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Name: Dr Kamal SharmaDesignation: Principal Scientist (Agrof.)Department: Forestry & EnvironmantQualification: Ph.D. Fellowship/Awards/ Scholarships:

Scholarship/Honour/Award Year

Merit Scholarship during B.Sc.(Agri.) 1982 – 1986

College award for standing first in M.Sc. (Forestry) 1989

Nehru Memorial Fund award for first position in M. Sc. (Forestry) 1989

Merit Scholarship in Ph. D. (Forestry) 1989

United Nation Development Project (UNDP) Senior Fellowship 1989

Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) Senior Fellowship 1995

German Academic Exchange Service Fellowship, Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD), Germany

1996 – 1998

German Academic Exchange Service Senior Fellowship, Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD), Germany

2006

Best poster award in National Symposium on Agroforestry organized by Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana (Punjab)

2003

Himachal Pradesh State Innovation Award In Agriculture & horticulture Sector

2016

Discipline: ForestrySpecialization: Silviculture & Forestry Mission/Research interests:Vision:

Diversification in existing land use patterns under changing climatic scenario and human-animal conflicts to increase area under cultivation as well as profitability per unit area.

Mission:

Popularization, mass multiplication and large scale plantations of true to type high yielding strains of Harar (Terminalia chebula), Soapnut (Sapindus mukorossi), Bahera (Terminalia belerica), Aonla (Emblica officinalis), Chandan (Santalum album), Neem (Azadirachta indica), Lasoora (Cordia dichotoma) etc. in frost affected areas, marginal lands and areas rendered uncultivable due to monkey menace and threats from stray cattle, Neelgai

Work experience:a) Teaching activities: At undergraduate level 6 yearsb) Research experience: 28 Years in the field of Silviculture, Agroforestry, Tree

Improvement and MAPsb) Students guided: -

Externally Funded Project handled or handling:As Number Total outlay (Rs. lacs)

Principal Investigator 06 308

Co-Principal Investigator 09 365

Head, Regional Research Station 13 457

Total Publications

Particulars Number

Total publications 108

Research papers(In European, North American and Asian journals)

41

Chapters in book/ Encyclopedia/ Compendium 04

Paper presented in conferences/ symposia/ seminars etc. 36

Popular articles 13Extension bulletins 08Books/booklets 04Submitted 02

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

Sharma, Kamal. 1992. Nodulation of Robinia pseudacacia in relation to phosphorus andmolybdenum. Indian Journal of Forestry 15(2): 173-175.

Sharma, Kamal; Bhardwaj, S.D. and Joshi, N.K. 1992. Improving germinative capacity andgrowth of Terminalia belerica Roxb. through presowing seed treatment. Seed Research.20(2):159-161.

Sharma, Kamal; Sharma, I.M. and Sharma, N.K. 1993. Preliminary studies on the effect ofwindbreaks on growth and yield of Litchi (Litchi chinenesis Sonn.) Cv. Dehradun. IndianJournal of Forestry. 16(1): 73-75.

Sharma, Kamal and Sharma, I.M. 1994. Performance of wheat under shade of boundary plantedEucalyptus tereticornis Smith. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 64(8) 74-75.

Sharma, Kamal; Joshi, N.K. and Verma, K.S. 1994. Nutrition of Robinia pseudacacia L. asinfluenced by phosphorus and molybdenum. The Indian Forester. 120(12): 1080-1083.

Sharma, Kamal and Mishra, V.K. 1995. Growth and biomass production of Albizzia lebbek inrelation to nitrogen and phosphorus. Advances in Horticulture and Forestry. 4: 181-189.

Sharma, Kamal; Sharma, I.M. and Sharma, N.K. 1995. Preliminary studies on the effect ofwindbreaks on growth and yield of Mango (Mangifera indica L.) Cv. Dashehari. TheIndian Forester. 121(2): 122-125.

