Dr. Kamalpreet Singh Mandahal joined PAU as Rice Breeder on 14.07.2025. After completing BSc Agriculture (Hons.) from College of Agriculture, Ludhiana in 2018 and MSc (Plant Breeding and Genetics) from PAU, Ludhiana in 2020, He completed his PhD in Plant Breeding and Genetics from PAU, Ludhiana in 2024. He was awarded CSIR-JRF fellowship during the course of his PhD. His research area is development of high yielding varieties of Basmati and Non-basmati with in-built resistance against stresses; possessing desireable grain quality and suitable growth duration. He has published 5 research papers in national and international journals and 4 book chapters.

Professional Accomplishments

Research Project: Nil

Research Publications:

1.Mandahal KS, Meghana DP, Sirari A, Bhatia D, Garcha KS and Gill BS (2025) Identification of genes governing YMD resistance in soybean cultivar SL 958. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 105:1970-7. (NAAS:10.10)

2.Saini P, Sirari A, Gnanesh BN, Mandahal KS, Ludhar NK, Nagpal S, Patel SAH, Akhatar, J, Saini P, Pratap A and Bains TS (2023) Assessment of Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR) Markers Derived from Whole-Genome Sequence (WGS) of Mungbean (Vignaradiata L. Wilczek): Cross-Species Transferability and Population Genetic Studies in Vigna Species. Horticulturae, 10(1), p.34.(NAAS: 9.10)

3.Nagpal S, Sirari A, Sharma P, Singh S, Mandahal KS, Singh H and Singh S (2023) Marker trait association for biological nitrogen fixation traits in an interspecific cross of chickpea (Cicerarietinum × Cicerreticulatum). Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 29(7), pp.1005-1018.(NAAS: 9.50)

4.Nagpal S, Sharma P, Sirari A, Kumawat KC, Wati L, Gupta SC and Mandahal KS (2021) Chickpea (Cicerarietinum L.) as model  legume for decoding the co-existence of Pseudomonasfluorescens and Mesorhizobium sp. as bio-fertilizer under diverse agro-climatic zones. Microbiological Research, 247, p.126720.(NAAS: 12.70)

5.Singh J, Sirari A, Singh H, Kumar A, Jaidka M, Mandahal KS, Kumar S and Singh S (2021) Identifying and validating SSR markers linked with rust resistance in lentil (Lensculinaris). Plant Breeding, 140(3), pp.477-485.(NAAS: 8.0)