Dr. Amit Kumar

Assistant Professor
Institute of Applied Sciences & Humanities
Department
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences
Contact Details:

Email : acentomology@gmail.com

Contact Number :+916395596994, +919759207021
Qualifications
- Ph.D. Entomology INSPIRE FELLOW in Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Jammu, Jammu-180009 2017 7.33/10 1st
- Ph.D. Dissertation Bio-intensive Integrated Pest Management of major insect pest of Brinjal (Solanum malongena Guen.)
- M.Sc. (Ag.) Entomology (ICAR Nominee (2010) SKUAST-Jammu 2012 7.53/10 1st
- M.Sc. Dissertation Seasonal incidence and management of major insect pests of cucumber, Cucumis sativus L.
- B.Sc. (Ag.) Dr. B. R. A. University, Agra, U.P. 2010 60.83% 1st

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Publication

S.No.	Author(s)	Title of paper	Name of journal	Volume/issue /page no	Year of publishing	Naas rating
1	Radha, Suraj Prakash, Niharika Sharma, Amit Kumar, Neeraj Kumari, Sunil Puri, Ashok Pundir, Vijay Kumar, Abhishek Kumar Sharma, Nadeem Rais, Abhijit Dey, JosÂ´e M. Lorenzo, Mohamed Mekhemar and Manoj Kumar	A survey on ethnoveterinary medicines used by the tribal migratory shepherds of Northwestern Himalaya	Journal of Ethnopharmacology	296 (2022) 115467	2022	10.34
2	Neeraj Kumaria, Radhaa, Manoj Kumarb, Mohamed Mekhemarc, Jos M. Lorenzop, Ashok Pundir, Kumari Baveja Devi, Suraj Prakash, Sunil Puri, Mamta Thakur, Sonia Rathour, Nadeem Rais, Radhika Jamwal, Amit Kumar, Sangram Dhumal, Surinder Singh, Marisennayya Senapathy, Abhijit Dey, Deepak Chandran, Ryszard Amarowiczn, Adolfo Andrade-Cetto	Therapeutic uses of wild plant species used by rural inhabitants of Kangra in the western Himalayan region	South African Journal of Botany	Click here or Vol. 148, Pages 415-436	2022	8.32
3	Amit Kumar, Uma Shankar and V Kaul	Seasonal incidence of brinjal shoot and fruit borer and red spider mite with their natural enemies fauna in brinjal crop ecosystem	International Journal of Tropical Insect Science (SCOPUS rated)	Click here OR Click here	2021	06.77
4	Kalpna, Radha, Pallavi, Ashok Pundir, Mamta Thakur, Radhika Jamwal, Sonia Rathour, Shivani Thakur, Kumari Baveja Devi, Monika Guleria, Amit Kumar, Mansoor Ali, Salena Janjua, Neeraj Kumari, Suraj Prakash, Anupama Chandel, Bhupender Kumar, Pramod Prakash and Sunil Puri	Ethnoveterinary Plants used by Rural People of Dagshai Region in District Solan of Himachal Pradesh, India	Biological Forum â€“ An International Journal	13(3a): 189-209	2021	05.11
5	Amit Kumar, V Kaul and Uma Shankar	Evaluation of some Integrated Pest Management modules against Brinjal shoot and Fruit borer	Journal of Entomological Research (SCOPUS rated)	Vol. 44 (1) : Page no.23-28	2020	05.89
6	Kanu Sarkar, R.K Gupta, Sardar Singh Kakraliya, Amit Kumar, R.S.Bochalya and Dechan Choskit	Comparative studies of conventional and minitubers of Potato (solanum tuberosum l.) Varieties as influenced by Potassium levels	Journal of Global Biosciences	Vol. 7(8) Page no.5550-5561	2018	-
7	Amit Kumar, V. Kaul and Uma Shankar	Response of brinjal (Solenum melongena Guen.) varieties for the resistant reaction against brinjal shoot and fruit borer (BSFB) and Red Spider Mite (RSM)	Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies	Vol.6(2) Page no.1369-73	2018	5.53
8	Amit kumar, Ram Pratap and Rajendra Arora	Monitoring of Cucumber fruit fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae by using various types of poision baits in J&K	Bulletin of Environment, Pharmacology and Life Sciences	Vol. 6 Special issue (4) Page no. 89-92	2017	4.95
9	Amit Kumar and Uma Shankar	Management of Whitefly on cucumber Cucumis sativus in Jammu climatic region (J&K) India	Trends in Bio-science	Vol.-10 Issue-36 Page no.-7510-7513	2017	3.94
10	Amit Mondol, Uma Shankar, D. P. Abrol, Amit Kumar and A. K. Singh	Incidence of major insect pest on french bean fasiolus valgaris L. In relation to environmental variables	Indian Journal of Entomology	Vol.-80, Issue-1 pp. 51-55	2018	5.08
11	S. P. Singh, Nimit Kumar, Anil Bhat, Harminder Singh, M. Iqbal Jeelani, Sanjeev Sharma and Amit Kumar	Diversification, livelihood security and sustainable hill agriculture: an economic analysis of brinjal crop cultivation in Jammu district (J&K), India	Ecology, Environment & Conservation	22 (September suppl.), issn:0971-756x	2016	5.41
12	Asya Razaq, Amit kumar and Kamlesh Wali	Effect of mulberry varieties onÂ characters of bivoltine silkworm	Progressive Research-an International Journal	Vol.-11,(special-viii), issn:2454-6003	2016	3.84
13	Amit Kumar, Uma Shankar and Asya Razaq	Seasonal incidence of major insect pest & their natural enemies of cucumber (cucumis sativus l.) In Jammu region	Progressive Research-an International Journal	Vol.-11 (special viii), issn:2454-6003	2016	3.84

