Education: B.Sc., GCW, Ludhiana (1993); M.Sc., PAU, Ludhiana (1996); Ph.D., PAU, Ludhiana (2009)

Positions held: Assistant Professor, PAU Ludhiana (1999-2009), Associate Professor (2009-2015), Professor (2015-till date)

Field of Specialization: Climate Change and crop water productivity, Remote Sensing and GIS applications in Agriculture, Microclimatic modifications

Present Research Interests/Projects:

Research Interests:

1. Climate change and crop water requirements

2. Simulation of climatic variability impacts on crop water productivity

3. Remote sensing and GIS applications in climate change analysis and its impact on agriculture

Research Projects: Nil

Selected Research Publications (Maximum upto 5):

1. Bopche Usaka, Kingra P K, Setia R and Singh Som Pal (2022) Spatio-temporal analysis of meteorological drought in Punjab under past, present and future climate change scenarios. Arabian Journal of Geosciences https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-022-10025-5 (NAAS rating: 7.83).
2. Majumder Atin, Setia Raj, Kingra P K, Sembhi Harjinder, Singh Som Pal and Pateriya Brijendra (2021) Estimation of land surface temperature using different retrieval methods to study the spatio-temporal variations of surface urban heat and cold islands in Indian Punjab. Environment, Development and Sustainability https:’’doi.org/10.1007/s10668-021-01321-3 (NAAS Rating: 8.14).
3. Sekhon H S, Setia R, Singh Som Pal, Kingra P K, Ansari J (2021) Spatio-temporal analysis of the relationship between climate variables and water logging using satellite remote sensing. Arabian Journal of Geosciences 14: 1306. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-021-07653-8 (NAAS rating: 7.33).
4. Kingra P K, Aatralarasi S, Setia R, Kukal S S and Singh Som Pal (2020) Computation of reference evapotranspiration, its variability and trends in different agroclimatic regions of Punjab. Journal of Agrometeorology 22 (2): 226-232. (NAAS rating: 6.64).
5. Majumder Atin, Kingra P K, Setia Raj, Singh Som Pal and Pateyria Brijender (2018) Influence of land use / land cover changes on surface temperature and its effect on crop yield in different agro-climatic regions of Indian Punjab. Geocarto International DOI:10.1080/10106049.2018.1520927 (NAAS rating: 7.65).

Awards/Honours/Distinctions:

Award of Fellowship of Association of Agrometeorologists “FAAM” during the international Conference “Climate change & agroecosystems- threats, opportunities and solutions (INAGMET 2024)" on February 8, 2024 at BHU, Varanasi.