutrient Management in different Cereal based cropping sequences: A Statistical Perspective. Bhartiya Krishi Anusandhan Patrika, 37(4), 316-319.
  19. Yadav, K. K., Dash, S., and Singh, A. K. (2024). Constant block sum PBIB designs based on Tetrahedral and Cubical association schemes. Bhartiya Krishi Anusandhan Patrika, 39(3-4), 328-332.
  20. कौशल कुमार यादव एवं सुकान्त दाश (2024). पौधों के विमारियों के परिक्षणों में अर्ध लैटिन आयत अभिकल्पनाओ का उपयोग. सांख्यिकी विमर्श, अंक 20, 56–59.
  21. Kumar, V., Dash, S., Verma, M.R., Kumar, A., Archana, A. and Rawat, A. (2026). A Three-Level Factorial Approach to Evaluating Pea Production Practices. Agri Magazine, 3(7), 362-364.
  22. Vankudoth Kumar, Sukanta Dash, Med Ram Verma, Anil Kumar, Sunil Kumar Yadav, and Prabhakar Verma (2026). Efficient Planning of Rice-Management Experiments Using Fractional Factorial Designs. Agri-India TODAY, 6(8), 264-266.
  23. Vankudoth Kumar, Sukanta Dash, Med Ram Verma, Anil Kumar, Anurag Rawat, and Lunganlung PG (2026). Large Experiments in Small Blocks: A Case Study. Agri-India TODAY, 6(8), 241-243.
  24. Archana A, Sukanta Dash, Anil Kumar, and Vankudoth Kumar (2026). Improving Farmers’ Practices through Mixed-Level Factorial Experiments. Agri-India TODAY, 6(8), 5-8.
  25. Archana A, Sukanta Dash, Anil Kumar, and Vankudoth Kumar (2026). Planning Precise Field Experiments with Two-Way Blocking. Agri-India TODAY, 6(8), 359-361.
07 · Innovation

Software, R Packages & Intellectual Contributions

R Packages

R packages listed in the supplied record, including package names, authors, release dates and reported downloads.

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R Packages
Sl. No.R PackageAuthor(s)Release DatePackageDownloadsLink
1Efficient Row-Column Designs for 3 Level Factorial Experiments in 3 RowsSunil Kumar Yadav, Sukanta Dash2025-10-15rcd31623CRAN
2Efficient Block Designs for 3-Level Factorial Experiments in Block Size 3Sunil Kumar Yadav, Sukanta Dash2025-09-14bdf35056CRAN
3A-Optimal Block Designs for Comparing Test Treatments with ControlsBaidya Nath Mandal, Sukanta Dash, Rajender Parsad2024-01-29Aoptbdtvc35670CRAN
4Incomplete Split-Plot DesignsBaidya Nath Mandal, Sukanta Dash, Rajender Parsad2019-08-19ispd21545CRAN
5Designs for Order-of-Addition ExperimentsBaidya Nath Mandal, Rajender Parsad, Sukanta Dash2024-05-14doofa3633CRAN
6Efficiencies of Block Designs for Factorial and Fractional Factorial ExperimentsSukanta Dash, Baidya Nath Mandal, Anil Kumar2025-11-27FactEff1209CRAN
7Generation of Blocked Fractional Factorial Designs (Two-Level and Three-Level)Sunil Kumar Yadav, Sukanta Dash, Anil Kumar2025-12-04blockedFF1677CRAN
8Generate and Analyze Mixed-Level Blocked Factorial DesignsArchana A, Sukanta Dash, Anil Kumar, Medram Verma2025-12-10mixedfact1163CRAN
9Position Balanced and Nearly Position Balanced Block DesignsB N Mandal, Pramod Katore, Sukanta Dash, Rajender Parsad2021-09-08pbbd9634CRAN
10Semi-Latin RectangleKaushal Kumar Yadav, Sukanta Dash, Baidya Nath Mandal, Rajender Parsad2024-01-30slr5798CRAN
11Characterization and Diagnostic Tools for Factorial Block DesignsSukanta Dash, Vankudoth Kumar, Sunil Kumar Yadav, Anil Kumar, Med Ram Verma2025-12-12FactChar1306CRAN
12Sliced Latin Hypercube DesignsA Anil Kumar, Baidya Nath Mandal, Rajender Parsad, Sukanta Dash, Mukesh Kumar2024-02-29SlicedLHD13420CRAN
13Generation and Analysis of 3-Level and 5-Level Factorial Block DesignsVankudoth Kumar, Sukanta Dash, Med Ram Verma2026-05-07lfebd3754CRAN
14Optimal Row-Column Designs for Asymmetrical Factorial ExperimentsArchana A, Sukanta Dash2026-05-11MFRCD957CRAN
15Fractional Factorial Designs with Alias and Trend-Free AnalysisSukanta Dash2025-12-12MixFrac1103CRAN
16Generate Optimal Row-Column Factorial ExperimentsSukanta Dash, Amrit Kumar Paul, Med Ram Verma, Anurag Rawat2026-04-28GRCFE999CRAN

