Academics

Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics

ICAR – National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana

M.Sc. (Ag) Agricultural Economics

G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand

B.Sc. (Ag)

Dr. Punjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vishwavidyalay (PDKV), Akola (Nagpur Campus), Maharashtra

Projects

Publication

• Best Five Publications
• Rajiv B. Kale, Abhishek D. Gavhane, Vishal S. Thorat, S. S. Gadge, Sagar M. Wayal, Shivam Y. Gaikwad, Sharadveer Singh, Kiran S. Khandagale, Rohini Bhat and Vijay Mahajan (2024) Efficiency dynamics among onion growers in Maharashtra: a comparative analysis of drip irrigation adopters and non-adopters. BMC Plant Biology, 24:237. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-024-04875-2
• Vinita Kanwal, Vishal S Thorat and Prem Chand (2019). Vulnerability of rural households to food and nutritional insecurity in arid regions of India: some evidence from Rajasthan. Agricultural Economics Research Review, 32, 183-192.
• Vishal S Thorat and Smita Sirohi (2018). Income risk and management strategies of rural households: evidence from distressed regions of Maharashtra. Agricultural Economics Research Review, 31, 101-110.
• Vishal S. Thorat and Smita Sirohi (2018). Development of Optimum Farm Plans for Enhancing Farmers Income in Agrarianly Distressed Marathwada through Multi-Criteria Decision Making in Farm Planning. Indian Journal of Economics and Development (2018) 14(1a), 33-40.
• Vishal S Thorat, Yogesh Garde and Arvind Arhant (2020). Incidence and Determinants of Indebtedness of Agricultural Households in Gujarat. Economic Affairs, 65-2, 249-254.

Achievements

• ICAR-Junior Research Fellowship- 2007-2009
• Recipient of DST - Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE) fellowship during 2010-2013
• Young Scientist Award for outstanding contribution in the field of Agricultural Economics by Society for Scientific Development in Agriculture and Technology during GRISAAS – 2021.
• Qualified ASRB NET for eligibility of professorship in 2011 and 2012
• Best Paper Presentation during 24th National conference of Maharashtra Society of Agril. Economics, organized by Dept. of Agril. Economics, Dr. BSKKV, Dapoli and paper presented on "Assessment of factors governing food security among rural households in tribal district of South Gujarat: a lesson for future planning" during 5-6 May, 2022
• Best Poster Presentation during ISPP West Zone Seminar on Innovative Approaches for Sustainable agriculture under changing climates for the paper titled as "Impact of COVID-19 induced lockdown on the wholesale prices of Rice and Wheat in selected markets of Gujarat" during 22-23 December, 2022
• Best Paper Presentation during National Symposium cum Industry Meet (NSIM) 2023 on Agri-business in Alliums: Innovation, Promotion & Sustainability organized by Directorate of Onion and Garlic, Rajgurunagar, Pune during 20-22 December, 2023.