Dr. Ankit Sharma joined PAU as Assistant Professor (Agricultural Engineering) on 30.08.2013 after completing Btech (Agricultural Engineering) from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 2006 and Mtech (Farm Power and Machinery) from PAU in 2008. He did his PhD (Farm Machinery and Power Engineering) from SKUAST-J, Jammu in 2022. He has also worked in Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering as Senior Research Fellow and Research Fellow from 2008-2013. He joined as Assistant Professor on 30.08.2013 at PAU KVK Mansa and presently working as Scientist (FMPE) in Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, PAU, Ludhiana. His field of specialization is Farm Machinery and Power Engineering. He is working on Design, Development and Testing of Farm Machinery. He has published 40 research papers in national and international journals. He is a life member of Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (ISAE).

Professional Accomplishments

Research Projects completed:

• Farm Machinery Testing Centre at PAU, Testing and Development of Farm Machinery, Sub-mission on Agricultural Mechanization on Strengthening of Farm Machinery Testing Centre.

Research Publications:

• Mishra P K, Sharma A and Prakash A. (2023). Current Research and Development in Cotton Harvesters: A Review with Application to INDIAN Cotton Production Systems. Heliyon 9(5): e16124.
• Dewan G, Singh M and Sharma A. (2023). Development of Algorithm for Variable Nitrogen Rate Application in Cotton Crop by Implementing Tractor Mounted Nitrogen Sensor. Journal of Plant Nutrition, 46(20), 4735-4753.
• Sharma A and Sharma K. (2023). Techno-economic Assessment of Happy Seeder Technology. Agricultural Mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America 54(1): 49-56.
• Sharma A, Prakash A, Bhambota S and Kumar S. (2024). Investigations of Precision Agriculture Technologies with Application to Developing Countries. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 1-37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-024-04572-y.

• Nagpal M, Sharma A, Prakash A, Kumar S, Sharma K and Gautam A. (2024). Prioritisation of Specific Wheat Sowing Technologies Based on Analytic Hierarchy Process and Farmers’ Perceptions. Journal of Agricultural Engineering (India), 61 (4): 479-492. https://doi.org/10.52151/jae2024614.1857.

Awards/Honours/Distinction: Nil