Dr. Hardev Choudhary
Dr. Hardev Choudhary
Designation : Scientist 'E' and Head-VARD Agriculture
Qualification : Ph.D., NIFTEM-K
Department/Project : VARD & IPR- Agriculture
Location : Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Email : hardev@nifindia.org
Dr. Hardev Choudhary heads the VARD & IPM–Agriculture Division at the National Innovation Foundation–India (Autonomous institute under the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India). He is a seasoned professional with over a decade of experience in agricultural innovation incubation, intellectual property rights (IPR), technology validation, and entrepreneurship development for grassroots innovators (GRIs), with a focus on sustainable agriculture and livelihoods.
Dr. Choudhary has played a key role in translating grassroots innovations and research outcomes into practical applications through technology validation, value addition, IPR management, and strategic collaborations with research and development institutions and industry partners. He has contributed to facilitating the protection of intellectual property rights of farmers and innovators under the Patents Act, 1970, and the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Act, 2001.
He holds a doctoral degree in Postharvest Technology, Bioprocessing and Environmental Sciences from NIFTEM-K, Sonipat, Haryana. His research has been published in national and international journals of repute. Through extensive engagement with farmers, innovators, scientific communities, academia, and industry, Dr. Choudhary contributes to policy planning and initiatives aimed at scaling affordable, sustainable, and green agricultural innovations for strengthening rural livelihoods and economies.
Publications
Choudhary, H., Pareek, S., Dhar, V., Singh, S., Kumar, V., Siddiqui, Y., & Ali, A. (2026). Mechanistic and applied insights into antifungal action of essential oils and phytochemical extracts against Colletotrichum gloeosporioides in mangoes: ultrastructural and GC-MS evidence. Frontiers in Microbiology, 17:1853202.doi:10.3389/fmicb.2026.1853202.
Singh, S., & Choudhary, H. (2026). Essential oil composition and synergistic bioefficacy of medicinal plant essential oils against Tribolium castaneum ( Herbst , 1797 ) ( Coleoptera : Tenebrionidae ). Journal of Stored Products Research, 115, 102842. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspr.2025.102842
Singh, S. & Choudhary, H. (2025). Farmers Agro-Innovations and Sustainability. Innovation Frontline, 1(1), 23-24
Choudhary, H., Dhar, V., Dave, P. P., & Pareek, S. (2025). Postharvest anthracnose disease in mango (Mangifera indica L.) fruit: Sustainable alternatives for the control. Crop Science, 65, e70064. https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.70064.
Singh, S., Dave, P. P., Sethiya, N. K., & Choudhary, H. (2024). Plant-derivatives for the management of Earias vittella (Fabricius) (Nolidae: Lepidoptera): Current status, challenges, and future prospects. Journal of Natural Pesticide Research, 10. 100100.
Singh, S., Dave, P. P., & Choudhary, H . (2024). Botanical compositions for the management of sucking and lepidopteran pest of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) under field conditions. Biopesticide International, 20(1), 65-67.
Choudhary, H ., Singh, S., Choudhary, S. K., & Parvez, N.(2024) Farmers’ Participatory Extension Research for Dissemination of Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br. Variety-Sulkhaniya Bajra in India. Agricultural Science Digest. 44 (3), 428-433
Choudhary, H., Dave, P. P., Parvez, N., Chodvadiya, M. B., Ritaparna, P., Khuman, L. Y., Ipe ,C. & Sahu, L. (2023). Comparative Assessment of Farmer’s Brinjal Variety in Different Agro-Climatic Conditions. International Journal of Environment and Climate Change, 13(2), 115-125.
Kumar, N., Dave, P. P., Mir, P. A., Zulapi, L., & Choudhary, H. (2022). Dissemination of Elite Brinjal Variety-HZKB-1 under Organic Cultivation in Uttarakhand and Jammu & Kashmir through Farmers’ Participation. International Journal of Environment and Climate Change, 12(12), 1202-1207.
