Dr. S.K. Jha

Academic qualification

Best 20 Publications (Journals)

1. S.K. Jha, V.K. Mishra, T. Damodaran, A.K. Singh, P. C. Sharma, D. K. Sharma, Deepak, Y.P. Singh (2023). Conservation tillage and waste crop residue based zinc fortification in rice and wheat under reclaimed sodic soils: Progress towards nutrient circularity and sustainability. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (ACS Publication) 71: 2853-2863. doi:10.1021/acs.jafc.2c07940).
2. S.K. Jha, V.K. Mishra, T. Damodaran, A.K. Singh, Y.P. Singh, D.K. Sharma (2022). Does conservation tillage on partially reclaimed sodic soil restore land degradation by influencing boron dynamics, bioavailability for plant’s uptake and nutritional security? Land Degradation and Development 33: 1260-1268. DOI: 10.1002/ldr.4206.

3. S.K. Jha, V.K. Mishra, T. Damodaran, Y.P. Singh, P.C. Sharma (2022). Utilization of marine gypsum as an alternative to mineral gypsum in the reclamation of degraded sodic soil and enhancing crop productivity. Land Degradation and Development 33:2276-2288. DOI: 10.1002/ldr.4282.

4. S.K. Jha, V.K. Mishra, C.L. Verma, Navneet Sharma, A.K. Sikka, P. Pavelic, P.C. Sharma, Laxmi Kant, B.R. Sharma (2021). Groundwater quality concern for wider adaptability of novel modes of managed aquifer recharge (MAR) in the Ganges Basin, India. Agricultural Water Management 246, 106659. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2020.106659.
5. S.K. Jha, V.K. Mishra, D.K. Sharma and T. Damodaran (2011). Fluoride in the Environment and its Metabolism in Human. Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (Springer Science) 211: 121-142.
6. S.K. Jha, A.K Nayak, and Y.K. Sharma (2009). Fluoride toxicity effects in onion (Allium cepa L.) grown in contaminated soils. Chemosphere (Elsevier) 76:353-356.
7. S.K. Jha, A.K Nayak, and Y.K. Sharma (2010). Potential fluoride contamination in the drinking water of Marks Nagar, Unnao district, Uttar Pradesh, India. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. (Springer) 32:217-226.
8. S.K. Jha, R. K. Singh, T. Damodaran, V. K. Mishra, D. K. Sharma, Deepak Rai (2013). Fluoride in groundwater: Toxicological exposure and remedies. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health Part B (Taylor & Francis) 16:52–66.
9. S.K. Jha, A.K Nayak, and Y.K. Sharma (2011). Site specific toxicological risk from fluoride exposure through ingestion of vegetables and cereal crops. Eco-toxicology and Environmental Safety (Elsevier) 74: 940-946.
10. S.K. Jha, V. K. Mishra, T. Damodaran, D. K. Sharma, and Parveen Kumar (2017). Arsenic in the groundwater: Occurrence, toxicological activities, and remedies. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part C (Taylor & Francis) 35(2):84-103.

11. S.K. Jha, A.K Nayak, and Y.K. Sharma (2008). Response of spinach (Spinacea oleracea) to the added fluoride in an alkaline soil. Food and Chemical Toxicology (Elsevier) 6: 2968–2971.
12. S.K. Jha, A.K Nayak, and Y.K. Sharma (2009). Fluoride occurrence and assessment of exposure dose of fluoride in shallow aquifers of Makur, Unnao district Uttar Pradesh, India. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (Springer) 156:561-566.
13. V.K. Mishra, S.K. Jha*, T. Damodaran, C.L. Verma, S. Srivastava (2022). Sustainable utilization of coal combustion fly ash in the management of hydro‑physical properties and productivity of reclaimed sodic soil. Journal of Soils and Sediments (Published online) doi.org/10.1007/s11368-022-03292-y. (*Corresponding author).

