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R.Ajith Kumar's Profile

Personal information
E-mail ajithr [AT] iiitmk.ac.in
Tel +91 471 2700965,2700947 (Work)
Address IIITM-K, NILA, Technopark,
Karyavattom P.O,
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Education
Masters Degree in Management (MBA) and specialized in Information Systems
Masters Degree in Information Sciences
Advanced Course on "Application of Information Technology in Information Science and Systems" from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Area of Interest
- Information Systems
- Agriculture Informatics
- Database Management Systems
- Semantic Web and metadata, ontology management
- Datamining and Datawarehousing
- e-governance Architecture
- Knowledge Management
- Software Project Management

Current Academic Support
Program Coordinator : PG Diploma in Agricultural Informatics
Faculty/Instructor : Database Management Systems [ITMS2204]
Faculty/Instructor : Database Management Systems (MPhil EI)
Faculty/Instructor : Technical Communication [ITMS2104]
Visiting Faculty for Agri Informatics at SAMETI - (State Agriculture Management and Extension Training Institute), under MANAGE, Govt. of India
No. of projects and theses guided (Masters level) : 40

Major Research and Development and consultancy projects (current projects)

KISSAN- Kerala : Karshaka Information Systems Services And Networking (KISSAN) is an integrated, multi-modal delivery of agricultural information system, which provides several dynamic and useful information and advisory services for the farming community across Kerala. It is one of the leading citizen centric e-governance projects of the Department of Agriculture, Govt. of Kerala. The project adopted a strategy of providing right information to the right people in the right context and empowers the farmers with adequate knowledge, which helps them to take better decision. The project solves the problem of content gaps by providing the authentic agricultural information though various delivery methods like Television, Internet, Telephone and Mobile. The farmers may choose any medium to seek the relevant information.
The key feature of KISSAN is the services delivery model that makes available to the experts from any agriculture related organization any mix or all of the above modes of communications to reach timely and effective assistance to farmers anywhere in the state. KISSAN is becoming a role model for IT facilitated or e-extension services delivery in Agriculture. More details of the projects and its services visit www.kissankerala.net

Investigator : Re-designing the farmer-extension-agricultural research /education continuum in India with ICT-mediated knowledge management (NAIP) by ICAR. The objective is to develop various decision support systems early warning systems, media based extension support

Project partners ( ICRISAT, IIT Kanpur, IIT Bombay, NAARM, GBPAUT, UASR) visit www.akmindia.in for more details
KISSAN Krishideepam : The informative weekly television program : A weekly agricultural based television program, produced and telecast through a leading satellite channel (Asianet) and reaches more than 30 lakhs regular viewers. (Watch every Friday at 5.30 PM, Saturday at 8 AM through Asianet Satellite Channel and monday 5.30 PM through Asianet News channel). The project has completed the production and telecast of 363 weekly episodes during the last 8 years. More details about krishideepam
KISSAN Online Agri Video Channel (www.youtube.com/kissankerala)The first dedicated online video channel on agriculture in the country. A collaborative project with YouTube and Google India. More than 160 of high quality informative videos on agriculture and allied areas are made available online.
“Re-designing the farmer-extension-agricultural research\ education continuum in India with ICT-mediated knowledge management” : A collaborative project under National Agricultural Innovation Program ( NAIP), Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Govt. of India. visit www.akmindia.in for more details
Soil based Plant Nutrient Management Information System : A collaborative project of the Department of Agriculure, Govt. of Kerala implemented with the support of ICAR institutions, KAU, KFRI, CESS and IIITM-K. This one of the citizen centirc project of the department of Agriculture and the objective is to provide soil based dynamic nutrient advisory services to the farmers based on the soil condition. please visit www.keralasoilfertility.net for more details
PLANSPACE (Online System for Progress Analysis and Concurrent Evaluation of State Plan Schemes). PLAN SPACE is a web based information system, which can monitor, review the periodical progress of plan projects and schemes under various departments and to make an effective reporting system and provides details of schemes by activity wise, spatial distribution and cost components wise. This is the first such system in the country where financial and physical progress of all the Departmental projects are being monitored online.

