Work Experience

Dr. Reshma Gills began her professional career as an ARS Scientist at ICAR–Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, in 2015. She subsequently joined ICAR–Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), where she served for seven years. In 2025, she took up the role of Senior Scientist in Extension Policy Management at ICAR–National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM). She has worked in both theoretical and pragmatic areas of agricultural extension and policy across production systems and natural or common property resources, with a particular emphasis on designing and validating innovative extension models of national importance. Her expertise spans Entrepreneurship Management, Value Chain Analysis, Impact Assessment of NARES Technologies, Construction and Validation of Measurement Tools for Social Science Research, Gender Analysis, and Governance and Compliance Analysis in Common Property Management Systems, especially in marine fisheries, behavioural models for sustainable stewardship, the impacts of climate change on socio-ecological systems, etc. Among the innovative models he has developed or co-developed are the Co-Management Extension Model for Marine Fisheries Governance (Co-MEM4MFG), the Knowledge Value Chain Extension Model for better policy governance and compliance in marine fisheries, the Farmer Income Led Extension (FILE) Model employing convergence and multi-stakeholder approaches, the IARI-Post Office Linkage Extension Model (IPOLEM) designed to accelerate the delivery of IARI technologies, Competence Gap Analysis Approach (CGAA)-an innovative model for transformative competence gap measurement in education system and the Value Chain Development and Analysis Methodology, which extends beyond production to reduce post-harvest losses and enhance farmers’ incomes. She has been associated with postgraduate teaching as a faculty member at the Post Graduate School of ICAR–IARI and at Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS), Kerala, and has guided students at both the Master’s and Ph.D. levels.

Recognitions and Honours
• Member of the Indian National Young Academy of Science (INYAS)-Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi
• NAAS Young Scientist Award 2021 (In Social Science) of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS), New Delhi, India.
• Best Agricultural Extension Book Award, National level (2021) by MANAGE, Hyderabad, MoA&FW, GoI
• Imerti Devi Outstanding Women Scientist Award by the Society for Community Mobilization for Sustainable Development in 2017
• Jawaharlal Nehru Award for P.G. Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in Agricultural and Allied Sciences, ICAR in 2016
• IARI Merit Gold Medal (Agricultural Extension) for outstanding research work in Ph. D. Programme in 2016.
• INSPIRE Fellowship under the GOI’s unique Scheme “Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research” in 2013.
• IARI Merit Gold Medal for Outstanding Academic Performance in the Master of Science Degree Programme in 2013.
• UGC – NET in 2013 in the subject of Mass Communication and Journalism
• UGC-JRF-NET award in 2012 in the subject of Adult Education/ Continuing Education
• Editor, Journal of Community Mobilization and Sustainable Development
• Editor, Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India

Areas of Interest:

Policy management, governance and compliance analysis in both production systems and natural/common property resources; Climate change impacts on socio-ecological systems; Behavioural models for sustainable stewardship; Competence gap analysis; Innovative extension models and Impact analysis; Value chain analysis and Entrepreneurship development; Gender studies.

Best Publications (20)

