Dr Smriti Sharma joined PAU as Assistant Entomologist on 8.12.2004 after completing B.Sc. Agri (Hons) from PAU in 2001 and M.Sc. (Entomology) from PAU in 2003.  She did her Ph.D. (Entomology) from PAU in 2013. She joined as Senior Scientist (Residue Analysis) on 8.12.2017 and Principal Scientist (Residue Analysis) on 8.12.2020. Her field of specialization is Insect Toxicology and Economic Entomology. She is PI of AINP on Pesticide Residues and Contaminants and Monitoring of Pesticide Residues at National Level project. She is acting as Head of the Laboratory and Technical manager for NABL accreditation. She has 63 recommendations to her credit and published 72 research papers in international and national journals, 6 book chapters and 39 extension articles. She has guided four M.Sc. and one Ph.D. students and is guiding two Ph.D. students as major advisor. She has completed more than 150 industry sponsored projects as PI and Co-PI. She has delivered 68 lectures and organized 16 one day training programmes on safe use of pesticides.

Professional Accomplishments

Research Projects completed:

1. Mitigating the effect of climate change in Crop Production Theme III: Climate Change and Plant Protection        funded by DST-PURSE (CoPI)
2. Addressing food security through nutritionally enriched cultivars and technologies for Swasth Bharat. Project Theme III: Development of Integrated pest management strategy for minimizing pesticide load in field and vegetable crops funded by DST, Govt of India (CoPI)
3. Monitoring of pesticide residues in fruits from different markets of Punjab funded by National Horticultural Mission ( Co-PI)

Research Publications:

1. Brar P K, Sharma N, Mandal K, Sharma S, Barmota H (2025) Dissipation and dietary risk evaluation of cyantraniliprole, diafenthiuron and its metabolites in tomato. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis 137:106965. (NAAS Rating = 10.00)
2. Kumar A, Brar P K, Mandal K, Sharma S (2025) Dissipation kinetics of trinexapac acid in paddy leaves, grain, straw and soil using liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 114(1): 1-7. (NAAS Rating = 8.7)
3. Kaur S, Sharma S and Kang B K (2025) Method validation for estimation of imidacloprid and its metabolites in maize and soil by LCMS-MS. Journal of Chromatographic Science doi: 1093/chromsci/bmaf005 (NAAS Rating =7.5)

1. Aggarwal H, Mandal K, Sharma S and Kang B K (2024) Residual estimation of spirotetramat and its metabolites in chilli and soil by LC–MS/MS. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 31:24852–24867 (NAAS Rating = 11.80).
2. Sharma N, Mandal K and Sharma S (2024) Validation of LCMS/MS based method for residual estimation of tolfenpyrad and emamectin benzoate in brinjal and cauliflower and their risk assessment. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis 136:106803 (NAAS Rating = 10.30).

Awards and Recognitions:

1. Best Poster award for the paper: Kooner R, Sharma S, Pandey S and Arora R (2015) Reduced risk insecticides against fruit borer Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) on tomato. National Symposium on Agrochemicals for food and environment safety at IARI New Delhi from 28-30 Jan, 2015.
2. Best Poster award for the paper: Singh R, Sharma S and Mandal K (2024) Dissipation Kinetics and persistence of paclobutrazol in onion in the National Symposium on “Food Processing 4.0: Innovation and Sustainability” on 30^th April, 2024 at Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana.
3. Best Poster award for the paper: Brar P K, Bansal R, Mandal K and Sharma S (2025) Residual behaviour, dissipation dynamics and risk assessment of flupyradifurone and its metabolites in tomato by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry in the National Seminar on “Climate Resilient Agriculture in the Facet of Transition in Agriculture (CRAFT)” from 17^th to 18^th March, 2025 at Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana.
4. Best Poster award for the paper: Brar P K, Sahni T, Mandal K, Sharma S and Kang B K (2025) Residual behaviour and dissipation kinetics of beta-cyfluthrin and imidacloprid and its metabolite in potato by LCMS-MS at National Congress on Entomology and Emerging Agrotechnologies (NCEEA) held at Alpine Meadows of Sanasar on June 27-29, 2025