Abstracts

S.No.	Author(S)	Title of publications	Name of the symposium/seminar	Dated & P. No
1	Amit kumar and Uma Shankar	Seasonal incidence of insect pests and their natural enemies in cucumber in Jammu region, India	Sustainable agriculture for food and livelihood security: Technological innovations, opportunities and challenges	15-17 December, 2012 p. no.- 241
2	Amit Kumar, Uma Shankar, D. P. Abrol and Amit Mondal	Monitoring of sucking pests using different types of traps in cucumber crop	Technological innovations, opportunities and challenges for sustainable rainfed agriculture for food and likelihood security	28-30 October, 2015 p. no. 309
3	Amit Kumar, Uma Shankar and V.Kaul	Monitoring the major insect pest and natural enemies fauna of Brinjal crop	2nd Asian Web Conference on Managing Hill Resources and Diversities for Zero Hunger and Climate Resilience	12-13February, 2021 p. no. 309

Book/ Book Chapter

S.No.	Author(s)	Title of Book/chapter	Name of Book and Publication	Year of Publication
1	Amit Kumar, Uma Shankar and Ravinder Nath	Entomology....a basic manual (Book)	Jaya Publishing House, New Delhi	2021
2	Amit Kumar, Uma Shankar and Ravinder Nath	Integrated pest management in brinjal (Solanum malongena L.) crop ecosystem	Cutting-edge perspective in Agriculture and Allied Sciences (Vol 1) Scholars Press, Europe	2021
3	Ravinder Nath, G Somana and Amit Kumar	The world of Honey Bee	Cutting-edge perspective in Agriculture and Allied Sciences (Vol 1) Scholars Press, Europe	2021
4	Amit Kumar, K. K. Yadav and Navdeep Singh	Insect Pest management in Vegetable crops	Experiments on Enhancement of Agricultural Yield, Discovery publishing house , New Delhi	(March, 2018)

