Dr. Kirandeep Kaur Kang started her professional career in 2013 as Assistant Professor (Hort.) at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ropar and is presently serving as Fruit Scientist in the Department of Fruit Science at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana. Her contributions to the PAU Package of Practices for fruit crops include ten significant recommendations comprising two released fruit varieties and eight fruit production technologies, one of which received national recognition under the All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP). She has published 40 research articles in renowned international and national journals, 35 extension articles and 4 extension bulletins.  She has organized and conducted numerous vocational and short-term training programs for farmers and farm women, and her outreach efforts include 8 radio talks and 65 invited lectures delivered during various training programs. In academics, she has guided 4 M.Sc. and 1 Ph.D. students as Major advisor in the discipline of Fruit Science and one of her Ph.D. student has secured DST-Prime Minister Fellowship. Additionally, she has been a member of the advisory committees for ten postgraduate students and has mentored twelve undergraduate students. She has taught approximately 94 credit hours of undergraduate and postgraduate coursework and has authored 2 practical manuals for undergraduate classes.

Additionally, as Incharge of Fruit Nursery at University Seed Farm, Ladhowal, she supervises the nursery production of fruit plants and has contributed significantly to resource generation through the distribution of PAU recommended fruit plant varieties.

Research interests: Crop improvement and development of production and post harvest technologies

Project accomplished: Bio-efficacy evaluation of GPH 0319 against weed flora in grapes 

Ongoing Projects: 

1. DBT-funded project on RNA interference technology for insect resistance and genomics assisted improvement of shelf life in guava
2. MIDH, New Delhi funded Frontline demonstrations on Bio-intensive Pest Management Module for eco-friendly management of guava fruit borer in guava 
3. NHM (MIDH) funded Front line demonstrations on eco friendly technologies and mulching in guava 
4. Fund for Improvement of S&T Infrastructure in Universities and Higher Educational Institutions (FIST) Program

Selected research publications: 

1. Kaur Kirandeep, Singh Rajpreet and Kaur Gagandeep (2024) A Comparative Study of Ethylene Detection Methods in Food Supply Chains: A Review. Food Analytical Methods 17:14–32. (NAAS: 8.67) 
2. Paras, Kaur Kirandeep, Kaur Gagandeep, Singh Daljinder and Brar J S (2024) Heritability and Principal Component Analysis of Phytochemical Traits in Guava Under Indian Subtropics. Applied Fruit Science 66:193–202. (NAAS rating-7.30)
3. Singh Harpreet, Kaur Kirandeep, Kaur Gagandeep, Singh Gurupkar and Brar JS (2025) Development of in vitro regeneration protocol for fast multiplication of guava (Psidium guajava L.) rootstock cv. Sardar. J. Environ. Biol., 46: 291-298. (NAAS rating- 6.60)
4. Shukla HV, Kumar A, Maan SS, Thakur S, Arora NK, Kaur G, Solanki SPS, Boora RS, Singh D, Brar JS, Kaur Kirandeep, Chhuneja P, Gill MIS, Bains NS, Mittal A (2025) Positional mapping – constitutive purple trait locus (pl) in guava (Psidium guajava L.) in F2and BC1F1populations of Purple Local × Allahabad Safeda. Physiol Plant.  177(2):e70212. (NAAS rating-11.40)
5. Taranpreet Kaur, Nirmaljit Kaur, Navita Ghai, N K Arora, Anita Arora, Kirandeep Kaur and Madhu Dhingra(2025) Screening of commercial guava (Psidium guajava L.) varieties against anthracnose disease caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and evaluation of related biochemical characters of varieties. Indian Phytopathology 78, 105–115. (NASS rating- 5.97)

Award/ Honours/ Distinction: National merit scholarship in B.Sc. Agriculture