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Er. Sunil Makvana

Designation : Junior Fellow

Department/Project : SDDM

Location : Gandhinagar, Gujarat

Sunil Makvana is a graduate in Agricultural Engineering from the College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Junagadh Agricultural University, Class of 2023. He previously worked as a Junior Project Assistant at the Research, Testing and Training Centre (RTTC), JAU, where he was actively involved in field research, data analysis and the dissemination of agricultural technologies. Currently, he serves as a Junior Fellow at the National Innovation Foundation – India, Gandhinagar, in the Scouting, Documentation and Database Management Department. In this role, he contributes to the evaluation of grassroots innovations and agricultural technologies.

Publications

Makvana, S.R., Vekaria, P.B. and Prajapati, K.V., 2025. Identification of groundwater potential zone of Meghal basin using remote sensing and GIS. Plant Archives, 25(Special Issue: ICTPAIRS-JAU, Jan. 2025), 889–901.


Pandya, P.A., Hirpara, P., Vadalia, D.D., Parmar, S.H. and Makvana, S., 2025. Machine learning and hyperspectral satellite imaging: A new era in crop type mapping. Agri-India TODAY, 5(1), pp.1–5. ISSN: 2583-0910.


Jadav, P. A., Dhodia, J. B., Pandya, P. A., Vadalia, D. D., Parmar, S. H., & Makvana, S. R. (n.d.). Artificial rainfall simulators for soil erosion studies: Design, applications, and future directions. In Trailblazing Trends in Sustainable Climate-Resilient Precision Agriculture, pp. 626–643.