Education: B.Sc., CSKHPKV, Palampur (2000); M.Sc., CSKHPKV, Palampur (2002); Ph.D., PAU, Ludhiana (2010)

Positions held: Assistant Biochemist, Regional Research Station, Kapurthala (26.12.2014-31.12.2021), Analyst (Wheat), PAU Ludhiana (01.01.2022-till date)

Field of Specialization: Quality of wheat, barley and durum wheat

Present Research Interests/Projects:

Research Interests: (Maximum upto three areas of interest)

1. Quality evaluation in segregating generations for development of nutritionally enhanced and/or end product specific wheat varieties.
2. Effect of production and protection practices on quality of wheat and barley

Ongoing Projects:

1. All India Coordinated Wheat and Barley Improvement Project
2. Consortium on Research Platform (CRP) for Biofortification of Wheat
3. Development and Integration of Advanced Genomic Technologies for targeted breeding Subproject: Breeding high yielding quality wheats using nested populations and and SNP-chip

Projects Accomplished:

Selected Research Publications (maximum upto 5):

1. Himanshu Sharma, Satinder Singh, M Shamshad, Asish Kumar Padhy, Ravneet Kaur, Lenika Kashyap, Puja Srivastava, G S Mavi, Satinder Kaur, Achla Sharma*, V S Sohu and N S Bains. 2022. Variability in iron, zinc, phytic acid and protein content in pre-breeding wheat germplasm under different water regimes. Plant Growth Regulation https://doi.org/10.1007/s10725-022-00943-5
2. Asish Kumar Padhy, Achla Sharma, Himanshu Sharma, Ruchika Rajput, Ashutosh Pandey, Puja Srivastava, Satinder Kaur, Harinderjit Kaur, Satinder Singh, Lenika Kashyap, Gurvinder Singh Mavi, Jaspal Kaur, Virinder Singh Sohu, Parveen Chhuneja and Navtej Singh Bains. 2022. Bread wheat with enhanced grain carotenoid content: a novel option for wheat biofortifcation. Mol Breeding: 42:67 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11032-022-01338-0
3. Asish Kumar Padhy, Parampreet Kaur, Satinder Singh, Lenika Kashyap & Achla Sharma* 2022: Colored wheat and derived products: key to global nutritional security, Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2022.2119366
4. Tanin, MJ., Sharma, A., Saini, D., Singh, S., Kashyap, L., Srivastava, P., Mavi, GS., Kaur, S., Kumar, V., Kumar, V., Grover, G., Chhuneja, P. and Sohu, V S. 2022. Yield and grain protein content stability in wheat genotypes having Gpc-B1 gene using univariate, multivariate and correlation analysis. Front. Genet. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2022.1001904