Dr. Amit Kumar

Dr. Amit Kumar
Senior Scientist

Division/RS/Unit

ICAR-NBPGR RS, Jodhpur

Contact

Email: amit_bio80@yahoo.com; amitkumar.icar@icar.org.in

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=eQoouPAAAAAJ 

Qualification

Degree Discipline Year
M.Sc. Botany 2001
Ph.D. Botany 2008

SPECIALIZATION
Botany

Salient Achievements

  • Team Leader: Representing India in International Sericulture Commission and International Sericulture Union; First Report: Published Catalogue-cum-Descriptor of Castor, APTI for bombaycina;
  • Development of the National level database on the global temperature change potential (GTP);
  • Estimation of Net GTP of N use in global agriculture for 50 years and for India since 1960;

 Product:

  1. Nutrient Maps of non-mulberry sericulture soil of Dimapur, Nagaland
  2. Nutrient Maps of sericulture soil of Lakhimpur, Assam
  3. Nutrient Maps of sericulture soil of Imphal valley, Manipur

Technologies/Methodologies/Idea:

  1. Crop Health Index (CHI)- Maize Genotypes under elevated Temp & CO2
  2. Amendment of N input method in saffron
  3. Global temperature change potential of N use in global agriculture
  4. GHG mitigation technologies for rice–wheat system of the Indo-Gangetic plains
  5. N2O mitigation technologies for maize–wheat rotation in the Indo-Gangetic plains
  6. GWP mitigation technologies in Rice
  7. Microalgae based biofertilizers
  8. Multi-macronutrient deficiency Map of Sericulture Soil in Dimapur, Nagaland
  9. Nutrient Ready Reckoner-Muga Silk Soil
  10. Abatement of Petroleum Affects on Muga Fields
  11. Reduction of Microplastic Pollution through Silk
  12. Kesseru nursery raising techniques and management

Awards/Honours

  • Fellow of Linnean Society of London, UK, (FLS)
  • Fellow of Indian Academy of Environment Science, India (FIAES)
  • Young Scientist Award in International Convention on youth participation in Environment Conservation (4-5th June 2010) organised by International Council of Man and Nature (MANU).
  • Scholarship for 12thAsiaFlux Workshop, 2014 from International Rice Research Institute(IRRI), Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines & AsiaFlux Workshop 2014.
  • Emerging Scientist Award, 2018 from Biologix Research and Innovation Centre Pvt. Ltd.
  • NESA Distinguished Scientist Award, 2022, National Environmental Science Academy, India
  • Best Paper Presentation (Poster) Award in National Symposium on Managing Agriculture in changing Environment
  • Best Paper Presentation (Oral) Award in National Seminar on Climate Smart-Sericulture-2022 Approaches for sustainable Sericulture
  • Top 2% ranking in Indian Scientists– 2023, AD Scientific Index
  • Expert Member of Qatar National Research Foundation (QNRF), Qatar
  • Expert in Technical Review Committee, International Sericulture Union (ISU), China
  • Subject Expert in Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi
  • Expert Member in International Sericulture Commission, India
  • Expert Member-Sustainable Development Professional Committee and LCA Research Team
  • Team leader in Life Cycle Assessment of Mulberry Silk
  • Member of Professional Societies
    1. Volunteer Expert Programme of International Sericulture Commission, Bangalore
    2. Life member of Indian Academy of Environmental Sciences (IAES)
    3. Life Member of Society for Conservation of Nature (SCON)
    4. Life Member of Association of Agrometeorologists (AAM)
    5. Life Member of National Environmental Science Academy (NESA)
    6. Life member of National Academy of Sericultural Science, India (NASSI)

