National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Gurmeet Singh Buttar
FELLOW, ELECTED 2014

Born in Village Assa Buttar, District Sri Muktsar Sahib, Punjab, India on 10 November, 1963. Educated at Government High School, Doda, 1977-79; College of Agriculture, PAU, Ludhiana. B.Sc. Agriculture (Hons), 1980-1985; Agronomy, 1985-87; Ph.D. Agronomy, 1993-1995.

Director of Extension Education, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, January 2023 to date.

District Extension Specialist (Agronomy), 1988-89; Assistant Extension Specialist (Agronomy), 1989-92; Assistant Professor of Agronomy, 1992-96; Agronomist (Irrigation), 1996-2005 and Senior Agronomist (irrigation), Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2005-07; Director, PAU, Regional Station, Bathinda 2007-10; Head, Department of Agronomy, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2010-15, Additional Director of Extension Education 2016-2022.

Awards/Honours: Chaudhary Devi Lal Award for best All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) on Arid Legumes, 2008; Punjab Government Parman Patra (State Award), 2010; FAI-Dhiru Morarji Memorial Award, 2013-14; Distinguished Scientist Award, 2013; CSSRI-Excellence Award in Soil Salinity And Water Management, 2013-14; Farm Literature Popularization Award by Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 1992; Gold Medal by Indian Society of Agronomy (2014); Dr. P.S. Khankhoje Memorial Gold Medal by Punjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, 2016; Professional Excellence Award by Cotton Research and Development Association, 2017.

Fellow: Indian Society of Agronomy; Cotton Research and Development Association; Indian Society of Water Resources

Research Areas: Agronomy, Water Management

Address: Director of Extension Education, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141004, Punjab; 6/13, PAU Campus, Ludhiana 141004, Punjab; [Tel: Off. (0161) 2401074; Cell: 9417648885; Email: buttargs@rediffmail.com; buttargs@pau.edu]