National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Prof. Akhilesh Sharma
FELLOW, ELECTED 2026

Born in Village Rait, District Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India on 10 March 1970. Educated at Government Higher Secondary School, Rait (Kangra), Himachal Pradesh, 1980-85; Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, 1985-95; B.Sc. (Ag.) 1990; M.Sc. 1992; Ph.D. 1995.

Professor, Department of Vegetable Science and Floriculture, Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, 2011 to date.

Assistant Extension Specialist, 1996-2000, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Bara (Hamirpur), Himachal Pradesh; Assistant Scientist, Highland Agricultural Research and Extension Center, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Kukumseri, Lahual & Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, 2000-04; Assistant Professor, 2004-05, Associate Professor, 2005-09 and Professor, 2005-11 till date; Head, Department of Vegetable Science and Floriulture, 2018-2021, Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh.

Awards/Honours: I.P.A. Gold Medal, Indian Potato Association for best paper in Potato Journal, 2007; Best Session Paper Award in the Regional Symposium on “Sustaining Small-Scale Vegetable Production and Marketing Systems for Food and Nutrition Security”, Bangkok (Thailand), 2014; Best Poster Awards in the National Symposium on Vegetable Legumes for Soil and Human Health, Varanasi, India, 2016, National Conference on Food and Nutritional Security through Vegetable Crops in relation to Climate Change, Varanasi, India, 2017, and First Vegetable Science Congress on Emerging Challenges in Vegetable Research and Education (VEGCON), 2019, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India, 2019; Achiever Award, Society for Advancement of Human and Nature (SADHNA), 2019; Innovative Research & Excellent Academician Award (Specialization: Horticulture), Society of Innovative Educationalist and Scientific Research Professional, Chennai, India, 2022; NAHEP Fellowship as Senior Visiting Scientist for three months, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA, 2022; Indian Achiever Award, Indian Achievers Forum, 2025; Councilor, Indian Society of Vegetable Science, 2018 onwards; Member, Editorial Board, Indian Journal of Horticulture, 2019-22; Convener, Test Development of Programme AICE (JRF/SRF), National Testing Agency, 2021-25; Editor, Himachal Journal of Agricultural Research, 2024 till date.

Fellow: Indian Society of Vegetable Science, 2016; Indian Academy of Horticulture Science, 2019; Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding, 2022; Society of Innovative Educationalist and Scientific Research Professional, 2022; Society of Plant Research, VEGETOS, 2025

Research Areas: Resistance Breeding, Vegetable Science

Address: Professor, Department of Vegetable Science & Floriculture, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur 176062, H.P.; Village and Post Rait, Tehsil Shahpur, District Kangra 176208, H.P.; [Tel: Off. (01894) 230390; Cell: 9816612008; Email: assharmaakhil1@gmail.com; akhileshhpkv@gmail.com]