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Born on 09.07.1973, Dr Rajinder Singh earned his Masters and Doctorate degrees in Vegetable Science from Punjab Agricultural University in 1998 and 2001, respectively. He was merit scholarship/fellowship holder in B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. He joined the University services on 24.12.2002 as District Extension Specialist (Vegetables) at FASS, Gurdaspur, was promoted to Scientist (Vegetable Seeds) at PAU, Ludhiana in 2009 and elevated to the position of Principal Scientist (Vegetable Seeds) in 2015. He has vast experience of 21 years in the field of vegetable research, teaching and seed production. He has been associated in development of 3 vegetable varieties of Methi, Radish and Broccoli, and 17 vegetable seed production technology recommendations such as improvement of seed germination, seed dormancy, physiological seed maturity and seed production. He has helped in increasing the vegetable seed production significantly through large scale production and distribution of vegetable kits under the new look packaging material of summer and winter season vegetables. He has also been involved in increased wheat seed production during his tenure. Production of virus free potato and turmeric was also initiated on a large scale. He was instrumental in developing a single window system of seed supply of all crops without any hassle.
Dr. Rajinder Singh has successfully handled two research projects (funded by UGC and NABARD) and 7 sponsored projects (funded by NHM). During his tenure as Associate Director (Seeds), 4 International Trainings for Afghan delegates were organized on various aspects of seed production and quality testing. He has guided 9 M.Sc. and 1 Ph.D. student in the discipline of Vegetable Science. He has published 27 research papers, 20 Extension articles, 28 bulletins and 3 booklets in various National and International journals, magazines and conferences.
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