Dr. Derminder Singh played an active role in the Instrumentation Cell as its Incharge from 2003 to 2009. He earned a National Fellowship under MHRD, New Delhi and joined Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee to pursue his PhD degree from 2009 to 2013. He acted as CO-PI in three research projects funded by different funding agencies. He acted as founder regular Head, Department of Electrical Engineering & Information Technology from Nov 2020 to Nov 2024.

Education:

Ph.D. (Electrical Engg.), IIT, Roorkee (2014); M.Tech. (Electrical Engg.), Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana (1995); B.E. (Electrical Engg.), PU, Chandigarh (1991)

Position Held:

Professor, PAU Ludhiana (2017 till date); Associate Professor, PAU Ludhiana (2008- 2017); Assistant Professor, PAU Ludhiana (1995-2008)

Field of Specialization:

Multiphase Synchronous Machines

Research Interests:

Multiphase Electrical Machines

Research projects:

1. Energy Management in Agriculture
2. Energy auditing and adoption of renewable energy technologies in a village
3. Energy auditing and adoption of renewable energy technologies in a village by ICAR, New Delhi
4. Design and Development of Solar Powered Farm, funded by NCPAAH, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Government of India
5. Development of sensor platform for rapid detection of adulterants in turmeric powder funded by Government of Punjab.

Publications:

1. Sharma S, Singh D and Chauhan S (2017) An Interactive Computer Vision System for Tree Ring Analysis. Current Science 112(6): 1262-65.
2. Kumar S, Singh D, Dogra B and Dogra R (2018) Investigation of grain Distribution Characteristics in an Axial Flow Thresher Using Impact Agricultural Mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America. 49(4): 75-80.
3. Mishra P K, Singh M, Biswal M, Singh D, Bector V and Patel B (2021) Agricultural Mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America : 52(2), pp 24-
4. Lohan S K, Narang M K, Singh M, Singh D, Sidhu H S, Singh S, Dixit A K, Karkee M (2022) Design and Development of Remote-Control System for Two-wheel Paddy Transplanter, Journal of Field Robotics. 39(3): 177-87.

Parihar D S, Dogra B, Narang M K, Javed M, Singh D (2024) Integrated seeding attachment for combine harvesters: A sustainable approach for conservation agriculture, Environment, Development and Sustainability. 26 (11): 27805-27825