Education: B.Sc. Agri. (Hons.), Khalsa College, Amritsar (2008), M.Sc., PAU, Ludhiana (2010), Ph.D., PAU, Ludhiana (2016)

Positions held: Agronomist, RRS Ballowal Saunkhri (2016- 2021), DES Agronomy, FASC Tarn Taran (2021- till date).

Field of Specialization: Integrated Nutrient Management

Research Interest: Integrated Nutrient Management; Cropping system; Rainfed agriculture

Research Projects:

1. All India Co-ordinated Operational Research Project on Dryland Agriculture, ICAR-24.

2. All India Coordinated Research Project for Dryland Agriculture, ICAR-22.

3. National Innovations on Climate Resilient Agriculture funded by Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, India.

4. Inventorization of Medicinal Plants and Prioritized Tradable Species in Selective Blocks of Kandi Region of Lower Shivalik Hills. RCFC-North, National Plant Medicinal Board, Ministry, AYUSH, Govt. of India.

5. Evaluation of climate resilient high yielding farmers’ developed crop varieties incubated by NIF in Kandi region of Punjab under different hydrothermal regimes funded by National Innovation Foundation-India, Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

Research Publications

Parminder Singh Sandhu, Sohan Singh Walia, Roopinder Singh Gill and Gurmeet Singh Dheri (2020) Thirty-one years study of integrated nutrient management on physico-chemical properties of soil under rice-wheat cropping system. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 51(12): 1641- 1657. (NAAS 7.33).

Talveer Singh, Parminder Singh Sandhu, Gagandeep Kaur Chahal, Sohan Singh Walia (2022) Foliar thiourea confers moisture stress tolerance in rainfed maize through elevated antioxidative defence system, osmolyte accumulation and starch synthesis grown under different planting methods. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation. (NAAS 10.17).

Parminder Singh Sandhu, S S Walia and Amarjit Kaur (2021) Yield quality parameters of rice- wheat system in response to integrated nutrient management over 31 years. Agric Res J 58(5): 794- 800. (NAAS 5.44).

Khokhar A, Yousuf A, Singh M, Sharma V, Parminder Singh Sandhu and Chary GR (2021) Impact of land configuration and strip-intercropping on runoff, soil loss and crop yields under rainfed conditions in the shivalik foothills of north-west, India. Sustainability, 13:6282. (NAAS 9.25).

Anil Khokhar, Vivek Sharma, M J Singh, Abrar Yousuf, Parminder Singh Sandhu, Vijay Kumar and M A Bhatt (2021) Effect of potassium and magnesium application on growth, yield and nutrient uptake of rainfed maize in the sub- montaneous region of Punjab, India. Journal of Plant Nutrition. (NAAS 7.71).

Anil Khokhar, Mohammad Amin Bhat, MJ Singh, Abrar Yousuf, Vivek Sharma and Parminder Singh Sandhu (2022) Soil Properties, Nutrient Availability vis-à-vis Uptake and Productivity of Rainfed Maize-Wheat System in Response to Long-Term Tillage and N Management in Northwest India, Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 53:22, 2935-2954. (NAAS 7.33).

Awards/Honours/Distinctions:

Merit Scholarship and Gold medal in B.Sc. Agriculture (Hons.)

Merit certificate in B.Sc. Agriculture (Hons.) and M.Sc. Agriculture

Rtn. Ajit Singh Freedom Memorial Toppers’ Award by Rotary Club Amritsar

Most Responsive Centre award by AICRPDA, ICAR- CRIDA, Hyderabad in 2019