Profile Summary

I received a BSc (Hons.) Agriculture (Soil Science) degree in 2006, MSc (Hons.) Soil Science in 2008 and PhD Soil Science (Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry) in 2011, from the University of Agriculture Faisalabad-Pakistan. I have also received Post-Doctoral Research Training from the Institute of Agricultural Sciences in the Tropics, University of Hohenheim, Germany. I have received several certificates and training related to instrumentation and laboratory techniques, management of research laboratory and accreditation documentation.

Currently, I am serving as a Professor of Soil Science (BPS-21) and Chairman of the Department of Soil Science, ISWR, FA&E, the Islamia University of Bahawalpur. I have also served in university administration in different roles. Under the mandate vested to me as Director Academics, I have worked tirelessly and got historic achievements in terms of increase in the number of students, human resources, faculties and departments, smooth running of academic activities, ensuring quality education, implementation of IT solutions, optimum utilization of physical and intellectual resources to run on-campus & online academic activities for both University enrolled students and affiliated colleges.

In agricultural research, I have won ten (11) research projects worth more than PKR 35 million, as Project Manager, PI, Co-PI and collaborating scientist from different National and International funding organizations including the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, International Food Policy Research Institute IFPRI), USA, BMZ, Germany, PARB, and EFS-UAF. I have been listed among the top 2% of scientists in the world as compiled by Stanford University. The research team at the Soil Microbiology and Biotechnology Laboratory at IUB under my supervision developed novel biofertilizers. I have also filed a patent “Biofertilizer for control of sooty mold in cotton” with the IPO office, Karachi as lead researcher. At IUB, we are working through strong National and International liaisons and have established strong international and national collaborations with well-known institutions. I have also visited Germany, Austria, Turkey, and Thailand for research purposes.

I have published 120+ research papers, review articles, scientific reports, books, and book chapters, and delivered several oral talks at the International and National Conferences. I have 250+ cumulative impact factor, 6000+ citations, 39 h-Index and 85 I-index for my research publications as per Google Scholar reports. More than 50 postgraduate [PhD + MSc (Hons) Soil Science] students have completed their degrees under my supervision. I am also a life member of professional bodies related to Soil Science and serving as an editor/reviewer of several national and international research journals.