Venkata Radha Akuraju


 Senior Scientist
Email: venkataradha.akuraju@icrisat.org
Phone: +91 40 30713042
Dr. Venkata Radha is a Senior Scientist, Vadose Zone Hydrology has more than 10 years of experience in data analysis, algorithm development and spatial modelling pertaining to agriculture, water resources and natural resources. In addition, he also has experience in water budgeting and vadose zone hydrology modelling.

Research Papers:

2023

Sustainable intensification opportunities for Alfisols and Vertisols landscape of the semi-arid tropics . KH Anantha, Kaushal K.Garg, Akuraju Venkataradha, Gajanan Sawargaonkar, Naveen Purushothaman, Bhabani Sankar Das, Ramesh Singh and ML Jat (2023): In: Elsevier - Agricultural Water Management, 2023. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)
Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) for rapid soil testing and soil quality assessment in smallholder farms. Israr Majeed, Kaushal K.Garg, Akuraju Venkataradha, P Naveen, S Roy, N Reddy, Ramesh Singh, KH Anantha, Sreenath Dixit and SD Bhabani (2023): In: British Society of Soil Science, 2023. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)

2022

Impact of soil and water conservation measures on farm productivity and income in the semi-arid tropics of Bundelkhand, central India. Choudhary BB, Inder Dev, Priyanka Singh, Ramesh Singh, Purushottam Sharma, Khem Chand, Kaushal K.Garg, KH Anantha, Akuraju VenkataRadha, Sreenath Dixit, Sunil Kumar, Asha Ram and Naresh Kumar (2022): In: Environmental Conservation, 2022. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)
Traditional Rainwater Management (Haveli cultivation) for Building System Level Resilience in a Fragile Ecosystem of Bundelkhand Region, Central India. Ramesh Singh, Akuraju Venkataradha, KH Anantha, Kaushal K.Garg, Barron Jennie, Anthony M.Whitbread, Inder Dev and Sreenath Dixit (2022): In: Front. Sustain. Food Syst, 2022. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)
Identifying potential zones for rainwater harvesting interventions for sustainable intensification in the semi-arid tropics. Kaushal K.Garg, Akuraju Venkataradha, K.H Anantha, Ramesh Singh, Anthony M.Whitbread and Sreenath Dixit (2022): In: Nature Scientific Reports, (3882), 2022. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)
Transforming livestock productivity through watershed interventions: A case study of Parasai-Sindh watershed in Bundelkhand region of Central India. Inder Dev, Ramesh Singh, Kaushal K.Garg, Asha Ram, Deepak Singh, Naresh Kumar, SK Dhyani, Anand Singh, Anantha KH, Akuraju VenkataRadha, Sreenath Dixit, RK Tewari, Dwivedi RP and Arunachalamand (2022): In: Elsevier - Agricultural Systems, 196 , 2022. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)

2021

Impact of raised beds on surface runoff and soil loss in Alfisols and Vertisols. Kaushal K.Garg, KH Anantha, Sreenath Dixit, Rajesh Nune, Akuraju Venkataradha, Pawan Wable, Nagaraju Budama and Ramesh Singh (2021): In: CATENA, 211 , 2021. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)
Landscape resource management for sustainable crop intensification. Anantha KH, Kaushal K.Garg, Ramesh Singh, Akuraju Venkataradha, Inder Dev, Cameron Petrie, Anthony Whitbread and Sreenath Dixit (2021): In: Environmental Research Letters (TSI), pp. 1-19, 2021, ISSN: 1748-9326. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)
Impact of agricultural water management interventions on upstream–downstream trade-offs in the upper Cauvery catchment, southern India: a modelling study. Pawan S.Wable, Kaushal K.Garg, Rajesh Nune, Akuraju Venkataradha, Anantha KH, Veena Srinivasan, Ragab Ragab, John Rowan, Virginie Keller, Pradeep Majumdar, Gwyn Rees, Ramesh Singh and Sreenath Dixit (2021): In: Irrigation and Drainage, 2021. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)
Impact of Rainwater Harvesting on Hydrological Processes in a Fragile Watershed of South Asia. Kaushal K.Garg, KH Anantha, Akuraju Venkataradha, Sreenath Dixit, Ramesh Singh and Ragab Ragab (2021): In: Groundwater (TSI), pp. 1-17, 2021. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)
Impact of best management practices on sustainable crop production and climate resilience in smallholder farming systems of South Asia. KH Anantha, Kaushal K.Garg, J Barron, Sreenath Dixit, Akuraju Venkataradha, Ramesh Singh and AM Whitbread (2021): In: Agricultural Systems (TSI), 194 (103276), pp. 1-19, 2021, ISSN: 0308-521X. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)

2020

Building climate resilience in degraded agricultural landscapes through water management: A case study of Bundelkhand region, Central India. Garg Kaushal, Singh Ramesh, Anantha KH, Singh Anand, Akuraju Venkata Radha, Barron Jennie, Dev Inder, Tewari RK, Wani Suhas, Dhyani SK and Dixit Sreenath (2020): In: Journal of Hydrology, 591 , pp. 1-12, 2020, ISSN: 0022-1694. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)
Addressing agriculture in view of COVID-19 challenges in Odisha. Dixit Sreenath, D Shyam Moses, Patil Mukund, Gajanan Sawargaonkar, Girish Chander, Datta Aviraj, Khopade Rohan, Akuraju Venkataradha, K Mahadeva Reddy and Mishra PK (2020): In: 2020. (Type: Incollection | Links | BibTeX)