Soham Adla is a product manager and researcher with a focus on impact-oriented agricultural sustainability research, accumulating nine years of expertise. Holding a degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering, he graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and further pursued research at the Technical University of Munich, where he conducted award-winning doctoral research. Soham's work has involved developing practical frameworks for farm-level performance and implementing low-cost agricultural technologies, such as soil moisture sensors, crop growth and hydrological modeling, to improve resource efficiency in agriculture.
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In his current role, he serves as a Researcher and Product Specialist, focusing on water-efficient agricultural sustainability in Maharashtra, India. His responsibilities include managing Makara for agri-accounting and promoting best practices, emphasizing water sustainability for cotton-growing farmers. He also studies behavioural approaches to understand the drivers and barriers related to agricultural technology adoption.
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Soham's expertise lies in translating grassroots' issues into actionable solutions, utilizing stakeholder engagement, experiments, and behavioral science approaches to address technology adoption for climate-resilient agriculture. Having collaborated with industry and NGO partners, he brings practical experience and a bottom-up understanding of the complex intersections of human-water systems in agriculture.

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