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Eminent Breeders Recipient of Prestigious International & National Awards & Coveted Positions

Recipients of Prestigious International Awards

S.No. Name Award Period
1 Dr. Gurdev Singh Khush Japan Prize 1987
International Service in Agronomy Award (American Soc. Agronomy) 1989
World Food Prize 1996
Rank Prize (United Kingdom) 1998
Wolf Prize (Israel) 2000
Golden Sickle Award (Thailand) 2007
Mahathir Science Award (Malaysia) 2009

Recipients of Prestigious Awards

S.No. Name Award Period
1 Dr. Dilbagh Singh Athwal Padma Bhushan 1975
2 Dr. Khem Singh Gill 1992
3 Dr. Ram Badan Singh 2003
4 Dr. Gurdev Singh Khush Padma Shri 2000
5 Dr. Sant Singh Virmani 2008
6 Dr. Baldev Singh Dhillon 2019

Recipients of National and State Awards

S.No. Name Award Period
1 Dr. Khem Singh Gill Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award 1972-73
2 Dr. Amarjit Singh Khehra, 1986-87
3 Dr. Baldev Singh Dhillon 1986-87
4 Dr. Vijay Kumar Saxena 1986-87
5 Dr. G.S. Nanda 1999-2000
6 Dr. Gurdev Singh Khush Dr. K. Ramaiah Award (NAAS) 1997
7 Dr. Baldev Singh Dhillon Joginder Singh Memorial Award 1997-98
8 Dr. Baldev Singh Dhillon NAAS Recognition Award (Plant Improvement) 2003
9 Dr. Baldev Singh Dhillon Om Parkash Bhasin Award 2006
10 Dr. G.S.Nanda Punjab Sarkar Parman Pattar 2001
11 Dr. Sadhu Singh Malhi 2003
12 Dr. R.K.Gumber 2012
13 Dr. Jagir Singh Sidhu Jawahar Lal Nehru Award (ICAR) 1982
14 Dr. S.K.Sandhu 1995
15 Dr. Gurjit Singh Mangat 2001
16 Dr Mehak Gupta 2017

Vice -Chancellors

S.No. Name University Period
1 Dr. Sukhdev Singh Jawahar Lal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur
Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana
1979-1981 1981-1989
2 Dr. Khem Singh Gill Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 1990-1993
3 Dr. Amarjit Singh Khehra Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 1994-1997
4 Dr. Ved Paul Gupta Rajendra Agricultural University, Samastipur 1999-2002
5 Dr. Jai Rup Singh Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
Central University of Punjab, Bathinda
2006-2009
2009-2014
6 Dr. Manjit Singh Kang Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 2007-2011
7 Dr. Baldev Singh Dhillon Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 2011 to date
8 Dr. Nachattar Singh Malhi Guru Kashi University, Talwandi Sabo 2013-2017
9 Dr. Harcharan Singh Dhaliwal Eternal University, Baru Sahib 2013 to date
10 Dr Jeet Singh Sandhu Narendra Dev University of Agriculture and Technology, Faizabad (UP) 2017 to date

Coveted Positions at International & National Organizations

S.No. Name University Period
1 Dr. Dilbagh Singh Atwal Deputy Director General, IRRI, Philipines
Director Technical Cooperation, Winrock International Institute of Agricultural Development, Morrilton, USA
1972-1977
1981-1985
2 Dr. Sukhdev Singh Deputy Director General (Crop Sciences), ICAR 1974
3 Dr. Jeet Singh Sandhu Deputy Director General (Crop Science), ICAR 2015-2016
4 Dr Ashwani Kumar Director General, ICFRE 2014 to date
5 Dr. Jeet Singh Sandhu Agriculture Commissioner, GOI 2013-2015
6 Dr. Akshay Kumar Gupta Director, Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur 1992-1997
7 Dr. Ram Badan Singh Director, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 1995-1999
8 Dr. Baldev Singh Dhillon Director, National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi 2000-2005
9 Dr. Baldev Singh Dhillon ADG (Crop Sciences), ICAR 1998-2000
10 Dr. Jeet Singh Sandhu ADG (Seed), ICAR 2010-2013
11 Dr. Pawan Kumar Agarwal ADG (NFBSFARA), ICAR 2014 to date

ICAR National Professors

S.No. Name University Period
1 Dr. Surinder Singh Banga Plant Breeding & Genetics, PAU, Ludhiana 2010 to date

Fellows, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

S.No. Name Discipline Period
1 Dr. Gurdev Singh Khush Crop Sciences 1991
2 Dr. Khem Singh Gill 1991
3 Dr. Amarjit Singh Khehra 1992
4 Dr. Dilbagh Singh Athwal 1992
5 Dr. Ved Pal Gupta 1992
6 Dr. Daljit Singh Virk 1993
7 Dr. Harcharan Singh Dhaliwal 1993
8 Dr. Sant Singh Virmani 1995
9 Dr. Govinder Singh Nanda 1997
10 Dr. Baldev Singh Dhillon 1999
11 Dr. Surinder Singh Banga 2005
11 Dr. Darshan Singh Brar 2006
12 Dr. Jeet Singh Sandhu 2013

Fellowships Monsanto Beachell Borlaug International Fellowship

  • Mrs Amandeep Sandhu (2009)
  • Mr Dharminder Bhatia (2010)
  • Mrs Amandeep Kaur (2012)

Australian Endeavour Fellowship

  • Dr Chhaya Atri (2008)
  • Dr P S Sandhu (2009)
  • Dr Surinder Sandhu (2010)
  • Dr Virender Sardana (2010)
  • Dr Ranvir Singh Gill (2011)
  • Dr. Sarwan Kumar (2018)
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