Education: B.Sc.Agriculture (Hons.)/College of Agriculture, PAU, Ludhiana (1998); M.Sc Plant Breeding/College of Agriculture, PAU, Ludhiana (2000); Ph.D. Plant Breeding/College of Agriculture, PAU, Ludhiana (2006).

Positions held: Asstt. Seed Production Specialist (USF, Naraingarh (2008-2010) and RRS Kapurthala (2010-2012)); Plant Breeder, O/o Director (Seeds), PAU, Ludhiana (2012-2020); Sr. Plant Breeder, O/o Director (Seeds), PAU, Ludhiana (2020 till date)

Field of Specialization: Breeder/Quality Seed Production in Field Crops

Research Interests: Improved seed production technologies in field crops.

Ongoing Projects:

1. All India Coordinated Research Project on Quality Seed Production under the AICRP on Seed (Crops)
2. Creation of Seed-hubs for increasing indigenous production of Pulses in India, ICAR funded by Government of India Ministry of Agriculture & Farmer's Welfare
3. Creation of Seed Infrastructure Facilities, "Sub Mission on Seed and Planting Material (SMSP) funded by Government of India Ministry of Agriculture & Farmer's Welfare

Selected Research Publications:

1. Sharma A B, Singh N and Singh T P (2023) Alteration in the sowing time as an effective cultural management practice against kernel smut of rice. Journal of Phytopathology, 00, 1–9. https://doi. org/10.1111/jph.13180 (NASS: 7.83)
2. Sharma A, Srivastava P, Mavi GS, Kaur S, Kaur J, Bala R, Singh TP, Sohu VS, Chhuneja P, Bains NS and Singh GP (2021) Resurrection of Wheat Cultivar PBW 343 Using Marker-Assisted Gene Pyramiding for Rust Resistance. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12:570408. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.570408 (NASS: 10.40)
3. Singh TP, Dhaliwal I and Khosla G (2020) Breeder Seed Production of Wheat At PAU: A Way To Quality Seed Availability. Agricultural Research Journal. 57 (2): 284-296 (NASS: 6.00)

National (AICRP) recommendations:

1. Optimization of aperture size of bottom/grading sieves for processing of new crop varieties.
2. Management of Karnal Bunt in wheat seed through mechanical processing