Work Experience

8+ years

Teaching:

• Assistant Professor (Agricultural Entomology) at SVKM’s College of Agriculture, Shirpur, Maharashtra since July 2024.
• Assistant Professor (Agricultural Entomology) at SVKM’s NMIMS – School of Agricultural Sciences of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Shirpur, Maharashtra, from May 2019 to June 2024.

Research:

• Senior Research Fellow at Lam Farm, HRS, Dr. YSRHU from 01-02-2017 to 30-04-2019

Awards / Achievements:

• Krishna Chaitanya, T. 2023. Obtained Innovation Award by GNFSU, Anand, IIMTU, Meerut and HARWS at first International Agriculture Conference on Natural and Organic Farming: In context to Bharatiya Agriculture on 24 to 26 December.
• Krishna Chaitanya, T. 2023. Obtained Best Faculty Award by School of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, SVKM’s NMIMS for the year 2022-23 on 4th August, 2023.
• Krishna Chaitanya, T. 2021. Obtained Young Entomologist Award by Agricultural and Environmental Technology Development Society on 3rd International Conference held on 17 – 18th October, 2021.
• Krishna Chaitanya, T. 2021. Obtained Best Young Scientist Award by GISR foundation. 3rd International Academic and Research Excellence Awards, September 11, New Delhi, India.
• Krishna Chaitanya, T. 2021. Obtained best article award for “Influence of Weather Factors on the Seasonal Incidence of Jasmine Budworm, Hendecasis duplifascialis (Hampsn.) Pyraustidae: Lepidoptera) – In Situ” 2(12): 303-304 from Agriculture and food E-newsletter on 23rd January 2021.
• Krishna Chaitanya, T. 2020. Obtained Research Excellence award by Institute of Scholars for the publication of Five new species of Homalotylus Mayr (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) – from India with a key to Indian species. Journal of Natural History, 50(37-38): 2372-2386.

Patents:

• Krishna Chaitanya Tirunagaru., Rajendragouda Patil., Kallanagouda Patil., Vijay Kumar Didal and Suseelendra Desai. 2021. Registered patent on Insect Host Fondness Testing Device (New invention). Application Number 202121053020 A, Published on 10th December 2021.
• Krishna Chaitanya Tirunagaru., Vijay Kumar Didal., Kallanagouda Patil., Rajendragouda Patil and Suseelendra Desai. 2021. Registered patent on OlfactoMechano Sensory Device (New invention). Application Number 202121053015 A, Published on 3rd December 2021.
• Krishna Chaitanya Tirunagaru., Gowri Sankara Rao Reddy and Prasanna Geetha Medisetti. 2021. Registered patent on Pheromo Light Trap (New invention). Application Number 202121006176A, Published on 26th February 2021.

Publications

Research articles in peer reviewed journals: (15)

Recent Publications:

• Suseelendra Desai, Krishna Chaitanya Tirunagaru, K. Venkateswara Rao, Rathnakaran Upasana, J.V.N.S. Prasad, K.N. Nithin, Vijay Kumar Didal, and Nitin Misal. 2023. Agricultural impacts of climate change in India and potential adaptations. CABI Reviews, 18:1.
• Krishnachaitanya, T and Kumar K. 2022. Seasonal Incidence of Jasmine Leaf Webworm, Palpita unionalis (Pyralidae: U. T. of Puducherry). International Journal of Environment and Climate Change, 12(8), 113-117.
• Krishnachaitanya, T and Kumar K. 2021. Influence of Weather Factors on the Jasmine Leaf Webworm, Palpita unionalis (Pyralidae: Lepidoptera). Frontiers in Crop Improvement, 9(6): 2554-2556.
• Krishnachaitanya, T. Prabhavathi, K and Kumar K. 2020. Biological study of jasmine leaf webworm, Palpita unionalis (Hubner) (Pyralidae: Lepidoptera). International Journal of Chemical Studies, 8(6): 1800-1802.

Book chapters: (6)

• Patil, K. V., Rajap, S. and Krishna Chaitanya, T. 2024. Sustainable Management and Conservation of Natural Resources. Futuristic Trends in Agriculture and Allied Sciences Vol. 2. pp. 63-70.
• Rajap, S., Patil, K. V. and Krishna Chaitanya, T. 2024. Lifeline to Polluted Drain: Tracing the Decline of the Musi River and its Environmental Impact. Futuristic Trends in Agriculture and Allied Sciences Vol. 2. pp. 71-78.
• Krishna Chaitanya, T and Kumar K. 2023. Management of Jasmine Leaf Webworm, Palpita unionalis (Hubner) (Pyralidae: Lepidoptera). Pests and Disease Management of Horticultural Crops (ISBN 978-81-7622-543-4), BIOTECH BOOKS publisher, Chapter-4, Page: 275-279.
• Krishna Chaitanya, T and Suseelendra Desai. 2022. Impact of Climate Change on Pests and Disease Incidence on Agricultural Crops: A Global Prospective and their Adaptation Strategies. Advances in Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences (ISBN: 978-93-5607-484-2), Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya publisher, First Edition, Chapter – 5, Page: 40 – 44.
• Krishna Chaitanya, T and Suseelendra Desai. 2022. Role of IPM in Sustainable Crop Productivity. Adaptation Strategies for Pest Management in Climate Change Scenarios (ISBN: 978-93-91668-63-1), ICAR-CRIDA & MANAGE, Publisher e-book, Chapter-4, Page: 20-28.

Membership in scientific bodies

• Fellow of Royal Entomological Society (Registration No: RES22895, United Kingdom)
• National Insect Repository (EDAU, Registration No. Enc/001-46, Tamil Nadu)
• Institute of Scholars (ID: InSc20201688, Bangalore)
• Agriculture Food e-Newsletter (ID: AM-AFM1628, Mumbai)

Email: krishna.tirunagaru@nmims.edu

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