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PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY

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PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, LUDHIANA

62nd Year of Education & Service

College of Agriculture

College of Agriculture / Academic Programmes / M.Sc (Molecular Biology and Biotechnology)

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The College of Agriculture is the oldest and the largest of the six constituent colleges of Punjab Agricultural University. The college was originally established in 1906 as Punjab Agricultural College and Research Institute, Lyallpur (now Faisalabad, Pakistan). The College was established at its present site in July, 1957. The college imparts quality education, generates unmatched research output and reaches out to the peasantry through a large network of 10 departments/schools (Departments of Agronomy, Climate Change & Agricultural Meteorology, Entomology, Extension Education, Food Science & Technology, Plant Breeding & Genetics, Plant Pathology, Soil Science, School of Agricultural Biotechnology and School of Organic Farming).

The college strives to achieve its mission through its team of 259 highly competent and well-qualified faculty members and state-of-the-art infrastructure. Well-equipped experiential learning units of the college help produce job providing, rather than job seeking, graduates. The college has thus far contributed around 7204 well-trained graduates to the human resource pool of agriculture and allied sectors. Many alumni of the college have risen to exalted positions - Vice Chancellor (44), Chairman Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board (4), Director General ICAR (1), Director General Civil Aviation (1), Agriculture Commissioner (5) and Horticulture Commissioner (2). Our alumni have been honoured with prestigious International and national awards viz. World Food Prize (2), Padma Bhushan (7) and Padma Shri (11). The college received the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry Award in 1977 in recognition of its outstanding contribution to the field of agriculture.

College of Agriculture / Dean

Name : Dr. Charanjit Singh Aulakh

Address : Dean, College of Agriculture

Office : 91-161-2401960 Ext. 365

Phone : 91-161-2403006 (Direct)

E-Mail : deancoa@pau.edu

Brief Introduction

Dr Charanjit Singh Aulakh joined PAU in 1995 and was elevated to the position of Director, School of Organic Farming in 2017. He has 28 years’ extensive experience in teaching, research and extension. He taught different UG & PG courses and guided three Ph.D. and ten M.Sc. students as major advisor. He has to his credit seven books, two teaching manuals and 18 book chapters. He has been Secretary of Alumni Association, College of Agriculture; Coordinator of College Placement Cell and President of PAU-INSPIRE Club.

Dr Aulakh has handled several externally funded research projects in the field of organic farming, Good Agricultural Practices and Integrated Farming System. He has developed 50 production technologies on different crops/cropping systems, organic farming, INM, integrated farming system (IFS), vermicomposting, weed management, biofertilizers and zero tillage. He has published 71 research papers, two review papers, five conference papers and two invited papers. He has received three best research centre team awards, three best paper presentation awards and one best research paper award.

He organized 52 training programmes and three certificate courses; delivered 49 invited lectures, 249 training lectures and 46 TV and radio talks, and published 81 extension articles and six extension folders. He attended 132 international and national seminars/workshops including four in Philippines, The Netherlands, Mauritius, and Switzerland. As Director of the School, he was instrumental in getting two DBT and one DST funded projects; signed MOU with FiBL, Switzerland; established ‘PAU-Organic Farmers’ Club’ and PAU-Aromatic & Spice Growers’ Club, and developed ‘PAU SAFEFOOD Production Practices’ certification programme for certified safe food production. He has been expert member in different committees of ICAR, DST, CSIR and PHDCCI.

College of Agriculture / Mission

The College is committed to attain excellence in teaching, research and extension by providing quality education, undertaking basic, applied and adaptive research to evolve suitable cost-effective agricultural production and protection technologies and by acting as a catalyst for the growth of agro-based industries in Punjab.

College of Agriculture / Academic Programmes

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Postgraduate Programs

Ph.D. Programs

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College of Agriculture / Faculty

Faculty

S.No Name & Designation E-Mail/Telephone
1. Dr O. P. Gupta
Associate Director (Information Technology)		 opgupta@pau.edu
9872717300

College of Agriculture / Facilities & Services

Herbicide Residue Lab

Students Practicing Area cum Research Farm

Crop Physiology Lab

  • Electron Microscope and Nanoscience Laboratory (EMNL) having TEM, SEM & EDS, AFM and Cryo-ultrathin sectioning Microtome
  • Plant Clinic Park with four acres of land
  • Central Instrumentation Laboratory with state-of-the-art-equipment
  • Book Bank for undergraduate students with multiple copies of textbooks
  • A well furnished computer laboratory for UG students
  • Agricultural Research Information System (ARIS) Laboratory
  • Centrally air- conditioned Conference Hall
  • University Placement Cell
  • All Lecture Rooms equipped with latest Multimedia Projectors
  • Air-cooled Examination Hall with 400 seating capacity
  • Sufficient hostel accommodation.

College of Agriculture / Statutory Committees / Anti-Ragging Committee

The Anti Ragging Flying Squad of the College of Agriculture for the academic session 2023-24 is constituted as under with immediate effect:

Sr. No. Name Designation Department Status Mobile No.

Dr Sandeep Singh Sandhu

Principal Agronomist

CC&AM

Chairperson

81463-00110

Dr Inderpal Singh

Principal Entomologist

Entomology

Member

98769-51020

Dr Parminder Singh Tak

Plant Pathologist

Plant Pathology

Member

98762-31801

Dr Ranjit Singh

Asstt. Professor

PBG

Member

94633-54523

Dr Satpal Singh

Asstt Professor

Agronomy

Member

81463-55533

Dr Kousik Mandal

Entomologist

Entomology

Member

83602-32314

Dr Dharminder Singh

Pr. Scientist

Extension Education

Member

98726-12124

Dr Baljit Singh

Pr. Food Tech.

Food Sc. Tech.

Member

94179-97936

Dr Gurpular Singh Sandhu

Fruit Biotechnologist

SAB

Member

98789-30736
10.

Dr Neeraj Rani

Soil Chemist

SOOF

Member

81468-01155

At least three members will move together to visit the College lecture room complex, Soils lecture rooms, Horticulture Extension wing, laboratories and hostels and take appropriate steps to avoid any ragging and intimidation of newly admitted students.

College of Agriculture / Statutory Committees / Students Grievances Redressal Committee

The following Students Grievances Redressal Committee, College of Agriculture is constituted for the academic session 2023-24 as under with immediate effect:

1. Dr K S Sangha Principal Entomologist Entomology Chairperson
2. Dr Gurjit Gill Professor PBG Member
3. Dr Baljit Singh Principal Food Technologist FST Member
4. Dr Dharminder Singh Pr. Extension Scientist Extension Edu. Member
5. Dr Priti Sharma Asstt. Professor SAB Member
6. Ms Ravneet Kaur (L-2020-A-96-BIV) - - Member

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