Education: B. Sc. Agri. (Hons.) from College of Agriculture, PAU Ludhiana (1998), M. Sc. (Agronomy) PAU Ludhiana (2000), Ph. D. (Agronomy) PAU Ludhiana (2011)

Positions held: District Extension Specialist (Agronomy), FASC, Hoshiarpur (Jan 2003-May 2005), District Extension Specialist (Agronomy), FASC, Jalandhar (May 2005-March 2017), Senior Extension Specialist (Agronomy) FASC, Jalandhar (April 2017-March 2020), Principal Extension Scientist (Agronomy) FASC, Jalandhar (April 2020- Till date)

Field of Specialization: Crop production, Water management

Research Interests: Water management, Crop physiology, weed control

Selected Publications (Five):

Maninder Singh, Krishan Kumar Vashist, A S Brar, Sunita Sharma, S S Mahal, G S Buttar, M S Grewal and S S Sandhu (2012) Grain and irrigation water productivity of spring maize genotype under different planting methods and irrigation regimes. Extended Summaries Crop Improvement, Nov pp 661-62. (NAAS rating= 3.7)

Singh Maninder and Vashist K K (2016) Enhancing productivity of spring maize (Zea maize) through planting methods, varieties and irrigation levels in Punjab. Indian journal of Agronomy 61(3) Pp 348-53. (NAAS rating= 5.0)

Jagjot Singh Gill and Maninder Singh (2019) Comparison of Wheat Production under Different Paddy Residue Management Methods. Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology 38(6): Pp1-9, (NAAS rating= 5.32)

S S Sandhu, S S Mahal, K K Vashist, G S Buttar, A S Brar and Maninder Singh (2012) Crop and water productivity of bed planted rice as influenced by different levels of nitrogen and irrigation in Northwest India. Agricultural Water Management Feb 2012 pp 32-39 (NAAS rating= 7.7).

K K Vashist, R K Mahey, S S Mahal, K B singh, R pal, A Salaria, T P Singh, C S Mann, M Singh, M Singh and M S Gill (2012) On farm comparative performance of alternative cropping systems to rice-wheat in saving irrigation water. Extended Summaries Vol 2 Third International Agronomy Congress Nov. 26-30 pp. (NAAS rating= 5.0)

Awards/Honours/Distinctions:
-Project work on village pond at Haripur got Bhai Babu Singh best pond award at PAU Kisan mela in September 2019.

-Project work on village pond at Haripur got Best Pond Award at State level independence day celebrations at Jalandhar on 15.08.2019