Completed B.Sc. (Agriculture) in 1992, M.Sc. (Soils) in 1995 and Ph.D. (Soils) in 2006 from PAU and then joined PAU as Assistant Soil Scientist on August 5, 1996 at Regional Research Station, Ballowal Saunkhri (Balachaur, District Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar). Worked as Soil Chemist in the Department of Soil Science, PAU from 2006 to 2012 and presently working as Principal Soil Chemist in the Department. Also looking after the work of Soil and Water Testing Laboratory, a facility for farmers. Presently, primary research focus is on carbon sequestration under different agricultural land-use systems in Punjab. Also awarded with University Merit Scholarship during B.Sc. and M.Sc.

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Selected Research Publications

1. Dhaliwal S S, Sharma S, Sharma V, Shukla A K, Walia S S, Alhomrani M, Gaber A, Toor A S, Verma V, Randhawa M K, Pandher L K, Singh P and Hossain A (2021) Long‐term integrated nutrient management in the maize-wheat cropping system in Alluvial soils of North‐Western India: influences on soil organic carbon, microbial activity, and nutrient status. Agronomy 11. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11112258 (NAAS rating: 9.42)
2. Nisar S, Benbi D K and Toor A S (2021) Energy budgeting and carbon footprints of three tillage systems in maize-wheat sequence of north-western Indo-Gangetic Plains. Energy 229. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2021.120661. (NAAS rating: 13.15)
3. Randhawa M K, Dhaliwal S S, Sharma V, Toor A S, Sharma S and Kaur M (2021) Impact of integrated nutrient management on transformations of micronutrients and uptake by wheat crop in North-Western India. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 21:2932–2945.  (NAAS rating: 9.87)
4. Benbi D K, Dar R A and Toor A S (2021) Improving soil organic carbon and microbial functionality through different rice straw management approaches in rice-wheat cropping sequence. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery 114. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-021- 01621-8. (NAAS rating: 10.99)
5. Randhawa M K, Dhaliwal S S, Sharma V, Toor A S, Sharma S and Kaur M (2021) Ensuring yield sustainability and nutritional security through enriching manures with fertilizers under rice-wheat system in North-Western India. Journal of Plant Nutrition 45: 540-557. (NAAS rating: 7.71).
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