Publications

Peer-reviewed journal articles, conference papers, and research reports published by members of the Rural Research Group.

News Articles

  • 2025

    Education as a path to progress: Is it working?

    Loksatta, 10 August 2025 — [Marathi] [English]
  • 2023

    Smart Metering: A new opportunity to optimize renewable integration on the grid

    Indian Express — [Link]
  • 2023

    Mahavitaran (MSEDCL) needs to engage with farmers

    Loksatta, March 16, 2023 — [Marathi] [English]
  • 2022

    The kind of engineering education we need

    India Express, December 14, 2022 — [English]
  • 2020

    Mahavitaran’s problems of agricultural supply and long term solutions

    Loksatta, December 2020 — [Marathi] [English]
  • 2019

    Electricity supply and the plight of farmers

    Lokmat, December 2019 — [Marathi] [English]
  • 2019

    Beneficial effect of capacitor usage with agricultural pumps

    Lokmat, August 2019 — [Marathi]
  • 2018

    Solar pumps and solar feeders schemes in Maharashtra

    Lokmat, October 2018 — [Marathi] [English]
  • 2014

    Sustainable Energy Solutions for Grassroots Development

    Priya Jadhav, Anand Rao — SQ, Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Vol. IV No.1 — January-March 2014

Journal Publications

  • 2025

    Methodology to quantify crop, irrigation water, and energy linkages in small-holder irrigation systems

    Namita Sawant, Sameer Kulkarni, Pankaj Sharma, Akanksha Doval — Energy for Sustainable Development — [DOI] [Free Download]
  • 2021

    ESCO Model for Energy-Efficient Pump Installation Scheme: A Case Study

    Khobaragade S., Bhosale P., Jadhav P. — Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Advances in Energy Research — [DOI]
  • 2020

    Technical paradigms in electricity supply for irrigation pumps: Case of Maharashtra, India

    Priya Jadhav, Namita Sawant, Athira Madhusudhana Panicker — Energy for Sustainable Development 58 (2020): 50-62 — [DOI]
  • 2020

    Solar PV for Irrigation in India: Developing a Framework for Determining Appropriate Pump Characteristics for a Region

    Sawant N., Jadhav P. — Advances in Energy Research, Vol. 1 — [DOI]
  • 2020

    Development of Framework to Estimate Crop-wise, Region-wise Electricity Usage for Irrigation

    Doval A., Jadhav P. — Advances in Energy Research, Vol. 1 — [DOI]
  • 2017

    Development of framework to estimate crop-wise, region-wise electricity usage for irrigation

    Doval A., Jadhav P. — Summary Report on the 8th International Conference on Climate Change, TISS — [PDF]

Conferences

  • 2019

    ESCO Model for Energy Efficient Pump Installation Scheme: A Case Study

    Saurabh Khobaragade, Priyanka Bhosale, Priya Jadhav — International Conference on Advances in Energy Research, Mumbai — [Click here]
  • 2019

    Policy tool to identify the required solar PV pump characteristics for a region in India: Case study of the Maharashtra solar PV pumps scheme

    Namita Sawant, Pankaj Sharma, Priya Jadhav — 38th International Energy Workshop at IEA, Paris — [Click here]
  • 2017

    Development of Framework to Estimate Crop‐wise, Region‐wise Electricity Usage for Irrigation

    Akanksha Doval, Priya Jadhav — 8th International Conference on Climate Change at TISS, Mumbai — [Click here]
  • 2015

    Power factor issues on agricultural feeders: Investigated through the case of a village in Sangli, Maharashtra

    Presented at ICAER 2015 — Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission — [Click here]