Dr. Mandeep Singh Gill joined Punjab Agricultural University as Assistant Professor (Horticulture) on July 10, 2008 at Krishi Vighyan Kendra, Langroya, District Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar. He was promoted to Senior Fruit Scientist in 2020 in the Department of Fruit Science, Punjab Agricultural University Ludhiana. The salient findings include the release of 01 fruit rootstock and developed 15 production technologies for adoption at farmer’s level. He has published 44 research papers, 6 papers in proceedings, 1 book chapter, 04 extended summaries and 1 teaching manual. Handled 01 externally funded project as Co-Principal Investigator and participated in 11 national and international symposia/conferences. He has guided 5 M.Sc and 01 Ph.D students as Major advisor in the discipline of Fruit Science and has taught 263 credit hours of UG and PG courses. He is Incharge, Fruit Plant Nursery, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana accredited for the supply of tropical, sub tropical and low chill temperate fruits. He is involved in the production of more than nine lakh  plants and generated an income of Rs  659 lakh. He has delivered 21 Radio/Tv talks and 39 extension lectures to promote fruit cultivation and nursery production among farming communities. He has conducted 5 short-term trainings for nursery raising and management of fruit plants.

Education: B.Sc., PAU, Ludhiana (2001); M.Sc., PAU, Ludhiana (2003); Ph.D., PAU, Ludhiana (2006)

Positions held: Assistant Horticulturist, (2008-2020), Horticulturist (2020-till date)

Field of Specialization: Pear, Litchi

Research Interests :

• Production technology of fruits.
• Nursery production of sub tropical and sub temperate fruits.

Research Projects:

• Centre of Excellence for Utilization of Brackish Water for Fruit and Vegetable Production in South Western Punjab for Rs 13.6 crore funded by MIDH as Co PI

Selected Research Publications (maximum up to 5):

1. Darshan D, Gill KS, Gill PPS, Boora R S, Bajaj K, Gill MS and Singh H (2024) Combined application of hot water and hexanal- based formulations preserves the post harvest quality of mango fruits. J Sci Food Agric.104: 8684-8692 (NAAS:10.1)
2. Vishal, Sidhu GS, Gaikwad PN, Mann SS, Gill MS and Manchanda P (2024) Optimized protocol for high frequency papaya propagation : morpho-stereomicroscopic analysis and genetic fidelity assessment. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ culture https://doi.org/10.1007/s11240-024-02704-w (NAAS: 9.0)
3.  Chandel R, Kumar V, Kaur R, Kumar S, Gill MS, Sharma R, Wagh RV and Kumar D (2023). Functionality enhancement of osmo-dried sand pear cubes using different sweeteners: quality, bioactive, textural, molecular, and structural characterization. J Food Measurement Characterization. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11694-023-01894-9.(NAAS: 9.01)
4.  Kaur S, Gill MS, Gill PPS, Jawandha SK and Singh NP (2023). Influence of harvest date on storage quality of Asian Pear (Pyrus pyrifolia) fruit. Erwerbs –Obstbau. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10341-023-00896-7. (NAAS: 7.21)
5. Kaur S, Gill MS, Gill PPS and Singh N (2020) Effect of plant bio-regulators on photosynthesis, growth and yield efficiency of pear trained on Y-trellis system. J Agromet 22 (2) : 140-147 (NAAS:6.64)