National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Om Parkash Choudhary
FELLOW, ELECTED 2022

Born in Jaitu, Faridkot, Punjab, India on 26 October 1963. Educated at Government Senior Secodary School, Phillaur, Jalandhar, 1973-78; Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 1978-90; B.Sc. 1983; M.Sc. 1986; Ph.D. 1990.

Principal Soil Chemist and University Librarian, Punjab Agricultural University, 2022 to date.

Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 1990-2022; Soil Chemist, 1990-99, Senior Soil Chemist, 1999-2007, Principal Soil Chemist, 2007-17, and Head, Department of Soil Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2017-22.

Awards/Honours: ISSS Golden Jubilee Young Scientist Award, 1994; Visting Scientist, University of California, Davis, USA, 2008; Agricultural Scientist Award 2013 by Modern Kheti; Award of Plaque along with Citation and Merit Certificate for the outstanding research work by Punjab Agricultural University for the year 2014-15; ICAR-CSSRI Excellence Award 2017; Manjit Singh Chinnan Distinguished Chair (PAU) 2018-2022, ISSS JSP Yadav Award 2018; FAI Golden Jubilee Award for Excellence (2020) in the field of Plant Nutrition; Played a key role as PI of the NAHEP-CAAST Project in the winning of PAU the 1st Clean & Green Campus Award 2020 of ICAR; Dr G S Khush Distinguished Prefessor Chair 2022 and Editor, Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science (2015-2020)

Fellow: Indian Society of Soil Salinity & Water Quality

Research Areas: Soil Chemistry (Salinity & Irrigation Water Quality) & Fertility

Address: University Librarian, Mohinder Singh Randhawa Library and Department of Soil Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141004, Punjab; 7/11, Punjab Agricultural University Campus, Ludhiana 141004, Punjab; [Tel: Off. (0161) 2408286, 2401960 Extn. 317; Cell: 9815251940; Email: opchoudhary@pau.edu; opc_2k@yahoo.com]