Education: B.Sc. Agri (Hons.), PAU, Ludhiana (1997); M.Sc., PAU, Ludhiana (2000), Ph.D., PAU, Ludhiana (2013)

Positions held: Farm Manager, PAU Ludhiana (2004-2006), Assistant Agronomist (2006-30.06.2018), Senior Agronomist (01.07.2018- Till date)

Field of Specialization: Agronomy, Crop Production

Research Interests:

Protected cultivation using Soilless media

Irrigation Water Management

Research Projects:

Ongoing

1. All India coordinated Research project on Plastic Engineering in Agriculture Structure and Environment Management (ICAR)
2. Consortia Research Platform- Micro –Irrigation systems (ICAR)

Accomplished

Pilot Project: Punjab Direct Benefit Transfer for electricity (DBTE) in agriculture

Promotion of Micro irrigation for command area development and water management programme in Kotla Branch Part-II

Selected Publications:

1. Kaur Arshdeep, Singh K.G and Singh Angrej (2022) Effect of varying photoperiods with red and blue supplemental LED lighting on the growth, yield and quality of Lactuca sativa var. Capitata 'Iceberg' grown in soilless media under protected cultivation. Journal of Plant Nutrition, DOI:10.1080/01904167.2022.2067765 (NAAS: 7.71)
2. Singh K.G. and Singh Angrej (2021) Growth and yield of tomato in soilless media under naturally ventilated polyhouse. Indian Journal of Horticulture: 78 (3): 297-303 (NAAS: 6.16)
3. Ashraf Afnan, Singh K.G. and Singh Angrej (2021) Development and evaluation of nutrient reuse system in soilless media grown cucumber under protected cultivation Journal of Plant Nutrition: 44 (9): 1241-57 (NAAS: 7.13)
4. Singh Angrej and Singh K.G (2021) Growth and yield of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merill] as influenced by drip irrigation, fertigation and plastic mulching. Indian Journal of Agronomy 66 (1): 56-60 (NAAS: 5.55)
5. Singh Mahesh C, Singh Angrej, Singh J.P. and Singh K.G (2020) Economic viability of soilless cucumber cultivation under naturally ventilated green house conditions. Indian Journal of Horticulture 77 (2):315-21 (NAAS: 6.13)
6. Kaur Ramanpreet, Singh Angrej, Singh K.G. and Arora Deepak (2020) Productivity of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merill] as influenced by drip irrigation, fertigation and mulching. Indian Journal of Agronomy 65(1):116-19 (NAAS: 5.46)
7. Singh Angrej, Kaushal Arun, Garg Sunil and Chawla Neena (2017) Effect of different colored plastic mulches on growth, yield and quality of drip fertigated bell pepper (Capsicum annum var. grossum). Indian Journal of Horticulture 74(2) 292-94 (NAAS rating: 6.13)
8. Singh K G, Singh Angrej and Mahajan G (2010). Response of Sweet Pepper (Capsicum annum) to irrigation and fertigation grown in naturally ventilated Polyhouse. Indian J Agric Sci 80 (5): 430-32 (NAAS rating = 6.14)

Awards/Honours/Distinctions:

• Best Centre award – of AICRP Plasticulture Engineering & Technology for the year 2018