Dr. Ranjit Singh joined at KVK, Gurdaspur, PAU as Assistant Professor (Animal Science) on 11.09.2002 after completing B.Sc. Agriculture (Hons) from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana in 1996 and M.Sc.Agri. (Animal Nutrition) from Department of Animal Nutrition, College of Veterinary Science, PAU in 1999.He completed his PhD (Animal Nutrition) from Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana in 2015. His field of specialization is dairy cattle Nutrition. He has one ongoing project funded by ICAR as Co-PI since 2017 and he has delivered 50 lectures to guide farmers and rural youth entrepreneurs in dairy and poultry farming. He also taught Livestock Production Management and Animal Science courses to undergraduate students of B.Sc. Agri. (Hons), B. Tech. Biotech., B.Sc. (Hons) ABM and Diploma in Agriculture of College of Agriculture. Presently he is the member of the different academic, purchase committee of College of Agriculture.

Professional Accomplishments

• Incharge of Animal Nutrition Unit since 2019 established in the Forage, Millets and Nutrition Section of Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics.
• Since 2019 started initiated Nutrient Evaluation of Forage Cultivars and Conserved Fodders (Silage) through In Vivo Digestion Cum Metabolic Experiments.

Research Projects Ongoing

Technology Application and Up-scaling for Sustaining Natural Resources and Augmenting Farm Income: Farmers Led Market Linked Approach (2017)

Research Publications:

• Singh R, Grewal R S, Sikka S S and Lamba J S (2014) Effect of Varying Starch Levels with or without Niacin in Complete Feeds on Rumen Fermentation Patterns in Vitro. Indian Journal of Animal Nutrition, 31(4), 357-361.
• Singh S and Singh R (2011) Microbial Contamination in Milk. Food Engg Ing 36(2): 25-27 PanGlobal Media and publishing B V