Education: B.Sc., PU, Chandigarh (1984); M.Sc., PAU, Ludhiana (1989); Ph.D., PAU, Ludhiana (1992)

Positions held:Assistant Breeder, PAU Ludhiana (1993-2002), Breeder (2002-2008), Senior Breeder (2009-2015), Professor (2015-till date)

Field of Specialization:Soybean breeding, Sunflower breeding, Teaching

Research Interests:

1. Development of high yielding varieties of soybean and sunflower

Research Projects: -

Selected Research Publications

1. Kumar S, Dhillon S K and Kandhola S S. 2016. Efficacy of Beauveriabassiana and Bacillus thuringiensis alone and as combination formulation against sunflower capitulum borer, Helicoverpaarmigera (Hubner).Journal of Insect Science 29 (2): 401-404 (NAAS: 6.65)
2. Kumar P, Dhillon S K, Sao A, Thakur A.K, Kumar P, Kanwar RR and Patel RK. 2016. Implications of genetic heterogeneity among cultivated genotypes for global food security in climate change era. Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology. 10(3): 2019-2033. (NAAS: 5.0)
3. Vikrant Tyagi, S K Dhillon and Prashant Kaushik.2018. Stability analysis of some novel cytoplasmic male sterile sources of sunflower and their hybrids Helia, 41(69):153-200/.(NAAS: 6.8)
4. Vikrant Tyagi, Satwinder Kaur Dhillon, Prashant Kaushik, and Gurpreet Kaur.2018. Characterization for drought tolerance and physiological efficiency in novel cytoplasmic male sterile sources of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) Agronomy 8, 232; doi:10.3390/agronomy8100232 (NAAS: 7.42)
5. Vikrant Tyagi, Satwinder Kaur Dhillon.2018. Performance and water use efficiency of wild cytoplasmic sources in sunflower. Helia 41(68) : 129-140 (NAAS: 6.8)

Awards/Honours/Distinctions: -