PROFILE



Department of Agronomy


Dr. Sunita T. Pandey


DESIGNATION:Professor
QUALIFICATION:Ph.D.
SPECIALISATION:Agronomy
EMAIL:sunitatewari_8[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot]in
CONTACT NO.: +91-9412120735, +917668641574 (M)

Research Areas/Areas of Interest

  • Natural Farming, Medicinal & Aromatic Plants

  • Research Projects

    1. Quality Planting Material (QPM) Production of Sarpgandha Herbal Research Development Institute, (HRDI) Gopeshwer (Uttarakhand) (2011-2013)
    2. Production of Ideal Nursery of Sataver Herbal Research Development Institute, (HRDI) Gopeshwer (Uttarakhand) (2009-2011)
    3. Strategies for Propagation, Cultivation, Extraction and Purification of Artemisinin from Artemisia annua, Armaco Consultants Private Ltd. Mumbai (2006-2007)
    4. Production of quality planting material of Lemon grass, Pamarosa, & other aromatic crops, NMPB. 2004-2007
    5. To evaluate the weed control efficacy of Goal in Mentha and phytotoxicity if any on the crop, DE-NOCIL crop protection Pvt.Ltd. 2004-2006
    6. Site specific nutrient management for withaniasomnifera, Anethumgraveolens. Eclipta alba Phyllanthusniruriat subtropical belt of Uttaranchal, Potash and Phosphate Institute of Canada. 2003-2006
    7. Establishment of Herbal Garden for ex-situ conservation, multiplication and promotional activities for cultivation of medicinal and aromatic plants, National medicinal board. 2003 to 2006
    8. U.P. sodic land reclamation project-13 year’s experience. World Bank 1991-2003
    9. "Exploring Livelihood Potential of Wild Growing Stinging Nettle (Urticadioica) in Uttarakhand”, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Government of India, New Delhi under National Mission on Himalayan Studies (NMHS), Rs 97.0 lakh (Pantnagar centre 33 lakhs) 2020-23

    Selected Research Publications

    1. Joshi N., Pandey S. T., et.al (2022), Directed seeded rice+Brahmi (Bacopa monnieri) intercropping and weed management practices affects weed control efficiency and competitive Indices, International Journal of Plant Protection. (NAAS 8.0)

    2. Ardeep, Sunita T Pandey, M S Negi, Ajit Kumar & Poonam Gautam, (2022), Innovation in traditional organic nutrient management practices for better soil health and higher productivity of brahmi (Bacopamonnieri L.) Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge Vol 21(3). (NAAS 6.7)

    3. Suraj Adhikari, Shailbala Sharma, Sunita T Pandey et.al; Response of Potato Crop to Vrikshayurveda based “Herbal Kunapjal” against Black Scurf and early blight disease of potato and tuber yield(accepted for publication), Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge. (NAAS 6.7)

    4. O.R Devi, O.Verma, R.Haldher, S T Pandey & P Chaturvedi.(2022); Effect of seed priming with liquid organic on germination, Seedling Development and enzymatic A ctivity of Wheat(Triticum aestivum L.) Environment and Ecology 40(3c):1720-1725. (NAAS 5.25)

    5. ahul Haldher, Sunita T Pandey, et.al (2022), Response of chickpea(cicer arietinum L.) to seed treatment and foliar application of liquid organic under different doses of nutrients. Annals of plant and soil research 24(4):616-622. (NAAS 5.22)

    6. R. Haldhar, S.T Pandey, et. al. (2022), Effect of Herbal KunapJal, traditional liquid manure, on germination and seedling vigour of chickpea (cicer arietinumL.) (NAAS 5.22)

    7. Banavat Mahesh Naik, Sunita T Pandey et. al (2022) Effect of liquid fermented organic manure (Herbal kunapajala) concoctions and their doses on chlorophyll content of mustard crop at Pantnagar, India 5.23

    8. P Giri, S T. Pandey, S Roy, B Behera, (2016) Weed dynamics, herbage and oil yield of sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum) under various weed management practices. Journal of Crop and weed 12 (1), 145-149. (NAAS 5.46)

    9. Rajesh Chodhary, Sunita T Pandey, Roshan Choudhary, and Anandilal Jat.(2013).Effect of planting Geometry on Artemesia Annua. Environment &Ecology,31(2A):701-703, April-June (NAAS 5.25)

    10. P Chaturvedi, B Bisht, S Tiwari Pandey (2014) Effect of temperature, moisture and salinity on seed germination of Artemisia annua L. graown under Tarai conditions of Uttarakhand; Journal of Applied Horticulture 16 (3), 231-234 (NAAS 5.13)

    Student Guided

  • M.Sc. – 20 students
  • Ph.D. – 4 students

  • Awards/Recognitions

  • Member of National level working Committees Constituted by Indian Council Of Agriculture Research (ICAR) New Delhi for developing the syllabus and curriculum on Natural Farming for UG and PG level students.
  • Member of State level working Committee Constituted by Govt. of Gujarat for developing the syllabus and curriculum on Natural Farming for UG and PG level students
  • Member of National coalition on natural farming.
  • Member of Committee constituted by NCERT, New Delhi Member of Committee constituted by CSIR-NIScPR
  • Member National initiative of (SVASTIK) for Traditional Foods & Agriculture
  • Dr. Pandey Participated as an expert on Vrikshayurveda in a Documentary Film ‘Ayurveda for one health', A film by Dr. Deepak &Team, which has received the following Awards.
  • 'Audience Choice Award' at Rohip International Online Film Festival on December 2022,at Goa.(The only Indian documentary to get an award in the category)
  • 2nd Prize at the prestigious 'International Science Film Festival(ISFFI) of India' on Jan 21st 2023 at Bhopal.
  • Now this is the only film selected from India for 1st international premiere at the academy of Interactive Entertainment Canberra, Australia on April 15, 2023.