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Dr. Kiranjot Sidhu joined as Assistant Professor at KVK, Ludhiana in 1990 before being selected as Senior Scientist under AICRP in Home Science in the Dept of Extension Education. She served as Head of the department from 2016-2020 with additional charge till Feb 2021 before joining as Associate Director, Skill Development, PAU, Ludhiana till June 16, 2021. She joined her present assignment as HoD from June 17, 2021. She organized the first Farm Women Fair by any KVK in Punjab and first Food and Craft Mela at PAU Campus. She has more than fifty research papers , ten technical bulletins, manuals, book chapters and large number of extension publications, TV and radio talks to her credit. Dr. Sidhu completed more than 15 projects under AICRP as Principal Investigator and generated data base with policy based implication in the field of women in agriculture and empowerment of women through self-help groups. She had been actively involved in creating awareness regarding plantation and use of medicinal plants for health and facilitating marketing linkages for women involved in income generating activities along with developing media packages for dissemination of practices/technologies. During the year 2013, she was awarded Chaudhary Devi Lal, All India Coordinated Research Project Award, in recognition for outstanding performance of the cooperating centers of AICRP in Home Science. Her idea and its presentation in form of theme area ‘Innovation Market Place’ at first Global conference on Women in Agriculture, March 2012, ICAR, New Delhi was appreciated by the President of India and Agriculture Minister, Government of India. She has been actively involved in teaching Under Graduate and Post Graduate courses in Extension Education and and guided MSc and PhD students.
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