More details visit www.planspacekerala.in

Major Information Systems Conceived, Developed and Implemented (selected list)
Online Admission Management System for IIITMK : A web based information system which facilitates students registration, validation, Admit card management, Alert and selection list management of various courses of the institute. www.iiitmk.ac.in/admission
Online Query Management System for KISSAN : This provides an opportunity for the farmers and others to interact with the agricultural experts. The farmers can post or ask their doubts and seek expert opinion from the agricultural experts or scientists. More than 10,000 queries have been answered and available online. More details
Statewide Market Information System for KISSAN : The system provides an opportunity for the farmers and traders to get daily market price of their agricultural commodity from various markets across Kerala. It helps them to take suitable decisions and helps them to get better price for their commodities.
Online Fertilizer Recommendation System for KISSAN : A web based expert system, which provides fertilizer recommendation for any selected crops for the farmers based on the scientific test soil analysis done at various soil testing laboratories. More details
Online Planting materials/fertilizer information management system for KISSAN : Provides information to the farmers on availability of various planting materials produced at various nurseries on time to time. More details
Online Fertilizer Recommendation System for NAIP -AKM : A web based expert system, which provides fertilizer recommendation for any selected crops for the farmers across Karnataka and Uttaranchal region More details
Online Agri video channel : provides on demand access to 100`s of telecast quality videos on agriculture and allied areas. The first such online video channel in agriculture in the country. More details

Major Projects Coordinated and Investigated managed during the past
e-krishi : e-Krishi is a market driven Agricultural Initiative through IT enabled Agri Business Centres in Kerala State addresses the existing gap in agriculture information flow and transaction management. The project provides a web-based platform for the small and medium farmers as well as owners of large landholdings to interact with the interested buyers and various other stakeholders.
Virtual University for Agricultural Trade (www.vuatkerala.org) : The Virtual University for Agricultural Trade (VUAT) a project funded by the Government of Kerala as a consortium of state and central agencies as per the recommendations of the Commission on WTO Concerns in Agriculture headed by Prof. M.S. Swaminathan. The project provides bilingual portal and provides the web based information delivery system. More details

Awards and Recognitions

Stockholm Challenge Award 2010 "Honorable Mention" for KISSAN Kerala See Award Details (Considered to be the highest recognition in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) initiatives worldwide)
First Kerala State e-Governance Award for Kissan Kerala for online farmer centric e-governance services: See Award Details
e-India Award 2009 for Kissan Kerala : Best ICT enabled Agriculture Initiative of the Year . See Award details
Manthan Award South Asia - 2008 for KISSAN Kerala : Design and development of integrated, multi-modal agricultural information system for Kerala - See award photos and video more about manthan award
Recipient of the IIITM-K Director's Commendation Certificate - 2008- for "outstanding Performance, high sense of responsibility, initiatives and competence, in coordinating integrated, multi-modal services delivery system for the farmers across Kerala, and leadership towards the design, deployment and commissioning- works that pave the way for many innovations in the applications of IT in Agriculture and several other projects of the institute".
PC QUEST BEST IT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE YEAR 2007 for KISSAN Kerala under "Mighty Challengers" Award category in Govt. Sector
"MONSANTO Above and Beyond Award - 2001" : Winner of an International Award (Monsanto Global Technology Award) from MONSANTO Inc for the outstanding performance. This award was given for the design, development and implementation of a Web based scientific Gene Alert System for Monsanto.
“MONSANTO GKEP Integrity Award - 2000" for the best team player in MONSANTO Genomics Group, MONSANTO Research Centre, Bangalore, India
Recognition of KISSAN-Kerala Project as an alliance Partner under MISSION 2007: A National Alliance lead by Prof. M.S. Swaminathan
Invitation to join as a technology partner under component - 1, National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP), Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Govt. of India
Secured university third rank in Bachelor’s Degree in Information sciences

Work Experience

Information Systems Analyst and Coordinator of Agri Informatics – at Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management – Kerala (2002 January onwards)
Information Analyst – MONSANTO Research Centre (An global giant in biotechnology and genomics Research ) at Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bangalore : Heading a team for developing various projects on information systems, database development, and knowledge management related areas. (1999-2002)
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