Education: B.Sc., GNDU, Amritsar (1999); M.Sc., GNDU, Amritsar (2001); Ph.D., PAU, Ludhiana (2011)

Positions held: Assistant Professor, KVK Bahowal (2003-2007), Assistant Agronomist (AICRPAM) (2007-2014), Assistant Agronomist (Dept of Agronomy) (20014-2016) and Senior Agronomist (AICRPAM) (2017-2019),Principal Agronomist(2020-till date)

Field of Specialization: Weather related stresses, crop modeling, Water management

Present Research Interests/Projects:

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

1.Estimation of LAI by using satellite data

2. Protecting crops from weather related stresses

3. Fine tuning of Agronomic practices using crop growth simulation models

Research Projects:

1. Co project leader All India Coordinated Research Project on Agromet.
2. National Innovations on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) (As CoPI)
3. Forecasting Agriculture Output Using Space, Agrometeorology and Land Based Observations (FASAL) (As CoPI)
4. Producing export compliant basmati rice through integrated crop solutions under public private partner-ship mode (As CoPI)

Selected Research Publications (maximum up to 5):

1. Jaspreet Kaur, Sandhu S S, Sandeep Sharma (2021) Yield response of wheat grown under periodic heat stress imposed by using mini heat tents. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, 207:285–303. (NAAS rating: 9.06)
2. Sandhu S S, Prabhjyot-Kaur, Gill K K and Vashisth B B (2020) The effect of recent climate shifts on optimal sowing windows for wheat in Punjab, India. Journal of Water and Climate Change, 11(4): 1177–1190. (NAAS rating: 7.01)
3. Sandhu S S, Prabhjyot-Kaur and Gill K K (2020) Change in timing of occurrence of temperature extremes in central Punjab. Journal of Agrometeorology, 155-162. (NAAS rating: 6.64)
4. Sandhu S S, Prabhjyot-Kaur, Gill K K and Ashu Bala (2013) Effect of inter and intra seasonal variability in meteorological parameters on rice productivity in central Punjab. Journal of Agrometeorology, 15 (2) : 147-151. (NAAS rating: 6.6)
5. Sandhu S S, Mahal S S, Vashist K K, Buttar G S, Brar A S, Maninder Singh (2012) Crop and water productivity of bed transplanted rice as influenced by various levels of nitrogen and irrigation in northwest India. Agricultural Water Management, 104:32– 39. (NAAS rating: 7.6)

Awards/Honours/Distinctions:

1. Best Center of AICRP on Agrometeorology : 2015-16 during XIV- Biennial Workshop of AICRP Agrometeorology held at PAU Ludhiana from December 5-7, 2016.