Preeti Sharma is presently working as Associate Professor in the Department of Extension Education and Communication Management, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India. She has more than 15 years of experience in the field of teaching, research and extension. Her field of specialization is social marketing approach and other extension and transfer of technology approaches, diffusion and adoption of homestead technologies, rural development, women empowerment, entrepreneurship, extension training management, water management and climate change. Her major responsibility is teaching along with research and extension. She has worked as PI or Co PI in six projects sponsored by DST, ICAR, NCW, Punjab state and CSR. She has published 65 research papers, 22 popular articles and several book chapters, besides presenting research papers in several International and National conferences/ seminars. She has taught many of the undergraduate and post graduate courses besides guiding 8 MSc. and 7 PhD students for their research work.

Professional accomplishment 

Research projects completed

1. Impact assessment of computer aided learning (CAL) in facilitation of teaching learning in elementary schools of Punjab funded by Sarv Sikhia Abhiyan Authority cum DG school education, Govt. of Punjab from 2012 to 2013 as Co-PI
2. Social Marketing of Water Saving Technologies to Mitigate the Effects of Climate Change funded by DST, New Delhi from 2015 to 2017 as PI
3. Impact of Experiential Learning Modules on Home Science funded by ICAR, New Delhi from 2015 to 2017 as Co-PI
4. Sensitizing farming families for sustainable water use behavior under CSR funded under CSR by BCS Pvt. Ltd., Ludhiana from 2022 to 2025 as Co-PI
5. Women in Dairy Farming Sector on Value Addition of Milk and Milk Products funded by NCW, New Delhi from 2022 to 2023 as PI

Research paper

1. Pratiksha and Sharma P. (2021) Zone wise knowledge disparities about water pollution and its mitigation strategies among farming families of Punjab, India. Journal of Community Mobilization and Sustainable Development.16 (3): 792-798. (NAAS Rating 5.67)
2. Ginwal P. and Sharma P. (2021) Effectiveness of Personal versus Online Extension Methods in Disseminating Knowledge on Household Waste Management. Indian Journal of Extension Education. 58(2): 120–23. (NAAS Rating 5.95)
3. Sharma P. and Aparna (2021) Preferences and Perceived Effectiveness of Information Sources for Livestock Production. Indian Journal of Extension Education. 57 (3):81-85. (NAAS Rating 5.95)
4. Kharkwal A, Sharma P and Pandey A (2023) Designing and Development of Decision Support System for the Management of Lifestyle Diseases. J Community Mobil &Sust Dev. 18 (1): 205-212 (NAAS rating- 5.67)
5. Nath M, Sharma P and Gupta R M (2023) Gender differences in attitude of university students towards gender roles. Ind J Ext Edu. 59: 114-19. (NAAS rating-5.95)

Book

• Sharma P and Varma SK (2011) Entrepreneurial activities of Self Help Groups: Instrumental for the empowerment of rural women. Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany. ISBN 978-3-8433-8587

Awards/Honours/Distinctions :

• Awarded Junior research fellowship by Indian Council of Agricultural Research for M. Sc. Programme in 1999.
• Recipient of PAU Merit Certificate 
• Awarded Senior research fellowship by Indian Council of Agricultural Research for Ph.D Programme in 2004.
• Recipient of University Gold Medal for PhD research in the field of social sciences and women development in the year 2007 by CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana.
• Awarded Ganga Singh Chauhan Memorial Award for meritorious research work in the field of Extension Education in the year 2007 by Society of Extension Education, Agra.
• Best poster presentation award during National Incubators Colloquium held at ABIC, CCSHAU, Hisar from January 15-16, 2020
• Best Paper Presenter” award in RTU TEQIP – III sponsored online International Conference on “Post Covid Challenges on Life and Livelihood held on March 5-6, 2021 organized by Department of Applied Science, Poornima Institute of Engineering & Technology, Jaipur, India.