Dr. Sangeet Ranguwal joined PAU as District Extension Specialist, FASS, Ferozpur on 23rd July 2013 ( as  SM  till October  2014), She joined as Assistant Farm Economist, KVK, Moga (November 2014-December 2020) and further as Agricultural Economist, Department of Economics and Sociology, PAU, Ludhiana since January, 2021. She is presently Co-PI in centrally sponsored Comprehensive Scheme for studying the Cost of Cultivation of Principal Crops in Punjab State funded by Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India. Her field of specialisation is Farm Management, Marketing, Natural Resource Economics and Rural development. She has guided 3 M.Sc students as major advisor, published 49 research papers in national and international journals; 11 book chapters; and presented 19 papers in national and international conferences. She has delivered 37 lectures to guide students, farmers and entrepreneurs in relation to efficient farm management, financial record keeping and marketing. Presently she is an active member of Extension Committee of the Department. She is also Joint Secretary, Indian Society for Agricultural Development and Policy, Department of Economics and Sociology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana; Convenor of Theatre Committee, College of Basic Sciences and Humanities,  PAU and Member, anti-ragging committee, PAU,  Ludhiana.

Professional Accomplishments

Research Projects completed

Social Impact Assessment Study (SIA) for the Acquisition of Land for Construction of Dashmesh Canal and its Distribution Network in Rupnagar and SAS Nagar Districts of Punjab funded by Department of Water Resources, Patiala, Government of Punjab as Co-PI during 2025. 

Research Publications:

1. Ranguwal S, Sidana B K, Singh J, Sachdeva J, Kumar S, Sharma R K, Dhillon J (2023) Quantifying the energy use efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions in Punjab (India) agriculture, Energy Nexus 11, 100238, ISSN 2772-4271, (indexed in Scopus; NAAS Rating: 14)
2. G Singh and Ranguwal S (2024) An economic analysis of energy use in paddy cultivation: A comparative study of direct seeded rice (DSR) vs puddled transplanted rice (PTR) practices in Punjab, India. Agricultural Research Journal 61 (3): 369-76. Print ISSN : 2395-1435. Online ISSN : 2395-146X. 
3. G Singh and Ranguwal S (2024) Optimizing Water and Energy use in Rice Production through Direct Seeding in Punjab, India. Indian Journal of Ecology 51: 1209-1211 
4. Ranguwa S and G Kaur (2025) Social Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Rural Development in India. Journal of Community Mobilization and Sustainable Development 20:43-51.  (NAAS 5.02).
5. Ranguwal S, Sidana B K and Kumar S (2022) Carbon footprints of rice-wheat cultivation across farm size categories: Evidence from Punjab in India. Journal of Cereal Research 14, 8-1 (NAAS Rating: 4.57)

Awards and Recognitions:

• Awarded Netherland Fellowship Programme (NFP) fellowship (OKP fellowship) from Nuffic, Dutch organisation for Internationalisation, the Netherlands in 2019.
• M.S. Randhawa medal by the Punjab Agricultural University for writing best essay on “Evolution of Life” in 2004.
• Best paper award-2025  for research paper ‘Embracing renewable biomass energy for climate-resilient agriculture’ during  National Seminar on “Climate Resilient Agriculture in the Facet of Transition in Agriculture (CRAFT)” organized by Department of Climate Change and Agricultural Meteorology Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana March 17-18, 2025. 
• Second prize for paper ‘Trends in energy use in Punjab agriculture’ in Annual conference of Indian Society of Agricultural Development and Policy, PAU, Ludhiana, Punjab 2022
• Awarded best paper award “Women Entrepreneurship in India: Status, Challenges and Opportunities” in International Conference on Entrepreneurship and Small Business: Opportunities and Challenges during 26-27th August, 2021, sponsored by ICSSR, New Delhi and organised by CUP, Bathinda, Punjab.

Awarded third prize for research paper ‘Bio-energy Potential of Crop Residue in Indian Punjab’ presented at International Web-Conference On “New Trends in Agriculture, Environmental and Biological Sciences for Inclusive Development  22-23rd  June, 2020 organised by AEDS, UP, India