Dr. Parminder Singh joined PAU as Assistant Professor Plant Protection on 21.01.2009 after completing B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture in 1997 and M.Sc. (Plant Pathology) in 2000 from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. He did In-service PhD (Plant Pathology) from PAU, Ludhiana in 2019. His field of specialization is wheat and forest pathology and also worked on seed technology. He is associated with SERB-SURE project as Co-PI since 2023. He has guided 2 M.Sc. students as major advisor, published 41 research papers in national and international journals and presented about 20 papers in national and international conferences. He has delivered around 100 lectures to guide farmers and technocrats on disease diagnostics and management in various extension programs. He is looking after the work of Post Entry Quarantine (PEQ) for HoD Plant Pathology, who is the designated inspection authority for Punjab state. He is also working on various aspects of diseases of forest trees, actively engaged in rejuvenation of historically and religiously important trees in Punjab. He is secretary of the extension committee of Department of Plant Pathology and Joint secretary of Indian Society of Plant Pathologists.

Professional Accomplishments

Research Projects completed

1. Twelve testing projects on bio-efficacy of fungicides through conventional and drone application worth Rs. 83.42 lakh as PI.  
2. PURSE project Theme III (B), “Development of integrated management package for important diseases of field and horticultural crops” as Co-PI.

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Research Publications:

1. Ramesh, G.V., Kaur, J., Singla, D., Chhuneja P., Saharan A., Gangwar O.P., Bala R., Mir R.R. and Tak Parminder Singh (2025).  Use of Field pathogenomics approach for Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici race identification and phylogenomic delineation in North India. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 41, 166. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-025-04391-x (NAAS-10.0)
2. Rautela A., Tak Parminder Singh and Singh A. (2024). Assessment of biotic stressed seeds of wheat in Punjab and its invigoration using chitosan treatment. Indian Phytopathology https://doi.org/10.1007/s42360-024-00728-y.  (NAAS-5.97)
3. Anand S., Sandhu S.K. and Tak Parminder Singh (2023). Effect of abiotic factors on pathotypes causing yellow and brown rust in wheat. J. Agrometeorology 25: 462-65. (NAAS-6.00)  
4. Bala R., Kaur J., Tak Parminder Singh, Sandhu S.K., Pannu P.P.S. (2022). A model for Tilletia indica (Karnal bunt) – Triticum aestivum (Wheat) system under changing environmental conditions. Indian Phytopathology https://doi.org/10.1007/s42360-022-00520-w (NAAS-5.95)
5. S.K. Sandhu, Parminder Singh Tak, P.P.S. Pannu (2021) Forewarning of stripe rust (Puccinia striiformis) of wheat in central zone of Punjab.  Journal of Agrometeorology23(4):435-441 (NAAS-6.47) 
6. Parminder Singh Tak, P.P.S. Pannu and Jaspal Kaur (2021) Effect of foliar application of fungicides, neem extract and butter milk on yellow rust, plant growth and yield parameters of wheat. Agricultural Research Journal 58(2): 232-239 (NAAS-5.44)

Awards and Recognitions:

1. Best Oral Presentation to paper entitled, “Histological analysis of glume discolouration of wheat in Punjab-a pathological perspective” by Tak Parminder Singh, Verma R. K., Kaur J. and Rautela A. (2023) in National Symposium on “Plant Pathology: Sustainable Approaches for Food Security and Human Health” held from  08-09 December, 2023 at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
2. Best poster award to paper entitled, “Effect of Chitosan as seed treatment to invigorate blight infested shrivelled wheat seeds” by Rautela A., Kumar N., Singh A., Tak Parminder Singh and Verma R.K., in symposium on ‘Impact of Climate Change on Emerging Plant Diseases’ and Annual meeting of Indian Phytopathological Society (NZ) held at SKAUST-Kashmir from 28-29th October, 2022.
3. Certificate of appreciation for oral presentation “Effect of priming with bio-control agents and salts on seed invigoration and wilt incidence in chickpea” in 7th National Seed Congress held at Bhopal from 25-27 Sept., 2014