Education: B.Sc. (Agriculture), VBSPU, Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh (2005); M.Sc. (Agril. Meteorology), ANDUAT, Kumarganj, Ayodhya (2007); Ph.D. (Agril. Meteorology), GBPUAT, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand (2010)
Positions held: Assistant Agrometeorologist, PAU Regional Station, Bathinda (Nov. 15, 2013 – Oct. 05, 2021), Assistant Professor, PAU, Ludhiana (Nov. 06, 2022 – till date)
Field of Specialization: Crop Simulation Modeling, Agro Advisory Services, Microclimate modifications, Crop-Weather relationship
Present Research Interests/Projects:
Research Interests: (Maximum up to three areas of interest)
1. Crop Simulation Modeling
2. Weather forecasting and agro advisory services
3. Remote Sensing and GIS application in Agriculture
Research Projects:
PI of MoES sponsored project ’Gramin Krishi Mausam Seva’ at Bathinda Centre.
Selected Research Publications (maximum up to 5):
1. Malik A,Tikhamarine Y, Al-Ansari N,Shahid S,Sekhon H S,Pal R K,Rai P, Pandey K, Singh P,Elbeltagi A and Sammen S S (2021) Daily pan-evaporation estimation in different agro-climatic zones using novel hybrid support vector regression optimized by Salp swarm algorithm in conjunction with gamma test. Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics, 15(1), 1075-1094. (NAAS Rating: 14.39)
2. Pal R K (2020) Impact of varying nitrogen levels on seed cotton yield using CROPGRO-cotton model for South-Western region of Punjab. Journal of Agrometeorology, 22(Special Issue), 224-228. (NAAS Rating: 6.55)
3. Rawat K S, Singh S K and Pal R K (2019) Synergetic methodology for estimation of soil moisture over agricultural area using Landsat-8 and Sentinel-1 satellite data. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 15, 100250. (NAAS Rating: 9.37)
4. Rawat K S, Bala A,Singh S K and Pal R K (2017) Quantification of wheat crop evapotranspiration and mapping: A case study from Bhiwani District of Haryana, India. Agricultural Water Management 187, 200-209. (NAAS Rating: 10.52)
5.Ghosh K, Singh Ankita,Mohanty UC, Acharya N, Pal R K,Singh K K and Pasupalak S (2014) Development of a rice yield prediction system over Bhubaneswar, India: combination of extended range forecast and CERES?rice model. Meteorological Applications, 22(3), 525-533. (NAAS Rating: 8.12)
Awards/Honours/Distinctions:
1.Young Scientist Award by the Society for Scientific Development in Agriculture & Technology during International Conference on ‘Global Research Initiative for Sustainable Agriculture and Allied Sciences’ held at Rajasthan Agricultural Research Institute, Jaipur from 28-30 October, 2018.
2. Dr P D Mistry Award for the Best Ph.D. Thesis in Agricultural Meteorology for the Ph.D. thesis entitled, “Effect of climate change on productivity of wheat and possible mitigation strategies using CERES-wheat model in foot hills of Western Himalayas” for the academic year 2010-11 during National Symposium on “Climate Change & Indian Agri.-CCIA-2013” at CRIDA, Hyderabad from 22-23 January 2013.
3. ICAR-SRF Fellowship during the academic year 2008-09 by ICAR, New Delhi.
4.Vice-Chancellor’s Gold Medal for obtaining highest marks in Agricultural Meteorology during M.Sc. programme for the academic year 2006-07. | 
