Born on 10th April 1978 at Abohar, Simerjeet Kaur obtained B.Sc. Agri. (1999) with OCPA of 8.34/10; M.Sc. Agronomy (2001) with OCPA of 8.67/10; and Ph.D. Agronomy (2012) with OCPA of 8.59/10 from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. Dr. Kaur served as Assistant Professor (2003-2007) at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kapurthala; Agronomist (2008-2016), Senior Agronomist (2017-2019); and Principal Agronomist (2020-till date) at Department of Agronomy, PAU, Ludhiana. She served in All India Coordinated Research Programme on Weed Management (AICRP-WM) for ten years (2008-2018) and bestowed with Team Award for ‘Best Centre Award’ in 2016. She has made outstanding research contributions in the field of weed management and conservation agriculture based cropping systems including 30 crop production/ protection technologies. She has published 74 research articles (including 25 with impact factor, >6.0 NAAS rating), 5 books/manuals, 8 book chapters, co-edited 16 books /bulletins and 105 extension articles. She has guided 5 M.Sc. and 3 Ph.D. students as major advisor and taught 25 agronomy courses including weed science. She is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of Indian Journal of Agronomy and Associate Editor of Indian Journal of Weed Science, Crop Science (Crop Science Society of America), Journal of Agricultural Science Cambridge and Frontiers in Agronomy journals. Dr. Kaur got advanced training in US and presented about 50 papers in national and international conferences/symposia. She is the recipient of ‘PAU Appreciation Certificate’, ISA and ISWS Fellow Award.

Research Projects:

1. Enhancing water use efficiency in rice-wheat cropping system using Internet of Things (IoT) funded by World Bank (2018-2020): as Co-PI
2. School of Natural Resources Management for Sustainable Agriculture, Funded by ICAR NAHEP-CAAST and World Bank (2018-2022): as Associated Scientist
3. Enhancing basmati rice productivity through integrated crop solutions under public-private partnership mode, funded by Bayer (2017-2020): as Co-PI
4. Enhancing pre and post emergent herbicides efficacy by spray technologies for weed management in rice-wheat production system in Punjab by public private partner-ship mode funded by UPL, Bombay (2015-2017): as Co-PI

5. All India Coordinated Research Project on Weed Management till March 2018. Weed Science section of project of “Establishment of the Department of Agronomy Plan 6 Part B-Research” from March 2018 onwards

Research Publications (Five) :

• Hasam H, Kaur S, Kaur H, Kaur N, Kaur T, Aulakh CS and Bhullar MS (2021) Weed management using tillage, seed rate and bed planting in durum wheat (Triticum durum Desf.) under an organic agriculture system. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science https://doi.org/10.1080/03650340.2021.1946041 (NAAS rating: 8.14)
• Chaudhary A, Chhokar RS, Dhanda S, Kaushik P, Kaur S, Poonia TM, Khedwal RS, Kumar S, Punia SS (2021) Herbicide resistance to metsulfuron-methyl in Rumex dentatus L. in north-west india and its management perspectives for sustainable wheat production. Sustainability 13, 6947. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13126947 (NAAS rating: 8.58)
• Kaur R, Kaur S, Deol JS Sharma R, Kaur T, Brar AS, Choudhary OP (2021) Soil properties and weed dynamics in wheat as affected by rice residue management in the rice–wheat cropping system in south Asia: A Review. Plants 10, 953. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10050953 (NAAS rating: 8.76)
• Dhanda S, Kaur S, Chaudhary A, Jugulam M, Hunjan MS, Sangha MK and Bhullar MS. 2022. Characterization and management of metsulfuron-resistant Rumex dentatus biotypes in Northwest India. Agronomy Journal 114: 366-378. (NAAS rating: 8.24)
• Kaur S, Dhanda S, Yadav A, Sagwal P, Yadav DB and Chauhan BS (2022) Current status of herbicide-resistant weeds and their management in the rice-wheat cropping system of South Asia. Advances in Agronomy. 172: 307-354. (NAAS rating: 12.92)

Awards and Recognitions :

• ‘Best Centre Award’ of AICRP-Weed Management for the year 2015-16
• Awarded PAU Appreciation Certificate in September 2019
• Awarded Indian Society of Agronomy Fellow – 2021
• Awarded Indian Society of Weed Science Fellow – 2023