Education: B.Sc., CCS HAU, Hisar (1991); M.Sc., CCS HAU, Hisar (1995); Ph.D., CCS HAU, Hisar (1999)

Positions held: Assistant Agrometeorologist, RRS Bathinda (2000-2006), Assistant Professor (2006-2009), Associate Professor (2009-2015), Professor (2015-till date)

Field of Specialization: Climate Change Studies, Remote Sensing Applications

Present Research Interests/Projects:

Research Interests:

1. Remote Sensing and GIS application in Agriculture 2. Climate Change Studies

3. Microclimate Modification studies

Research Projects: Nil

Selected Research Publications (maximum up to 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. 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).
3. 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).
4. 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).
5. Singh Som Pal,Singh Pramjit, Buttar G S and Bains G S (2008) Evaluation of cotton genotypes for their performance during spring summer season. Journal of Agrometeorology 10(1): 82-85. (NAAS rating: 6.4)

Awards/Honours/Distinctions: Nil