Trainings and visits abroad:

1. Drs. J M Singh, Jatinder Sachdeva, Jasdev Singh and Baljinder Kaur awarded Prof. R.S. Deshpande Award for Research Paper in Agricultural Economics for 2023-24 for their 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. Dr. Kamal Vatta, Professor (Economics) visited University of Cambridge, UK to deliver a lecture from 10.03.2023 to 16.03.2023.

3. Dr. Kamal Vatta, Professor (Economics) visited Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), Kyoto, Japan and Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), Japan and Research Institute for Business and Economics (RIEB), Kobe University, Japan to participate in seminars and meetings from 02.11.2022 to 09.11.2022.

4. Dr. Kamal Vatta, Professor (Economics) visited Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), Kyoto, Japan to particiate as a panellinst on 6^th September, 2022.

5. Dr. Kamal Vatta, Professor (Economics) visited Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), Kyoto, Japan to deliver a lecture on 30^th July, 2022.

6. Dr Narinderpal Singh, Principal Extension Scientist (Agricultural Economics) visited Langkawi, Malaysia to participate in international conference from 07-07.2022 to 08.07.2022.

7. Dr. Kamal Vatta, Professor (Economics) visited University of Cambridge, U.K. from 9^th November to 19^th November, 2019 in the exchange programme as part of the TIRGRESS programme.

8. Dr. Kamal Vatta, Professor (Economics) visited Bangkok Liaison Office of the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University to participate in the International Seminar on 'Rural Finance & Economy in South Asian and Land Tenancy Development in South Asia' from 3.11.2019 & 5.11.2019.

9. Dr. Sangeet Ranguwal, Agricultural Economist visited Aeres TCI, Barneveld, Netherlands to attend “Agricultural Training and Extension” from 06.06.2019 to 04.07.2019.

Awards, distinctions and recognitions:

1. Dr. Sukhpal Singh, Principal Economist (Agricultural Marketing) (Retd.) has joined as Chairman, Punjab State Farmers' & Farm Workers' Commission.

2. Dr. Laishram Priscilla received Dr. Anamitra Saha Prize of Indian Society of Agricultural Economics for best paper published in the October-December 2021 issue of Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics.

3. Dr. Shaikh Mohd Mouzam received Dr. R. T. Doshi second prize for the best presentation in 30^th Annual Conference of AERA held at SKUAST-Jammu during 21^st to 23^rd December, 2022.

4. Dr. Sanjeev Kumar, Agricultural Economist, has received Gold Medal in Ph.D. (Agricultural Economics) in 11^th Annual Convocation held at Dr. Y S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni (Solan) on 07.12.2021

5. Dr. Amit Guleria, Economist (Q.M.) has received Gold Medal in Ph.D. (Agricultural Economics) in 10^th Annual Convocation held at Dr. Y S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni (Solan) on 05.03.2020.

6. Dr. Sangeet Ranguwal, Agricultural Economist received OKP Fellowship from Nuffic, Dutch organisation for Internationalisation, the Netherlands.