Biography

Dr. J. C. Tarafdar did his M. Sc. and Ph. D. degrees in Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry from Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi and Post Doctorate from Institute of Agricultural Chemistry, Goettingen, Germany. He got merit scholarship throughout his academic periods.

Dr. Tarafdar has made original and well recognized contribution on mobilization of native phosphorus. He has developed an in-vivo filter paper technique for phosphatase estimation. His developed biological phosphorus (Bio-phos) fertilizer is now promoting by State Government of Rajasthan. He is the first in the world successfully developed biosynthesized nano nutrients and nano induced polysaccharide powder for agricultural use. He also developed a sequential P fractionation scheme and a rapid method for assessment of plant residue quality. Dr. Tarafdar has pioneered in finding out the origin of different phosphatase fractions and also developed a potential biological indicator. He has developed many new techniques now used in Soil Biology. The most notable are: Visual demonstration technique of germinating AM spore, Soil solarization technique for mass scale production of AM fungi, Freeze-drying technique to understand nutrient movement and Electrofoccusing technique to demonstrate the origin of enzymes. Dr. Tarafdar has traveled and lectured widely in many countries and published 362 research articles in national and international journals which include 36 book chapters and five books. He has four patents and 73 new organisms in his credit.

In recognition of his professional contribution, Dr. Tarafdar received many awards most notable are Sukumar Basu Memorial Award for the biennium 1993-94, IMPHOS-FAI Award 2006, Prof. S.K. Mukherjee Memorial Award 2008, Prof R.S. Murthy Memorial Award 2008, Bharat Jyoti Award 2011, Glory of India Gold Medal 2012,
Prof. R. V. Tamhane Memorial Award 2013, Dr. Kartik Oaron Memorial Award 2014, Dr. N. S. Randhawa Memorial Award 2014, ISSS Platinum Jubilee Commemoration Award, 2016, Prof. N. P. Datta Memorial Award, 2020. Dr. Tarafdar is a Fellow of the most prestigious Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Germany and DAAD, Germany. He is also a fellow of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (2003), Indian Society of Soil Science (2002) and Indian Society of Salinity Research Scientists (2003). He is among the 2% of the best scientist in the world and secured 992nd position in the world. He has guided seven Ph. D. and 18 M. Sc. Students.

Area of Interest:

Plant and Soil Sciences

100%

Soil Science

62%

Soil Salinity

90%

Agricultural Biology

75%

Environment Science

55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
5

Chapters
36

Articles
362

Abstracts
0

Selected Publications

Tarafdar, J.C. and I. Rathore, 2018. Nano-Nutrient from Fungal Protein: Future Prospects on Crop Production. In: Emerging Trends in Agri-Nanotechnology; Fundamental and Applied Aspects, Singh, H.B., S. Mishra, L.F. Fraceto and R.D. Lima (Eds.)., CAB International, UK., pp: 37-55.
Rathore, I., V. Shiva, E. Thomas and J.C. Tarafdar, 2018. A comparison on soil biological health on continuous organic and inorganic farming. Hortic. Int. J., 2: 256-262.
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Thomas, E., I. Rathore and J.C. Tarafdar, 2017. Bioinspired production of molybdenum nanoparticles and its effect on chickpea (Cicer arietinum L). J. Bionanosci., 11: 153-159.
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Tarafdar, J.C. and I. Rathore, 2017. Microbial Synthesis of Nanoparticles for use in Agriculture Ecosystem. In: Microbes for Plant Stress Management, Bagyaraj, D.J. and Jamaluddin (Eds.)., New India Publishing Agency, India, pp: 301-314.
Verma, N., J.C. Tarafdar, K.K. Srivastava, B. Sharma and R. Parmar, 2016. Diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AM) species in Acacia nilotica subsp. cupressiformis (J. L. Stewart) Ali & Faruqi under arid agroecosystems of Western Rajasthan. Int. J. Plant Anim. Environ. Sci., 6: 28-34.
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Verma, N., J.C. Tarafdar, K.K. Srivastava and B. Sharma, 2016. Correlation of soil physico-chemical factors with AM fungal diversity in Ailanthus excels Roxb. under different agroecological zones of Western Rajasthan. Int. J. Life Sci. Scient. Res., 2: 316-323.
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Verma, N., J.C. Tarafdar, K.K. Srivastava and B. Sharma, 2016. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AM) diversity in Acacia nilotica subsq. indica (Benth.) Brenan under arid agro ecosystems of western Rajasthan. Int. J. Adv. Res. Biol. Sci., 3: 134-143.
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Verma, N., J.C. Tarafdar and K.K. Srivastava, 2016. Effect of seasonal variation and site factors on AM population associated with Prosopis cineraria (L.) druce. Int. J. Adv. Res. Biol. Sci., 3: 231-234.
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Thomas, E., I. Rathore and J.C. Tarafdar, 2016. Bio-inspired synthesis of nitrogen nanoparticles and its application on pearl millet (Pennisetum americanum L) cv. HHB 67. J. Bionanosci., 10: 300-306.
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Rathore, I. and J.C. Tarafdar, 2016. Partition of enzyme contribution by plants and microorganisms under different soil organic matter level. Int. J. Applied Biol. Pharm. Technol., 7: 136-148.
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Rathore, I. and J.C. Tarafdar, 2016. Factors affecting resin-P adsorption under arid environment. Int. J. Curr. Res., 8: 27231-27237.
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Raliya, R., J.C. Tarafdar and P. Biswas, 2016. Enhancing the mobilization of native phosphorus in the mung bean rhizosphere using ZnO nanoparticles synthesized by soil fungi. J. Agric. Food Chem., 64: 3111-3118.
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Gharu, A.D. and J.C. Tarafdar, 2016. Efficiency of phosphatases in mobilization of native phosphorus fractions under different vegetation. Agric. Res., 5: 335-345.
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Dave, S. and J.C. Tarafdar, 2016. Phytofabrication of copper nanoparticles using rhizomes of Curculigo orchioides (Kali Musli) and its antimicrobial activity. Int. J. Adv. Res., 4: 152-158.
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