Work Experience

Dr. BS Yashavanth belongs to 104 FOCARS and joined ICAR-NAARM as Scientist in 2016. Earlier, he worked as Scientist-B in Central Sericultural Research and Training Institute, Central Silk Board, Mysore (2015-2016) and as Statistician at AXA Business Services Pvt. Ltd. (2010-2012). He has obtained his Ph.D. from ICAR-IARI (2012-2015).
At the Academy, he is involved in research, teaching and training. He has served as PI/Co-PI of research projects funded by ICAR-NAARM, World Bank, NITI Aayog, Tobacco Board and ICAR. He contributes to training programmes as coordinator/ resource person in the area of statistics. He is also involved in teaching courses on statistics and quantitative methods for the students of PGDM(ABM) and IARI MU – Hyderabad Hub. Besides, he has served/ serving as chairman/member for the advisory committee of post-graduate students of PJTSAU, ANGRAU and IARI MU – Hyderabad Hub. So far, he has guided 2 M.Sc. (Agricultural Statistics) students of PJTSAU.

Areas of Interest:

Applied Statistics; Text Analytics; Data Visualization;

Awards:

• Best Scientist Award 2023-24 (ICAR-NAARM)
• Best Faculty Award 2022-23 (ICAR-NAARM)
• Best Policy Paper Award 2022-23 (ICAR-NAARM)
• Best Research Paper Award 2022-23 (ICAR-NAARM)
• Best Promising Young Scientist Award 2021-22 (ICAR-NAARM)