Dr. GurpreetKaur Gill joined as Assistant Professor (Agronomy) at KrishiVigyan Kendra, Kapurthala on 15.02.2010 after completing her B.Sc. Agri. (Hons.) in 2005 and M.Sc. (Agronomy) in 2007 from PAU Ludhiana. She did her Ph.D. (Agronomy) from PAU, Ludhiana in 2022. She worked as Assistant Professor (Agronomy) at KVK, Kapurthala (15.02.2010 to 28.08.2014). Since August, 2014, she is working as Assistant Agronomist (2014-2023) and Senior Agronomist (2023 – till date) in Rice Section under Breeding Rice (Basmati and Non basmati) for high yield, quality and stability of performance. She has made contribution in evaluating 10 varieties of rice and basmati rice for optimizing their nitrogen requirement and for finding their suitable time of transplanting and also contributed for 16 recommendations in Package of Practices for Crops of Punjab. She has published about 16 research papers in national and international peer reviewed journals. She has delivered 13 TV talks, 1 Radio talk and 52 lectures in various extension programmes/ field day/seminars. She is guiding two M.Sc. students as Major Advisor.
Professional Accomplishments
Research Projects (Ongoing)
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Breeding Rice (Basmati and Non Basmati) for high Yield, Quality and Stability of Performances.
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Dry Direct Seeded Rice for the Indo-Gangetic Plains of India (Plant Direct) funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
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Promotion of Sustainable Food Systems in India through Transforming Rice-Wheat Systems (GEF 7 Project) funded by Food & Agricultural Organization
Research Projects (completed)
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Social Impact Assessment of Land Acquisition for Eco City-III Residential Scheme in New Chandigarh. Research. Funded by Department of Housing and Urban Development, Government of Punjab.
Research Publications:
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Kaur R, Bedi S, Mahajan G, Kaur G and B S Chauhan (2016) Physiological and biochemical indicators for accessing nitrogen use efficiency in rice (Oryza sativa) genotypes under dry seeding. Crop & Pasture Sciences 67: 1158-67. (NAAS: 8.29)
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Mahajan G, Kaur G and Chauhan B S (2017) Seeding rate and genotype effects on weeds and yield of dry seeded rice. Crop protection 98: 68-76.(NAAS: 8.57)
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Dhillon B S, KaurG and Mangat G S (2021) Influence of seedling age on growth, productivity and heat use efficiency of rice genotypes in North West India. Journal of Agrometeorology23 (1): 30-37. (NAAS: 6.55)
4. Gill J S, Singh S, Bhullar M S, Kaur G and Kaur T (2025) Productivity-profitability-energy- carbon footprint nexus of wheat in relation to its establishment vis-a-vis `in-situ rice residue management with a novel Surface Seeding-cum-Mulching technique. Energy 332:137177. (NAAS: 15)
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GurpreetKaur, TarundeepKaur, Makhan Singh Bhullar, Priyanka Sharma and Vipan Kumar (2023) Sensitivity of little seed canary grass populations from Punjab, India to clodinafop- propargyl and isoproturon. Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment 7(1)/e20458. (NAAS: 7.4)
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GurpreetKaur, TarundeepKaur, and M S Bhullar (2023) Susceptibility of long-term unexposed populations of Phalaris minor to isoproturon. Indian Journal of Weed Science 55(3): 311-314. (NAAS: 5.84)
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Rajan Bhatt, Manoj Sharma and GurpreetKaur (2012) Leaf Colour Chart: A high tech tool for nitrogen management in Rice – A five year case study in Kapurthala district of Punjab India. Indian Journal of Ecology 39 (2):319-320. (NAAS: 4.47)
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Gill G K, Aulakh C S and Sharma P K (2017) Effect of agronomic practices on green fodder, grain quality, grain yield and economics of dual purpose barley (HordeumvulgareL.) International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 6: 1492-97. (NAAS: 5.38)
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Dhillon B S, Gill G K, Kumar R M and Gill J S (2022) Impact of crop establishment methods and mineral nutrition on productivity of rice (Oryza sativa L.) in North West India15 (1) :17-26.(NAAS: 4.35)
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Gill G K, Gill R S, Sharma Neerja and Brar A S (2023) Effect of transplanting time on the productivity and grain quality of basmati rice. Environment and Ecology41 (1):180-186.(NAAS: 5.25)
Awards and Recognitions:
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University Merit Scholarship throughout B.Sc. Agri. (Hons.) degree
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Merit certificate for B.Sc. Agri. (Hons.) degree
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University Merit Scholarship throughout M.Sc. (Agronomy) degree
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Merit certificate for M.Sc. (Agronomy) degree
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Dr Harcharan Singh Sandhu Best Ph.D. Thesis Award in Agronomy
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Received Certificate of Appreciation for Best Centre (Agronomy), PAU, Ludhiana from All India Coordinated Research Project on Rice for the year 2023-24.
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Received Best AICRPR Centre (Overall Second), PAU, Ludhiana for its performance in conduct of All India Coordinated Trials and Rice Research activities during 2023-24.