Education: B.Sc. Agriculture (Hons.), P.A.U., Ludhiana (2013); M.Sc., PAU, Ludhiana (2015); Ph.D., PAU, Ludhiana (2020)

Positions held: Pulse Breeder (2021-present)

Field of Specialization: Pigeonpea and lentil breeding

Research Interests: Breeding improved varieties of pigeonpea and lentil

Research Projects:

• All India Coordinated Research Project- Pigeonpea
• All India Coordinated Research Project-MULLaRP-Lentil
• Hybrid technology for higher productivity in selected field and horticultural crops (Pigeonpea-Component)
• Development of early and short statured pigeonpea genotypes resistant to pod borer and Phytophthora stem blight under Centre of Excellence
• Enhancing pigeonpea production and productivity in India by promoting high yielding early maturing varieties and hybrids
• Consortium research platform of agro-biodiversity lentil project- PGR management and use of lentil

Selected Research Publications (maximum up to 5):

• Singh S, Vij S, Gill R K and Kumar A (2025) Notification of crop varieties and registration of germplasm, lentil variety LL 1655. Indian J Genet Plant Breed85(1):170-71.
• Singh S, Gill R K, Kumar A and Vij S (2023) Notification of crop varieties and registration of germplasm, lentil variety LL 1613. Indian J Genet Plant Breed83(3):450.
• Chauhan N, Singh I, Taggar G K and Vij S (2025) Evaluation of pigeonpea interspecific derivatives for resistance to spotted pod borer, Maruca vitrata (Fabricius). Plant Arch25(1):167-75.
• Chauhan N, Singh I, Kumar H and Vij S (2025) Evaluation of genetic diversity of advanced pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millspaugh] interspecific derivatives using Mahalanobis D² and selection of elite lines using multi-trait genotype-ideotype distance index. Int J Bio-resour Stress Manag16(1):1-10.

Awards/Honours/Distinctions:

Member of best centre award for outstanding contributions in development of high yielding varieties and technologies  in kharif pulses, received from IIPR, Kanpur (2024)