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Department of Agronomy


Dr. Amit Kesarwani


DESIGNATION:Assistant Professor
QUALIFICATION:Ph.D.
SPECIALISATION:Agronomy
EMAIL:getkesar[at]gmail[dot]com
CONTACT NO.: +91-7508749299 (M)

Research Areas/Areas of Interest

  • Sustainable Agriculture
  • Resource use efficiency
  • Wheat Agronomy
    • Research Projects

    Projects Handled (Competitive only)

  • Co coordinator of IDP-NAHEP, Pantnagar sponsored project “Application of novel technology for quality seed production in field crops” of worth Rs. 3 lakhs since July, 2020.
  • Project Scientist of Academic Team, Institutional Development Program, National Agricultural Higher Education Project (IDP-NAHEP), a World Bank funded project at GBPUA&T, Pantnagar (September 2019-onwards)
    • Selected Research Publications

    1. Amit Kesarwani, P. Y. Chiang and S. S. Chen. 2014. Distribution of phenolic compounds and antioxidative activities of rice kernel and their relationships with agronomic practice. The Scientific World Journal. 2014 (Article ID 620171), 6 pages, 2014. doi:10.1155/2014/620171 (SCI: 1.22; NAAS: 7.22).

    2. Amit Kesarwani, P. Y. Chiang, S. S. Chen and P. C. Su. 2013. Antioxidant activity and total phenolic content of organically and conventionally grown rice cultivars under varying seasons. Journal of Food Biochemistry, 37(6): 661-668 (SCI: 3.654; NAAS: 8.72)

    3. Amit Kesarwani Po Yuan Chiang, Shih Shiung Chen, 2016. Rapid visco analyzer measurements of japonica rice cultivars to study interrelationship between pasting properties and farming system. International Journal of Agronomy, Vol. 2016, Article ID 3595326, 6 pages (http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3595326) (Scopus indexed)
    Awards/Recognitions

    1. Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Scientist Award in ‘11th International Conference On Agriculture, Hortıculture And Plant Scıences, in association with The Society of Tropical Agriculture, on 19-20 December 2020, New Delhi.

    2. Teacher of the Year Award-2020 at 3rd Felicitation Ceremony on Teacher’s Day jointly supported by CSTT (MHRD, Govt. Of India), UCoST, Uttarakhand Technical University, Sridev Suman University, Samagra Shiksha (Dept. of Education), and Uttarakhand Board of Technical Education on 5th Sept’2020.

    3. Bioved Young Scientist Award-2020 by Bioved Research Institute of Agriculture &  Technology (Bioved Research Society, an International Research Organisation, registered by Govt. of India, Ministry of Home Affairs and under Society Registration Act, 1860.)  Allahabad, (U.P.), in association with Rama University in National Conference held at  Rama University, Kanpur on 02-04 March 2020.

    4. Youngest Investigator Award in 5th International Conference on Food Factors, Taipei, Taiwan in 2011.

    5. International Fellowship for doctoral research (Taiwan cholarship Award), Ministry of Education, Taiwan in 2007.

    6. Junior Research Fellowship (JRF, GEN Rank 17), ICAR, Government of India in 2005.
    Student Guided

  • M.Sc. – 02 students