Academics

• Pursuing Ph.D.

The University of Groningen, The Netherlands

M.Sc. Microbiology

ICAR- Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi

B.Sc Agriculture

Dr. Balashaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, College of Agriculture, Dapoli, Maharashtra

Projects

• Current projects as PI and CO-PI (In House)
• Bacterial mediated sulphur bioavailability in soybean (as PI)
• Alleviation of moisture deficit stress in groundnut, soybean, chickpea, and pigeon pea by application of endophytic bacteria (as Co-PI)
• ICAR- Application of Microorganisms in Agriculture and Allied Sectors (AMAAS) network project on Identification of high trehalose producing soybean rhizobia and their integration with AMF for enhanced drought tolerance in soybean (as Co-PI)
• project on Inoculum development of niche, AM fungi for application in the soybean-based cropping system ( as Co-PI)
• Assessing the bio-availability of nutrients and reduction of heavy metals in soil amended with inorganic and organic waste in the presence of AM fungi and biochar (as Co-PI)

Publications

• Best Five Publications
• Chourasiya, D., Sharma, M. P., Maheshwari, H. S., Ramesh, A., Sharma, S. K., & Adhya, T. K. (2017). Microbial Diversity and Soil Health in Tropical Agroecosystems. In Advances in Soil Microbiology: Recent Trends and Future Prospects (pp. 19-35). Springer, Singapore
• Bharti, A., Agnihotri, R., Maheshwari, H. S., Prakash, A., & Sharma, M. P. (2018). Bradyrhizobia-Mediated Drought Tolerance in Soybean and Mechanisms Involved. In In Silico Approach for Sustainable Agriculture (pp. 121-139). Springer, Singapore
• Agnihotri, R., Maheshwari, H. S., Sharma, A. K., & Sharma, M. P. (2018). Biobank for Conservation of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AM) Fungi. In Microbial Resource Conservation (pp. 199-221). Springer, Cham
• Agnihotri, R., Maheshwari, H.S., Ramesh, A., Prakash, A and Sharma, M.P. (2018). Glomalin, the AM Fungi Secreted Soil Protein: Role in Sequestering Soil Carbon and Heavy Metal Reduction. In Soil amendements for sustainability: challenge and perspectives (pp. 105-111). CRC press
• LAAD, P., MAHESHWARI, H. S., & SHARMA, M. P. (2019). Utilization of Mycorrhizal Fungi in the Mobilization of Macro-and Micronutrients to Important Pulses and Oil-Seed Crops. Biofertilizers and Biopesticides in Sustainable Agriculture, 299

Achievements

• 2017-18 ICAR-Netaji Subhas International fellowship for pursuing Ph.D
• 2014-15 ICAR- Senior Research Fellowship (ICAR-SRF) for pursuing Ph.D. in 2015
• 2014 cleared ICAR-Agricultural Scientist Recruitment Board - NET in 2014
• 2013 Qualified in Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-NET for lectureship
• 2012-14 ICAR- Junior Research Fellowship (ICAR-JRF) for pursuing an M.Sc. degree
• 2008-2012 ICAR-National Talent Scholarship (ICAR-NTS) for pursuing B.Sc. in Agriculture