Dr. Harsh Vardhan Singh

Name: Dr. Harsh Vardhan Singh Designation: Principal Scientist (Plant Pathology) ICAR-NBAIM Professional experience: 30 years as Agricultural Scientist and 15yeara at ICAR Research interest: Biocontrol strategies for fungal plant pathogens Plant-Microbe Interaction Rhizophere Biology Prospecting of Mycorrhizal fungi : Google Scholar Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Xg1fbKAAAAAJ&hl=en Contact details: Office Address: ICAR-National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Microorganisms Kushmaur, Maunath Bhanjan 275103 Uttar Pradesh (India) E-mail: drharsh2006@rediffmail.com Harsh.Singh@icar.gov.in

Significant recognition (Awards/Fellowships/Technologies transferred/Patents etc.):

1. Awards

1. 1. Founder Fellow of ISHA 2010 By Indian Society of Hill Agriculture, Hill campus Ranichauri India
   2. Zonal President of MEZ of Indian Phytopathological Society 2025
   3. Best poster presentation award in National symposium of RMSI in 2012.
   4. Letter of appreciation for Jai Jawan Jai Kisan and Jai Vigyan Programme in 2003by Army HQ 121 (I) Inf. Bde Gp, Kargil C/o 56 APO
   5. Appreciation letter and certificate during farmers awareness Programmein2008 by Army (Sikh) 16 RR Draba, Surankot, Poonch C/o 56 APO

2. Other

1. 1. Best team member of PME and also received best divisional award 2015 and 2016
   2. Conducted Extension activity programme under SCST program at IGFRI Jhansi
   3. Conducted 5 HRD program as Course coordinator at ICAR NBAIM Mau, U.P.

3. Technologies: (2):

1. 1. Acacia based silvipasture model for fodder supply and land restoration
   2. Moraus based silvipasture system for fodder supply and land restoration

4. Chair of prestigious committees/taskforce/ conferences; President/Secretary of professional societies; Leadership position in research programmes or research organizations

1. 1. As convener organize National conference on Expanding the horizons of Microbial research in Agriculture
   2. Brainstorming Meeting on Microbial Solutions for Soil and Plant Health Organised
   3. Organize Brainstorming meeting on Microbial solutions for Soil and Plant health: Alining Science with Policy Imperative
   4. Call for invited speaker in National symposium
   5. I have been selected for project evaluation expert of DST/UPCAR and UPCST
   6. I am reviewer of Journals i.e
      · Indian Journal of Agricultural Science
      · Indian Phytopathology
      · Annuls of Plant Protection

5. Membership of Societies:

1. 1. Indian Phytopathological Society New Delhi- Life membership
   2. Indian Society of Plant Pathologist , Ludhiana Life member
   3. Society of plant protection Sciences, New Delhi life member
   4. Association for Conservation of Microbes and Application (ACMA), Life membership
   5. Uttar Pradesh Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lucknow Life member

Projects: 21 in ICAR

On-going Projects: 06

Completed Projects: 15

Publications:

List of publications (Best 10 publications) with NAAS Rating and Impact Factor:

1. Malviya, Deepti & Singh, Udai &Dehury, Budheswar& Singh, Prakash & Kumar, Manoj & Singh, Shailendra & Chaurasia, Anurag & Yadav, Dr. Manoj & Shankar, Raja & Roy, Manish & Rai, Dr & Mukherjee, Arup K & Solanki, I.s & Kumar, Arun & Kumar, Sunil & Singh, Harsh. (2022). Novel Insights into Understanding the Molecular Dialogues between Bipolaroxin and the Gα and Gβ Subunits of the Wheat Heterotrimeric G-Protein during Host–Pathogen Interaction. Antioxidants. 11. 10.3390/antiox11091754. NAAS 12.0

