Education: B.Sc., RAU, BIkaner (1996); M.Sc., RAU, Bikaner (1998); Ph.D., PAU, Ludhiana (2003)

Positions held: Assistant Agronomist, PAU Ludhiana (2006-2014), Assistant Professor (2015-till date)

Field of Specialization: Crop production

Research Interests: (Maximum up to three areas of interest)

1. New crops cultivation

2. Intercropping of field crops

Research Projects:
Establishment of the Department of Agronomy Plan 6 Part A-Teaching (PC 1038.1)

Selected Research Publications (maximum up to 5):

1. Walia SS, Singh S, Gill RS, Aulakh CS and Kaur N (2014) Production potential and economic analysis of different rice-based cropping systems in north-west India. Research on crops 15: 539-42(NAAS rating = 5.00)

2. Chopra S, Singh J and Singh S (2012) Studies on growth, yield and yield attributes of wheat-mentha intercropping system in relation to planting methods and nitrogen levels. Indian Journal of Ecology 39:112-17 (NAAS rating = 4.47)

3. Walia SS, Singh S, Dhaliwal SS, Singh R, Aulakh CS and Kaur N (2014) Yield maximization of rice-wheat cropping system through balanced nutrition in North-West India. Indian Journal of Fertilizers 10:52-54(NAAS rating = 3.78)

4. Walia SS, Dhaliwal SS, Brar AS, Singh S, Singh R, Aulakh CS and Kaur N (2013) Stability, efficiency and soil fertility parameters of different cropping systems in Western Himalayan region. Journal of Soils and Crops 23: 253-58(NAAS rating = 3.77)

5. Walia SS, Rajni and Singh S, Aulakh CS and Gill RS (2013). Assessment of adoption gaps in gobhi sarson (Brassica napus L.) production technologies in Amritsar and Tarantaran districts of Punjab. Indian Journal of Extension Education 49:83-85 (NAAS rating = 3.26)

Awards/Honours/Distinctions: Nil