Foreign Visits. Phone: Fax : Name : Harish Kumar Sharma. Designation: Scientist (Entomology)

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1 Name : Harish Kumar Sharma Designation: Scientist (Entomology) Qualification: PhD in Entomology and Apiculture Fellowship/Awards: Discipline: Entomology and Apiculture Specialization: Apiculture Mission: Research and development in apiculture Work experience Phone: Fax : harishkulu@yahoo.co.in Conducting research in various aspects of apiculture specially bee botany, managed pollination in temperate fruits and vegetables, indigenous honeybees and bee breeding. Engaged in teaching entomology and apiculture. Organized various training programmes in beekeeping at state/international level and have conducted farmers participatory research in temperate fruits specially apple. Working in All India Project on Honey Bees and Pollinators and various externally funded national and International projects in apiculture research and extension. Other Professional activities Organised International training on Apis cerana for Bhutanese and Nepalese, April 20 to May 01, Organised planning workshop on honeybees in the Himalayas: Promoting Partnership with Rural Development Networks in HKH, July 07 to 09, Working in All India Coordinated Research Project on Honey Bees and Pollinators since Project Coordinator of International project on Honeybees in India funded by ICIMOD, Kathmandu in HKH countries since Consultant to FAO to conduct pollination studies on importance of pollination and pollinators in vegetable seed production. Consultant to ICIMOD to conduct studies on honey trade policy in India. Experience in working corporate sector. Technical Head Of Sanat Apiculture Center at Darang, Palampur, India. This center was engaged in quality queen production, unifloral honey production and as apiculture survive provider at country level. Foreign Visits Visited Kathmandu Nepal (4 times) to attend workshops of the Project " Indigenous honeybees in the Himalayas A community based approached to conserving biodiversity and increasing farm productivity at ICIMOD, Kathmandu, Nepal during 2001 to Visited Pakistan to attend project inception workshop on Honeybees in Himalayas: promoting partnership with rural development organizations and networks in the HKH region in Feb., Visited Kunming, China to attend Inception Workshop of the Project Improving Livelihoods through Knowledge Partnerships and Value Chains of Bee Products and Services in the Himalayas followed by study tour in Visited Thailand 7th IBRA and 5th AAA conference in Chiang Mai from March19 25, 2000.

2 Teaching Activities Teaching entomology at graduate and post graduate level Number of students guided: M.Sc 1 Research Activities Projects in hand (as PI) Title of research theme: Improving livelihoods through Knowledge Partnerships and Value Chains of Bee Products and Services in the Himalayas Funding agency : International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Kathmandu, Nepal Duration: ( ) Phase I, ( ) Phase II Objectives: To enhance the resilience of mountain people to manage the effects of global change To increase the income of mountain men and women by promoting the value chains of bee products and pollination services through the building of human and institutional capacities and regional cooperation Salient achievements: Curriculum for trainer s resource manual for farmers training in beekeeping finalized by participatory approach. Nine new topics included after gap analysis of existing curriculum Technical support to CHEA in launching studies/ action research to better understand the value of pollination to agriculture has been provided to conduct pollination research in apple belt of Uttrakhand. Survey studies to collate existing knowledge on pro poor value chains for bee products and services. Society for Technology and Development Mandi, our Joint project partner provided with technical collaboration with Post harvest Department of our university to provide the techniques for making ginger honey drinks. Completed projects (as PI) Title of research theme: Indigenous Honey bees of the Himalayas: A community based approached to conserving Biodiversity and increasing farm productivities. Funding agency : International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Kathmandu, Nepal Duration: ( ) Phase I, ( ) Phase II

3 Objectives: Apis cerana and crop pollination surveys Setting up and management of apiary and data collection Action research on A. cerana selection and crop pollination Training farmers who keep apiaries of A. cerana and use them for crop pollination Training of individual farmers and follow up Training of women farmers groups and follow up Training of fruit farming families and follow up Organization of exhibitions, preparing other publicity materials and publications Advanced training of Bhutanese and Nepalese farmers/beekeepers on A. cerana management and role of honeybees in crop pollination Salient achievements: An increase in fruit set has been recorded due to placement of Apis cerana in apple orchard. Tiun area has been found as potential gene pool area of Apis cerana. Pockets in Lahaul valley of district Lahaul and Spiti have been identified as natural isolated mating yard for selective breeding programme in Apis cerana. Short distance migratory sites during dearth period have been identified. Improved management practices in Apis cerana for better performance and minimizing absconding has been developed. Mass queen rearing technique standardized. April is ideal month for queen rearing under Katrain condition. Apiary of selected A.cerana established at Beekeeping Research Station Katrain. Plus colonies have been marked after evaluating the preliminary selected colonies. Kothi area, which is rich in bee flora, has been found as potential migrating site (short distance) in Kullu valley. Post graduate student from university have given research work on A. cerana selection and management which is being carried out at Beekeeping and Horticulture research Sub Station, Katrain. International beekeeping training on A.cerana management and its role in pollination has been imparted to the trainees from Nepal and Bhutan Hindi version of pollination manual has been printed. Book entitled Management of indigenous honeybee Apis cerana has been published.

