Prajwal R is a Dual PhD Research Scholar conducting advanced agricultural research between India and Australia. He completed his first part of PhD at ICAR–Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, India’s top-ranked agricultural university, where his research focused on the development of an autonomous harvesting system based on intelligent maturity detection and quality assessment of selected vegetables under protected cultivation environments. His Indian supervisors were Dr Roaf Ahmad Parray, Scientist, and Dr Tapan Kumar Khura, Principal Scientist from the Division of Agricultural Engineering.
Currently, as the second part of a dual degree, Prajwal is researching the prediction of sugar content in capsicum leaves and fruits using hyperspectral imaging at Western Sydney University’s Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment,. Under the supervision of Prof Oula Ghannoum and Prof Yi Guo, Prajwal’s work aims to enhance precision agriculture techniques and optimize crop quality assessment through advanced imaging technologies.
“What excites me most about my research is integrating robotics and imaging technologies to revolutionize agricultural automation. These advancements have the potential to enhance efficiency and sustainability in modern farming systems,” he says.
Prajwal’s research contributes to the future of smart farming, combining automation, spectroscopy, and AI-driven analysis to improve harvesting processes and crop quality evaluation.