Patent and Copyrights

S.No.	Title	Inventor	Application No	Date	Status
1	Red Spider Mite	Dr. Amit Kumar, Uma Shankar and Virender Kaul	17999/2021-CO/L	August 02, 2021	Registered
2	Commonly used botanical	Dr. Amit Kumar	19920/2021-CO/L	August 19, 2021	Registered
3	Modified insect light trap	Dr. Amit Kumar, Dr. Arshdeep Singh, Dr, Shimpy Sarkar, Abhinesraj VM	347381-001	August 04, 2021	Application filled
4	Sub-soil fertilizer applicator	Dr Arshdeep Singh, Dr Shimpy Sarkar, Dr Dr. Amit Kumar, Abinesh Raj VM	347740-001	August 12, 2021	Granted
5	Insect collection Box	Dr. Amit Kumar, Abinesh Raj VM	34915-002	September 09, 2021	Application filled
6	Insecticidal competency weed	Dr. Amit Kumar	21763/2021-col/L	September 09,2021	Registered
7	Insect repellent weed	Dr. Amit Kumar	22168/2021-C0/L	September 15, 2021	Registered
8	Shoolini Weed Wacker	Dr. Amit Kumar	349747-001	September 20, 2021	Application filled
9	Shoolini Chaff Cutter”	Dr. Amit Kumar	349945- 001	September22,2021	Granted
10	Biopesticide Competency Tree	Dr. Amit Kumar	22504/2021-CO/L	September18,2021	Registered
11	Mishti Seed Sowing Machine	Dr. Amit Kumar	350705-001	October 05, 2021	Application filled
12	Adjustable Book Stand	Nakul Negi, Sorabh Aggarwal, Dr Rajkumar, Dr Bhaskar Goel and Dr Amit Kumar	341397-001	March 24, 2021	Application filled
13	Vivaan crop harvester	Dr. Amit Kumar	351574-001	October18, 2021	Application filled
14	Mishti crop Weeder	Dr. Amit Kumar	351661-001	October18, 2021	Application filled
15	Modified Uma Earth Auger	Dr. Amit Kumar	351660-001	October18, 2021	Application filled
16	Modified Brij Paddy Weeder	Dr. Amit Kumar	352245-001	October 29, 2021	Granted
17	Modified insect light trap (UTILITY)	Dr. Amit Kumar, Dr. Arshdeep Singh, Dr. Shimpy Sarkar, Abhinesraj VM	TEMP/E-1/62990/2021-DEL	December 02, 2021	Application filled
18	Distilled water unit	Dr. Amit Kumar	354434-001	December 07, 2021	Application filled
19	Power Brush Wacker	Dr. Amit Kumar	354435-001	December 07, 2021	Application filled
20	Power Honey Extractor	Dr. Amit Kumar	354823-001	December 13, 2021	Application filled
21	Power Water Pump	Dr. Amit Kumar	354887-001	December 14, 2021	Application filled
22	Shoolini Pot	Dr. Amit Kumar	358594-001	February 15, 2022	Application filled
23	Insect collection Box (Utility)	Dr. Amit Kumar, Abinesh Raj VM	TEMP/E-1/169/2022-DEL	03 Jan, 2022	Application filled

Training Programmes

S.No.	Kinds of contribution	Name of the programme	Organized By	Dated
1	Training Programme	Two days awareness training on beekeeping for beekeepers and farmersÂ	Division of Entomology, SKUAST-Jammu	08th & 09th January, 2014
2	Training Programme	2- days orientation training programme on Integrated Pest Management	Central IPM centre, Jammu (J&K)	18th & 19th September, 2015
3	Training Programme	2- days orientation training programme on Integrated Pest Management	Central IPM centre, Jammu (J&K)	09th & 10th January, 2016
4	Training course Programme	8-weeks Agmooc, Integrated pest Management online course	NPTEL,IIT, Kanpur & funded by Ministry of HRD, Government of India	14th January-14th March, 2016
5	Model Training Course	Bio-rational and Biological approaches for Eco-friendly pest management under fragile hill ecosystem	Division of Entomology, SKUAST-Jammu	19th February to 26th February 2015
6	Short Course	Recent Advances in production of bio fertilizers and bio pesticides	SKUAST-Jammu Sponsored by ICAR, New Delhi	4th November, 2019 to 13 November, 2019
7	Training course Programme	6-weeks Agmoocs, Diagnosis of Crop and Stored Grain Pests and their Management	NPTEL,IIT, Kanpur & funded by Ministry of HRD, Government of India	18th Feb. To 31st Â March, 2020
8	National Training Programme	Fruits crops on roof top	ICAR- Central Institute for Sub-horticulture, Rehmankhera, Lucknow	18th, September, 2020
9	Online Training Programme	Disaster Management & Response during calamities and supply chain management present pandemic context	National Institute of Disaster Management, Ministry of home affairs, GOI	6Th October, 2020 to 8Th October, 2020
10	Joint one day online workshop	“Indian Patent Filing Procedure, Specification, Search”	Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Intellectual Property Management (RGNIIPM), Nagpur	25 March, 2021
11	Coursera Course (12 Weeks)	Insect-Human Interactions	University of Alberta	09 March, 2021
12	Five days online training	Value- addition in milk, fruits and vegetables: A success mantra for Agripreneurs	Anand agriculture University, Anand, India	18-22 Jan, 2021
14	Two days online international summit	Agri-innovation in 21st Century and the ways ahead	GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pant Nagar, UP	9-10 March, 2021
15	15 days online training programme	Advances in Agripreneurship and Skill Development for Reshaping Future of Indian Agriculture”	(Agro Environmental Education and Farmer’s Welfare Society, Punjab) & Just Agriculture-magazine	1st August to 15th August, 2021
16	Short Course	Scientific Management of Apis mellifera Colonies for Nutritional and Economic Secuerity	HAU, Hisar Sponsored by ICAR, New Delhi	25 Jan, 2022 to 03 Feb, 2022

