Dr Deol is teaching UG and PG courses from the date since joining as Assistant Professor of Agronomy in the Department of Agronomy on 08.01.1993. He has been involved in counselling and guidance of UG students in the capacity of Advisor and Class Incharge during different Academic years. He has guided 3 Ph.D. and 12 M.Sc. students as Major Advisor, besides being on the Advisory Committee of many PG students of different departments. As Chairman Academic Committee (Teaching) for two years, he was involved in looking after the different responsibilities of teaching work of the department. He was involved in planning and conduct of compulsory Educational Tours to the south India on four occasions, besides conducting the regular tours of the students to the neighbouring states. He also looked after the well-being of resident students in the capacity as Warden, Hostel No. 2 for a period of three years.

His research work consisted mainly in the sub-discipline of Crop Production, Crop Nutrition, Water Management and Crop Physiology. Based upon the research work conducted he has 7 recommendations and 46 research publications to my credit. He was also involved in 1 ICAR funded and 10 sponsored (Testing) projects. Based on work experience he has been regularly delivering extension lectures at various fora on the cultivation of field crops, especially, cotton production technology. In the capacity of Editor, “Progressive Farming” he was involved in vetting, editing and publishing of the monthly issues from 2014 to 2019. He performed the duties of Convener, Disciplinary Committee of Kisan Melas organized by University from time to time.

Publications:

• Kaur R, Kaur S, Deol JS, Sharma R, Kaur T, Brar AS, Choudhary OP (2021) Soil properties and weed dynamics in wheat as affected by rice residue management in the rice–wheat cropping system in south Asia: A Review. Plants 10, 953. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10050953 (NAAS rating: 8.76)
• Sikka R, Singh D and Deol JS (2013) Productivity and nutrient uptake by soybean as influenced by integrated nutrient and some other agronomic management practices. Legume Research 36 (6): 545-551 (NAAS rating 6.5)
• Brar AS, Mahal SS, Buttar GS and Deol JS (2013) Production potential and water productivity of basmati rice (Oryza sativa)- wheat (Triticum aestivum) sequence as influenced by irrigation termination of basmati rice and irrigation scheduling of succeeding wheat. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 83: 31-36. (NAAS rating 6.6)
• Sikka R, Singh D, Deol JS and Kaur J (2016) Productivity enhancement of soybean as influenced by integrated nutrient and other agronomic interventions in sub-humid Punjab. Legume Research 39 (5): 768-773 (NAAS Rating: 6.15)
• Brar AS, Buttar GS, Jhanji D, Sharma N, Vashist KK, Mahal SS, Deol JS and Singh G (2015) Water productivity, energy and economic analysis of transplanting methods with different irrigation regime in Basmati rice (Oryza sativa L.) under north-western India. Agricultural Water Management 158: 189-195. (NAAS rating 8.33)
• Singh H, Buttar GS, Brar AS and Deol JS (2017) Crop establishment method and irrigation schedule effect on water productivity, quality, economics and energetics of aerobic direct-seeded rice (Oryza sativa L.). Paddy Water Environment 15: 101-109 (NAAS rating: 7.16)
• Sikka R, Deol JS, Kaur J and Singh D (2018) Effect of sowing dates, mulching and seed rates on nutrient uptake and productivity of soybean in sub-humid Punjab, India. Legume Research 41 (5): 750-754 (NAAS Rating: 6.15)