Education: B.Sc Agri (Hons.) Khalsa College, Amritsar (2003), M.Sc. Agronomy PAU, Ludhiana (2005), PhD Agronomy PAU, Ludhiana (2016)

Positions held: Assistant Professor, KVK Kapurthala (31.03.2008 to 09.06.2008), District Extension Specialist, FASS, Faridkot (10.06.2008 to 10.01.2012), Assistant Professor, KVK Moga, (10.01.2012 to 06.03.2014), Assistant Professor, KVK, Faridkot, (06.03.2014 to31.05.2016) Assistant Agronomist, Department of Agronomy, (01.06.2016 to 31.3.2017), Assistant Agronomist, Rice Section, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics (31.03.2017 to till date)

Field of specialisation:

1. Crop Production
2. Crop Nutrition
3. Integrated Weed Management

Present research interest

Agronomic research for increasing and sustaining productivity of rice

Selected Research Publications (maximum upto 5):

1. Dhillon B S, Kumar V, Sagwal P, Kaur N, Mangat G and Singh S (2021) Seed Priming with Potassium Nitrate and Gibberellic Acid Enhances the Performance of Dry Direct Seeded Rice (Oryza Sativa L.) in North-Western India. Agronomy11, 849. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11050849(NAAS rating: 9.42)
2. Dhillon B S, Kaur G, Mangat G and Kaur P (2021). Influence of Seedling Age on Growth, Productivity and Heat Use Efficiency of Rice. Journal of Agrometeorology23, 30–37(NAAS rating: 6.55)
3. Dhillon N K, Dhillon B S and Anupam (2021). Allelopathic effects of mustard cake to control root-knot nematode (MelodogynegraminicolaGolden &Birchfield 1965) in rice. Allelopathy Journal54 (1): 73-80. (NAAS rating: 6.96)
4. Kaur P, Sandhu S, Dhillon B S and Singh H (2021). Rice Yield Variability in Punjab – an Overview of Five Decades. Paddy and Water Environment19 (3). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10333-021-00866-3.(NAAS rating: 7.52)
5. Singh V, Kunal, Kaur J, Bhatt R, Kaur S, Dhillon BS, Singh KB, Chahal SS, Sharma S and Singh B (2022) Site-Specific Fertilizer Nitrogen Management in Less and High N Responsive Basmati Rice Varieties Using Newly Developed PAU-Leaf Colour Chart Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis; DOI:10.1080/00103624.2022.2144346

Ongoing Projects:

1. All India Coordinated Rice Improvement Project
2. “Climate Smart Management Practices; Sub-project 2.4: Direct Seeded Rice Consortium (Mechanized DSR System)” funded under ICAR-IRRI Collaborative Work Plan Project (PI)
3. “Mainstreaming rice landraces diversity in varietal development through genomic predictions: A model for large-scale utilization of gene bank collections of rice” funded by DBT (Co-PI)
4. “One IRRI –NARES breeding network (Accelerated genetic gains in rice alliance)” funded by Bill Melinda Gates (Co-PI)

Awards/Honours/Distinctions:

1. Indian Society Agronomy, Best PhD Thesis Award
2. Indian Society Agronomy, Associateship Award
3. University Merit fellowship during M.Sc.

Membership of Professional Societies:

• Life Member of Indian Society of Agronomy.
• Life Member of Punjab Academy of Sciences
• Life Member of Indian Society of Weed Science
• Life Member of Society of Agricultural Professionals
• Life Member of Association of Agrometeorologists
• Life member Society for Advancement of Rice Research
• Sangat Sahib BhaiPheru Sikh Educational Society, Faridkot