Education: B.Sc., GNDU, Amritsar (1989); M.Sc., PAU, Ludhiana (1993); Ph.D., PAU, Ludhiana (2004)

Positions held: Assistant Agrometeorologist, PAU Ludhiana (1995-2004), Agrometeorologist (2004-to 2010), Principal Agrometeorologist (2010-till date) [Head of the department : Feb 2018 to Feb 2022]

Field of Specialization: Crop Modelling, Climate Change Crop-Weather relationship

Present Research Interests/Projects:

Research Interests:

1. Crop Modelling

2. Climate Change and its effect on crops

3. Agro-climatic characterization

Research Projects:

Project leader of All India Co-ordinated Research Project on Agrometeorology

Project leader of ICAR sponsored "National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA)".

Co PI of MoES sposonsored project," Forecasting Agricultural output using Space, Agrometeorology and Land based observation".

Selected Research Publications (maximum up to 5):

1. Prabhjyot-Kaur,Sandhu S S, Dhillon B S and H Singh (2021) Rice yield variability in Punjab – an overview of five decades. Paddy and Water Environment 19(4):673-681. (NAAS rating: 7.26)

2. Chauhan B S, Prabhjyot-Kaur, Mahajan G, Randhawa R K, Singh H, and Kang M S (2014) Global Warming and Its Possible Impact on Agriculture in India. Advances in Agronomy 123 : 65 -121. (NAAS rating:11.06)

3. Prabhjyot-Kaur, Harpreet Singh and N S Butter (2009) Formulation of weather based thumb rules for prediction of sucking pests in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) in Punjab. J. of Agricultural Sciences 79 (5) : 375-80. (NAAS rating:7.60)

4. Hundal S S and Prabhjyot-Kaur (2007) Climatic variability and its impact on cereal productivity in Indian Punjab : A simulation study. Current Science: 92 (4): 506-511. (NAAS rating: 7.80)

5. Prabhjyot-Kaur and S.S. Hundal (1999) Forecasting growth and yield of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea ) with a dynamic simulation model "PNUTGRO" under Punjab conditions. J. Agric. Science (Cambridge, UK). 133: 167-173. (NAAS rating: 7.70)

Awards/Honours/Distinctions:

1. Award of Fellowship of Association of Agrometeorologists “FAAM” during the National Conference “Managing Weather and Climate Risks in Agriculture – AGMET 2021” on March 24, 2022 at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir (SKAUST-K), Srinagar.

2. Dr P D Mistry Award for the Best Ph.D. Thesis in Agricultural Meteorology for the Ph.D. thesis entitled, “Synthesis and Validation of Brassica crop growth simulation model under variable water environments” during International Symposium on “Agrometeorology and Food security” at CRIDA, Hyderabad from 18-21 February 2008.

3. Best Center of AICRP on Agrometeorology : 2015-16 during XIV- Biennial Workshop of AICRP Agrometeorology held at PAU Ludhiana from December 5-7, 2016.