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ਪੰਜਾਬ ਖੇਤੀਬਾੜੀ ਯੂਨੀਵਰਸਿਟੀ
PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY

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College of Agriculture / School of Organic Farming / Faculty

Faculty

Name : Dr Ajay Kumar Choudhary

Designation: Plant Pathologist

Office Phone: 01612400439

Mobile number: +919463974499

Email: ajaychoudhary-pp@pau.edu

Field of Specialization: Plant Pathology (Organic Farming)

Research Interests:

  • Disease management in field and horticulture crops under an organic farming system.
  • Integrated Plant Disease Management.

Research IDs:

Google Schoolar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=-fUDWFQAAAAJ&hl=en

Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ajay-Kumar-Choudhary?ev=hdr_xprf

ORCID ID: 0009-0004-8930-6782

Brief Introduction

Dr. Ajay Kumar Choudhary holds M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Plant Pathology (Biocontrol) from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. He began his career in 2019 as District Extension specialist (Plant Pathology) at the FASC, Ferozepur, and currently serves at the School of Organic Farming, PAU. Over the past two years, he has been solely dedicated to advancing sustainable agriculture through the development and evaluation of organic formulations and bioagents for the effective management of plant diseases. His work focuses on biological control and notable contributions in microbial genomics, particularly the identification and documentation of potent bacterial and fungal isolates. Dr. Choudhary has obtained 41 GenBank accession numbers and published 18 research papers in reputed journals.  Currently, he has guided one M.Sc student. His contributions to extension include 20 popular articles, many extension lectures, and a radio talk. He is also actively involved in teaching Plant Pathology courses to undergraduate students.