Sharma, Kamal; Sharma, N.K.; Khurana, D.K. and Khosla, P.K. 1995. Evaluation of somepromising clones of Poplar (Populus deltoides) under subtropical conditions of HimachalPradesh. Indian Journal of Tropical Biodiversity. 2(1&2): 403-404.

Sharma, Kamal; Thakur, Sanjeev; Badiyala, S.D. and Sharma, N.K. 1995. First report on thepropagation of Terminalia chebula Retz. through patch budding. The Indian Forester.121(8): 760-761.

Sharma, Kamal; Dhiman, R.C. and Joshi, N.K. 1997. Allelopathic effects of some tree species onwheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Journal of Research (BAU). 9(1): 101-105.

Sharma, Kamal and von Wuehlisch, G. 1998. Genetic interpretation of Malate Dehydrogenase(MDH) isozyme gene loci using a new staining approach and the genetic control of tenother isozymes in Pinus roxburghii Sarg. Silvae Genetica. 47: 321-332.

Sharma, Kamal; Thakur, Sanjeev and Badiyala, S. D. 1999. First report on VegetativePropagation of Soapnut (Sapindus mukorossi) through Chip Budding. The IndianForester. 125(11): 1169 - 70.

Sharma, Kamal; Thakur, Sanjeev and Badiyala, S. D. 2000. Effect of Mango trees ongermination, growth and yield of Gobhi sarson (Brassica campestris var. Gobhi sarson).

Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 70(5): 325 -327.

Sharma, Kamal and Thakur, Sanjeev. 2001. Evaluation of some Acacias in low hills of HimachalPradesh. Indian Journal of Soil Conservation. 29(2): 187-188.

Sharma, Kamal. 2002. First Report on polyembryony in Pinus roxburghii. Advances in ForestryResearch in India. 25: 225-227.

Sharma, Kamal and Thakur, Sanjeev. 2002. A report on vegetative propagation of Bahera(Terminalia belerica Roxb.) through chip budding. The Indian Forester. 128(8): 933-934.

Sharma, K.; Degen, B.; Wuehlisch, G. von and Singh, N. B. 2002. Allozyme variation in eightnatural populations of Chir pine (Pinus roxburghii Sarg.) in India. Silvae Genetica. 51:246-253.

Sharma, Kamal and Sanjeev Thakur. 2005. Vegetative multiplication of Artocarpus lakoocha –a hard to root species. The Indian Forester. 131(2): 259-260.

Sharma, Kamal; Thakur, Sanjeev and Sharma, A. K. 2005. Allelopathic effects of some newlydeveloped strains of Terminalia chebula Retz. and Sapindus mukorossi Gaertn. ongermination and growth of some field crops. Indian Journal of Agroforestry. 7(1): 62 -64.

Sharma, Kamal and Thakur, Sanjeev. 2005. Shortening of production cycle of some under-exploited wild fruits of industrial and rural importance. In Verma et al. (Eds.)Proceedings of International Conference on World Perspective on Short RotationForestry for Industrial and Rural Development. ISTS, Solan, 238 - 242.

Sharma, Kamal and Thakur, Sanjeev. 2007. Technology for early and quality fruit production ofsome commercialyy important agroforestry tree species. In Singh et al. (Eds.)Proceedings of the Workshop on Status and Potential of Agroforestry in North-WesternHimalayas.HFRI, Shimla, 91 – 95.

Sharma, Kamal; Degen, Bernd; von Wuehlisch, Georg and Singh, Nar Bahadur 2007. Anassessment of heterozygosity and fitness in Chir pine (Pinus roxburghii Sarg.) usingisozymes. New Forests. 34: 153 – 162.

Sharma, Kamal; Thakur, Sanjeev; Sharma, Ravinder and Kashyap, S.D. 2008. Production andeconomics of kinnow cultivation with wheat and gobhi sarson in Himachal Pradesh.Indian Journal of Soil Conservation. 36(2): 112-118.

