National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Eldho Varghese
FELLOW, ELECTED 2025

Born in Thrissur, Kerala, India on 30 May 1983. Educated at Govt. Higher Secondary School, Pattikkad, Thrissur, Kerala, 1998-2000; St. Thomas College, Thrissur, Calicut University, 2000-2003; Kerala Agricultural University, Kerala, 2003-2006; Indian Agricultural Research Institute, 2007-2011; Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), 2017-2021; B.Sc. (Mathematics), 2003; M.Sc. (Agricultural Statistics), 2006; Ph.D. (Agricultural Statistics), 2011; Master of Computer Applications, 2021.

Senior Scientist, Fishery Resources Assessment, Economics and Extension Division, ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi, Ernakulam, Kerala- 682 018,2022 to till date.

Scientist, 2010-2017, Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi; Scientist, 2017-2019, ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi.

Awards/Honours: IARI merit medal, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, India for outstanding research work during the Ph.D., 2012; Associate Editor (Section: Design of experiments), Model Assisted Statistics and Applications, 2012 - to till date; Lal Bahadur Shastri Outstanding Young Scientist Award - 2017 of ICAR, New Delhi, India in Social Sciences; NAAS Young Scientist Award, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi, India in Social Sciences for the biennium 2017-18; Honorary Joint Secretary (2020-2023) of the prestigious Indian Society of Agricultural Statistics, New Delhi, India (constituted in 1947); NAAS Associateship-2023 of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS), New Delhi, India, 2023; INSA Visiting Scientist at IITB, Mumbai during year 2023-24; Elected member of the International Statistical Institute (ISI), The Netherlands, Since 2023; Member, International Society for Business and Industrial Statistics, Since 2023;Nominated Expert member, Bay of Bengal Programme (BOBP-IGO)-FAO for Joint Exercise on Stock Assessment, 2023. Nominated member of the Indian delegation for 20WPDCS meeting of IOTC-FAO held in Cape Town, South Africa, 2024.

Fellow: Elected Member of the International Statistical Institute, The Netherlands

Research Areas: Agricultural Statistics, Design of Experiments, Statistical Computing, Fish Stock Assessment, Deep Learning Models/Algorithms

Address: Senior Scientist, Fishery Resources Assessment, Economics & Extension Division, ICAR- Central Marine Fisheries, Research Institute, Kochi, Ernakulam 682018, Kerala; Chenal House, Pattikad P.O., Thrissur 680652, Kerala; [Tel: Off. (0484) 2394357/202; Res. 8075296609; Cell: 9968401427; Email: eldhoiasri@gmail.com; eldho.varghese@icar.gov.in]

NAAS Associate, 2023