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Dr. Varsha Pandey

Assistant Professor

Dr. Varsha Pandey is currently serving as an Assistant Professor in the School of Agriculture at Galgotias University, Greater Noida, specializing in soil science and agricultural research. She earned her M.Sc. in Agriculture (Soil Science) from Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, in 2018. Her master's thesis focused on soil health assessment under different land use systems. Subsequently, she completed her Ph.D. from the same institution in 2022, with a dissertation on soil quality indexing under integrated nutrient management approaches. Dr. Pandey is ICAR-NET qualified and has authored numerous research papers, book chapters, and articles in prestigious journals and magazines. She has received accolades including the gold medal and ISSS Zonal Awardfor the North zone in 2018, Plantica Young Scientist Award in 2021 and the Soil Science Best Ph.D. thesis award in 2022. Her dedication and significant contributions have earned her recognition, including the Global Excellence Award in 2023 and the Student Excellence Award in 2025 from GBPUA&T Pantnagar.

Experience

  •  5 years of teaching and research experience

Qualification

  • Ph.D. in Soil Science 
  • ASRB-NET
  • M.Sc. in Soil Science
  • B.Sc. Agriculture 

Award & Recognition

  • Received Student Excellence Award- 2025 in recognition of the noteworthy research contribution by College of Agriculture, GBPUA&T Pantnagar, Uttarakhand.
  • Recipient of Young Women Scientist Award, in the International Conference on Global Innovations and Challenges: Integrative approaches for environmental sustainability organized by Janki Devi Bajaj Govt. Girls College, Kota- 2024.
  • Recipient of Global Excellence Award-2023 organized by Bhavya foundation in association with Niti Aayog.
  • Recipient of Best Thesis Award – Ph.D. in recognition of innovative research work by Association of Plant Science Researchers (APSR), Plantica foundation - 2022.
  • Recipient of Best Ph.D. thesis award organized by Agro Environmental Education & Farmers Welfare Society
  • Winner of Plantica Young Scientist Award-2021 organized by Association of Plant Science Researchers (APSR), Plantica foundation.
  • Winner of gold medal and ISSS Zonal Award for the North zone (Best presentation of M.Sc. thesis) - 2018.

Area of Interest

Soil fertility, soil chemistry, soil testing, soil health and soil quality indexing.

Research papers, Book & Book Chapters Published

  • Pandey, V. & Gautam, D. P. (2025). Assessment of soil quality and soil health under different land use systems in a Mollisol region of Uttarakhand. Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science, 72(2).
  • Pandey, V.,  Srivastava, A. and Kumar, D. (2025). Improving productivity of maize (Zea mays)-wheat (Triticum aestivum) cropping sequence in Mollisols using target yield approach of nutrient management. The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 95(1), 79–83.
  • Pandey, V., Srivastava, A., Singh, V., Pachauri, S. P., Bhatnagar, A., Kumar, D., & Bahadur, R. (2024). Effect of Different Approaches of Nutrient Application on Soil Quality Index Under Maize- Wheat Cropping System in Mollisol Region of Uttarakhand. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 55(20), 3053–3071.
  • Pandey, V., Sharma, A., Kumar, D., Samadhiya, N. and Tomar, S. S. 2024. Industrial Applications of Bio-nanomaterials in Agriculture. In: Bio-Nanomaterials in Environmental Remediation: Industrial Applications. Wiley Online Library.
  • Pandey, V. and Kumar, D. (2024). The Soil-Climate Nexus in Forest Ecosystems. In: Singh, H. (eds) Forests and climate change: Biological Perspectives on Impact, Adaptation, and Mitigation. Springer, Singapore (pp. 245-267).
  • Kumar, D. and Pandey, V. (2024). Agronomic Strategies for enhancing forest resilience to climate change. In: Singh, H. (eds) Forests and climate change: Biological Perspectives on Impact, Adaptation, and Mitigation. Springer, Singapore (pp. 385-420).
  • Varsha Pandey, Arpita Sharma, Pradipta Ranjan Pradhan and S. S. Tomar (2024). Building Resilience in Agriculture: Soil, Crops, and Sustainability by Walnut Publication (ISBN: 979-8-89171-180-8).
  • Arpita Sharma, Varsha Pandey, Pradipta Ranjan Pradhan and S. S. Tomar (2024). Smart Agriculture: Innovations in Technology, Nutrition, and Resource Management by Walnut Publication (ISBN: 979-8-89171-179-2).
  • Varsha Pandey and Deepak Kumar (2023) “Soil Physics Quick facts: MCQs and one-liners” published by Royal Book publishing in 2023 (ISBN): 9788119821532.
  • Shukla, K. and Pandey, V. (2023). Kitchen waste composting: A way forward for sustainability in Bioved, 34(1,2), 51–56.
  • Sharma, S., Kumar, A., Choudhary, A., Harish, B.M., Karmakar, P., Sharma, P., Singh, J., Pandey, V. and Mehta, S. (2022). Recent developments in smart nano-agrochemicals: A promise for revolutionizing present-day agriculture. Materials Today: Proceedings, 69, 530-534.

Seed grants received 

  • Archaebacteria: A tool for environment sustainability [as a Co-Principal Investigator] (November 2024) - University seed grant.
  • Assessing the long term effects of biochar on soil microbial communities [as a Principal Investigator] (March 2023) - University seed grant.

Research grants/projects submitted 

  • “Nanotechnology-Enhanced Slow-Release N Fertilizer: ZnO Nanocoating via Green Synthesis For Smart Nutrient Delivery” submitted to SERB POWER. (SQID-1993-VP- 7790) [as a Principal Investigator].
  • “Biogas Generation from Kitchen Mess Food Waste: A Sustainable Approach to Waste Management Aligned with SDGs” (University seed grant) [as a Co-Principal Investigator].

Organizing a conference/ seminar/Workshop/symposium 

  • Organized workshop titled “Data-Driven Insights in Agriculture and Sciences: Integrating Bioinformatics for Advanced Research” on 14 November, 2024 at GD Goenka University.
  • Organized workshop titled “Opportunities in Horticultural Entrepreneurship” on 4 April, 2024 at GD Goenka University.
  • Part of organizing team for Guest lecture on the theme Natural Resource Management (Topic: Soil our natural ally, Keep it alive for posterity).
  • Part of organizing team for Guest lecture on the theme Genetic Engineering for abiotic stress management.
  • Organized and successfully conducted Rachna (Art competetion) during the Annual University fest Acceleron 2024 on 6th March 2024.