Dr. Kranti Kumar

Research Areas/Areas of Interest

• Medicinal & Aromatic Plants and Forage crops

Research Projects

1. Establishment of a facilitation centre for medicinal and aromatic plants. (NMPB) funded by and duration.
2. Bioefficacy and phytotoxicity evaluation of Awkira (Pyroxasulfone 85 WG) on wheat crop applied through Drone.
3. Residue and persistence study trial of Halauxifen-methyl 1.21% w/w + fluoxypyr meptyl 38.9% w/w EC in wheat crop.
4. AICRP, Forage Sorghum
5. AICRP, Forage crops

Selected Research Publications

1. Dharmendra Meena, Chandrabhushan, Anil Shukla, Sumit Chaudhary and Kranti Kumar. Effect of foliar application of nutrients on growth parameter, nutrient content and uptake of urdbean (Vigna munga (L.) Hepper). Eco. Env. & Cons. 22(4): 2016; pp. (537-542).
2. Prajapati, B., S. Tiwari and Kranti Kumar. 2020. Effect of fodder based intercropping systems on herbage yield and quality of fodder under Tarai region of Uttarakhand. Forage Research, 46 (1): pp. 63-68.
3. Prajapati, B., J. Prajapati, Kranti Kumar and A. Shrivastava. 2019. Determination of the relationships between quality parameter and yield of fodder obtained from intercropping system by correlation analysis. Forage Research, 45: pp. 219-224.
4. Naveenkumar R and Kranti Kumar. 2022. Effect of various weed management approaches in Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor). Journal of Plant Development Sciences. Vol. 14(7): 621-624.2022.
5. Shukla, D.K., Kumari Anchal, Kumar Kranti and Gangaiah, B. 2025. Impact of foliar nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization on production and profitability of forage sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L) Moench). In 6th Internatinal Agronomy Congress on “ Re-envisioning Agronomy for Smart Agri-food Systems and Environmental Stewardship” ICAR- NAAS-ISA, New Delhi.
6. Rana, Rashmi, Shukla, D.K., Kumar, Kranti, Pal, M.S., Dimri, Ayushi, Tripathi, Varnika and Singh, R.P. (2025). Response of nano urea and nano zinc on growth, yield and quality of single cut forage sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L) Moench). Abstract book Vol. 4 of 17th Agriculture Science Congress organized at GBPUAT, Pantnagar during 20-22 Feb 2025. P. 1451.
7. Yadav, S.K. and Kumar, Kranti. 2025. Evaluation of nano urea application under different nitrogen levels on growth, productivity, and nitrogen use efficiency of transplanted rice (Oryza sativa L.). 17th Agriculture Science Congress organized at GBPUAT, Pantnagar during 20-22 Feb 2025.
8. D. K. Shukla, Rashmi Rana, Kranti Kumar AND Mohammad Hasanain. 2025. Nano urea fertilization on productivity and profitability of forage sorghum. Forage Res., 51(3) : pp. 310-314 (2025)
9. D. K. Shukla, K. Kumar, Y. Pal AND A. K. Prabhakar. 2023. Comparative performance of single and multicut sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) varieties under different nutrient sources. Journal of Crop and Weed, 19(2): 144-147 (2023)
10. Brajkishor Prajapati , Gangadhar Nanda , Kranti Kumar , Jaya Prajapati and Pravamanjari Giri. 2023. Evaluation of fodder cropping sequences under Tarai region of Uttarakhand. Range Management and Agroforestry 44 (1) : 134-141, 2023
11. Kranti Kumar. 2024. वर्ष भर हरे चारे की उपलब्धता: हरा चारा उत्पादन तकनीक. Kisan Bharti, November 2024. P. 22

Students Guided

• M.Sc. – 03 students

Awards/Recognitions

• Certificate of Appreciation, as contribution in development of many promising elite lines in sorghum - 2019
• Certificate of Appreciation, as contribution in development of forage sorghum hybrid CSH24MF - 2019
• Best Center Award 2020 (AICRP - Forage Sorghum)
• Best Center Award 2026 (AICRP - Forage crops)
• Faculty Excellence Award–2023
• Certificate of Appreciation, as Sector Magistrate in Lok Sabha election 2022