Education: B.Sc., PAU, Ludhiana (1990); M.Sc., PAU, Ludhiana (1993); Ph.D., PAU, Ludhiana (2006)

Positions held: District Extension Specialist (FM) (1996 to 2003); Assistant Farm Economist (2003 to 2006); Farm Economist (2006); Deputy Director (Training) (2006 to 2008), Farm Economist (2008 to 2011); Agricultural Economist (2011 to 2012), Senior Agricultural Economist (2012 to 2018), Professor (Economics) (2018 to 2019), Director, AERC (2020 onwards)

Field of Specialization: Farm Management

Research Interests:

1. Production and marketing of crops

2. Role of subsidiary occupations of farming in increasing farmer’s income

3. Economic analysis of resource conservation technologies in Punjab agriculture

Research Projects Undertaken:

1. Estimating Marketing Efficiency of Horticultural Commodities under Different Supply Chains in Punjab.

2. Projects undertaken by Agro-Economic Research Centre (AERC), Ludhiana

3. Estimation of District Level Cost of Cultivation of Major Crops in Punjab

4. Resource use Planning for Sustainable Agriculture

Selected Research Publications:

1. Chand, P., Singh, J. M., Sachdeva, J., Singh, J., Agarwal, P., Jain, R., Rao, S. and Kaur, B. (2022). Irrigation water policies for sustainable groundwater management in irrigated northwestern plains of India. Current Science. 123 (10), 1225-1231. (NAAS rating 7.10)
2. Singh JM, Kaur A, Chopra S, Kumar R, Sidhu M.S. and Kataria P (2022) Dynamics of Production Profile of Pulses in India Legume Research 45: 565-572. (NAAS rating - 6.59)
3. Singh JM, Sachdeva J, Bhangu PKS, Singh J, Kaur B and Kumar H (2022) Groundwater Saving in Punjab: Role of Short Duration Paddy Varieties in Agricultural Sustainability Indian Journal of Ecology 49: 358-362 (NAAS Rating :5.79)
4. Singh JM, Sidhu MS, Kaur A, Chopra S and Kataria P (2021) Changing profile of Punjab agriculture- Need for diversification. Economic & Political Weekly 56: 22-26.
5. Singh JM, Grover D.K., Kaur A, Kumar S and Singh J (2021) Economic analysis of input subsidies availed by farmers in Punjab. Journal of Krishi Vigyan 10: 48-55. (NAAS rating: 4.55)
6. Singh, J. M., Kaur, B., Chopra, S, Singh, J., Sachdeva, J. and Kumar, H. (2020) Existing status of groundwater resources in Punjab – an overview In: P. Chand, R. Jain, D. S. Kumar, J. M. Singh and P. S. Badal (ed). Natural Resource Use Planning for Sustainable Agriculture, pp. 61-77, National Printers, New Delhi
7. Singh J M, Singh J, Kumar H, Singh S, Sachdeva J, Kaur B, Chopra S and Chand P (2019) Management of paddy straw in Punjab: An economic analysis of various techniques Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics 74 :301-310. (NAAS rating-5.15)
8. Singh, J M and Grover, D K and Singh, P (2015) Pre and post harvest losses: Farm level estimates for paddy cultivation in Punjab Oryza An International Journal on Rice 52: 65-74 (NAAS rating 4.12)
9. Singh, J M and Grover, D K (2015) Impact of national food security mission-pulses on legume production performance in Punjab, India Legume Research 38: 609-15. (NAAS rating - 6.15)
10. Grover, D K and Singh, J M (2007) Seasmum cultivation in Punjab: Status, potential and constraints. Agricultural Economics Research Review 20: 299-314. (NAAS rating-5.68)

Awards/Honours/Distinctions:
1. Got Prof. R.S. Deshpande Award for Research Paper in Agricultural Economics for 2023-24 for the research paper "Irrigation water policies for sustainable groundwater management in irrigated north-western plains of India" published in Current Science, Vol. 123, No. 10, 25th November 2022.

2. ‘Merit Certificate’ holder in B.Sc. Agriculture (Hons)

3. University Merit Scholarship holder in B.Sc. Agriculture (Hons), M.Sc. Agril. Economics