Dr. Pradeep Rajan is currently working as Senior Principal Scientist at CSIR-CMERI, Ludhiana Campus and heading the Farm Machinery & precision Agriculture Group. He was the Principal Investigator in forging a network of R&D institutes, State Agricultural Universities and Industry for establishing a Centre for Precision & Conservation Farming Machinery (CPCFM). More than 20 years of Research experience mainly focusing on Farm Mechanization, Precision Agriculture, Farm Power through Biofuels.