Recent Publications Research Papers

  1. Mondal, R., Kumar, A. and Chattopadhyay, S.K., 2021. Structural property, molecular regulation, and functional diversity of glutamine synthetase in higher plants: a data‐mining bioinformatics approach. The Plant Journal, 108(6), pp.1565-1584. IF=6.2.
  2. Malyan, S.K., Kumar, S.S., Fagodiya, R.K., Ghosh, P., Kumar, A., Singh, R. and Singh, L., 2021. Biochar for environmental sustainability in the energy-water-agroecosystem nexus. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 149, p.111379. IF=16.3.
  3. Kumar, A., Cabral-Pinto, M., Kumar, A., Kumar, M. and Dinis, P.A., 2020. Estimation of risk to the eco-environment and human health of using heavy metals in the Uttarakhand Himalaya, India. Applied Sciences, 10(20), p.7078. IF=2.5.
  4. Kumar, A., Kumar, A., MMS, C.P., Chaturvedi, A.K., Shabnam, A.A., Subrahmanyam, G., Mondal, R., Gupta, D.K., Malyan, S.K., Kumar, S.S. and A. Khan, S., 2020. Lead toxicity: health hazards, influence on food chain, and sustainable remediation approaches.  J. Environ.Res. Pub.Heal., 17(7), p.2179. Cite Score=7.3.
  5. Gupta, N., Yadav, K.K., Kumar, V., Kumar, S., Chadd, R.P. and Kumar, A., 2019. Trace elements in soil-vegetables interface: translocation, bioaccumulation, toxicity and amelioration-a review. Science of the Total Environment, 651, pp.2927-2942. IF=8.20.
  6. Khan, S.A., Sharma, G.K., Malla, F.A., Kumar, A. and Gupta, N., 2019. Microalgae based biofertilizers: A biorefinery approach to phycoremediate wastewater and harvest biodiesel and manure. Journal of Cleaner production, 211, pp.1412-1419. IF=9.8.
  7. Khan, S.A., Malla, F.A., Malav, L.C., Gupta, N. and Kumar, A., 2018. Potential of wastewater treating Chlorella minutissima for methane enrichment and CO2 sequestration of biogas and producing lipids. Energy, 150, pp.153-163. IF=9.0.
  8. Bhattacharyya, R., Bhatia, A., Das, T.K., Lata, S., Kumar, A., Tomer, R., Singh, G., Kumar, S. and Biswas, A.K., 2018. Aggregate-associated N and global warming potential of conservation agriculture-based cropping of maize-wheat system in the north-western Indo-Gangetic Plains. Soil and Tillage Research, 182, pp.66-77. IF=6.1.
  9. Fagodiya, R.K., Pathak, H., Kumar, A., Bhatia, A. and Jain, N., 2017. Global temperature change potential of nitrogen use in agriculture: a 50-year assessment. Sci Rep 7: 44928IF=3.8.
  10. Gupta, D.K., Bhatia, A., Kumar, A., Das, T.K., Jain, N., Tomer, R., Malyan, S.K., Fagodiya, R.K., Dubey, R. and Pathak, H., 2016. Mitigation of greenhouse gas emission from rice–wheat system of the Indo-Gangetic plains: Through tillage, irrigation and fertilizer management. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 230, pp.1-9. IF=6.0.
  11. Bhatia, A., Singh, S. and Kumar, A., 2015. Heavy metal contamination of soil, irrigation water and vegetables in peri‐urban agricultural areas and markets of Delhi. Water Environment Research, 87(11), pp.2027-2034. IF=2.5.
  12. Kumar, A., Bhatia, A., Sehgal, V.K., Tomer, R., Jain, N. and Pathak, H., 2021. Net ecosystem exchange of carbon dioxide in rice-spring wheat system of northwestern Indo-Gangetic plains. Land, 10(7), p.701. IF=3.2.IF=3.4.

  13. Malyan, S.K., Bhatia, A., Fagodiya, R.K., Kumar, S.S., Kumar, A., Gupta, D.K., Tomer, R., Harit, R.C., Kumar, V., Jain, N. and Pathak, H., 2021. Plummeting global warming potential by chemicals interventions in irrigated rice: A lab to field assessment. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 319, p.107545. IF=6.0
  14. Bhatia, A., Mina, U., Kumar, V., Tomer, R., Kumar, A., Chakrabarti, B., Singh, R.N. and Singh, B., 2021. Effect of elevated ozone and carbon dioxide interaction on growth, yield, nutrient content and wilt disease severity in chickpea grown in Northern India. Heliyon, 7(1).
  15. Tomer, R., Bhatia, A., Kumar, V., Kumar, A., Singh, R., Singh, B. and Singh, S.D., 2015. Impact of elevated ozone on growth, yield and nutritional quality of two wheat species in Northern India. Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 15(1), pp.329-340. IF=2.5.

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