Education: B.Sc., CSKHPKV, Palampur (1998); M.Sc., CSKHPKV, Palampur (2000); Ph.D., CSKHPKV, Palampur (2004)
Positions held: Microbiologist (Soils)
Field of Specialization: Soil microbiology, Crop residue management, Nutrients transformations
Research Interests:
1.Soil microbial and biochemical transformations under tillage and residues management practices
2.Soil microbiological indices under different land use cropping systems.
Research Projects
School of natural resources management for sustainable agriculture under NAHEP- CAAST (Co-PI)
Enhanced treatment of wastewater using a synergy of microalgae and microorganisms- without energy investment and biofuel production (Co-PI)
Publications
Sharma Sandeep, Singh P, Choudhary OP and Neemisha (2021) Nitrogen and rice straw incorporation impact nitrogen use efficiency, soil nitrogen pools and enzyme activity in rice-wheat system in north-western India. Field Crops Research 266: 108131. (NAAS 11.22)
Sharma Sandeep, Dhaliwal SS (2021) Conservation agriculture based practices enhanced micronutrients transformation in earthworm cast soil under rice-wheat cropping system. Ecological Engineering 163 106195 (NAAS 10.04)
Sharma Sandeep, Vashisht BB, Singh P, Yadvinder-Singh (2022) Changes in soil aggregate-associated carbon, enzymatic activity and biological pools under conservation agriculture based practice in rice-wheat system. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery https://doi.org/ 10.1007/ s13399-021-02144-y (NAAS 10.99)
Sharma S, Kumawat KC, Kaur S (2022) Potential of indigenous lignocellulolytic microbial consortium to accelerate degradation of heterogenous crop residues. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 29:88331–88346. https://doi.org /10.1007/s11356-022-21809-3 (NAAS 11.19)
Sharma S, Singh P, Angmo P, Satpute S (2022). Total and labile pools of organic carbon in relation to soil biological properties under contrasting land-use systems in a dry mountainous region. Carbon Management. 13: 352–371. doi: 10.1080/17583004 .2022.2089236 (NAAS 9.52)
Sharma Sandeep, Singh P, Chauhan S, Choudhary, OP (2022) Landscape position and slope aspects impacts on soil organic carbon pool and biological indicators of a fragile ecosystem in high?altitude cold arid region. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition https://doi.org/10.1007 /s42729-022-00831-x (NAAS 9.87)
Awards/Honours/Distinctions: University merit scholarship holder during B.Sc. (Agri) and M.Sc (Soil Science). | 
