Scientist Profile

Dr P Murali

Dr P Murali

Prinicipal Scientist (Agrl. Economics)
  • Impact assessment of ICAR-SBI varieties and technologies
  • Development of entrepreneurship and sugarcane-based start-ups
  • Policy analysis for sugarcane, sugar and bio ethanol
  • Capacity building for entrepreneurs, start-ups and FPO’s and FIG’s
  • Member of The International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE), USA
  • Life member, Agricultural Economics Research Association (AERA), N. Delhi
  • Life member, Society for Sugarcane Research and Development (SSRD), Coimbatore
  • Life member, Society for Sugarcane Research and Promotion (SSRP), N. Delhi
  • C1-22/4-1-3. Network project “Production systems, Agribusiness and Institutions” NAIP-Component1: Impact assessment of agricultural technology
  • C1-19/4-1-1. Sugarcane based Agri-Business Incubator (SBI-ABI) (NAIF funded project) (project is continuing as per ICAR-IPTM)
  • First Prize – 2nd National water award from Ministry of Jal Shakthi, N.Delhi
  • Winner of TERI-IWA-UNDP Water Sustainability Award – 2021
  • Rashtriya Krishi Vigyan Puraskar 2025 from ICAR, N.Delhi
  • Fellow, Society for Sugarcane Research and Promotion (SSRP), N. Delhi
  • Recipient of Junior Research fellowship from the ICAR, New Delhi and CSIR- SRF cum NET for Ph.D. Programme

Details of design patents obtained

The design patent for the “Soil Moisture Indicator” (SMI) is owned by the applicants K. Hari, D. Puthrapradap, K. Sivaraman, P. Rakiyappan, P. Singaravelu, A. Ramesh Sundar, and P. Murali. The patent numbers are 231435, 231434, 231433, and 231432. A total of 23 commercial companies, including KSNM Marketing, Tech Source Solutions, Nagarjuna Agrochemicals Pvt. Ltd., Parashar Agrotech, Gayathri Agri Inputs, Farm Tech, and GT Biosciences, have commercialized the Soil Moisture Indicator. Approximately 2.5 lakh units have been sold to farmers and Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) for water conservation.

 

Details of Trademarks

The ‘SugarcaneEdge‘ trademark was registered on 07.03.2022. Its trademark number is 5359282. The status of the trademark was granted on 05.09.2022.

  • Attended the International Association of agricultural Economists (IAAE) Triennial Conference, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil 18-24 August, 2012
  • Attended the International Association of agricultural Economists (IAAE) Triennial Conference, Milan, Italy

