Qualification:

• Ph.D. (Agri. Economics), ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana
• M.Sc. (Agri. Economics), University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka
• B.Sc. Agriculture, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand

Research has done so far and ongoing work:

• Impact Assessment of COVID-19 pandemic on Indian Dairy Sector – ongoing (PI)
• Impact Assessment of Selected Technologies of NDRI -ongoing(Co-PI)
• Breed-wise economics of milk production in Gujarat- A Comparative analysis – ongoing(Co-PI)
• Livelihood augmentation of resource-poor Scheduled Caste farm households in Western Dry Region of Rajasthan- ongoing (Co-PI)
• Evaluation and Impact of Dairy Farmer Collectives in Gujarat: A Study in Saurashtra and Kutchh Regions –completed (Co-PI)
• Policy Imperatives for Promoting Value Chain of Agricultural Commodities with special reference to Dairy Start-Ups – completed (Co-PI)
• Automation on Commercial Dairy Farms in North India: Farmers Perspective Appraisal –completed (Co-PI)
• Nurturing Latent Agro-animal based Entrepreneurship Among the Youth in Mewat District of Haryana –completed (Co-PI)
• Mitigation of stubble burning through custom hiring centres for agricultural machinery in Trans-Gangetic plain regions – completed(Co-PI)

Teaching

• ES611 Microeconomic Theory and Applications
• ES614 Agricultural Marketing and Price Analysis
• ES623 Econometrics
• ES626 Natural Resource & Environmental Economics
• ES629 Masters’ Credit Seminar

 Students Advised

• Major Advisor: M.Sc. (1 completed + 1 on-going)
• Advisory Member: M.Sc. (8 completed + 3 ongoing)
• Advisory Member: Ph.D. (6 ongoings)

Publications: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gunjan-Bhandari-2

Research Papers

• Bhandari, Gunjan, Chandel. B.S. and Malhotra, R. 2022. Beyond Economic Motives: Value of Indigenous Dairy Cattle Breeds for Livestock Keepers in India. Indian Journal of Animal Sciences - Accepted
• Bhandari, Gunjan, Lal, Priyanka, Chaudhary, Udita, Haritha, Malhotra, R and Chandel. B.S. 2021. Assessing snowball effect of COVID-19 pandemic on Indian dairy sector. Indian Journal of Animal Sciences. 91 (12).
• Meena H.R., Kuldeep Kumar, K.S. Kadian, B.S. Meena and Gunjan Bhandari. 2021. SWOT Analysis of Custom Hiring Centers and Training Need of Farmers Regarding Stubble Management. International Journal of Agriculture Sciences, ISSN: 0975-3710 & E-ISSN: 0975-9107, Volume 13, Issue 8, pp.- 10851-10854.
• Bhandari, Gunjan, Chandel. B.S. and Bhakat, Mukesh 2020. Cost of conservation of indigenous dairy cattle breed- A case of Sahiwal in India. Indian Journal of Animal Sciences. 90 (10).
• Bhandari, Gunjan, 2020. Alternatives for accelerating agricultural growth in Uttar Pradesh- A zone-wise analysis, Indian Journal of Economics and Development,
• Vani, G.K., Bhandari, Gunjan, Renjini, V.R., Sahu, S. and Mishra, P. 2020. Need for agrochemicals in the era of organic farming: An economic study. Journal of Crop and Weed. 16(3):44-48.
• Amit Thakur, A.K. Dixit, Shiv Kumar and Gunjan Bhandari, 2020. Value Chain Analysis of Informal Dairy Processing Units in Haryana (India): A System Dynamic Approach, Agricultural Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40003-020- 00502-2
• Bhandari, Gunjan, 2019. An economic analysis of the influence of out-migration on income, food consumption and inequity in hills, Indian Journal of Economics and Development, 15(2):241-249.
• Bhandari, Gunjan and Chinnappa Reddy B.V. 2018. Economic Analysis of Milk Production and Marketed Surplus in Migrant and Non-Migrant Member Households of Hilly District of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. International Journal of Agriculture Sciences, ISSN: 0975-3710 & E-ISSN: 0975-9107, Volume 10, Issue 22, pp.- 7549-7552.
• Bhandari, Gunjan. 2017. Assessment of Food Wastage in Hostel Messes: A case of NDRI, Karnal, Indian Journal of Economics and Development, Vol. 13, No. 1, Jan.-Mar., pp. 59- 64
• Bhandari, Gunjan and B.V. Chinnappa Reddy.2015. Impact of Out-Migration on Agriculture and Women Work Load- An Economic Analysis of Hilly Regions of Uttarakhand, India”, Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 70, No. 3, July-Sept., pp. 395-404

