Ph.D (Ag) Soil Science
Assistant Professor
M.S. Swaminathan School of Agriculture
 
Department: DEPARTMENT OF SOIL SCIENCE AND AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Phone: 8240184706
 

About Me

Completed B.Sc. (Hons.) Horticulture from Dr. Y.S.R. Horticultural University, Andhra Pradesh, M.Sc. (Ag) in Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry from Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, Maharashtra and Ph.D. (Ag) in Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, West Bengal. Qualified ICAR-NET exam in 2015 and 2017. Has a working experience in teaching, research, and extension activities for a period of about three years.
 
Research Fields

  • Heavy metal remediation
  • phytoextraction
  • nutrient deficiencies

Teaching

  • Fundamentals of Soil Science
  • Manures fertilizers and soil fertility evaluation
  • Problematic soils and their management.

Expertise

  • Soil fertility
  • plant nutrition
  • phytoremediation

Interests

  • Soil fertility
  • plant nutrition

 
   

Research Fields

1. Amelioration of heavy metal contaminated sewage fed soils by enhancing phytoextraction using some amendments for safe cultivation of the crops.

2. Diagnosing nutrient deficiencies by eliminating the nutrients from plant nutrition for visualizing deficiency symptoms on various plant parts which sometimes may be misjudged as an insect or pest attack.