Sharma, Kamal; Thakur, Sanjeev; Sharma, Seema and Sharma, Som Dutt. 2012. A new recordon flowering in Harar (Terminalia chebula Retz.) seedling. American Journal of PlantSciences. 3(5): 693-695.

Bhardwaj, M.L. and Sharma, Kamal. 1994. Performance of tomato genotypes under subtropicalconditions of Himachal Pradesh. New Approaches in Agricultural Technology. 2: 531-534.

Deep, U.; Sharma, S.D.; Sharma, Kamal and Kumar, S. 2015. Diversity of Medicinal Flora ofLower Shiwalik Hills of the Western Himalayas, India. International Journal ofAdvanced Research Research. 3(10) : 905 – 910.

Kashyap, S. D.; Kumar, Ranjan and Sharma, Kamal. 2012. Nodulation behaviour and nitorgenfixation potential of some important tree species of western Himalayas. Indian Journal ofSoil Conservation. 40(1): 95 - 101.

Kashyap, S.; Kumar, Sanjeev.; Kanwar, K and Sharma, Kamal 2016. Effect of kanamycin on callus from cotyledon and hypocotyl explants of wild pome gran ate (Punica granatum l.):A need for ge netic transformation experiment. Progressive Research – An InternationalJournal Volume 11 (Special-VII) : 4714-4717.

Kashyap, S.; Kumar, Sanjeev.; Kanwar, K and Sharma, Kamal 2016. effect of growth regulators on in vi tro regeneration of cotyledon and hypocotyl explants from seeds

of wild pome gran ate (Punica granatum l.). Progressive Research – An International Journal. Volume 11 (Special-VII) : 4718-4722.

Kumar, S.; Gupta, R. C.; Kumari, S. Sharma, Kamal and Sharma, V. K. 2013. Ethanobotanicalstudy on some wild medicinal plants from district Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh, India.Plant Sciences Feed. 3(4): 47 - 49.

Kumar, N.; Kumar, S.; Sharma, Kamal and Sharma, S. D. 2015. Ethno-Medicinal Uses of SomePlants in Treatment of Constipation, Diarrhea, Dysentery and Other Stomach orDigestive Disorders from District Hamirpur (Himachal Pradesh), India. InternationalJournal of Current Research in Biosciences and Plant Biology. 2 (11) : 36 - 40.

Sharma, A.K.; Sharma, Kamal and S.D. Badiyala. 2000. Effect of transplanting time of rootstockand budding technique on rapid propagation of Aonla (Emblica officinallis Gaertn). Ind J.Soil Conservation. 28(3): 235 - 237.

Sharma, J. K.; Prabhakar, M. and Sharma, Kamal. 2011. Variation in nutrient contents in foliageof Terminalia arjuna Bedd. – potential fodder species of low hills of HP. The IndianForester. 137(4): 426 - 432.

Singh, Charan; Rastogi, J.M.S.; Sharma, Kamal and Singh Vinay. 1996. Plus tree selection andestablishment of clonal seed orchard of Himalayan Poplar. Indian Journal of SoilConservation. 24(3): 229 - 233.

Singh, Mohinder and Sharma, Kamal. 2007. Important bee flora of low hills of HimachalPradesh. Insect Environment. 13(2): 79 - 80.

Thakur, Sanjeev; Sharma, Kamal and Khurana, D.K.1998 (Published in 2000). Nurseryperformance of selected new clones of Populus deltoides. Journal of Tree Sciences. 17(1&2): 39 - 42.

Thakur, Sanjeev and Sharma, Kamal. 2005. Effect of cutting size on survival and growthbehaviour of Poplar (Populus deltoides). In Verma et al. (Eds.) Proceedings ofInternational Conference on World Perspective on Short Rotation Forestry for Industrialand Rural Development. ISTS, Solan, 195 - 197.

