National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Harcharan Singh Dhaliwal
FELLOW, ELECTED 1993

Born in Dhariwal Klan, Punjab, Gurdaspur, India on 1 March 1946. B. Sc. Agriculture, Khalsa College, Amritsar, 1962-67; M. Sc. Plant Breeding, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 1967-69; Ph. D. Genetics, University of California, Riverside, USA, 1972-75.

Vice-Chancellor(2013 to 2020) and Honorary Professor Biotechnology, Dr. Khem Singh Gill Akal College of Agriculture,Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Sirmour, H.P. 2011 to date.

D.F. Jones Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of California, Riverside, 1975-76; Research Fellow, Friedrich Miescher Institute, Basel, Switzerland, 1976-79; Director-cum-Wheat Breeder, Regional Research Station PAU, Gurdaspur, 1979-85; National Fellowship, ICAR, 1983; Director-Cum Senior Scientist, PAU, Gurdaspur, 1985-91; Professor Biotechnology, Director Biotechnology Centre, Head, Department of Biotechnology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 1991-2003; Professor Biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, 2003-11; Rockefeller Foundation Career Fellowship, University of Tokyo, Japan, 1996-98; Cochran Fellowship, USDA, 2001, 2003.

Awards/Honours: FICCI Award, 1985; Pesticide India Award, 1988

Research Areas: Plant biotechnology, wide hybridization, molecular cytogenetics and breeding, genomics

Address: Honorary Professor Biotechnology, Dr. Khem Singh Gill Akal College of Agriculture, Eternal University, Baru Sahib via Rajgarh, Sirmour 173101, H.P.; H.No. 152B, Kennyz Homes, Fortune City, V&PO Jandiali, Kohara, Distt. Ludhiana 141112, Punjab; [Tel: Cell: 9805098702; +1(647) 464-1416; Email: hsdhaliwal07@gmail.com]