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Dr. Babban Yadav

Assistant Professor (Sr. Grade)

+91-(+91) 8416971862

babban.yadav@shuats.edu.in

Department of Farm Machinery & Power Engineering

+91-(+91) 8416971862

babban.yadav@shuats.edu.in

Department of Farm Machinery & Power Engineering

Educational Details

Doctorate

Ph.D
SHUATS

Graduated in 2026

PG

M.Tech
Asian Institute of Technology,
Thailand

Graduated in 2016

UG

B.Tech
SHIATS-DU,
Allahabad

Graduated in 2014

Professional Summary

Dr. Babban Yadav is an accomplished academician and researcher specializing in Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, with over 9 years of teaching and research experience at Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHUATS), Prayagraj. He holds a Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering (Farm Machinery and Power Engineering) from SHUATS, Prayagraj and an M.E. in Agricultural Systems and Engineering (ASE) from the Asian Institute of Technology (Thailand), along with international research exposure at the University of Tsukuba, Japan as a JASSO Scholar.

His expertise spans agricultural machinery design, seed metering mechanisms, precision agriculture, and renewable energy systems. Dr. Yadav has made significant contributions to research in farm mechanization, with multiple peer-reviewed publications focusing on planter design, energy efficiency, and smart agricultural technologies.

He has guided over 100 undergraduate and several postgraduate research projects, demonstrating strong mentorship and academic leadership. Actively involved in curriculum development, research supervision, and academic administration, he is committed to advancing sustainable agricultural mechanization and fostering innovation in engineering education.

Area of Specialization

1. Farm Machinery and Power, 2. Precision Agriculture and 3. Renewable Energy from Biomass

Publications

  1. Yadav, Babban, Sheen Cline Moses, Prashant Mario D’Souza, and Rana Noor Alam (2025). “Development and Evaluation of Inclined Plate Metering Mechanism for Groundnut Planter”. Archives of Current Research International Volume 25, Issue 11, Page 444-453.
  2. Yadav, Babban, Sheen Cline Moses, Prashant Mario D’Souza, and Rana Noor Alam (2025). “Study of Physical Properties of Groundnut Seeds Relevant to Design of Planter.”  Journal of Experimental Agriculture International 47 (5):39-46.
  3. Indraveer Singh, Atul Kumar Shrivastava, Manish Patel and Babban Yadav (2024). Comparative study of seed-cum fertilizer drills for wheat crop. Plant Archives. Vol. 24, No. 1,Page: 1043-1048.
  4. Lokesh Kumawat, Babban Yadav, Manish Patel, Ankit Somra, Rajender Kumar and Balveer Choudhary (2023). Status of farm mechanization and energy use efficiency of wheat crop in Ballia district of Uttar-Pradesh. The Pharma Innovation Journal. Vol. 12(3): Page: 2729-2734.
  5. Rajat Ghorke and Babban Yadav (2022). Development of sensor system for detection of choking of the boot of maize planter. The Pharma Innovation Vol. 11(1) Page: 171-175.
  6. Pushpendra Kumar Chaturvedi and Babban Yadav (2021). Design of an off-grid solar photovoltaic system to fulfil the electricity demand for Bijahi village. The Pharma Innovation Journal 2021; SP-10(9): 479-483.
  7. Dhananjay R Paul and Er. Babban Yadav (2021).  Fabricate and ergonomic evaluation of manually operated drumstick cutter. The Pharma Innovation Journal 2021; 10(10): 34-40.
  8. Vaibhav Haribhau Jadhav and Babban Yadav (2020). Estimation of net return from wheat crop in District Prayagraj, UP, India.The Pharma Innovation Journal 2020; SP-9(11): 07-09.
  9. Samthoth Mallesh and Babban Yadav (2020). Farm mechanization level for paddy production in Uttar Pradesh: A review. The Pharma Innovation Journal 2020; 9(8): 114-118.
  10. Babban Yadav, Ryozo Noguchi, Peeyush Soni, and Emmanuel Abah (2018). Performance evaluation and emission characteristics of microalgae fuel in combustion engine. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 2018; 7(2)

Conferences

1. Active participation in National Seminar on “Food Extrusion Technology - A Promising Technique to process &  prosper” SHIATS, Allahabad

2. Ag-ESD Symposium University of Tsukuba under the auspice of the Japan National commission of UNESCO on –  November 19, 2015.

3. Conference of Japanese Society of Agricultural Informatics, Japan.

4. 3rd Asian conference on Biomass Science (ACBS-2016), Niigata, Japan,

Teaching Experience

Started teaching career at SHIATS on Sept, 2016.

1. FMP-601: Farm Machinery Design and Testing 

2. FMPE-416: Farm Power and Machinery

3. FMP-501: Tractors and Power Units

4. FMP-611: Tractor Design and Production 

5. FMP-613: Tractor Design and Testing 

6. FMP-403: Farm Machinery and Equipment-I

7. FMP-506: Farm Machinery and Equipment-II

8. FMP-504: Tractor Systems and Controls 

9. FMP-404: Tractor and Automotive Engines 

11. FMP-411: Dairy Farm Engineering 

11. FMP-702: Soil Dynamics in Tillage and Traction (PG) 

12. FMP-706: Renewable Energy Sources (PG)

13. FMP-701: Farm Machinery Design (PG)

 

Other

 

Level of Education

 

Name and location of school

 

Major

 

Grade

Ph.D.Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences, Allahabad, IndiaFarm Machinery and Power Engineering 8.31/10
Research Exchange Student University of Tsukuba, Japan Research Excellent 

 

Master’s Degree

 

Asian Institute of Technology,

Pathumthani, Thailand

 

 

Agricultural Engineering

 

3.54/4

 

Bachelor’s Degree

 

Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences, Allahabad, India

 

 

B. Tech in Agricultural Engineering

 

9.90/10

 

Intermediate

 

Central Academy Senior Secondary School, Allahabad, India

 

 

Physics, Chemistry, Math

(CBSE BOARD)

 

69.4%

 

High School

 

Swami Vivekanand Vidyashram

Allahabad, India

 

 

Physics, Chemistry, Math

(CBSE BOARD)

 

68.2%


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