Education: B.Sc. Agri (Hons.), GNDU, Amritsar (1994); M.Sc. (Vegetable Crops), PAU, Ludhiana (1998), Ph.D. (Vegetable Crops), PAU, Ludhiana (2011)

Position Held: Principal Extension Scientist (Vegetable) cum Director, USF, Usman, Tarn Taran (Additional Charge)

Field of Specialization: Vegetable Breeding (Tomato & Chilli)

Research Interest: Breeding and seed production of vegetable crops

Selected Research Publications:

• Singh P, Cheema D S, Dhaliwal M S, Garg N, Jindal S K and Chawla N (2015) Combining Ability and Heterosis for Quality and Processing Traits in Chili Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) Involving Male Sterile Lines. Journal of Crop Improvement 29 (4)/ 2015/ 379-404 (NAAS: 5.12).
• Singh N, Sangeet, Kaur R and Singh P (2017) An Analysis of Transformation of Agro-Skills into Income through Vocational Trainings. Indian Journal of Economics and Development 13 (2a) /2017/ 623-627 (NAAS: 4.82).
• Singh P, Dhillon B S and Singh S (2020) Assessment of farmers' knowledge and their perceived constraints to recommended chilli production practices in Punjab. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 9 (08): 1423-1430 (NAAS: 5.38).
• Singh R, Singh P and Dhillon T S (2020) Physiological Maturity and Longevity of Pumpkin seeds in Relation to Fruit Age and Duration of in situ Storage. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 9 (08): 2633-2641 (NAAS: 5.38).
• Jindal S K, Garg N, Singh P, Kaur S and Jain S (2021) Evaluation of promising tomato hybrids having resistance to late blight and root knot nematodes in diverse agroclimatic zones of Punjab. Agric Res J, 58 (5) : 768-773, October 2021 (NAAS: 5.44)