Scientist Profile
Research interests and current focus
- Statistical analysis through R programming
- Development and application of hybrid statistical models/methods for economic sugarcane traits
- Database and statistical R packages development
- Design and analysis of experiments
Membership in professional societies
- Society for Sugar Research & Promotion (SSRP), A-155, Weavers colony, Ashok Vihar, Phase-IV, New Delhi-110052
- Society of Statistics, Computer and Applications (SSCA), B-133, Ground Floor,Chittaranjan Park, New Delhi-110019
- Indian Society of Agricultural Statistics (ISAS), ICAR-IASRI campus, Library Avenue, New Delhi-110012
- Society for Sugarcane Research and Development (SSRD), ICAR-SBI, Coimbatore-641007
Awards and honours
- Recipient of “ICAR-IARI Junior Research Fellowship” for M.Sc. (Agricultural Statistics) from ICAR-IARI, New Delhi during 2017-2019.
- Recipient of “ICAR-IARI Senior Scholarship” for Ph.D. (Agricultural Statistics) from ICAR-IARI, New Delhi during 2019 to 2023.
- Qualified ICAR-NET 2019 in the discipline of Agricultural Statistics for eligibility of Lecturership/Assistant Professorship.
- Qualified UGC-NET 2022 in the subject of Population Studies for eligibility of Lectureship/Assistant Professorship.
- Awarded with Innovative Article Award on 21st April 2024 for the article ID 38430: ‘Rectangular Association and Related PBIB Designs’ published in Volume 04 – Issue 11 during November 2022 in Agriculture & Food: e-Newsletter Magazine (Online).
Research Publications
Research papers/Review articles/R packages
- Sasi, M., Kumar, S., Prakash, O., Krishnan, V., Vinayaka, Tomar, G. S., Mishra, J., … (2025). Evaluation of sensory properties and short-chain fatty acid production in fermented soymilk on addition of fructooligosaccharides and raffinose family of oligosaccharides. Fermentation, 11(4), 194.
- Vinayaka, Lakshmi Pathy, T., Gopalareddy, K., Kumari, S., Murali, P., … (2025). CANE: Comprehensive Groups of Experiments Analysis for Numerous Environments (Version 1.0) [R package]. https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.CANE
- Vinayaka, Mandal, B. N., Parsad, R., & Vinaykumar, L. N. (2025). NPBBBDAefficiency: A-efficiency for Nested Partially Balanced Bipartite Block (NPBBB) Designs [R package]. https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.NPBBBDAefficiency
- Manjunatha, B., Parsad, R., Mandal, B. N., Dash, S., & Vinayaka. (2024). Construction of structurally incomplete row-column designs with pairwise balance and/or variance balance property. International Journal of Agricultural & Statistical Sciences, 20(2), 599.
- Vinu, V., Alarmelu, S., Elayaraja, K., Appunu, C., Hemaprabha, G., Parthiban, S., Shanmugasundaram, K., Rajamadhan, R., Saravanan, K.G., Kathiravan, S., Ram, B., Vinayaka. and Varatharaj, M.K.C. (2024). Multi-environment Analysis of Yield and Quality Traits in Sugarcane (Saccharum sp.) through AMMI and GGE Biplot Analysis. Sugar Tech, 27, 540–558. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12355-024-01498-7.
- Vinayaka, Mandal, B. N., Parsad, R., Vinaykumar, L. N., Murali, P., Amaresh, … (2024). Incomplete block designs for comparing test treatments with multiple controls. Bhartiya Krishi Anusandhan Patrika, 39(2), 108–114.
- Agashe Wamanrao, N., Varghese, C., Vinayaka, Harun, M., & Kumar, D. (2024). On construction of doubly nested partially balanced incomplete block designs. Bhartiya Krishi Anusandhan Patrika, 39(2), 101–107.
- Vinayaka and Prasad, P.R.C. (2024). AI-Enhanced remote sensing applications in Indian sugarcane research: A comprehensive review. Sugar Tech, 26, 609–628. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12355-024-01409-w.
- Vinaykumar, L. N., Varghese, C., Harun, M., Dalal, A., Vinayaka, & Karmakar, S. (2024). pRepDesigns: Partially Replicated (p-Rep) Designs [R package]. https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.pRepDesigns
- Vinayaka, Parsad, R., & Mandal, B. N. (2024). Partially balanced nested block designs based on 2-associate-class association schemes for test-control comparisons. Communications in Statistics – Simulation and Computation.
