Er. Arshdeep Singh joined PAU as Assistant Professor (Agril. Engg.) at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ludhiana (Samrala) in 2013 after completing B. Tech. (Agricultural Engineering) from PAU, Ludhiana in 2005 and M. Tech. (Farm Power and Machinery) from PAU, Ludhiana in 2007. Later he joined as Asstt. Engineer/Scientist in the Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engg., PAU, Ludhiana on 02.09.2013. His field of specialization is development and evaluation of machinery for paddy residue management and planting and transplanting machinery. He has completed 03 projects as Co-PI funded by NFSM, DST and ICAR NAHEP. He has published 19 research papers in national and international journals, presented 14 papers in national and international conferences. He has published 62 extension articles and 14 extension bulletins. He has delivered 116 extension lectures and 16 Radio/TV talks. He was Chairman of Extension Sub-Committee of the department and Incharge, Department Research Farm. Presently he is doing PhD as in-service candidate at PAU, Ludhiana.

Professional Accomplishments

Research projects completed

• Evaluation and popularization of technologies for paddy straw management (Component A: Refinement and Popularization of Machinery for Paddy Straw Management) funded by NFSM, Govt. of India in 2018 as Co-PI.
• Refinement and multi-location feasibility studies of straw management system for combine harvester to evenly spread loose residues funded by CSIR-CMERI CoEFM, Ludhiana and DST India in 2021 as Co-PI.
• ICAR NAHEP-CAAST School of Natural Resource Management for Sustainable Agriculture funded by ICAR/World Bank in 2021 as Co-PI.
• Field trial for in-situ paddy straw degradation funded by State govt. as Associated Scientist in 2023.
• Development and evaluation of Tractor operated Mat type nursery seeder funded by AICRP on Farm Implements and Machinery as Associated Scientist in 2022.
• Development and evaluation of Tractor operated Strip Till Seeder (PAU Smart seeder) funded by AICRP on Farm Implements and Machinery as Associated Scientist in 2022.

Research Publications:

1. Singh M, Chaleka A T, Goyal R, Gupta N, Singh A, Singh M, Sharma S, Dixit A K, Malik A, Ansari N and Mohamed A (2024) PAU Smart Seeder: a novel way forward for rice residue management in North‑west India. Scientific Reports, 14:11747.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-62337-z
2. Singh T, Verma A, Singh M, Patel N D, Dheri G S, Singh K and Singh A (2024) A human machine interface (HMI) assisted portable device for measuring soil efflux using low-cost sensors: design, development and field evaluation. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-024-02909-9
3. Sharma S, Singh S, Singh M, Singh A, Ali H M, Siddiqui M H, and D Bhattarai (2022) Changes in wheat rhizosphere carbon pools in response to nitrogen and straw incorporation. Agronomy, 12, 2774, https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12112774.
4. Goel N, Singh S K, Dixit A K, Singh A, Singh M and Jain L (2022) Refinement of wheat straw harvester for paddy straw harvesting and bruising. Journal of Agricultural Engineering (ISAE), 59 (3): 201-216. (NAAS rating: 4.79)
5. Modi R U, Manes G S, Mahal J S, Dixit A K, Singh A and Mahal A K (2022) Field evaluation of tractor-operated seeder for mat type paddy nursery. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 92 (9): 1066-1070.

Awards and Recognition:

• Best Paper Award in Agriculture Division during 28^th Indian Engineering Congress by Institution of Engineers (IEI), Kolkata held at Chennai on Dec. 20, 2013
• Best Poster Paper Award at 51^st ISAE Convention held at CCS HAU, Hisar on Feb. 16-18, 2017
• Best e-Poster paper Award during 8^th Asian-Australasian Conference on Precision Agriculture – 2019 held at PAU, Ludhiana during Oct. 14-17, 2019.
• Best e-Poster Paper Award 54^th Annual Convention of ISAE held at Pune from Jan 7-9, 2020.