Thakur, Sanjeev and Sharma, Kamal. 2008. Assessing Natural Variation in Fruits and Seeds ofHarar (Terminalia chebula Retz). Indian Journal of Agroforestry. 10(2): 66 - 70.

Thakur, Sanjeev; Sharma, Kamal; Singh, Charan and Gupta, Atul. 2008. Variation in seed andfruit characters of some commercially important agroforestry species. The IndianForester. 134(11): 1505 - 15011.

Thakur, Sanjeev; Sharma, Kamal; Gupta, Atul and Vipan Guleria. 2011. Standardization oftechniques for seed germination in Reetha (Sapindus mukorossi). Indian Journal ofAgroforestry. 13(1): 79 - 81.

Verma, K.S.; Sharma, Kamal and Joshi, N.K. 1990. Response of Black Locust (Robiniapseudacacia Linn.) to phosphorus and molybdenum applications under nurseryconditions. The Indian Forester. 116(9): 748 - 751.

Books/Booklets:

Sharma, Kamal; Sharma, S. D.; Thakur, Sanjeev and Kashyap, S. D. 2010. Aushdheeyai PadonKi Kheti Jalvayu Parivartan mein Ek Labhdayak Viklap (in Hindi), Directorate ofExtension, Dr Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture & Forsetry, Nauni-Solan. 32 p.

Sharma, Kamal and Thakur, Sanjeev. 2011. Harar avum Reetha – Bahumulya Van Sampada(in Hindi), Directorate of Extension, Dr Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture &Forsetry, Nauni-Solan. 58 p. ISBN 978-81-921135-4-8.

Sharma, S. D.; Verma, K. S. and Sharma, Kamal. 2012. Sandal – A new commercial crop forHimachal Pradesh, Institute of Biotechnology and Environmental Science, Neri. 40 p.

Sharma, Kamal; Meena, F.S.; Sharma, S. D. and Kumar, S. 2015. Aushdiye Paudhe – ShasyaKriyaen, Gun va Upyog. Directorate of Extension Education, Dr YS Parmar Universityof Horticulture & Forestry, Solan. 52p.

In: Books/Encyclopedia/Compendium

Sharma, Kamal. and Stephan, R. 2003. Pinus roxburghii Sargent. In: SCHÜTT, P., SCHUCK,H.J., AAS, G., LANG, U.M. (Hrsg.): Enzyklopaedie der Holzgewaechse. EcomedVerlagsgesellschaft, Landesberg, Germany. Erg.Lfg. 07/03, 11 pp.

Sharma, Kamal. and Stephan, R. 2003. Pinus roxburghii Sargent. Enzyklopaedie derHolzgewaechse. 32: 1-11.

Sharma, Kamal; Sharma, Som Dutt; Thakur, Sanjeev and Sharma, Seema. 2010. Propagation andconservation of underutilised wild fruits with special reference to aonla and bahera. InKaushal, P.; Gupta, R.; Dubey, J.K. and Sankhayan, H.P. (Eds.) Compendium on Wildand Underutilized Fruits – Advanced training course organized by Regional Centre,National Afforestation and Eco-development Board, Ministry of Environment andForests, Govt. of India at UHF, Nauni. 229-236 pp.

Thakur, Sanjeev; Sharma, Kamal and Badiyala, S.D. 2000. Propagation and Conservation ofTerminalia chebula. In: Man and Forest (Eds. Kohli, R.K.; Singh, H.P.; Vij, S.P.; Dhir,K.K.; Batish, D.R. and Khurana, D.K.), DNES, IUFRO, ISTS, Chandigarh, India. 427-432pp.

Thakur, Sanjeev and Sharma, Kamal. 2010. Commercialization of Harar. In Kaushal, P.; Gupta,R.; Dubey, J.K. and Sankhayan, H.P. (Eds.) Compendium on Wild and UnderutilizedFruits – Advanced training course organized by Regional Centre, National Afforestationand Eco-development Board, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India, atUHF, Nauni. 225-228 pp.