Completed B.Sc. Agriculture (Hons.) in 2003, M.Sc. in Plant Breeding in 2005 and Ph.D. in Plant Breeding and Genetics in 2024 from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. Worked as Assistant Breeder at PAU, University Seed Farm, Nariangarh, Fatehgarh Sahib from 28.7.2014 to 30.09.2015, worked as Plant Breeder at PAU, Regional Research Station, Faridkot from 1.10.2015 to 18.09.2024. From 19.9.2024 to till date working as Extension Scientist (Oilseeds) in department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, PAU, Ludhiana.

Selected publications:

1. Singh Gurpreet, Sandhu SK, Meeta M, Singh K, Gill R and Gosal SS (2008) In vitro induction and characterization of somaclonal variations for red rot and other agronomic traits in sugarcane. Euphytica160: 35-47.
2. Kaur A, Sidana K, Bhatia D, Neelam K, Singh G, Sahi G K, Gill B K, Sharma P, Yadav I S and Singh K (2018) A novel QTL qSPP2.2 controlling spikelet per panicle identified from Oryzalongistaminata (A. Chev. et Roehr.), mapped and transferred to Oryzasativa (L.). Molecular Breeding 38: 92. org/10.1007/s11032-018-0843-9.
3. Singh Gurpreet, Mishra S K and Sanghera G S (2019) Variability and character association for commercial cane sugar and its components in early maturing sugarcane clones. Agricultural Research Journal 56: 321-24.
4. Kushwah A, Bhatia D, Singh G, Singh I, Bindra S, Vij S and Singh S (2021) Phenotypic evaluation of genetic variability and selection of yield contributing traits in chickpea recombinant inbred line population under high temperature stress. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants 27: 747-767.
5. Kushwah A, Bhatia D, Singh I,Thudi M, Singh G, Bindra S, Vij S, Gill B S, Bharadwaj C, Singh S and Varshney R K (2021) Identification of stable heat tolerance QTLs using inter-specific recombinant inbred line population derived from GPF 2 and ILWC 292. PLoS One 16: e0254957.
6. Kushwah A, Bhatia D, Singh G, Singh I, Vij S, Bindra S, Siddique K H M, Nayyar H and Singh S (2022) Phenotypic evaluation of agronomic and root related traits for drought tolerance in recombinant inbred line population derived from a chickpea cultivar ( arietinum L.) and its wild relative (C. reticulatum). Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants. doi.org/10.1007/s12298-022-01218-z.
7. Kushwah A, Bhatia D, Barmukh R, Singh I, Singh G, Bindra S, Vij S, Chellapilla B, Pratap A, Roorkiwal M, Kumar S, Varshney R K and Singh S (2022) Genetic mapping of QTLs for drought tolerance in chickpea (Cicerarietinum). Frontiers in Genetics13:953898. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2022.953898.