Education

Career Profile

Research Interests / Specialization

I am highly fascinated by the role played by different microsatellite regions for the genome evolution

and species adaptation.

Teaching Experience (Subjects/Courses Taught)

Biochemistry and Metabolism

Honors & Awards

UGC CSIR National Eligibility Test

Senior Research Fellow (CSIR)

Travel Assistance award for overseas conference

Publications

 1) Ram Kumar Sharma, Pankaj Bhardwaj, Renu Negi, and Paramvir Singh Ahuja, (2009) Identification, characterization and utilization of unigene derived microsatellite markers in tea (Camellia sinensis, L). BMC Plant Biology (2009), 9:53 DOI:10.1186/1471-2229-9-53.

 2) Vikas Sharma, Pankaj Bhardwaj, Rahul Kumar, Ram Kumar Sharma, Anil Sood, Paramvir Singh Ahuja. Identification and cross-species amplification of EST derived SSR markers in different bamboo species (2008). Conserv. Genet. (2008) 10:721-724.

3) R. K. Sharma, M. S. Negi, S. Sharma, P. Bhardwaj, and P. S. Ahuja. AFLP based genetic diversity assessment of commercially important tea germplasm in India. Biochemical Genetics (2009), 48:549-564

4) S.M. Kamunya, R.K. Sharma, F.N. Wachira, R.S. Pathak, R. Korir, V. Sharma, R. Kumar, P. Bhardwaj, R. Chalo, W.K. Ronno, P.S. Ahuja. Quantitative trait loci mapping for yield in tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze). Tree Genetics and Genome (2009), 6: 915-929

5) Himanshu Sharma, Rahul Kumar, Vikas Sharma, Vishal Kumar, Pankaj Bhardwaj, Paramvir Singh Ahuja and Ram Kumar Sharma (2011). Identification and cross species transferability of 112 novel unigene derived microsatellite markers in tea (Camellia sinensis L). Accepted American Journal of Botany.

6) Pankaj Bhardwaj, Rahul Kumar, Himanshu Sharma, Paramvir Singh Ahuja, Ram Kumar Sharma (2010) Microsatellite Marker Development for efficient genotyping applications in tea. Plant and Animal Genome Conference XVIII 9th Jan- 13th Jan 2010 SanDiego, California, USA.

7) Sharma, R. K. Pankaj Bhardwaj and Ahuja, P. S. (2007). AFLP marker-assisted rationalization of Indian tea germplasm collections. Poster presented in Plant Biology & Botany-2007, Joint Congress, Hilton Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA between July 7 -11, 2007.

8) Pankaj Bhardwaj, Ram Kumar Sharma, Renu Negi, Rupender Tewari and Paramvir Singh Ahuja, P. S. (2007).EST-SSR marker development and Characterization for genome analysis in Camellia sinensis. Chandigharh Science Congress held at Panjab University Chandigarh from March 14-25, 2008.

9) Pankaj Bhardwaj, Rahul Kumar, Himanshu Sharma, Vikas Sharma, Vishal Kumar, Rakesh Kumar Sud, R.K. Sharma and P.S. Ahuja. SSR based genetic diversity assessment of tea collected from abandoned gardens of western Himalaya. Plant Propagation, Conservation, Modification and Characterization, National Symposium held at Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology Palampur from April 3-4, 2009.

10) Vikas Sharma, Pankaj Bhardwaj, Rahul Kumar, Anil Chaudhary, Vishal Kumar, Anil Sood, R.K. Sharma and P.S. Ahuja. Phylogenetic Analysis of bamboo species using EST-SSR Markers. Plant Propagation, Conservation, Modification and Characterization, National Symposium held at Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology Palampur from April 3-4, 2009.

11) R.K. Sharma, Vikas Sharma, Priyanka Gupta, Pankaj Bhardwaj, Vishal Kumar, Rahul Kumar, Himanshu Sharma, Anil Sood and P.S. Ahuja. Molecular marker applications in bamboo-genetic diversity, phylogenetic and taxonomic inferences. Plant Propagation, Conservation, Modification and Characterization, National Symposium held at Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology Palampur from April 3-4, 2009.

Languages

English, Hindi.