Copyrights

Sl. No.Technology / Literary WorkAuthor(s)Applied OnDiary No.Copyright Registration No.Granted On
1Balanced Incomplete Latin Square DesignsB.N. Mandal; Rajender Parsad; Sukanta Dash02-12-202019659/2020-CO/SWSW-14124/202119-01-2021
2Online generation of Incomplete Block DesignB.N. Mandal; Rajender Parsad; Sukanta Dash26-08-202120424/2021-CO/SWSW-15545/202230-06-2022; 07-12-2022
3Online generation of Orthogonal and Nested Orthogonal Latin Hypercube DesignsB.N. Mandal; Rajender Parsad; Sukanta Dash; Susheel Kumar Sarkar26-08-202120436/2021-CO/SWSW-15546/202230-06-2022; 07-12-2022
4Online construction and analysis of Incomplete Split Plot DesignsB.N. Mandal; Rajender Parsad; Sukanta Dash12-08-202120417/2021-CO/SWSW-15337/202206-04-2022; 19-05-2023

Patents

  1. Saha S, Singh A, Kundu A, Banerjee T, Dutta A, Singh D, Mandal A, Dash Sukanta, Kumar Anil, Patanjali Nand Kumar R. (2022). An energy efficient and greener process for production of azadirachtin rich concentrate from neem. Application Number: 202211063013, dated 04.11.2022.
  2. Dutta A, Singh A, Kundu A, Mandal A, Patanjali N, Kumar Rajesh, Ghosh A, Bhagyashree S, Dash Sukanta and Kumar Anil (2022). Biopesticidal multicomponent oil dispersion and process of preparation. Application Number: 202211039287, dated 08.07.2022.
  3. Kumar, A., Sarangi, A., Singh, D.K., Dash, S. and Mishra, I.M. (2023). Digital Open Channel Flow Measuring Device for Surface Irrigation. Application Number: 202311017247, dated 15.03.2023.

ICAR Certified Technology

  1. As associate developer, received methodology certificate “Methodology for Sustainable Livelihood Security analysis in integrated farming systems” issued by ICAR on 16 July 2023. Certificate: ICAR-NRM-IIFSR-Methodology-2023-042.
  2. As Lead developer, received technology certificate “Web enabled phytochemical knowledge-based system for crop protection” issued by ICAR on 16 July 2023. Certificate: ICARAED-IASRI-Technology-2023-031.
08 · Recognition

Honors, Awards & Fellowships

YearRecognitionOrganizationCitation / Achievement
2006Junior Research Fellowship ICAR ICAR Junior Research Fellowship in MSc. (Agricultural Statistics) for 2 years (2006-2008) at ICAR-IARI
2008Institute Research Fellowship ICAR-IARI ICAR-IARI institute fellowship in Ph.D. (Agricultural Statistics) for 3 years (2008-2011).
2017Dr. M N Das Memorial young scientist award SSCAReceived Dr. M N Das Memorial young scientist award at SKUAS&T, Jammu in the 19th Annual Conference of Society of Statistics, Computer and Application on 8th March, 2017
2018Bharat Vikas Award Institute of Self Reliance (ISR) Honored with Bharat Vikas Award in the occasion of National Seminar on Intellectuals Social Responsibility on 1st December 2018 at Bhubaneswar, Odisha for loyalty, diligence and outstanding performance in the field of Artificial neural Network and Multivariate Statistics.
2020young scientist awardSociety for World Environment, Food and Technology (SWEFT)Received YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARD (8th February 2020) from Society for World Environment, Food and Technology (SWEFT), 2nd National Conference at Lucknow.
2020young scientist awardGlobal Research Initiatives for Sustainable Agriculture & Allied Sciences (GRISAAS)3. Received young scientist award for outstanding contribution in the field of design of experiments on International Web Conference on "Global Research Initiatives for Sustainable Agriculture & Allied Sciences (GRISAAS-2020)" organized by ASTHA Foundation, Meerut, U.P, India during 28-30th DECEMBER 2020
09 · Impact

