Education        : B.Sc Medical, Punjab University (1992); M.Sc Genetics, College of Agriculture, PAU, Ludhiana (1995); Ph.D. Genetics, College of Agriculture, PAU, Ludhiana (1998).

Positions held  : Plant Breeder (2004-2016). Senior Plant Breeder(2016-2019 ), Principal Plant Breeder(2019-till date).

Field of Specialization:Plant Breeding,Pulses Breeding 

Research Interests: Development of improved varieties of mungbean, urdbean, Fababean and Quinoa .

Research Projects:

1. All India Coordinated Research Project on Potential Crops
2. All India Coordinated Research Project on MULLaRP
3. DUS Testing of Fababean (Vicia faba)

Selected Research Publications (maximum up to 5):

1. Kaur H, Gill R S and Gill R K Co-relation between biophysical seed characteristics of ricebean, Vigna umbellataand the development of Callosobruchus maculatus (Coleoptera: Chrysomeliadae: Bruchinae). J. Stored. Prod. Res. 83: 9-13 (NAAS rating 7.83)
2. Bains T S, Gill R K, Singh S and Singh I Notification of crop varieties and registration of germplasm, Mungbean variety SML1827. Indian J. Genet.80 (4) : 491 (NAAS rating 6.47)
3. Dhaliwal S K, Gill R K, Sharma A, Kaur A, Bhatia D, and Kaur S 2022 . A large-effect QTL introgressed from ricebean imparts resistance to Mungbean yellow mosaic India virus in blackgram (Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper). Theor Appl Genet . https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-022-04234-5(NAAS rating 11.7)
4. Kaur H, Grewal SK, Gill RK and Gill PS (2022).Biochemical characterization of quinoa genotypes for nutritional constituents and antioxidant potential. Agricultural Research journal, 59(3): 486-495. (NAAS rating: 5.44 )
5. Kumar A, Bindra S, Gill R K, Singh I and Singh S   2024. Notification of crop varieties and registration of germplasm, urdbean variety Mash1190. Indian J. Genet., 84(2):314 (NAAS rating 7.0)

Awards/Honours/Distinctions:

• Member of ‘Mungbean Team’ received award from IIPR, Kanpur for developing and popularization of short-duration mungbean varieties (2007)
• Fellow of Indian Society of Pulses Research and Development, Kanpur (2011)
• Member of best centre award for outstanding contributions in development of high yielding varieties and technologies inkharif pulses, received from IIPR, Kanpur (2024)