14. S.K. Jha, A.K Nayak,.Y.K. Sharma,,V.K Mishra and D.K. Sharma (2008). Fluoride accumulation in soil and vegetation in the vicinity of brick field. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (Springer) 80: 369-373.
15. S.K. Jha, Y.K. Sharma, A.K. Nayak, Deepak, Devanand (2023). Fluoride risk assessment from agricultural soils in India: a study based on vertical, spatial and geochemical distribution. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 195:495. doi.org/10.1007/s10661-023-11092-1.
16. S.K. Jha. Y.K. Sharma, A.K. Nayak, V.K. Mishra, T. Damodaran (2020). Groundwater quality with special reference to fluoride in Unnao district Uttar Pradesh, India: A hydro-geochemical and multivariate statistical approach. Fluoride 53(4); 582-594.

17. S.K. Jha, A.K. Nayak and Y.K. Sharma (2012). Geochemical and spatial appraisal of fluoride in the soils of Indo-Gangetic plains of India using multivariate analysis. Clean- soil, air, water (Wiley-VCH Verlag) 40(12):1392-1400.
18. S.K. Jha, Y.K. Sharma, T. Damodaran, V.K. Mishra and D.K. Sharma (2012). Bio-concentration of fluoride in Lady’s finger (Abelmoschus esculentus) grown in contaminated alkaline soil and evaluation of exposure risk in human. Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry (Taylor & Francis)95(1): 138–149.
19. S.K. Jha, A.K. Nayak, Y.K. Sharma, D.K. Sharma & V.K. Mishra (2015). Assessing seasonal variation of fluoride in groundwater for irrigation uses through hydro-geochemical and multivariate statistical approach. Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry (Taylor & Francis) 97(7): 868-887.
20. V.K. Mishra, S.K. Jha*, T. Damodaran, Yash P. Singh, Shefali Srivastava, D.K. Sharma, Janki Prasad (2019). Feasibility of coal combustion fly ash alone and in combination with gypsum and green manure for reclamation of degraded sodic soils of the Indo-Gangetic Plains: A mechanism evaluation. Land Degradation and Development 30:1300–1312. (*Corresponding author)

Fellowships & Awards:

1. Received Team Research Award “DBT Biotech Product, Process Development and Commercialization Award 2013-14”.

2. Received ICAR’s prestigious national award “The Jawaharlal Nehru Award for Post Graduate Agricultural Research for the year 2010” for my outstanding research in the field of Natural Resource Management.

3. Received “Bioved Fellowship Award 2013” in the field of Environmental Science and Soil Chemistry given byBioved Research Institute of Agriculture and Technology, Allahabad.

4. Received “CSSRI, Excellence Award” for my outstanding contribution to the Institute given by Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal (Haryana).

5. Bestowed with Outstanding Scientist Award – 2016 by International Journal of Tropical Agriculture (IJTA) and serial Publication, New Delhi.

Significant achievements

A first ever scientific attempt on intensive scale to analyze the impact of fluoride in ground water and its exposure on the ecological system and sustainable agriculture in Unnao district, Uttar Pradesh, was made for which ICAR has bestowed me with Jawahar Lal Nehru Award for Post Graduate Agricultural Research-2010. I have evaluated site specific exposure doses of fluoride through groundwater source of drinking water, common vegetables and cereal crops (rice and wheat). I have developed and recommended wide range of reclamation technologies and management strategies for sodic soils and waterlogged sodic soils. Currently, I am working on the surface and sub-surface sodicity management strategies using amendments which could be alternative to mineral gypsum. The novel, innovative and pioneering research work for enhancing productivity potential of horticultural crops in sodic soils in multidisciplinary team mode has also led the development of 03 bio-formulations viz CSR-BIO (bio-growth enhancer) and ICAR-FUSICONT (for fusarium wilt control in banana), and GROWSURE, all have been commercialized. I have also developed a novel technology “Under Ground Taming/Transfer of Floods for Irrigation (UTFI)”,which involved strategically recharging aquifers having latent or depleted groundwater storage capacity with simultaneous flood mitigation in rural and urban areas. A patent and DBT award is also on my name

Mailing address: sk.jha@icar.gov.in; jhask_01@yahoo.com