Education
B.Sc. Agriculture (Hons.), Khalsa College, Amritsar (2002); M.Sc. (Soil Science), PAU,
Ludhiana (2004); Ph. D. (Soil Science), PAU, Ludhiana (2016)
Research interest
1. Nutrient cycling and soil organic matter dynamics
2. Carbon sequestration
Publications

Pritpal-Singh and Benbi DK (2018) Soil organic carbon pool changes in relation to slope position and land-use in Indian lower Himalayas. Catena 166: 171-180 (NAAS rating=9.19).
Pritpal-Singh and Benbi DK (2018) Nutrient management effects on organic carbon pools in a sandy loam soil under rice-wheat cropping. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science 64 (13): 1879-1891 (NAAS rating=8.18).

Pritpal-Singh, Gurdeep-Singh and Sodhi GPS (2019) Energy auditing and optimization approach for improving energy efficiency of rice cultivation in south-western Punjab.Energy174:169-179(NAASrating=10.97).

Pritpal-Singh, Gurdeep-Singh and Sodhi GPS (2019) Applying DEA optimization approach for energy auditing in wheat cultivation under rice-wheat and cotton-wheat cropping systems in north-western India. Energy 181: 18-28 (NAAS rating=10.97).
Pritpal-Singh, Gurdeep-Singh and Sodhi GPS (2020) Energy and carbon footprints of wheat establishment following different rice residue management strategies vis-à-vis conventional tillage coupled with rice residue burning in north-western India. Energy200:117554. (NAASrating-2020=11.54).
Pritpal-Singh and Benbi DK (2020) Nutrient management impacts on net ecosystem carbon budget and energy flow nexus in intensively cultivated cropland ecosystems of north-western India. Paddy and Water Environment 18(4), 697-715. (NAAS rating-2020=7.26).
Sharma S, Pritpal-Singh and Sodhi GPS (2020) Soil organic carbon and biological indicators of uncultivated vis-à-vis intensively cultivated soils under rice–wheat and cotton–wheat cropping systems in South-western Punjab. Carbon Management 11(6):681-695. (NAAS rating-2020-7.46).
Pritpal-Singh, Benbi DK and Verma G (2021) Nutrient management impacts on nutrient use efficiency and energy, carbon, and net ecosystem economic budget of rice-wheat cropping system in north-western India. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 21: 559-577. (NAAS rating-2020=8.01).
Bhatt R, Pritpal-Singh, Hussain A and Timsina J (2021) Rice-wheat system in the north-west Indo-Gangetic Plains of South Asia: Issues and technological interventions for increasing productivity and sustainability. Paddy and Water Environment, (NAAS rating-2021=7.26).
Sharma S, Pritpal-Singh, Choudhary OP and Neemisha (2021) Nitrogen and rice straw incorporation impact nitrogen use efficiency, soil nitrogen pools and enzyme activity in rice-wheat system in north-western India. Field Crops Research, 266, 108131. (NAAS rating-2021=10.31).
Pritpal-Singh, Gurdeep-Singh, Sodhi GPS and Sharma S (2021) Energy optimization in wheat establishment following rice residue management with Happy Seeder technology for reduced carbon footprints in north-western India. Energy 230, 120680. (NAAS rating-2021=12.06).
Sharma S, Pritpal-Singh, Angmo P and Dhaliwal SS (2021) Micro-nutrient pools and their mobility in relation to land-use in a cold high altitude Himalayan mountaneous region. Agroforesrty System (Accepted). (NAAS rating-2021=7.97).
Pritpal-Singh, Gurdeep Singh and Sodhi GPS (2021) Data Envelopment Analysis based optimization for improving net ecosystem carbon and energy budget in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) cultivation: methods and a case study of north-western India. Environment, Development and Sustainability (NAAS rating-2021=8.19).
Farmaha BS, Pritpal-Singh and Bijay-Singh (2021) Spatial and temporal assessment of nitrate-N under rice-wheat system in riparian wetlands of Punjab, north-western India. Agronomy (accepted). (NAAS rating-2021=8.60).

Gurdeep-Singh, Pritpal-Singh, Sodhi GPS and Tiwari D (2021) Energy auditing and data envelopment analysis (DEA) based optimization for increased energy use efficiency in wheat (Triticul aestivum L.) in north-western India. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessment. 47, 101453. (Impact factor=5.73).
Pritpal-Singh, Gurdeep Singh, Sodhi GPS and Benbi DK (2021) Accounting carbon footprints and applying data envelopment analysis to optimize input induced greenhouse gases emissions under rice-wheat cropping system in north-western India. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, http//DOI: 10.1007/s42729-021-00587-w (NAAS
rating-2021=9.872).

Gold medal
Dr. N S Randhawa gold medal for highest OCPA during M. Sc. (Soil Science)
given by Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana