EDUCATION

• Ph.D in Entomology from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana (First Division)
• M.Sc in Entomology from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana (First Division)
• B.Sc in Medical from D A V College, Jalandhar (GNDU, Amritsar) (First Division)
• Matric from H R Arya High School, Garhshankar (PSEB) (First Division/Merit)

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE  

(at Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana)

• Dean of Postgraduate Studies w e f November 22, 2010 to February 25, 2015
• Coordinator of Postgraduate Studies w e f May 29, 2008 to November 21, 2010
• Chairman of Deans’ Committee w e f November 22, 2010 to February 25, 2015
• Director Consultancy w e f November 22 to February 25, 2015
• Chairman of Investment Committee w e f November 22, 2010 to December 20, 2013
• Chairman of House Allotment Committee w e f Nov 22, 2010 to February 25, 2015
• Head, Department of Extension Education w e f January 15, 2014 to May 27, 2014
• Principal Investigator of ICAR-funded Research Project w e f 2004 to 2007
• Co-Principal Investigator of International Trilateral Project w e f 2012 to 2014

In addition, following administrative duties were also performed

• Institutional Coordinator for Accreditation of the PAU
• Coordinator of International Education programmes
• Chairman of Resident Instruction Committee(Registrar/Deans/Directors as members)
• Chairman of Postgraduate Committee
• Chairman of Editorial Board, Resident Instruction Bulletin
• Chairman PAU Science Club
• Chairman of the University Synopsis Approval Committee
• Chairman of Selection Committee for admission to PG programmes
• Nodal Officer of ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research) Schemes
• Nodal Officer of various national and international MoUs relating to education
• Represented Vice Chancellor of PAU at national level Vice Chancellors’ Conferences

SELECTED ACHEIVEMENTS IN EDUCATION

•  Four new schools were established in area of emerging interest i.e. Climate Change, Biotechnology, Information Technology and Business Management
• Seventeen new teaching programmes started; students’ enrolment doubled
• Facilitated admission of International students; their enrolment increased by 8-folds
•  Motivation of PG students led to filing of 14 patents from their research, in 5 years
• Enhanced collaborative research by adding international scientists on the Advisory Committees of postgraduate students, as co-guides
• As Institutional Coordinator, facilitated Accreditation of PAU for the full term of 5 years for all the teaching programmes in its four constituent colleges
• To make the students ‘Job providers rather than Job seekers’, facilitated establishment of Experiential Learning Units in all constituent colleges of the PAU
• Resident Instruction Bulletin was compiled following exhaustive curricula revision
• Coordinated national and international educational programmes
• Generated resources worth Rs. 56 crores through income from self-supporting courses, funds from ICAR, New Delhi and Trilateral project (India-USA-Kenya) etc.

 INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION

• Selected for ‘Fulbright-Nehru International Education Administrators Fellowship’ by Council for International Exchange of Scholars, USA (2012)
•  Represented India in the ‘Workshop on Raising Productivity in Higher Education’ by Asian Productivity Organization, Japan (2013)
•  Nominated Team Leader and Co-Principal Investigator for Trilateral Programme (Punjab Agricultural University, Ohio State University, USA; Egerton University, Kenya) for Food Security in Kenya, funded by USDA/USAID, USA (2012- 2014)
•  Nominated Member of International Association for the Plant Protection Sciences (2007)
•  Nominated Regional Coordinator for India and South Asia by the Organisers of 5^th International Bemisia Workshop, held in China (2009)
•  Honoured with Dr Muhammad Yunus Award by Pakistan Entomological Society, Pakistan (2004)
•  Coordinator/facilitator for the international educational programmes at Kansas State University, and Washington State University, USA (2011 – 2015)

INTERESTS

To pursue the cause of higher education through motivational leadership in administration  and also through media. Out of many articles on education in newspapers, one (OPED page of Tribune dated 23^rd March, 2017), entitled “What it takes to become a good VC”, may be quite interesting to read.