Membership of professional bodies

Member, Editorial Board in Entomology Specialization in Just Agriculture.
Member, Entomological Society of India.
Member, Entomological Society of America.

Others

Achievements

2018- NET (ICAR/ASRB), Best Thesis Award (PhD)
2019- Short Course (Sponsored by ICAR)
2020- Young Scientist Award
2021- 22 Patents filled

Curriculum Activities/ Research Activities

Three years experience of JRF funded by DST- INSPIRE Programme.
Working exposure in various ecologically based Integrated pest Management tools manipulation of habitat for the encouragement of natural enemies fauna in suppressing insect pest population on vegetable crops
Assessment of Ecologically Based IPM Tools and role of natural enemies’ fauna (parasitoids and predators) in suppressing insect pest population in vegetable crop eco-system.
Working experience in the evaluation of bio-efficacy of new insecticide molecules against insect pests in vegetable eco-systems
Three months working experience as Project assistant in Popularization of Lac cultivation through Large scale demonstration and training in J&K funded by DBT.
Participation in 2nd J & K Science Congress w.e.f 15-17 December, 2012 organized by SKUAST- Jammu
Participation in 4th J & K Science Congress w.e.f 28-30 October, 2015 organized by SKUAST- Jammu
Participation in International conference on Agriculture, Allied and Applied Science w.e.f. 28-29 April, 2018 organised by Biologics Research and Innovation Centre (BRICPL), India.
Participated in Faculty Development Program organised by Shoolini University, Solan.
Participated in Faculty development programme “ Best practices in online teaching organized by Shoolini University, Solan.
Participation in national online workshop on nutrient management options for boosting organic agriculture, w.e.f. 28-30 May, 2020 organised by Mata Gujari college, FGS, Punjab.
Participated in one day seminar on Intellectual Property Rights- starts-up, challenges and opportunities, organised by Women entrepreneurs of India.
Participated in International web conference on GRISAAS, w.e.f. 28-30 December, 2020
Participated in five days faculty development programm on the topic AutoCAD 18-22Jan, 2021.
Participated in the National Webinar on “Environmental Ethics & Ecological Restoration: Issues and Strategies” to celebrate World Environment Day on the theme: “Ecosystem Restoration” on 05th June, 2021.
Participated in the National Webinar on the occasion of World Bee Day on the Theme: “Bee Engaged: Build Back Better for Bees” on 20th May, 2021.
Participated in the National Webinar on “Organic Animal Production: Opportunities and Strategies in India” on 01st June, 2021.
Participated and presented virtually a paper entitled “Monitoring the major insect pest and natural enemies fauna of Brinjalcrop” in the Oral Session during the 2nd Asian Web Conference on Managing Hill Resource sand Diversities for Zero Hunger and Climate Resilience organized during 12-13 February, 2021, organized by Soil Conservation Society of India.
Attended the National Webinar on “Beekeeping : Opportunities and Challenges” held during May 20-21, 2021 organized by AICRP (Honeybee and Pollinator), Division of Entomology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu, J&K.
Participated in International Workshop on “Advanced Characterization Techniques for Materials” ACTM-2021 (online mode) organised by School of Physics and Materials Science, Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences, Solan, (H.P.) India, on 16-18 February, 2021.
Participated in national webinar “microbial strategies for improving soil health and crop productivity under protected cultivation held on 10 March, 2021.
Participated in national webinar ”Animal health and Productivity” held on 01 June, 2021.
Attended the Live Webinar “Agriculture Research through Knowledge Discovery” On 23rd February 2021.

