Dr Harmeet Singh joined Punjab Agricultural University as Assistant Professor on April 29, 1997 after completing B.Sc. (Agri) Hons. from PAU in 1993, M.Sc. (Agronomy) from PAU in 1995 and after completing his Ph.D., he joined as Assistant Professor in the Department of Agronomy in April 1997. He is now working as Professor from April 2012 till date. His field of specialization is Crop Physiology, Crop Production (Resource Conservation Technology).

Professional Accomplishments

Apart from teaching various undergraduate, postgraduate and Ph.D. students, for the last eight years, he is Chairman, Academic Committee (Teaching) and assisting the head of department in compiling reports and submitting requisite information to higher authorities and coordinating various teaching activities. He has guided/guiding ten M.Sc. and three Ph.D. students as major advisor and have published more than 50 research papers in national and international journals. He has also written two teaching manuals, one book chapter, published ten popular articles, 11 recommendations in Package of Practices and have attended more than 20 Conferences/Symposiums. He was member of Resident Instruction Committee during 2024-25. He was also member of Board of Studies of various institutes outside PAU from time to time. At the university level, he was Officer In-charge of National Cadet Corps (NCC) for about ten years. He remained Sports President of various sports viz. Swimming, Shooting, Volley Ball etc. from time to time and is currently Sports President of Lawn Tennis (Boys and Girls) at the university level.

He was associated with the Dean, PGS for day to day activities for about four years and on behalf of Dean PGS, he attended meetings of Board of Studies, Resident Instruction Committee etc. He was a member of the Working Task Force of the PAU to compile Self Study Report (SSR), based on which, PAU got an outstanding overall score of 3.59 out of 4.00, securing the highest grade of A+ from the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). He acted as Convener of Anti-Ragging Committee for IOA, Gurdaspur and IOA, Bhatinda and College of Agriculture, Ballowal Saunkri and as Co-Convener, PAU Anti-Ragging Committee (2023-24). 

Research Projects completed

• Co-principal investigator of the research project entitled ‘On farm assessment and refinement of crop management technology for summer groundnut’ approved by the ICAR 
• Co-principal investigator of the ICAR funded project entitled ‘Production management of soybean based cropping system and different agro-climatic regions of Punjab’

Research Publications:

1. Singh H, Singh G and Deol J S (2010) Nodulation and uptake of nitrogen and potassium by grain and straw of soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) as affected by potassium and split application of nitrogen. Legume Research- An International Journal.33 (4): 249-255 (NAAS rating 6.15)
2. Jassal R K and Singh H (2020) Influence of primed seed and varying seed rate on growth and productivity of soybean (Glycine max L.) under different planting techniques. Legume Research- An International Journal.43 (3): 1394-400 (NAAS rating 6.23)
3. Singh G, Kang J S, Kaur J, Gill, J S, Singh H (2022) Nitrogen scheduling in maize in relation to tillage interventions and planting methods in Indian Punjab. Maydica 67 (1) (NAAS rating 6.914)
4. Gupta R K, Kaur J, Kang J S, Singh H, Kaur S, Sayed S, Gaber A and Hossain A (2022) Tillage in combination with rice straw retention in a Rice–Wheat system improves the productivity and quality of wheat Grain through improving the soil Physio-Chemical properties. Land, 11, 1693. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11101693 (NAAS rating 9.95)
5. Ghuman R S and Singh H (2024) Impact of nitrogen fertilizer, tillage intensity, and residue Management on crop productivity in Rice-Wheat system. AMA, Agricultural Mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America. 55 (2): 17663-672 (NAAS rating 6.30)