4 Impact Farmers were convinced about role of honeybees in pollination and income generation from Apis cerana beekeeping through renting of colonies to the orchardists. They showed great interest in acquiring training programmes and adopting this venture at community and female working group level. 20 important research papers: 1. Dogra G.S., J.K. Gupta and H.K. Sharma Towards genetic rejuvenation of Apis mellifera. Proc. V. Int. Tropic Clim. Trinidad. 2. Gautam, D.R., J.N. Sharma and H.K. Sharma Performance of almond germplasm under high hill temperate wet zone of H.P. Indian J.P. Genet. Resources 10(1): Gautam, D.R., K.K. Jindal, J.N. Sharma and H.K. Sharma Evaluation of cherry germplasm. Indian J. Pl. Genet. Resources 6(1): Gupta,J.K.,R.K.Thakur and H.K.Sharma.2000.Control of predatory wasps of honey bees A review. Indian Bee J. 60(4): Khajuria, D.R. and Sharma H.K Use of miscible oil and insecticidal combinations in management of San Jose Scale (Quadraspidiotus perniciosus) on apple (Malus domestica). Indian J. of Agril. Science 67(10): Rana, B.S., I.D. Garg, M.N. Singh, K.Mukherji, S.M.P. Khurana and Sharma H.K Behavior of Thai sac brood virus in storage. Indian Bee Journal,63 (1&2): Rana B.S., D.R. Gautam, N.P. Goyal and Sharma H.K Effect of honey bees pollination on yield parameters of apple in relation to pollinizer proportion. Indian Bee Journal 60: Sharma H.K. and B.S. Rana, Foraging behaviour of insect pollinators on pollination of cherry. In Proceeding of 7th IBRA conference on tropical bees: Management and Diversity (March 19 25, 2000) Chiang Mai, Thailand: Sharma H.K. and J.K. Gupta Pollination efficiency of Apis cerana indica F. and Apis mellifera L. on some important crops of Himachal Pradesh. Proc. Int. symp. Trop. (Eds. G.K. Veeresh, R. Uma Shamkar and K.N. Ganeshaiah), Published by IUSSI Indian Chapter, Bangalore, Sharma H.K. and J.K. Gupta, Sugar concentration on nectar during different seasons in the honey sac content. Ibid : Sharma H.K. and J.K. Gupta Impact of bee pollination on sustainable production of apple orchard. Pest Management and Economic Zoology 9(1):45 48.

5 12. Sharma H.K., J.K. Gupta and B.S. Rana Resource partioning of bee flora in hive bees. In proceeding of 4th AAA. Int. Conf., Kathmandu (Eds. M. Matsuka, L.R. Verma, S. Wongsiri, K.K. Shreshtha and Uma Partap.) Oxford & IBH Publishing company, New Delhi, Sharma H.K. and Gupta, J.K Impact of bee pollination on sustainable production in apple orchards. Pest Management and Economic Zoology 9 (1): Sharma H.K., Gupta, J.K. and Thakur, J.R Effect of bee pollination and polliniser proportion on apple productivity. In proceedings of the seventh International Symposium on Temperate zone fruits in the tropics and subtropics. (eds.: K.K. Jindal, R.C. Sharma and A.S. Rahelia). Acta Horticulturae 662: Sharma H.K., Gupta, J.K., Kumar, J. and Rana, B.S Attractiveness of different cultivars of crab apple as pollinizer of commercial delicious apple. Indian Bee Journal 69(1 4): Sharma H.K. Gupta, J.K. and Kumar, J Efficacy of Bee Q as pollinator attractant and its effect on fruit set in apple. Pest Management and Economic Zoology. 15 (2) : Rana B.S, Sharma H.K, Gupta J.K. and Kiran Dayal Sacbrood virus of exotic honeybee, Apis mellifera L. in North India. Asian Bee Journal. 5 (1 2): Gupta J.K., Chaudhary Shruti, Rana B.S. and Sharma H.K Pattern of brood comb use in honeybee Apis mellifera colonies with larvae of different survival rates. Asian Bee Journal. 5 (1 2): Rana B.S, Rana R., Kumar G., Sharma H.K., Gupta J.K and Kiran Dayal Cerana European foulbrood causing havoc to the native bee, Apis cerana F. in Himachal Pradesh. Pest Management and Economic Zoology 12 (1): Sharma N, Gupta J.K. and Sharma H.K Effect of preautumn supplementary feeding on Apis cerana Fab. colony development at Katrain (Kullu valley : H.P). Indian Bee Journal. 66: 1 6. Technical bulletins 1. Sharma H. K Madhumakhipalan dwara parvatiya phaslon mein pragan prabandh- an ICIMOD publication as Trainers resource manual translated into Hindi. Beekeeping and Horticulture Research sub Station, Katrain, Dr Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Fotestry, Nauni, Solan, HP (134pp).

6 2. Sharma, H.K.; Gupta, J.K. and Thakur, J.R Management of Indigenous Honeybee Apis cerana. Compendium of International Advanced Training of Bhutanese and Nepalese Beekeepers on Apis cerana Management and Role of Honeybees in pollination, held at Bajaura, Kullu, April 20-may 01, Dr Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Fotestry, Nauni, Solan, HP (94pp). 3. Gupta, J.K.; Sharma, H.K. and Thakur, R.K Practical Manual on Beekeeping. Department of entomology and Apiculture, Dr Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Fotestry, Nauni,Solan, HP (84pp). 4. Sharma H.K. and Rana B.S Madhumakhipalan. Department of entomology and Apiculture, Dr Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Fotestry, Nauni,Solan, HP (72pp). 5. Gupta, J. K. and Sharma, H.K Seb Ke Bagichon mein pragan hetu prabandhan, (in Hindi), Extension bulletin, Department of Entomology & Apiculture, UHF, Nauni, (10 pp).