Area of specialization
Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry
Research area
Waste recycling for soil quality management under pulse-based systems.
Significant research achievements
- Developed integrated phosphorus management modules under pulse-based systems.
- Assessed detailed phosphorus dynamics under long-run pulse-based management practices.
- Screened sensitive soil quality indicators and developed a soil quality index under a maize-based system.
Awards and recognitions
- ICAR Junior and Senior Research Fellowships for the Master’s and Ph.D. programmes
- Second Best Poster Presentation, International Conference ICPulses 2020, Bhopal
- Institute Best Team Award 2024–25, ICAR-IIPR Kanpur
Publications
Personal information
- Date of joining ICAR
02nd July 2018
- Discipline and specialization
Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry
Training & Exposure
Physiological Approaches to Phytoremediation: Impacts and Prospects at ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal.
Professional Information
Contribution to the scientific advancement
- Understanding dynamics of different P-fractions in longterm pulse based field experiments.
- P-chemistry, release kinetics from different crop residue and animal wastes.
Current area of research
Phosphorus dynamics and chemistry in pule based cropping system
Publications
- Abhik Patra, V.K. Sharma, D.J. Nath, T.J. Purakayastha, Mandira Barman, Sarvendra Kumar, Kapil A. Chobhe, Asik Dutta and Ajin S Anil (2020). Impact of long term integrated nutrient management (INM) practice on aluminium dynamics and nutritional quality of rice under acidic Inceptisol. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, DOI: 10.1080/03650340.2020.1821372
- Gupta Debjyoti Sen, Ummed Singh, Jitendra Kumar, Yashbir Singh Shivay, Asik Dutta Vijay Singh Sharanagat, Pardip Kumar Katiyar, and Narendra Pratap Singh. Estimation and multi-variate analysis of iron and zinc concentration in a diverse panel of urdbean (Vigna mungo L. Hepper) genotypes grown under differing soil conditions. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 93 (2020): 103605.
- Trivedi Ankita and Asik Dutta. Soil health cards: limitations and ways to fix the loopholes. Current Science 118, no. 9 (2020): 1337
Awards and Fellowships
Second Best Poster Presentation under the theme Production Management in the International Conference (ICPulses 2020) held at Bhopal, India during February 10-12, 2020.