Teaching experience:

Assistant Professor, School of agriculture, Shoolini University, Solan, Himachal Pradesh w.e.f. 01May, 2019 to till date.
Assistant Professor, Department of agriculture, Cordia Collage, Sangol, Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab w.e.f. 01September, 2017 to 30 Apil, 2019.
Lecturer, Department of Entomology, Chaudhary Parama Ram Godara Agriculture College (affiliated: Swami Keshwanand Rajsasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner, Rajasthan) Bhadra, Hanumangarh, Rajasthan w.e.f February, 2017 to June 2017

Other Duties

Wardenship, Shoolini University, Solan, HP w.e.f. 01 May, 2019 to till date.
NSS Coordinator, Cordia college, Sanghol, Punjabi university, Patiala, Punjab
Red Ribbon Club Coordinator, Cordia college, Sanghol, FGS, Punjab
NAAC Committee member, Cordia college, Sanghol, FGS, Punjab
Officiate Head, Department of Agriculture, Cordia college, Sanghol, FGS, Punjab
Academic Incharge, Department of Agriculture, Cordia college, Sanghol, FGS, Punjab
Examination Incharge, Department of Agriculture, Cordia college, Sanghol, FGS, Punjab
External Examiner, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab
External Examiner, PTU, Jalandhar, Punjab

Course Taught

S.No.	Course Name	Semester	Session	Result (%)
1	Insect morphology and systematics	3rd	2016-17	95.4
2	Integrated pest management	5th	2016-17	90.7
3	Principals of P. Pathology	3rd	2016-17	94.6
4	Entomology II	7th	2017-18	100
5	Elements of Vegetable Science	3rd	2017-18	98.6
6	Entomology I	6th	2017-18	97.9
7	P. Pathology II	6th	2017-18	97.9
8	Agrochemicals	3rd	2017-18	97.5
9	Drug abuse and its Management	3rd	2017-18	100
10	Entomology II	7th	2018-19	96.8
11	Soil Science I	7th	2018-19	92.4
12	Soil Science II	7th	2018-19	95.2
13	Fundamentals of Entomology	3rd	2019-2020	100
14	Principles of Integrated Pest and Disease Management	4th	2019-2020	100
15	Fundamentals of Entomology	3rd	2020-2021	100

Awards/Fellowships

Young Scientist Award in International web conference on GRISAAS, 2020.
Teaching Innovation Award, Sri Auribindo Society, ZIIEI.
Best thesis award (Ph.D.) in International conference on Agriculture, Allied and Applied Science w.e.f. 28-29 April, 2018 organised by Biologics Research and Innovation Centre (BRICPL),India
DST- INSPIRE Fellowship during Ph.D. (Entomology) programme w.e.f. 14 October, 2013 to 20 March, 2017
SKUAST-J University Merit scholarship during M.Sc. (Entomology) programme w.e.f. August, 2011 to July, 2012

Extension Activities

Organized Kisan Goshthi on the Topic Organic Farming at Cordia college, Sanghol, Punjab.
Organied 15 days online training on the Topic Advances in Agripreneurship and Skill Development for Reshaping Future of Indian Agriculture”.

Extra Curricular Activities

Secure the 1st rank during M. Sc. Ag. Entomology in SKUAST-Jammu
Proficiency statistical calculations
Proficiency in sampling of insects and data collection in field
Exposure in testing new molecules of pesticides (Abarmectin 1.9 %) against apple mites
Attended two days camp in NSS Programme

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