Book Chapters/ Compendium

• Bhandari, Gunjan, (2021, 2020, 2019, 2018). Country Page of India and Inter-Farm Comparison Report. In: International Farm Comparison Network Dairy Report-2021, IFCN, Kiel, Germany. ISSN 1610-434X.
• Bhandari, Gunjan, Chandel, B.S., Kathayat, Babita and Agarwal, Aditi. 2019. Modern Marketing Approaches to Enhance Dairy Farmers’ Income. In: Innovative Marketing Practices for Enhancing Farmers Income in Salt Affected Soils. ICAR-CSSRI, Karnal.
• Dixit, A.K., Chandel, B.S., Sharma, A.K., Bhandari, Gunjan and Yadav Hema, (Editors), 2019. Compendium of Lectures, Training Programme on Market Strategies for Promotion of Dairy Products. ICAR-NDRI, Karnal and CCS-NIAM, Jaipur.
• Bhandari, Gunjan and Lal, Priyanka, 2019. E-marketing of dairy products. In: Training Programme on Market Strategies for Promotion of Dairy Products. ICAR-NDRI, Karnal and CCS-NIAM, Jaipur.
• Bhandari, Gunjan. 2017.Linear Programming using Solver in Excel. In: Compendium of training-cum- workshop on ‘Data Analysis Tools and Approaches (DATA) in Agricultural Sciences. ICAR-IIWBR, Karnal.

Popular/ Technical Articles

• Bhandari, Gunjan and Lal, Priyanka 2021. Accounting the Unaccounted: The Hidden Losses of COVID-19 for Indian Dairy Sector. Vigyan Varta. 2 (1): 15-18.
• Bhandari, Gunjan, Anil K. Dixit, Ravishankar K.M. and Gaganpreet Bhullar. 2021. Commercial Dairy Farming of Indigenous Dairy Cattle as a Profitable Venture - A Success Story of Revnar Dairy Farm, Faridabad, NDRI Newsletter, 25 (4):5-6.
• Dixit, A.K., Ravishankar K.M., Shiv Kumar, A.K. Sharma, and Gunjan Bhandari. 2021. Indian Farming Integrating production with processing and converting waste into wealth A success story in dairying from Andhra Pradesh, Indian Farming 71(07): 34–38.
• Bhandari, Gunjan and Ravishankara, K.M. 2020. Implications of COVID-19 for the Indian dairy sector. Food and Scientific Reports. 1: 43-46. ISSN 2582-4537.
• Bhandari, Gunjan and Lal, Priyanka 2020. Is the Indian dairy sector buoyant enough to sail through the COVID-19 crisis? Agriculture Post. https://agriculturepost.com/is-indian-dairysector-buoyant…/
• Bhandari, Gunjan and Kathayat, Babita, 2020. Can Haryana go the Sikkim way? Problem and prospects of transition to organic farming. Food and Scientific Reports. 1(7):29-32. ISSN 2582-5437.
• Lal, Priyanka and Bhandari, Gunjan. 2020. Planning procedure for setting-up a commercial dairy farm. Indian Farmer 7(12): 1134-1139. ISSN 2394-1227.
• चौहान, एम. एस. औरभंडारी, गुंजन. 2020. उत्तराखंडमें \'श्वेतक्रांति\' कीशुरुआतकाइंतज़ार. हिल- मेल. 5 (8). 18-21. आर. एन.आईरजि. डी.इ.एलबी.आई. एल./2016/698
• भंडारी, गुंजनऔरचंदेलबी. एस. 2020. देसीडेयरीनस्लोंकीपुनरुद्धभुति- साहिवालकेप्रसंगमें. 10. 98-101. आर. एन.आई: एच. ए. आर./ एच.-4834/2009.