Positions held: Joined PAU in 1996 as Assisant Soil Scientist at Zonal Research Station for Kandi Area, Ballowal Saunkhri, Balachaur (District Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar). Got transferred to the Department of Soil Science, PAU, Ludhiana in 2005;Assistant Soil Chemist, PAU, Ludhiana (2005-2006); Soil Chemist(2006-2012); Senior Soil Chemist ( 2012 onwards)

Field of Specialization :Soil Fertility

Research Interests :

1. Carbon sequestration

2. Ground water quality

Research Projects:

1. Prediction, assessment and enhancement of biotic carbon sequestration in soils

2. Development of technology for efficient water and nutrient management for sustainable crop production

Selected Research Publications :

Mandal A, Majumder A, Dhaliwal S S, Toor A S, Mani P K, Naresh R K, Gupta R K and Mitran T 2020. Impact of agricultural management practices on soil carbon sequestration and its monitoring through simulation models and remote sensing techniques: A review. Crit Rev Environ SciTechnol52 : 1-49. DOI : 10.1080/10643389.2020.1811590 (NAAS Rating : 18.56).

Mandal Agniva, Toor A S and Dhaliwal S S 2020. Assessment of sequestered organic carbon and its pools under different agricultural land-uses in the semi-arid soils of south-western Punjab, India. J Soil Sci Plant Nutr20 : 259-73. DOI: 10.1007/s42729-019-00137-5 (NAAS Rating : 9.87).

Mandal A, Toor A S, Dhaliwal S S, Singh Pritpal, Singh V K, Sharma Vivek, Gupta R K, Naresh R K, Kumar Y, Pramanick B, Nanda G, Gaber A, Alkhedaide A, Mohd. Soliman M and Hossain A 2022. Long-Term field and horticultural crops intensification in semiarid regions influence the soil physiobiochemical properties and nutrients status. Agronomy 12 : 1010. DOI: 10.3390/agronomy12051010 (NAAS Rating : 9.95).