1. Gills, R., Padua, S., Ramachandran, C., Varghese, E., Vivekanandan, E., Ratheesh, K.R. and George, G., 2025. Impacts, adaptation and mitigation efforts in Kerala’s coastal food system: a socio-ecosystem evaluation of fishing community responses to climate change. International Journal of Advances in Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, pp.1-19.
2. Bright, R.P., Varghese, E., Joseph, A., Jayasankar, J., Kumar, R.R., Gills, R., Kishore, N., George, G. and Sreenath, K.R., 2025. Modelling the influence of climate drivers on the spatial distribution of scads along the West Coast of India. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 86, p.104171.
3. Gills, R., Sulochanan, B., Padua, S., Nakhawa, A.D., Abdul Azeez, P., Edward, L., Jayasankar, R., Shettigar, V., Pilli, S.K. and Ambrose, T.V., 2024. Impact of cyclone Tauktae on fishermen’s livelihood in Karnataka: A climate change perspective analysis. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 70(3), pp.132-139.
4. Gills, R., Padua, S., Ramachandran, C., Varghese, E., Ratheesh Kumar, R., George, G., Bright, R.P., Vivekanandan, E., Jayasankar, J. and Gopalakrishnan, A., 2024. Climate change hazards along the Indian coastal districts: spatial analysis on a climatic impact-driver framework. Current Science, 127(4), pp.461-474.
5. Ramachandran, C., Shinoj, P., Gills, R., Anuja, A.R., Padua, S., Ratheesh Kumar, R. and Rajesh, N., 2023. Ecosystem services of coastal wetlands for climate change mitigation: an economic analysis of Pokkali and Kaipad-based rotational paddy farming systems in India. Current Science, 125(5), pp.156-164.
6. Gills, R., Ramachandran, C., Vipinkumar, V.P., Kumar, M., Varghese, E., Jayasankar, J., Padua, S., Kumar, R.N., Krishna, P. and Ambrose, T.V., 2023. Education-world of work mismatch: a multidimensional competence gap analysis for reorienting the fisheries vocational education system in India. Current Science (00113891), 124(11).
7. Hemavathi, M., Varghese, E., Shekhar, S., Athulya, C.K., Ebeneezar, S., Gills, R. and Jaggi, S., 2022. Robustness of sequential third-order response surface design to missing observations. Journal of Taibah University for Science, 16(1), pp.270-279.
8. Vipinkumar, V.P., Gills, R., Anuja, A.R., Swathi Lekshmi, P.S., Ramachandran, C., Narayanakumar, R., Athira, P.V., Sary, P.S., Nimisha, B. and Ambrose, T.V., 2022. Gender Mainstreaming and Impact of SHGs: A Pragmatic Expedition from the Fish Value Addition Sector of Kerala. Journal of Community Mobilization and Sustainable Development, 17(3), pp.763-769.
9. Gills, R., Ramachandran, C., Vipinkumar, V.P., Shinoj, P., Varghese, E., Narayanakumar, R. and Ambrose, T.V., 2021. The Impact, Governance Response and Adaptation Strategies: A Case Analysis of COVID-19 Lockdown in Marine Fisheries Sector of Kerala, India.
10. Gills, R., Sharma, J.P., Burman, R.R., Sharma, R.R. and Amit, K., 2021. Value Chain Dynamics of Freshwater Aquaculture: A Study from Peri-Urban Areas of National Capital Region, India. Journal of Community Mobilization and Sustainable Development, 16(1), pp.289-295.
11. Dubey, S.K., Gills, R., Gautam, U.S., Singh, A.K. and Burman, R.R., 2020. An inquest on strategic fit of market dynamics among value chains-Case of capsicum in Champawat district of Uttarakhand. Indian Journal of Horticulture, 77(2), pp.339-346.
12. Dubey, S.K., Gills, R., Gautam, U.S., Singh, A., Burman, R.R. and Singh, R., 2020. Value chain mapping: A novel approach for market dynamics analysis in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 90(5), pp.924-9.
13. Burman, R.R., Sharma, J.P., Padaria, R.N., Gills, R. S., Sharma, S., Tiwari, G., Singh, R., Adhiguru, P., Pal, P.P., Dubey, S.K. and Murai, A.S., 2020. Extent of adoption and economic impact of NARS rice varieties in Indo-Gangetic Plains. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 90(2), pp.331-336.
14. Nain, M.S., Singh, R., Mishra, J.R., Sharma, J.P., Singh, A.K., Kumar, A., Gills, R. and Suman, R.S., 2019. Maximising farm profitability through entrepreneurship development and farmers’ innovations: feasibility analysis and action interventions. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 89(6), pp.1044-49.
15. Chakravorty, S., Joshi, P., Gills, R., Sharma, J.P. and Sharma, N., 2018. Concept, status and impact of foodgrain banking in Indian villages: A review. The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 88(2), pp.175-180.
16. Gills, R., Sharma, J.P., Burman, R.R., Sharma, R.R. and Kar, A., 2017. Peri urban floriculture: A comparative study from NCR on production, value addition, marketing and constraints. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 87(4), pp.544-550.
17. Gills, R., Sharma, J.P., Burman, R.R., Sharma, R.R. and Kar, A., 2016. Marketing channels, their effectiveness and perceived constraints in milk processing in NCR. The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 86(1), pp.82-88.
18. Gills, R., Sharma, J.P., Burman, R.R., Sharma, R.R. and Kar, A., 2016. Comparative analysis of vegetable production, value-addition and marketing in National Capital Region. Indian Journal of Horticulture, 73(1), pp.87-93.
19. Gills, R., Sharma, J.P. and Bhardwaj, T., 2015. Achieving zero hunger through zero wastage: An overview of present scenario and future reflections. The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 85(9), pp.1127-1133.
20. Gills, R., Singh, R. and Nain, M.S., 2013. Extent of adoption and perceived reasons for organic cardamom production in Idukki District of Kerala. Journal of Community Mobilization and Sustainable Development, 8(1), pp.41-47.

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