Choudhary, H., Dave, P. P., Parvez, N., Raghuvanshi, P. S., Lal, B., Singh, S., ... & Verma, A. (2022). Assessing the Performance of Farmers’ Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Varieties for Yield and Its Attributing Traits under Organic Cultivation. Journal of Experimental Agriculture International, 44(12), 48-55.
Parvez, N., Choudhary, H., Shinde, V. V., More, V. G., Kudtarkar, U. S., Gabhale, L. K., Dhane, A.,S., Gangawane, S., B., Maru1, B., Ghole,S., V., & Pisore, B. N. (2020). Performance Evaluation of Farmers’ Onion Varieties against Purple Blotch Disease. Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology, 38, 52-62.
Dave, P. P., Singh, S., Chodvadiya, M. B., & Choudhary, H. (2020). Bioefficacy of crude polyherbal formulations against hoppers (Insecta: Hemiptera) of rice. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, 8(6), 1392-1398.
Parvez, N., Choudhary, H., Parihar, S., Gandhi, K., Singh, S., Rathore, R.,R.,Zulapi.,B.,Kasva, R., Kumar, R., Raghuvanshi & Verma, A. (2019). Profiling of nutritional traits in indigenous wheat cultivars. Journal of Experimental Biology and Agricultural Sciences, 2019, Vol. 7, No. 1, 1-11
Chodvadiya, M. B., Singh, S., & Choudhary, H. (2018). Adoption of remunerative farmers’ developed varieties of rice: Case studies from Odisha and Chhattisgarh states of India. Agricultural Science Digest, 38(3), 166-171.
Ravikumar, R. K., Thakur, D., Choudhary, H., Kumar, V., Kinhekar, A. S., Garg, T., ... & Kumar, V. (2017). Social engineering of societal knowledge in livestock science: Can we be more empathetic?. Veterinary World, 10(1), 86.
Parihar, S., & Choudhary, H. (2017). Kudrat revolution: A series of improved crop varieties. Rashtriya Krishi (English), 97-102.
Hardev, C. (2016). Performance of farmers’ pigeon pea [Cajanus cajan L. Millsp.] varieties: Opportunities for sustained productivity and dissemination of varieties.International Journal of Agriculture Sciences, 0975-3710.
Choudhary, H. , Ravikumar, R. K., & Kumar, V. (2016). Assessing behaviour of farmers in linking to village institution: Dairy society’s perspective from semiarid regions, Gujarat, India. Journal of Experimental Biology and Agricultural Sciences 4(Spl 2-SSPN), 9-16.
Chodvadiya, M. B., Singh, S., Choudhary, H., Parvez, N., Ravikumar, R. K., & Khobragade, D. R. (2016). On-farm trials of farmer’s variety: tool for performance evaluation and adoption of variety in new areas. International Journal of Advanced Research, 4(11), 1703-1712.
Ravikumar, R. K., Vivek, K., Hardev, C., Kinhekar, A. S., & Vipin, K. (2015). Efficacy of indigenous polyherbal ectoparasiticide formulation against hard tick infestation in cattle (Bos indicus). Ruminant Science, 4(1), 43-47.
Ravikumar, R. K., Choudhary, H., & Kumar, V. (2015). Means for retaining farming communities in semi-arid regions of Gujarat state. Agriculture Update, 10(2), 158- 163.
Singh, P. K., Kumar, V., Maurya, N., Choudhary, H., Kumar, V., & Gupta, A. K. (2014). Grassroots solutions to overcome abiotic and biotic environmental stress in agriculture. In Translational research in environmental and occupational stress (pp. 11-16). New Delhi: Springer India.
Choudhary, H. D., & Bangarva, G. S. (2013). Knowledge and constraints in recommended kinnow production technology among the kinnow growers. International Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2013, Vol. 9, No. 2, 472-475
Choudhary, H., Bangarva, G. S., & Singh, N. (2011). Adoption of recommended kinnow production technology. Rajasthan Society of Extension Eductaion 190-193.