Education

B.Sc. (Forestry) Dr. YSPUHF, Nauni, Solan (2011); M.Sc. (Soil Science) Dr. YSPUHF, Nauni, Solan (2013) and Ph.D. (Soil Science) Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab (2017)

Position Held: Soil Chemist

Field of Specialization: Soil Chemistry/Soil Fertility

Research interest: Natural Resource Management, Soil and Water Pollution, Soil quality/Health,

Research Projects:

1. Development of technologies for efficient water and nutrient management for sustainable crop production
2. Resource mobilization from testing soil, water and other biological material
3. Conservation and restoration of Ecology of River Beas in the wake of Spillage of Molasses in the River Beas
4. Water quality status of Satluj and Beas: Past and present trend analysis for future prediction
5. Use of industrial waste as synthetic conditioners in sodic and sulphur deficient soils of Punjab
6. Digital Village: A data driven approach to precision agriculture in small farms project

Selected Research Publications (Maximum up to 5)

1. Kaur Harsimran, Chandel Sumita, Benbi Dinesh Kumar, Dhanwinder-Singh, Kaur Manpreet, Kuldip- Singh, Marwaha S. S. (2023). Quantifying and trend analyzing dynamics of water quality variables of two Indus basin rivers of Indian Punjab. Sustainable Water Resources Management 9:111. (NAAS rating= 8.4)
2. Chandel Sumita, Ashim Datta, R.K. Yadav (2022) Soil salinity indicators and salinity build-up on saline water irrigation in seed spices. Crop and Pasture Science. (NAAS rating= 8.29)
3. Chandel Sumita, Ashim Datta, R.K.Yadav, G. S. Dheri (2021)Does saline water irrigation influence soil carbon pools and nutrient distribution in soil under seed spices? Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition. 21: 949-966 (NAAS rating= 9.87)
4. Katyal P, Kaur A and Chandel Sumita (2021) Lignocellulose-rich spent mushroom compost for biosorption of heavy metals from effluent samples. Cellulose Chemistry and Technology(NAAS Rating: 7.74 )
5. Hadda MS, Singh Gurwant and Chandel Sumita (2020) Soil Organic Carbon and Soil Physical Characteristics as Affected by Land Uses under Semiarid Irrigated Conditions. Communication in Soil Science and Plant Analysis. 0.1080/00103624.2020.1763386 (NAAS rating = 7.33)
6. Chandel Sumita and Hadda M. S. (2018) Soil quality assessment through minimum dataset under different land uses of submontane Punjab. Communication in Soil Science and Plant Analysis. DOI: 10.1080/00103624.20181425424 (NAAS Rating = 7.33)

Awards/Honour’s/Distinctions

• INSPIRE-Fellowship (Ph.D.) from the Department of Science and Technology, GOI, later upgraded to Senior Research Fellowship for next two year
• Dr Ram Avtar Shiksha Samiti Best Ph.D. Thesis award-2017
• Full Scholarship for outstanding student in India, funded by Tel Aviv University, Government of Israel University Certificate of Honour’s for Graduation and Masters
• ICAR’s AICE-SRF (PGS)-2014, ARS-National Eligibility Test-2014