Ashish is a dedicated researcher in the field of agriculture who aims to contribute to society, the farmers, and the nation with his scientific experiments. He is sincere and honest towards his life goals.

Ashish belongs to Satara in Maharashtra. He completed B.Tech in Agricultural Engineering from the Government College of Agricultural Engineering. Then, Ashish pursued Masters in Renewable Energy Engineering from Udaipur. Currently, he is pursuing a PhD in the same field.

Ashish completed his schooling in Marathi from a science background. After completing intermediate, his primary aim was to join a defence institute. Suddenly, the inspiration of a successful scientist from his village changed his mind, and he chose Agriculture Engineering as his study stream. Ashish completed his B.Tech in 2016 and moved to Udaipur to pursue Masters in Renewable Energy Engineering from Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture & Technology. At that time, his mind changed again, and he got inclined towards civil services. But, his supervisor, Dr N.L. Panwar renewed his interest in the field by giving him the topic of ‘Biochar’ to research and produce appropriate data.

Ashish's relevant research on the given topic won the heart of his supervisor, who helped him start his research from the first semester itself. That resulted in the completion of his study in one and a half years, sooner than other students. He completed research in ‘Continuous Biochar Production System’ - a project design and development that converts agricultural waste into a valuable substance. He finished his study by writing a research and review paper separately. His papers were published in well-known scientific journals in 2018-19, receiving good mass ratings.

Thenceforth, Ashish found a fellowship with CSIR and wanted to apply for it. He took the advice of his supervisor and developed an impactful project proposal on ‘Activated Biochar’. Ashish read many books, papers, pieces of research, essays and literature on the same and decided to produce activated biochar using crop residue. Soon after submission, he got a selection call from CSIR for the fellowship. His contributions and performance at the CSIR were appreciated and awarded with a ‘Senior Research Fellow Award’. After completing his fellowship Ashish started with his PhD.

During his PhD, he applied scientific methods, used three different raw materials, and successfully produced activated biochar.

Going further with his research, he read multiple pieces of literature and found that activated biochar can be used for water filtration in commercial RO water filters. Hence, for the activation and creation of nano-composites of the biochar, he conducted lab studies and experiments. Then the result was sent to the Gujarat branch of CSIR for testing and approval. Ashish’s research got a green signal, and he experimented and concluded that the pH level of water filtered with activated biochar was better than the commercial coal-based filters. He has filed two patents, one for design and another for complete process/performance. Moreover, he has published four essay papers in international journals on Biochar and Activated Biochar.

Ashish is an accomplished and satisfied researcher who advises aspiring agriculture engineers and researchers to align their goals with the benefit of society, farmers, and the nation.

Ashish’s role model is his Master’s Research Supervisor, Dr Panwar, whose expectation and trust in him motivated him in his journey. Ashish thinks that education is crucial as it gives a career direction and instils values in a person. Moreover, he feels that one can gain experience automatically when applying education responsibly.

Mahatma Gandhi’s famous quote, “Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him”, motivates him and serves as his life goal.