Research Metrics

110Publications
998Citations
17h-index
13i10-index
12Research Projects
10 · Academic Service

Professional & Academic Activities

Professional Memberships

  1. Member of the editorial board of the journal Progressive Research: An International Journal.
  2. Member of Executive body of Indian Society of Agricultural Statistics.
  3. Nominated as an external member, Course Committee of College of Horticulture and Forestry, Jhalawar, Rajasthan for a period of two years w.e.f. 19/07/2024.
  4. Nominated as external examiner for the courses STAT 564 (Sampling Techniques) and STAT 571 (Multivariate Techniques) conducted at ICAR-IVRI, Bareilly. Went to IVRI during 25–26.11.2024 for conducting viva-voce.
  5. Worked as Member, Technical Evaluation Committee, ICAR-IASRI.
  6. Worked as DRC Secretary, Division of Design of Experiments from 10th March, 2022 to 14th August 2024.
  7. Worked as Secretary, Swachhata Committee, ICAR-IASRI from 11th April, 2022 to till date.
  8. Member, BOS, Agricultural Statistics from 6th December 2023 to 5th December 2024.
  9. Member, Technical Evaluation Committee, ICAR-IASRI from 22nd January 2019.
  10. Member Secretary, Swachhata Committee, ICAR-IASRI from 11th April, 2022.
  11. Member, Executive Council of Indian Society of Agricultural Statistics since 3rd July 2025.
  12. Member, Executive Council of Society of Statistics, Computer and Applications since 1st April 2026.

Editorial & Reviewing

  • Reviewed several peer-reviewed journals.

Conferences & Invited Talks

  • Sukanta Dash*, B.N. Mandal and Rajender Parsad. On the Construction of Nested Orthogonal Latin Hypercube Designs (Invited talk delivered on January 31, 2019 in National Conference on Challenges and Opportunities in Statistics and Informatics for Futuristic Humanosphere especially in Agriculture and 21st Annual Conference of Society of Statistics, Computer and Applications held at Department of Statistics and Computer Applications, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati during January 29–31, 2019).
  • Rajender Parsad and Sukanta Dash*. Information System for AICRP on Fruits (Invited talk delivered on February 15, 2019) in Sixth Group Discussion of ICAR-AICRP on Fruits held at Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, during February 14–16, 2019.
  • Sukanta Dash* Designs for consecutive crop sequence, invited talk on 71st Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Agricultural Statistics held at ICAR-Directorate of Rapeseed-Mustard Research, Sewar, Bharatpur-321 303, Rajasthan, India during November 25–27, 2017.
  • Delivered an invited talk on Designs for cropping sequence experiments in an invited paper session on Statistical Designs for Experimentation (on 15.12.2023) in the Ninth International Conference on Statistics for Twenty-first Century – 2023 [ICSTC-2023] organized by Department of Statistics, University of Kerala during 15–18 December 2023.
  • Presented an invited talk on Application of Semi-Latin Rectangles Designs in Agriculture in the international Conference on 'Advances of Interdisciplinary Statistics and Applications in AI and ML (AISAAM 2025)' on 23rd February 2025 in an invited talk session-4 organized by Department of Statistics, North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Shillong, Meghalaya during 21–23 February 2025.
  • Delivered an invited talk on A note on Balanced and Partially Balanced Semi-Latin Rectangles in an invited paper session TS 05: Modern Statistical designs and tools for effective experimentation on 03.02.2024.
  • Delivered an invited talk on On Construction of Balanced semi Latin rectangle: A general Procedure in the session Big Data and Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Sustainable Farming in the 76th Annual Conference on “Data Driven Decisions Connecting Science with Society towards Viksit Bharat @ 2047” during 29–31 January, 2026 at Central University of Rajasthan, Kishangarh, Ajmer.
  • Delivered an invited talk on Balanced semi Latin rectangle: Application to IFS in the session Integrated Farming Systems- An Application of Data Science in the 76th Annual Conference on “Data Driven Decisions Connecting Science with Society towards Viksit Bharat @ 2047” during 29–31 January, 2026 at Central University of Rajasthan, Kishangarh, Ajmer.

