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Ashutosh Sharma

Also known as: Ashu

DAV University, DAV University, Jalandhar, Guru Nanak Dev University, Khalsa College

Research areas: Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Plant Science · Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity · Agricultural Science and Fertilization · Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance

ORCID iD 0000-0003-3101-0116
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Dr. Ashutosh Sharma (M.Sc., M.Phil., PGDAEM, Ph.D.) is a dedicated researcher working in the area of Plant Sciences. His main areas of specialization are Plant-microbe interaction, Plant Biotechnology and Stress biology. He has qualified GATE Life Science (Percentile score 99.18), CSIR-UGC NET-LS, CSIR-UGC-NET-JRF and ICAR-NET. He has received his PhD degree in accordance with UGC 2009 regulations from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. He has more than 140 publications (research papers, review articles and book chapters) in the Journals/Books of International repute. Some of them to mention are Biotechnology Advances, Chemosphere, Frontiers in Microbiology, Plant and Soil, Journal of Pest Science, Plant Disease, Annals of Applied Biology, Journal of Applied Microbiology, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Journal of Crop Health, etc. He has edited 6 books with publishers of international repute and authored two. He is also the recipient of the Young Scientist Award by the Punjab Academy of Sciences for his work entitled ‘Development of a sensitive PCR based detection method of Alternaria alternata infecting Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal, a high value medicinal plant and its possible use in quality control of herbal drugs thereof’. He has three GenBank nucleotide sequence contributions and three MTCC microbial type culture collection contributions. He has participated in many national and International conferences and has more than 12 years of teaching experience both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He has received two major research project grants from DST-SERB, Govt. of India, and CSIR, Govt. of India, as the Co-Principal Investigator, and three minor research project grants funded by DAV College Managing Committee as the Principal Investigator/Co-Principal Investigator. One of his research proposals, entitled ‘Transcriptome based differential gene expression analysis of salt responsive genes in salt stress treated and control horsegram seedlings’, was short-listed for assistance by the 2017 SGRF genomics project grant (http://www.sgrf.org/grants.php). Three students have completed their PhD under his supervision.

Employment

  • DAV University Associate Professor
    2022 - Present
  • DAV University, Jalandhar Assistant Professor
    2014 - 2022
  • Khalsa College Assistant Professor
    2013 - 2014
  • Guru Nanak Dev University CSIR-JRF and CSIR-SRF
    2008 - 2013

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