- Vinayaka, & Parsad, R. (2023). Resolvable and 2-replicate PBIB designs based on higher association schemes using polyhedra. Statistics and Applications, 21(2), 141–154.
- Vinayaka, Parsad, R., Mandal, B. N., Dash, S., Vinaykumar, L. N., Kumar, M., … (2023). Partially balanced bipartite block designs. Communications in Statistics – Theory and Methods.
- Kumar, R. A., Vasantha, S., Hemaprabha, G., Alarmelu, S., Mohanraj, K., Sreenivasa, V., Gomathi, R., Palaniswami, C., Krishnapriya, V., Anusha, S., Alagupalamuthirsolai, M., & Vinayaka. (2023). Comparison of Stalk Volume by Water Displacement Method and Calculation Method for Stalk Weight Determination and Its Relevance to Single Cane Weight in Sugarcane Clones. International Journal of Environment and Climate Change, 13(8), 2282–2291. https://doi.org/10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i82209.
- Kumar, R. A., Hemaprabha , G., Vasantha , S., Arumuganathan , T., Hari , K., Senthilkumar , T., Sadvatha , R. H., Ambrose , D. C. P., Manikandan , C., Lakshmi , K., Suresha , G., Govindaraj , P., Sreenivasa , V., Palaniswami , C., Gomathi , R., Appunu , C., Mahesh , P., Yogambal , C., Krishnapriya , V., Tayade , A. S., Alagupalamuthirsolai , M., and Vinayaka. (2023). Rapid Assessment of Rind Hardness in Sugarcane and Its Association with Biochemical Traits. International Journal of Environment and Climate Change, 13(8), 2019–2031. https://doi.org/10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i82159.
- Vinaykumar, L. N., Vinayaka, & Dalal, A. (2022). parameters: Parameters of the Experimental Designs [R package]. https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.Design.parameters
- (2022). On constructions of nested partially balanced incomplete block designs. Communications in Statistics – Simulation and Computation, 53(6).
Books/ Book chapters/ Pamphlet
- Sandip Garai, Vinayaka, Samir Barman, Ashish Ranjan Udgata, Nobin Chandra Paul, Ronit Jaiswal, Ramasubramanian V., A. Dhandapani and Yashavanth B.S. (2024). Chapter 8: Statistical Modelling Aspects of Climate-Resilient Agriculture. In: Research and Technological Advances for Resilient Agriculture, NAARM publications, 179
- Amaresh, Aswini, N., Vinayaka, Kumari, S., G. Avinash, G.J. Abhishek, V.G. Dhanya, R.T. Maruthi, Gopalareddy, K., Huskur Kumaraswamy Mahadeva Swamy, Suresha, G.S., and K. Elayaraja. (2024). Sugarcane Bagasse: Transforming Waste into Renewable and Bio-Compostable Materials for a Sustainable Future. In: Suresha, G.S., Krishnappa, G., Palanichamy, M., Mahadeva Swamy, H.K., Kuppusamy, H., Govindakurup, H. (eds) Value Addition and Product Diversification in Sugarcane. Springer, Singapore. pp 239–256. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-7228-5_12.
- Suresha, G.S., Hari, K., Murali, P., Lavanya, R., Kalaiselvi, K., Gopalareddy, K., Maruthi, R.T., Mahadeva Swamy, H.K., Amaresh, Vinayaka, Elayaraja K. (2024). Sugarcane Fibre as Dietary Supplement, Health Benefits and Applications in Functional Foods. In: Suresha, G.S., Krishnappa, G., Palanichamy, M., Mahadeva Swamy, H.K., Kuppusamy, H., Govindakurup, H. (eds) Value Addition and Product Diversification in Sugarcane. Springer, Singapore. pp 323–335. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-7228-5_17.
- Murali, P., Prathap, D.P., & Vinayaka. (2023). Economics of sugarcane and agripreneurship for doubling farmers’ income. In Improved Sugarcane Production Technologies (pp. 183–202).
- P., Vinayaka, Karuppasamy, S., Hari Lakshman Raj, J. (2024). Pamphlet On Statistics & Economics section, AKMU and SugarcaneEdge (ABI): at a glance (English). Extension Publication No. 360 (2024E), ICAR-SBI, Coimbatore.








