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Harmandeep Singh
Deputy Director
Flat No. C-2/301, Lunkad Gold Coast, Near Symbiosis College, Viman Nagar, Pune 411014, Maharashtra, India
Phone: +91-020-4128-2953
FAX: +91-020-4128-2953
hsingh@ipni.net
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Harmandeep Singh Deputy Director
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Dr. Harmandeep Singh officially joined the staff of IPNI as Deputy Director, India Program-West Region, effective July 1, 2008 and has established an office in Pune. He received his Ph.D. in 2005 in Soils at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), in Ludhiana, India. He earlier earned his Master’s degree in 2001 and B.S. in 1999 at the same university. From 2006 until 2008, Dr. Khurana was Postdoctoral Associate, Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition, in the Department of Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg. In that responsibility, he modified and tested a soil-water-plant-atmosphere simulation model related to site-specific management and analyzed the fate of excess N in soil and water. From 2005 to 2006, he served on the staff at PAU as an Assistant Professor, Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition, with 100% research responsibility. Dr. Khurana has received numerous awards and recognition for academic and research achievements, and is the author or co-author of several research publications.
Education:Ph.D. Soils, Minor: Chemistry, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India, 2005 M.Sc. Soils, Minor: Chemistry, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India, 2001 B.Sc. Agriculture (Honors in Soil Science), Punjab Agricultural University, India, 1999
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ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS
Best all round postgraduate student of the Punjab Agricultural University Award, 2002
Best all round postgraduate student of the College of Agriculture Award, 2002
Best all round postgraduate student of the Department of Soils Award, 2002
Successfully cleared the National Eligibility Test (NET) for Lecturership/ Assistant Professorship by Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board (ASRB), Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi, India, 2001
Obtained All India Rank 26 in the Combined Entrance Examination for ICAR’s Junior Research Fellowship and admission to Master’s program, 1999
First position in B.S. Agriculture (with honors in Soil Science) of the Punjab Agricultural University Award, 1999
Awarded University Merit Scholarship and Fellowships throughout BS, MS, and PhD
RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENTS
My paper ‘Performance of Site-specific Nutrient Management in Rice’ published in Agronomy Journal was selected for the ‘Research Highlight Program’ of the American Society of Agronomy and its summary was published in the news magazine, the News Flash, society homepages, and press releases, 2007
Best Paper Poster Award, 9th Punjab Science Congress, 2006
All-India Best Ph.D. Thesis Presentation Award, Indian Society of Soil Science, 2005
Young Scientist Award, Punjab Academy of Sciences, 2003
Best M.S. Dissertation Presentation Award, Indian Society of Soil Science, 2002
My M.S. research work results were used to recommend to the Punjab farmers the use of nitrophosphates in wheat, maize, and potato crops, 2001 |
· Served as ad-hoc reviewer for the following journals:
- Soil Science Society of America Journal (USA): 2 articles
- Agronomy Journal (USA): 4 articles
- Field Crops Research (Netherlands): 1 article
- Crop Management (USA): 1 article
- Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science (India): 2 articles
· Chaired ‘Nitrogen and Crop Production’ session at the tri-society (ASA-CSSA-SSSA) meetings in New Orleans (USA), 2007
· Former Member, Purchase and Budget committee, Department of Soils, PAU, India, 2005-06 |
Review Article
1. Khurana, H.S., S.B. Phillips, B.S. Tubana, Bijay-Singh, W.R. Raun, and K. Desta. 2008. Using noninvasive, optical methods to improve nitrogen use efficiency for cereal production: A review. (Shortly pending submission in Agron. J.)
