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Agricultural Engineering, Digital Human Modeling, Ergonomics
India

Biography

Thaneswer Patel is currently a Professor in the Department of Agricultural Engineering at the North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) in Nirjuli, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, India. He began his career as a Project Officer on a contractual basis at the Agricultural & Food Engineering Department, IIT Kharagpur, from February 2005 to July 2006. He has been associated with NERIST since July 2006, transitioning from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor, and now Professor since July 2022.

Thaneswer holds a B.Tech in Agricultural Engineering from the College of Agricultural Engineering, Jabalpur (M.P.), completed in 2001. He earned his M.Tech in Farm Machinery & Power from IIT Kharagpur in 2004 and obtained his Ph.D. in 2015 from the Design Department at IIT Guwahati. His expertise spans Agricultural Tools and Equipment Design, Physical and Occupational Ergonomics, and Virtual Ergonomic Evaluation with Digital Human Modeling Software.

Active in his field, he is a member of several scientific societies, including the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (ISAE), Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), and the Solar Energy Society of India (SESI). Thaneswer is deeply involved in teaching and research, having guided numerous B.Tech and M.Tech theses and published extensively in reputable international journals.

Activities

Employment (1)

North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology: Nirjuli, Arunachal Pradesh, IN

2006-07-24 to present | Professor (Agricultural Engineering)
Employment
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Education and qualifications (1)

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati: Guwahati, Assam, IN

2012-07-24 to 2015-07-16 | PhD (Design)
Education
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Works (20)

Noise exposure to tractor drivers in field operations

International Journal of Vehicle Performance
2019 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1745-3194
Part of ISSN: 1745-3208
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Context-specific design interventions in blending workstation: An ergonomics perspective

Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering
2016 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84956718462

Contributors: Sanjog, J.; Patnaik, B.; Patel, T.; Karmakar, S.
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Thaneswer Patel via Scopus - Elsevier

Impact of ergonomic intervention in manual orange harvester among the workers of hilly region in India

Work
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84973455134

Contributors: Pranav, P.K.; Patel, T.
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Work-related pains among the workers associated with pineapple peeling in small fruit processing units of North East India

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84949560173

Contributors: Kumar, P.; Chakrabarti, D.; Patel, T.; Chowdhuri, A.
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Isometric handgrip strength of agricultural workers from northeast region of India

Agricultural Engineering International: CIGR Journal
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84926190672

Contributors: Patel, T.; Sanjog, J.; Karmakar, S.
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Musculoskeletal ailments in Indian injection-molded plastic furniture manufacturing shop-floor: Mediating role of work shift duration

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84937151083

Contributors: Sanjog, J.; Patel, T.; Chowdhury, A.; Karmakar, S.
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Towards virtual ergonomics: Aviation and aerospace

Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology
2015 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84928787581

Contributors: Sanjog, J.; Karmakar, S.; Patel, T.; Chowdhury, A.
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Book review: Automotive Ergonomics: Driver-Vehicle Interaction

2014 | Other
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Book Review: Introduction to Ergonomics, 3rd Edition

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics
2014 | Journal article
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Digital Human Modeling and Simulation in Product and Workplace Design: Indian Scenario

International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications
2014 | Journal article
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Isometric muscular strength data of Indian agricultural workers for equipment design: Critical analysis

Agricultural Engineering International: CIGR Journal
2014 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84904623597

Contributors: Patel, T.; Sanjog, J.; Kumar, P.; Karmakar, S.
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Analytical Study of Isometric Muscular Strength of Agricultural Workers: Indian Perspective

HWWE: International Conference on Ergonomics and Human Factors "Ergo 2013: Ergonomics for Rural Development"
2013 | Conference paper
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Applications of DHM in agricultural engineering: A review

Advanced Engineering Forum
2013 | Conference paper
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Digital human modeling for virtual ergonomic evaluation of tractor operator’s workplace: A review

2013 | Book
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Ergonomics investigations across durable goods manufacturing sector in India: an insight

HWWE: International Conference on Ergonomics and Human Factors "Ergo 2013: Ergonomics for Rural Development"
2013 | Conference paper
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Indoor physical work environment: An ergonomics perspective

International Journal of Science, Engineering and Technology Research
2013 | Journal article
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Socio-economic and environmental changes with transition from shifting to settled cultivation in North-Eastern India: an ergonomics perspective

International Journal of Agricultural Science and Research
2013 | Journal article
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Computer Simulation for Haulage Performance of Power Tiller.

International Journal of Computer Applications
2012 | Journal article
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DHM an aid for virtual ergonomics of manufacturing shop floor: A review with reference to industrially developing countries

International Journal of Computer Applications
2012 | Journal article
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Software for performance prediction and matching of tractor-implement system

Proceedings - 2012 3rd National Conference on Emerging Trends and Applications in Computer Science, NCETACS-2012
2012 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-84862867903

Contributors: Patel, T.; Chakravorty, A.; Karmakar, S.
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Thaneswer Patel via Scopus - Elsevier

Peer review (1 review for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for Crop protection (1)