Dr Amit Kaul holds a B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture from Khalsa College, Amritsar (2006), and earned his M.Sc. (Agronomy) in 2009 and Ph.D. (Agronomy) in 2013 from Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana. Soon after completing his doctoral degree, he joined as Assistant Professor (Agronomy) at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Bahowal (Hoshiarpur) on December 3, 2013. In February 2014, he was transferred to the Farm Advisory Service Centre, Pathankot, as District Extension Scientist (Agronomy). In this role, he also managed the university seed farm at Pathankot and played a key role in establishing KVK, Pathankot. After the successful setup of KVK, he was transferred on June 21, 2017, as Assistant Professor (Agronomy) at KVK, Pathankot and later joined the Department of Agronomy, PAU, Ludhiana, as Extension Scientist (Agronomy) in February 2021 (till date). He has organized 25 field days, 36 one day and 6 one week farmer trainings, delivered 11 TV talks and 289 technical lectures, and participated in 25 exhibitions to guide farmers regarding the various aspects of better cultivation practices of field crops in Punjab. He has published 60 popular articles, 2 booklets and 13 research papers and has been associated with 5 research projects as Co-Principal Investigator.

Research Interests:

Conduct research on agronomic aspects of different field crops and resource management techniques for increasing crop productivity in face of emerging issues of sustainable crop production.

Publications:

P S Shera, Sudhendu Sharma, Jawala Jindal, Maninder Bons, Gurpartap Singh, Amit Kaul, Rabinder Kaur And K S Sangha (2017) On-farm impact of egg parasitoid, Trichogramma chilonis against maize stem borer, Chilo partellus in Punjab . Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 87 (10): 1412–5. (NAAS rating 6.17)

Amit Kaul, Charanjeet Kaur and Guriqbal Singh (2017) Performance of Kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L) under different sowingdates in sub-mountainous area of Punjab. Legume Research. Print ISSN:0250-5371 / Online ISSN:0976-0571: 1-5 (NAAS rating 6.15).

Amit Kaul, J. S. Deol and A. S. Brar (2017) Within-plant yield distribution in Bt cotton following fruiting form removal. Journal of Crop and Weed, 13(2): 73-78. (NAAS rating: 5.28).

Simerjeet Kaur, I.C. Barua, Tarundeep Kaur, Navjyot Kaur, Amit Kaul and Makhan S. Bhullar (2018) Appearance of new weeds in Punjab. Indian Journal of Weed Science 50(1): 59–63. (NAAS rating: 5.17).

Amit Kaul and J S Deol (2018) Response of Bt cotton to early season floral bud removal: growth and yield distribution. Agriculture Research Journal, P.A.U.55 (4): 659-663. (NAAS rating: 4.71)