PROFILE



Department of Plant Physiology


Dr. S.C. Shankhdhar


DESIGNATION:Professor
QUALIFICATION:Ph.D. Plant Physiology
SPECIALISATION: Plant Nutrition
EMAIL:sc[dot]shankhdhar[at]gbpuat-cbsh[dot]ac[dot]in
shankhdhar[dot]sc[at]gmail[dot]com
CONTACT NO.:+91-9412864897 (M)

Research Areas/ Areas of Interest

  • Biofortification

  • Teaching Experience and Courses Taught

    Teaching Experience:   25 years

    Courses taught are as follows:

    Post Graduate Course

  • BPY- 611 Mineral Nutrition of Plants
  • BPY-613 Research Techniques in Plant Physiology
  • BPY-614 Principles of Plant Physiology I
  • BPY-619 Physiological and Molecular Mechanism of Mineral Nutrient Acquisition and their Functions
  • BPY-704 Advance Tech in Plant Physiology
  • BPY-705 Climate Change and Crop Growth
  • BPY-710 Physiological and Molecular Aspects of Photosynthesis Carbon & Nitrogen Metabolism
  • BPY-713 Experimental Techniques to Characterize Plant Processes for Crop Improvement
  • BPY-715 Physiological and Molecular Aspects of Source-Sink Capacity for Enhancing Yield

  • Projects completed

  • NAIP (ICAR) 2009-2014 (54lacs) “Understanding the mechanism of variations in status of few nutritionally important micronutrients in some important food crops and the mechanism of micronutrient enrichment in plant parts”
  • U.G.C New Delhi 2012-2016 (12 lacs) “In vitro multiplication and antioxidative response of Withania somnifera and Rauvolfia serpentine under drought stress”
  • Isagro (Asia) Agrochemicals Pvt. Ltd. Mumbai 2016-2017 (4 lacs) “Neoleaf” (Granules) an aminoacid based product from natural origin on paddy crop
  • M/S Gharda Chemicals Limited, Dombivali Maharashtra 2018-2020 (12.74 lacs) “Evaluation of plant growth regulator Mepiquat Chloride 5% AS in Wheat & effect on succeeding crop”
  • Reviewer (s) Pedosphere (Elsevier); Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science (Wiley); Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science (Taylor & Francis)

  • Selected Research Publications

    Book Chapters: 9

    Research Papers: 60


    1. Deepika Sharma, Narendra Kumar, Ritika Misra, S.C. Shankhdhar and Deepti Shankhdhar 2017. Stress Induced Alteration in the Antioxidant Activity of In Vitro Adventitious Roots of Withania Somnifera (Genotype Jawahar 20). VEGETOS- An International Journal of Plant Research. 30:4-8

    2. Rahul Tyagi, Ashish Sharma, P.C. Srivastava, Deepti Shankhdhar and S.C. Shankhadhar, 2017. Enhancing zinc availability in rice grains by different zinc fertilization methods. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 87 (5): 639–43.

    3. Rakesh Sil Sarma, Deepti Shankhdhar, S.C. Shankhadhar and pallavi Srivastava. 2017. Effect of silicon solubilizers on growth parameters and yield attributes in diffeent rice genotypes. International Journal of Pure Applied Bioscience. 5: 60-67.

    Student Guided

  • Ph.D. Student Guided: 09
  • M.Sc. Student Guided:18

  • Honors/Awards/Professional Achievements

  • M.Sc. Gold-medalist
  • GATE 1992 Qualified in Basic Sciences & Engineering
  • Availed UGC Junior Research Fellowship during PhD
  • CSIR- UGC Joint Test Life Sciences Qualified in 1992
  • ASRB NET Plant Physiology Qualified in 1995 & 2001
  • Best AICRIP Plant Physiology center in 2013
  • Golden Jublee overall best AICRIP Rice center award in 2015
  • Governor’s Award 2015 for Best Research paper
  • Best AICRIP Plant Physiology center in 2016
  • Best paper award for oral presentation during two days workshop (May21-22, 2013) held at G.B.P.U.A &T, Pantnagar.
  • Best paper award for poster presentation during National symposium (October16-18, 2014) held at GBPUAT, Pantnagar.
  • AIU Doctoral Best PhD thesis award (My advisee Dr. Pratibha Rawat, Plant Physiology)