The Indian Society of Agrophysics, New Delhi in collaboration with ICAR-Indian Institute of Water Management, Bhubaneswar organized a National Seminar on “Innovations in Agrophysics for Green Agriculture” during 22–24 January 2026 at ICAR-Indian Institute of Water Management, Bhubaneswar. The Indian Society of Agrophysics is a society of professionals working in the field of Agricultural Physics and allied disciplines with the main objective of promoting research, education and training. The Seminar focussed on core aspects of digitization of agriculture integrating cutting edge digital technology into the farm production system and natural resource management, including artificial intelligence, Big Data Analytics, drone, remote sensing, sensors, and communication networks. Presently Dr. N. Subash, Head. Division of Agricultural Physics, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi is the President of the Society and Dr. Pragati Pramanik Maity, Principal Scientist is the Secretary of the Society. The Chief guest of the inaugural session of the seminar was Dr. S.K. Chaudhari, DG, FAI, New Delhi. Dr. Arjamadutta Sarangi, Director, ICAR-IIWM, Bhubaneswar was the Chairman of Organizing Committee and Dr. K.K. Bandyopadhyay, Programme Leader (Canal Water Management) was the Organizing Secretary of the National Seminar. The inaugural program was followed by 12th Dr. B.P. Ghildyal Memorial Lecture to delivered by Dr. Ch. Srinivasa Rao Director, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi on the topic “Innovations for green farming”. The 12th Dr. B.P. Ghildyal Memorial Lecture was chaired by Dr. S K Chaudhari, DG, FAI, New Delhi. Several distinguished dignitaries like Dr. Pradip Day, Dr. Manoranjan Mohanty, Dr. A.K. Patra, Dr Y S Shivay graced the Seminar. The lecture galvanized the participants towards the cutting-edge research on India’s preparedness towards climate resilient agriculture. The seminar includes different technical sessions including oral and poster presentations divided into four themes viz., (i) Artificial Intelligence/machine learning, robotics, big data analytics/Meteorology/ Remote Sensing/ GIS; (ii) Soil Science/Soil Physics/Biophysics/Biosensors; (iii) Precision nutrient and water management, wireless sensors, smartphone application in agriculture and (iv) Soil and Water Conservation and Climate Risk Management, Conservation Agriculture and Organic Farming. There was total 30 oral and 45 poster presentations including five lead lectures delivered by eminent scientists working on different aspects of agrophysics. There were two special sessions i.e. “Futuristic Fertilizer Management for Green Agriculture” sponsored by FAI, New Delhi and “Climate Smart Water Management for Green Agriculture” sponsored by International Water Management Institute, Colombo during this seminar. The seminar was attended by about 200 delegates including Scientists, Research Associates, young professionals and students from different ICAR Research Institutes, State Agricultural Universities, NGOs, Farmers and other different private sector companies from all over India. Different ICAR institutes and instrument companies also displayed their findings in exhibition stalls. The chief guest of the valedictory ceremony of this seminar was Dr. K. Yella Reddy, Vice President, International Cooperation of Irrigation and Drainage. Dr. K.K. Rout, Dean, School of Agriculture, Driems University was the guest of honour on this occasion. There was wide media coverage of this programme in local newspapers and television. The deliberations from this seminar highlighted the impact of different agrophysical technologies for bringing evergreen revolutions in agriculture.