2. Sunil Kumar, Khurshid Ahmad, Santosh Kumar Behera, Dipak T. Nagrale, Anurag Chaurasia, Manoj Kumar Yadav, Sneha Murmu, Yachana Jha, Mahendra Vikram Singh Rajawat, Deepti Malviya, Udai B. Singh, Raja Shankar, Minaketan Tripathy and Harsh Vardhan Singh (2022) Biocomputational Assessment of Natural Compounds as a Potent Inhibitor to Quorum Sensors in Ralstonia solanacearum. Molecules 27, 3034. NAAS 10.41

3. Vellaichamy Mageshwaran, Rishabh Gupta, Shailendra Singh. Pramod Kumar Sahu, Udai B. Singh, HillolChakdar, Samadhan Y. Bagul, Surinder Paul, Harsh Vardhan Singh (2022) Endophytic Bacillus subtilis antagonize soil borne fungal pathogens and suppress wilt complex in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). Frontiers in Microbiology. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.994847, , IF: 6.06 NAAS 10.0

4. Malviya, Deepti, RatnaThosar, Namrata Kokare, Shital Pawar, Udai B. Singh, Sujoy Saha, Jai P. Rai, Harsh V. Singh, R. G. Somkuwar, Anil K. Saxena (2022) A comparative analysis of microbe-based technologies developed at ICAR-NBAIM against Erysiphe necator causing powdery mildew disease in grapes (Vitis vinifera L.). Frontiers in Microbiology 13, 871901. NAAS 10.0

5. Shailendra Singh, Udai B. Singh, Mala Trivedi, Deepti Malviya, Pramod K. Sahu, Harsh V. Singh, Pawan K. Sharma, Anil K. Saxena (2021) Re-structuring the Cellular Responses: Connecting Microbial Intervention with Ecological Fitness and adaptiveness to the Maize (Zea mays L.) Grown in Saline Sodic Soil. Frontiers in Microbiology. Doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.568325. IF: 4.256, NAAS Rating: 10.0

6. Sahu, P.K., Singh, S., Singh, U.B., Chakdar, H., SHARMA, P.K., Sarma, B.K., Teli, B., Bajpai, R., Singh, H.V. and Saxena, A.K., Inter-genera colonization of Ocimum tenuiflorum endophytes in tomato and their complementary effects on Na+/K+ balance, oxidative stress regulation and root architecture under elevated soil salinity. Frontiers in Microbiology, p.2847.(Corresponding Author), NAAS rating: 10.0

7. Gupta, A., Singh, A.N., Tiwari, R.K., Sahu, P.K., Yadav, J., Srivastava, A.K. and Kumar S., 2023. Salinity alleviation and reduction in oxidative stress by endo-phytic and rhizospheric microbes in two rice cultivars. Plants 12:976, 1-18. (Corresponding Author), NAAS rating: 10.0

8. Sahu, P.K., Singh, S., Gupta, A.R., Gupta, A., Singh, U.B., Manzar, N., Bhowmik, A., Singh, H.V. and Saxena, A.K., 2020. Endophytic bacilli from medicinal-aromatic perennial Holy basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum L.) modulate plant growth promotion and induced systemic resistance against Rhizoctonia solani in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Biological Control, 150, p.104353. (Corresponding Author), NAAS rating: 9.7

9. Singh, U.B., Malviya, D., Singh, S., Kumar, M., Sahu, P.K., Singh, H.V., Kumar, S., Roy, M., Imran, M., Rai, J.P. and Sharma, A.K., 2019. Trichoderma harzianum-and methyl jasmonate-induced resistance to Bipolarissorokiniana through enhanced phenylpropanoid activities in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Frontiers in microbiology, 10, p.1697.NAAS rating: 10.0

10.Mageshwaran, V., Gupta, R., Singh, S., Sahu, P.K., Singh, U.B., Chakdar, H., Bagul, S.Y., PAUL, S. and Singh, H.V., Endophytic Bacillus subtilis antagonize soil borne fungal pathogens and suppress wilt complex in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). Frontiers in Microbiology, p.3884.NAAS rating: 10.0