Shahid UmarDr. Shahid Umar has done his M.Sc in 1983 from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. He has completed his M.Phil and Ph.D from National Research Centre for Groundnut (ICAR), Junagadh and A.M.U., Aligarh in 1989. The Doctoralthesis was on "Potassium nutrition studies on groundnut under drought conditions". Dr. Umar has 30 years of research experience. Currently he is working on alleviation of nitrate toxicity in leafy vegetable, heavy metal toxicity, osmotic stress, nitrogen and potassium use efficiency in selected field. He has guided 6 Ph.Ds till date and 5 are in progress. He has 2-book and more than 100 research publications to his credit. He is member of various scientific societies (National as well as international). He is also the reviewer and editor of number of national and international journals. He has been awarded IPI-International Award (2003) instituted by International Potash Institute (Basel, Switzerland). At present Dr. Umar is Associate Professor, in Department of Botany, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi India. Read More Read Less