Research papers in Peer reviewed journals

  • Nivetha, N., Murali, P., Thilagavathi, M., Karthick, V., Selvanayaki, S., Pangayar Selvi, R., & Jagadeshwaran, P. 2025. From Adoption to Impact: A Comprehensive Analysis of Crop Insurance in India’s Sugarcane Sector. Sugar Tech, 27(3), 737-748.
  • Niranjan, S., Murali, P., Puthira prathap, D., Kumaravel, S., & Hemaprabha, G. Impact of Wonder Cane Varieties on Sugar Production, Consumption and Prices in India. Sugar Tech, 26(3), 809-819.
  • Venkatasubramanian, V., Prathap, D. P., Murali, P., & Arumuganathan, T. Strengthening Technology Delivery System through Empowerment of Village Organizations. International Journal of Social Science, 12(2), 65-70.
  • Revathy, R., Murali, P., Venkatasubramanian, V., Prathap, D. P., & Balamurali, S. An appraisal of Indian jaggery and confectionery exports in the global market: Markov chain model approach. Sugar Tech, 23, 118-129.
  • Prathap, D. P., Murali, P., & Venkatasubramanian, V. Barriers to ICT usage: an assessment among the sugarcane Farmers in disadvantaged districts of Tamil Nadu, India. Sugar Tech, 23, 286-295.
  • Prathap, D. P., Murali, P., Paul, P., & Venkatasubramanian, V. J. S. T. Sugarcane development personnel’s attitudes towards internet usage: findings from a study in Southern India. Sugar Tech, 23, 254-262.
  • Murali, P., Kumar, R., Ram, B., Prathap, D. P., & Venkatasubramanian, V. Adoption of variety Co 0238 and sugar recovery improvement in Haryana, India. Journal of Sugarcane Research, 11, 15-23.
  • Murali, P., Venkatasubramanian, V., Ram, B. (2020). Sugar: Myths and Reality. In: Mohan, N., Singh, P. (eds) Sugar and Sugar Derivatives: Changing Consumer Preferences. 253-261. Springer, Singapore.
  • Murali, P., Revathy, R., Balamurali, S., & Tayade, A. S.  2020. Integration of RNN with GARCH refined by whale optimization algorithm for yield forecasting: a hybrid machine learning approach. Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing, 1-13.
  • Revathy, R., Murali, P., & Balamurali, S. Hadoop Big Data Mining: An Effective Mapreduce Tool for Classifying Sugarcane Yield Data. Plant Archives Volume, 20(2), 4245-4250.
  • Murali, P., Sendhil, R., Govindaraj, G., Puthira Prathap, D., Venkatasubrmanian, V., & Ram, B. Sugar sector decontrolling and market performance of sugar sector in India vis-à-vis global market: A cointegration analysis. Sugar Tech, 21, 557-568.
  • Murali, P., & Puthira Prathap, D.  2017. Technical efficiency of sugarcane farms: An econometric analysis. Sugar Tech, 19, 109-116.
  • Murali, P., Hari, K., & Puthira Prathap, D. An economic analysis of biofuel production and food security in India. Sugar Tech, 18, 447-456.
  • Karpagam, C., Prathap, D. P., & Moovendan, P. Farmer led gross root level entrepreneurial initiatives for sustainable sugarcane production system in Tamil Nadu, India. Journal of Applied and Natural Science, 8(4), 2249-2255.
  • Govindaraj, G. N., Suryaprakash, S., Sivaramane, N., & Murali, P. Changes in edible oil preference and present-day consumption status of households: A case of Tamil Nadu state, India. Journal of Oilseeds Research, 33(3), 178-184.
  • Murali, P., Karpagam, C., Prathap, D. P., & Shanthy, T. 2014. Impact of the variety Co 86032 on sugar recovery in Tamil Nadu. Cooperative Sugar, 45(7), 25-28.
  • Murali, P., & Nair, N. V. Decadal prospects of global sugar trade-an empirical analysis. Journal of Sugarcane Research, 3(2), 163-171.
  • Karpagam, C., Ravichandran, V., Murali, P., Puthira Prathap, D., & Rajula Shanthy, T. Influence of Profile Characteristics on Social-Dynamics Among Sugarcane Drip Users and Non-drip Users: A Farm Level Enquiry. Sugar Tech, 15, 349-353.
  • Murali, P., & Balakrishnan, R.  2012. Labour scarcity and selective mechanisation of sugarcane agriculture in Tamil Nadu, India. Sugar Tech, 14, 223-228.
  • Murali, P., & Hari, K. Bio-fuel market scenario in India. Sugar Tech, 13, 394-398.
  • Karpagam, C., Ravikumar, T., Ravichandran, V., & Murali, P. 2011. Impact of drip irrigation in sugarcane – a field level enquiry. Cooperative Sugar, 42(4), 51-53.

Details of Book Published

  • Murali, P. Lakshmi Pathy, T. Vinayaka. and Jagadeshwaran. P. (Eds.). 2025. Basic and Applied R programming for Agricultural Research. published by ICAR – Sugarcane Breeding Institute. ISBN: 978-93-85267-46-8.
  • Book titled “Economics” (in Tamil) authored by Murali and N. Kiruthika published by laser park publishing house printed at Thannambikkai printers, Coimbatore. ISBN: 978-93-84234-28-7. First edition- 2015.
  • Book titled “An Inventory of Farmers’ practices for inclusive development in sugarcane production system” authored by C.Karpagam, Murali, A.Baskaran, T.Rajula Shanthy and D. Puthira prathap published by Director ICAR-SBI Coimbatore printed at Thannambikkai printers, Coimbatore. ISBN: 978-81-926387-7-5. First edition- 2014
  • Appunu, C., Jayakumar, V., Govindaraj, P., Puthiraprathap, D., Mohanraj, K., Karpagam, C., Murali, P., Hari, K., and Sivaraman, K. (2012). Classic Papers on Sugarcane – C A Barber-Vol -2 E K J Ammal, N L Dutt and T S Raghavan, SBI Centenary publications – 11, 12, 13 and 15.
  • Book titled “Improved Sugarcane Production Technologies” (Tamil). Murali, P, Prathap, D. Puthira, Venkatasubramanian, V & Rajula shanthy, T. (2016). ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute. p118. SBI/NABARD/2016/TA/01 published by Director, ICAR-SBI Coimbatore printed at Udayam achagam, Coimbaore.
  • Book titled “Agri-Preneurship through Agro-based Technologies” authored by V. Venkatasubramanian,
    Murali, D. Puthira Prathap, T. Arumuganathan and K. Hari published by Director ICAR-SBI Coimbatore. ISBN: 978-93-85267-25-3.
  • Book titled “Recent Scientific Advances in Sugarcane Cultivation for Doubling Farmers’ Income by Editors Dr. Bakshi Ram, Dr. G. Hemaprabha, Prof. (Dr.) Ratna Nashine, Dr. K. Mohanraj, P. Murali and Dr. Rayees Ahmad Shah. Published by ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore – 641007, Tamil Nadu & National Agriculture Development Cooperative Ltd. Baramulla–193103, J & K. printed by Ariana Publishers & Distributors New Delhi-110 018 (India).