Research Articles
1. Khurana, H.S., Bijay-Singh, A. Dobermann, S.B. Phillips, A.S. Sidhu, and Yadvinder-Singh. 2008. Site-Specific Nutrient Management Performance in a Rice-Wheat Cropping System. Accepted for publication in Better Crops (India)
2. Khurana, H.S., S.B. Phillips, Bijay-Singh, M.M. Alley, A. Dobermann, A.S. Sidhu, Yadvinder-Singh, and S. Peng. 2008. Agronomic and economic evaluation of site-specific nutrient management for irrigated wheat in northwest India. Nutr. Cycl. Agroecosys. 82:15-31
3. Khurana, H.S., S.B. Phillips, Bijay-Singh, A. Dobermann, A.S. Sidhu, Yadvinder-Singh, and S. Peng. 2007. Performance of site-specific nutrient management for irrigated, transplanted rice in northwest India. Agron. J. 99(6): 1436-1447
4. Khurana, H.S., G.S. Saroa, and A.C. Vig. 2004. Nitrophosphates and DAP are equally effective as P fertilizers for various crop species grown in rotation on a Typic Haplustept. Nutr. Cycl. Agroecosyst. 68(3):273-281
5. Khurana, H.S., G.S. Saroa, and A.C. Vig. 2003. Reaction products of phosphorus as influenced by texture, moisture, temperature, rate and nature of phosphatic fertilizers. J. Indian Soc. Soil Sci. 51(2):199-203
6. Khurana, H.S., G.S. Saroa, and A.C. Vig. 2003. Direct and residual effect of nitrophosphates of varying water solubility on crop yield and Olsen-P in a Typic Haplustept. J. Indian Soc. Soil Sci. 51(1):51-55
7. Samudar-Dan, H.S. Khurana, and S.S. Thind. 2004. Forms of soil K and their contributions to plant K in Typic Ustipsament loamy sand soil under potato. J. Potassium Res. 20(1-4):28-33
8. Khurana, H.S., G.S. Saroa, and A.C. Vig. 2008. Phosphorus sorption, desorption and buffering capacity in a nitrophosphates-fertilized Inceptisol under long-term wheat-maize cropping system. J. Indian Soc. Soil Sci. (Submitted, in review)
Extension Articles
1. Khurana, H.S., M.M. Alley, W.E. Thomason, and S.B. Phillips. 2008. GreenSeeker® Optical Sensor: A potential tool to efficiently manage nitrogen in cereals. Virginia Cooperative Ext. Publ. (To be submitted shortly)
Popular Articles
1. Anonymous. 2007. Targeted fertilizer applications combat slowing rice yields. Science Daily. (Retrieved December 12, 2007, http://www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2007/12/071210214701.htm)
2. Khurana, H.S. 2007. Site-specific nutrient management sees increases in rice yields. American Society of Agronomy (Society Science) - 2007. (Published December 10, 2007, https://www.agronomy.org/science/2007/1210/001/)
Proceedings
1. Phillips, S.B., H.S. Khurana, and W.E. Thomason. 2007. Changes in nitrogen use efficiency of winter wheat using various in-season methods of determining topdress N requirement. In Proc. 10th Punjab Sci. Cong. 7-9 February, Jalandhar, Punjab, India.
2. Phillips, S.B., W.E. Thomason, and H.S. Khurana. 2006. Defining useful limits for spectral reflectance measurements in corn. In Proc. 8th Int. Conf. on Precision Agric. 23-26 July, Minneapolis, MN.
3. Khurana, H.S., A.S. Sidhu, Yadvinder-Singh, Bijay-Singh, A. McBratney, and S.B. Phillips. 2006. Performance of site-specific nutrient management (SSNM) for improving productivity of irrigated, transplanted rice (TPR) under rice-wheat cropping system in Punjab. In Proc. 9th Punjab Sci. Cong. 7-9 February, Sunam, Punjab, India.
4. Khurana, H.S., Samudar-Dan, and A.S. Sidhu. 2005. On-farm evaluation of SPAD-based strategies for efficient nitrogen management of irrigated, transplanted rice in Punjab. In Proc. 8th Punjab Sci. Cong. 7-9 February, Patiala, Punjab, India.
5. Khurana, H.S., G.S. Saroa, and A.C. Vig. 2004. Rate of phosphorus release from soil as a criterion to evaluate relative effectiveness of different water-soluble phosphatic fertilizers under two long-term experiments. In Proc. 7th Punjab Sci. Cong. 7-9 February, Amritsar, Punjab, India.
6. Khurana, H.S., G.S. Saroa, and A.C. Vig. 2003. Efficacy of nitrophosphates in P nutrition of crops and P dynamics in soil. In Proc. 6th Punjab Sci. Cong. 7-9 February, Longowal, Punjab, India. |
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