Education: B.SC, PAU Ludhiana, (1994); M.Sc. PAU, Ludhiana (1997); Ph.D. PAU, Ludhiana (2001)

Position Held: Asstt. Professor (Plant Breeding) at KVK SBS Nagar (09/04/2008 to 28.2.2012); Assistant Breeder, Establishment of Forage Section (28.2.2012- 31.3.2016); Forage Breeder (1.4.2016 to 9/04/2020), Sr. Forage Breeder (9/04/2020 onwards)

Field of Specialization: Forage Breeding

Research Interest

1. Development of high-yielding forage varieties having good quality and tolerant to biotic and abiotic stresses.

Research Projects:

1. All India Coordinated Sorghum Improvement project
2. All India Coordinated Research Project on Forage Crops and Utilization

Publications:

1. Jain M, Singh DP, Goyal M 2025. Genetic divergence and associations studies among forage and quality characters in Guar (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba) germplasm. Indian J Plant Genet. Resources38(2): 184-191. (NAAS rating: 5.17)
2. Jain M, Singh DP, Sharma P. 2024. Genetic analysis and identification of linked SSR Markers for erectness in forage cowpea. Legume research- An international journal. DOI: 10.18805/LR-5220. (NAAS rating : 6.80)
3. Dhillon MS, Singh DP, Goyal M 2024. Genetic analysis for forage yield and quality characters in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata Walp) Range manages Agro for 45 (2):264-71. (NAAS rating: 6.80)
4. Singh DP, Jain M, and Sandhu S 2023. Principal component analysis for forage yield and quality traits in maize (Zea mays. L) Range Manage Agrofor  44(2):269-77 (NAAS rating: 6.80)
5. Singh DP and Sohu RS 2021. Notification and Germplasm registration- Punjab Ryegrass 2. Indian J  Genet  Plant Breed  81(3):470 (NAAS rating : 7.00)
6. Singh DP, Gagandeep Singh, Tosh Garg, Gill GK 2024. Notification and Germplasm registration – Forage maize variety J 1008. Indian J  Genet  Plant Breed  84 (4): 735 (NAAS rating : 7.00)

         PG Students

1. PhD Student : Ritesh Kaushal (L-2022-A-42-D)
2. M Sc Student: Liza Goyal (L-2023-A-80-M)

 Life Member

1. Indian Society of Plant Genetics Resources, NBPGR, PUSA Campus, New Delhi
2. Range Management Society of India, IGFRI, Jhansi
3. Indian Society of Forage Research, CCSHAU, Hisar, Haryana
4. Crop Improvement Society, PAU, Ludhiana