Dr. Laishram Priscilla joined PAU as an Agricultural Economist on 25.08.2018 under the Research Scheme “Establishment of Department of Economics and Sociology, R and E- 27 (PC-1054.2)” of the department after completing BSc (Agriculture) from Central Agricultural University in 2010 and M.Sc. (Agricultural Economics) from GBPUAT, Pantnagar in 2012. She did her Ph.D (Agricultural Economics) from ICAR-NDRI, Karnal in 2017. She has worked as Research Associate at ICAR-NIAP, New Delhi from November 2017 to August 2018. She is currently involved as co-PI in the network project funded by ICAR-NIAP titled ““Ecosystems, agribusiness and institutions” Component 1: “Impact assessment of agricultural technology” since 2022. She has guided 4 Masters and 3 Ph.D. students as major advisor, published 40 research papers in national and international journals and presented more than 10 papers in various and seminars and conferences.

Professional Accomplishments

Research Projects completed

1. Impact Assessment Study of CSSPAM for in-situ paddy stubble management in Punjab funded by Govt. of Punjab as co-PI (2021-2023)

Research Publications:

1. Priscilla L, Sharma P R, Patil S, Rakshit S, Kar P, Sinha P K and Manjunatha B L (2024) Does access to veterinary departments and cooperatives for technical advice improve livestock farmers’ income? Evidence from recent NSSO survey. Indian Journal of Social and Economic Development. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40847-024-00366-0
2. Priscilla L, Singh O K, Vatta K (2021) Effects of Income Sources on Inequality among Agricultural Households in North-east India. Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics. 76. 
3. Singh O K, Priscilla L, Vatta K (2021) The impact of public expenditure on agricultural growth: Empirical evidence from Punjab, India. Agricultural Economics Research Review 34: 157-16. 
4. Kumar S, Priscilla L, Guleria A, Kaur M and Kingra H S (2024) Inequality Among Agricultural Households in Rural Punjab: The Effect of Income Sources. Indian Journal of Economics and Development 20: 237-244. 
5. Lalrinsangpuii, Malhotra  R and Priscilla L (2016) Economics of Milk Production and its Constraints in Mizoram. Indian Journal of Dairy Science 69: 588-594

Awards and Recognitions:

1. PhD Merit certificate
2. Received Dr. Anamitra Saha Prize Award given by Indian Society of Agricultural Economics, 2023
3. First prize for best paper at 2nd Annual Conference of Indian Society for Agricultural Development and Policy (ISADP), 2023 at PAU, Ludhiana.