Education: B.Sc., Dr PDKV, Akola (Maharashtra) (2004); M.Sc., Dr PDKV, Akola (2006); Ph.D., Dr PDKV, Akola, in collaboration with NBSS & LUP, Nagpur(2008)

Positions held: Soil Scientist (2016-till date)

Field of Specialization: Soil Fertility, Organic Farming

Research Interests:

1. Organic Farming
2. Integrated Nutrient Management
3. Conservation of Natural Resources

Selected Research Publications

1. Kumar, A., Bhople, B. S., Kumar, A., Kapoor, R., & Kumar, B. (2021). Impact-Losses, Reboot-Gain and Agricultural Effect during COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Scientific Research and Reports, 27(3): 1-6. https://doi.org/10.9734/jsrr/2021/v27i330364
2. Kumar, A.,Bhople, B. S., Kumar, A.(2020) Prospective of Indian agriculture: highly vulnerable to huge unproductivity and unsustainability. Current Science, 119(7):1079-1080.
3. Neha, Bhople, B.S. & Sharma, S. 2020. Seasonal variation of rhizospheric soil properties under different land use systems at lower Shivalik foothills of Punjab, India. Agroforest Syst94, 1959–1976. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-020-00512-7.
4. Neha, B. S. Bhople and Anil Kumar. 2020. Microbial Population and Beneficial Properties of Rhizospheric Soil as Influenced by Different Amendments in Various Land Use Systems: A Review. Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci. 9(4): 1584-1600. doi: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2020.904.186.
5. Meharkure Mahesh, Jencymol Thomas, K. Arun Kumar, Balkrishna S. Bhople, N.V. Saresh, Sachin K. Vaid and Sanjat Kumar Sahu. 2018. Zeolite Farming: A Sustainable Agricultural Prospective. Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci. 7(5): 2912-2924. doi: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2018.705.340.

Awards/Honours/Distinctions:

Qualified Agricultural Scientist Recruitment Board (ASRB)-ICAR National Eligibility Test (NET) in Soil Science (2010)