Field of Specialization and Research Interest

Extension Education

Educational Qualification

Ph.D (Extension Education)

Employment Record alongwith Professional Experience (in years)

Extension Specialist (20 years)

Research Projects handled

As PI :            -Nil-

As Co-PI:         10

Research Publications

Total publications published in Journals: 20

1. Yadav, DS., Sood, P., Sharma, L.K., Rahi, S. and Sharma, K. (2020). Yield gaps in black gram (Vigna mungo L.) under rainfed farming situations in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh.  International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 9 (6):1657-1666.

(NAAS rating: 5.38)

2. Yadav, DS., Sood, P., Sharma, LK., and Sharma, K. (2018). Smart farming secures livelihood: a case study of small farm from Himachal Pradesh. International Journal of Farm Sciences, 8(4): 94-99.

(NAAS rating: 4.01)

3. Yadav, DS., Sood, P., and Sharma, LK. (2018). Scaling-up of Paddy cv. HPR 2612 (Palam Basmati 1) under irrigated transplanted conditions of Himachal Pradesh. Journal of Hill Agriculture, 9(3): 335-339.

(NAAS rating: 4.94)

4. Yadav, DS., Sood, P., Sharma, LK., Kumar, S. and Sharma, K. (2018). Yield gap analysis in Pusa Basmati 1509 in district Mandi of Himachal Pradesh. Journal of Hill Agriculture, 8(3): 334-338.

(NAAS rating: 4.94)

Books Published

                   05

Books Chapters

                   07

Manual

                  -Nil-

Mimeograph

                  -Nil-

Published Reports

                  -Nil-

Teaching/ trainings

                   08

Conference/ Seminar/ Symposium

                   07

Extension activity including Popular Articles/ Pamphlets/ Leaflets

                   45

PG:            -Nil-

Ph.D:         -Nil-

Awards/ Fellowships

• Himalaya-Shri Samman’ Award for Research & Extension work on System of rice intensification (SRI) technology in HP during 2010.

• Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Best Krishi Vigyan Kendra Award 2012 (Zone-I) for the outstanding contribution in the field of extension education.

• Appreciation certificate from DDG (Agri. Extension) for rendering sincere and valuable services in organizing 7th National Conference on KVK-2012 held on 20-22 November, 2012 at PAU, Ludhiana

• Best paper (poster) award in International Conference on Extension Education in the Perspectives of Advances in Natural resource Management in Agriculture (NaRMA-IV)” held at SK Rajasthan Agricultural University Bikaner, Rajasthan on December 19-21, 2012.

• Best paper (second) award for the paper presented in ‘National seminar on Indian Agriculture: Present situation, challenges, remedies and road map’   organized by Youth for Sustainable Development & CSK HP agriculture University, Palampur (HP), August 4-5, 2012.

• Best paper (poster) award (3rd) in Global Social Science Conference-2015 held at Orissa University of Agricultural & Technology, Bhubaneswar during February, 14-17, 2015.

• Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Krishi Vigyan Protshahan Puraskar 2017 (Zonal-Zone-I) for the outstanding contribution in the field of extension education.

• Best Zonal Presentation award (virtual) 2019-20.

International exposure/ visit abroad

                  -Nil-

Miscellaneous achievements/ activities

                  -Nil-