Dr. Vipal Bhagat

Contact Info
Vipal Bhagat
9419288769
Cabin C20, Porta Cabin, Central University of Punjab, VPO-Ghudda, Bathinda
Vipal Bhagat

Assistant Professor
Department of Economic Studies
School of Social Sciences

Qualification

B.Sc. Agriculture (Hons.), Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar

M.Sc. (Agricultural Economics), Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana

Ph.D. (Agricultural Economics), Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Jammu

ICAR -ASRB NET, 2018

UGC-NET (Economics), 2019

Experience
Teaching Experience

  • Assistant Professor, School of Agriculture, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, 09-10-2021 to 23-12-2023

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Economics Studies, Central University of Punjab, 27-12-2023 to present
Research Experience

Conducted work as a Research Assistant (Jan.2020 to Dec. 2020) and coordinated two field investigators at SKUAST- Jammu under the IMPRESS research project entitled “Economics of Integrated Farming Systems under diverse agro-climatic situations in Jammu & Kashmir State” sanctioned by Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR).

 
 
 

 

Research Area

 

 

Research Interests

Agricultural Economics, Econometrics

Professional Affiliation

Member, Editorial Board, Agro-Economist, International, referred research journal.

Professional Recognition/Awards/Scholarships
  • Nominated as a member of the Academic council 2018-19 (SKUAST, Jammu) by Vice- Chancellor on the basis of academic merit.
  • Eligible for Merit-Scholarship while pursuing PhD.
Publications
Papers
  • Bhagat, V., Dwivedi, S., Shams, R., Dash, K. K., BhagyaRaj, G. V. S., Kovács, B., & Mukarram, S. A. (2024). Economic analysis of potential of citrus and walnut fruits by artificial neural network. Discover Applied Sciences, 6(3), 102. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-024-05733-4)
  • Bhagat V., Dwivedi, S. (2023). “Economic analysis of poultry farming using ANN approach in the rainfed area of the Jammu region of South Asia”. Agricultural Research.(https://doi.org/10.1007/s40003-023-00684-5).
  • Bhagat V., Dwivedi, S. (2023). “Remunerative Potential of small ruminants (sheep & goat) under rainfed conditions in the Jammu region of South Asia”. Asian Journal of Dairy and Food Research. (10.18805/ajdfr.DR-2016).
  • Bhagat, V., Dwivedi, S., Sharma, P.K., Peshin, R. and Rizvi, S.E.H., 2022. Economics and Resource Use Efficiency of Wheat Crop: Findings from Jammu Region of Jammu & Kashmir. Economic Affairs, 67(2), pp.15-22.
  • Bhagat, V., Dwivedi, S., Sharma, P. K., Peshin, R., & Rizvi, S. E. H. (2022). Socio-economic Characteristics of Farmers Practicing Rainfed Farming in the Jammu Region. International Journal of Social Science, 11(1), 43-49.
  • Bhagat,V. 2021."Review of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act: with Special Reference to Jammu and Kashmir." Journal of Community Mobilization and Sustainable Development, 16(1) 255-261.
  • Bhagat, V, and Dwivedi, S., (2021) "Economics and Production Pattern of Maize Crop under Rainfed Conditions in the Jammu Region of Jammu & Kashmir State.". Agro Economist- An International Journal, 8 (02): 153-158.
  • Sharma, P., K., Dwivedi, S., Bhagat, V. and Jamwal, S. (2020). “Technical efficiency of Pecan nut production in J & K: Application of stochastic frontier model”. Research Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 11(6):1327-1331.
  • Sharma, P., K., Dwivedi, S., Arora, R., K., Bhagat, V., Kour, C. and Sharma, M. (2019). “Efficiency under integrated farming systems- A Review”. Agro Economist- An International Journal, 6(2): 1-6.
Articles
Book Chapters
Tools/Tests
  • SPSS
  • STATA
  • R
Conference/ Workshops/Seminars Attended
University Level
  • Participated in the National Seminar of “Smart Technologies to Boost Farm Profitability and Socio-Economic Status of Rural India” organized by Royal Association for Science-Led Socio- Cultural Advancement (RASSA), New Delhi and SKUAST, Jammu.
  • Participated in the National Conference on “Women Empowerment through Agro-entrepreneurship for livelihood security (WE – 2019” held at SKUAST, Jammu from February 07-08, 2019.
  • Participated in the ESW 7th National.”. ESW 7th Annual National Research Conference on Climate Change and Global Health Management 01 & 02 February, 2020 at Khajuraho.
  • Participated in the pre-conference workshop on “Best Practices and Methods in Applied Economics Research” organized during 30th annual conference of agricultural economics research association (AERA- 2022) at SKUAST, Jammu on December 20,2022.
  • Attended one-week program in Short Term Course on Scientific Writing and Publication organized by Lovely Professional university, Phagwara.
  • Attended one-week program in Short Term Course on Research Methodology and Data Analysis organized by Lovely Professional university, Phagwara.
  •  Attended one-week workshop on data analysis using SPSS for social sciences organized by Lovely Professional university, Phagwara.
  • Attended one week workshop on Advanced data analysis using SPSS organized by Lovely Professional university, Phagwara.
  • Attended one week workshop on Advanced data analysis using SAS organized by Lovely Professional university, Phagwara.
 

 

Conference/ Workshops/Seminars Organised
University Level
 
National Level
 
International Level

 

Patent Filed/ Published
 
 
 
PATENT PUBLISHED
  • Farm Cost Estimator: Reference number – 202211071366A
  • System for Farm Schedule Recorder: Reference Number- 202211071338A