Training & Capacity Building

  1. Organized a 21 days Training programme on “Advanced Statistical Techniques in Horticulture Science Research” under the aegis of Centre of Advanced Faculty Training (CAFT) from January 02–22, 2015 as a Course Director.
  2. Organized a 3 month International training programme on Importance of Statistical and Experimental Designs, Data Analysis and Biometrical Techniques in Agriculture Research from 27th November–7th February, 2015 as a Course Co-director.
  3. Organized a 6 days training programme on Designing and Analysis of Experiments for the technical personnel of ICAR from 20–25 April, 2015.
  4. Organized a Training Course for Afghan Nationals in Agronomy on Basic Statistical Methods during March 11–April 03, 2014.
  5. Organized a 21 days Training programme on “Advances in Experimental Designs for development of Technologies in Agriculture” under the aegis of Centre of Advanced Faculty Training (CAFT) from 23rd October–12th November, 2013 as a Course Co-Director.
  6. Organizing a Winter School on “Designing and Analysis of Cropping System Experiments” during September 07–27, 2016 under the aegis of Education Division, ICAR, New Delhi. The aim of the training programme is to familiarize the participants on designing of cropping system experiment as well as to provide an exposure on use of various statistical packages for the analysis of experimental data for making statistically valid inferences.

Student / Researcher Supervision

  1. Guide of M.Sc. Student Shri A. Anil Kumar, Roll No. 21092. (Thesis FVVE Report approved: 26.09.2020)
  2. Guide of M.Sc. Student Shri Kaushal Kumar Yadav, Roll No. 21240. (Thesis FVVE Report approved: 20.09.2021)
  3. Guide of M.Sc. Student Shri Ankit Kumar Singh, Roll No. 21417. (Thesis FVVE Report approved: 15.11.2022)
  4. Guide of M.Sc. Student Shri Anurag Rawat, Roll No. 21568. (Thesis FVVE Report approved: 18.09.2024)
  5. Co-guide of one M.Sc. student Sh. Rakesh Chhalotre, Roll No. 21602. (Thesis FVVE Report approved: 12.10.2023)
  6. Guide of Ph.D. Student Dr. Kaushal Kumar Yadav, Roll No. 11995. (Thesis FVVE Report approved: 01.03.2025)
  7. Guide of Ph.D. Student Dr. Sunil Kumar Yadav, Roll No. 12558. (Thesis submission: 25.08.2026)
  8. Co-Guide of Ph.D. Student Dr. Neethu R S, Roll No. 12457. (Thesis FVVE Report approved: 25.08.2026)
  9. Co-Guide of Ph.D. Student Dr. Vankudoth Kumar, Roll No. 12608.
  10. Guide of Ph.D. Student Dr. Archana A, Roll No. 12617.
  11. Guide of Ph.D. Student Dr. Anurag Rawat, Roll No. 13027.
  12. Guide of Ph.D. Student Prabhakar Verma, Roll No. 13167.
  13. Co-Guide of Ph.D. Student Mr Lunalung P.G., Roll No. 13173.

Consultancy / Extension

  • Advisory Service provided to Several MSc and Ph.D. Students of The Graduate School, IARI and IASRI.
11 · Online Presence

Research Profiles

Google Scholar
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=qmbYGL8AAAAJ&hl=en
ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7997-8508
Scopus
57209623637
Web of Science
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sukanta-Dash
ResearchGate
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sukanta-Dash
LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sukanta-dash-5373b015/
IASRI Profile
https://iasri.res.in/statistical_genetics_division.aspx
Personal Website
https://milkcirb.halforfarmers.com/index.php
12 · Connect

Contact

Office
Division of Statistical Ecology and Environmental Statistics, ICAR-IASRI
Email
sukantadash.iasri@icar.org.in
Address
Room No. 411, TAC Block, ICAR-IASRI, PUSA, Library Avenue, New Delhi-110012