Achievements
Student who have passed out till today
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MSc 273
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PhD 106
Current Strength
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MSc 37
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PhD 28
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The faculty has been instrumental in identifying /developing the following high yielding varieties of different crops suitable for cultivation in different agro climatic zones and for different farming situations in the State
Total varieties released since inception= 171
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Crop |
No. of Varieties Released Till Date |
|
Rice |
29 |
|
Wheat |
28 |
|
Barley |
14 |
|
Maize |
14 |
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Pulses |
30 |
|
Oilseeds |
34 |
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Forage Crops |
18 |
|
Underutilized Crops |
04 |
Recent Releases
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Crop |
Varieties |
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Wheat
|
Him Palam Gehun 2 Him Palam Gehun 3 |
|
Maize
|
Him Palam Maize Composite 1 Him Palam Maize Composite 2 |
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Rice
|
Him Palam Lal Dhan 1 Him Palam Dhan 1 Him Palam Dhan 2 |
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Barley
|
Him Palam Jau 1 Him Palam Jau 2 |
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Soybean |
Him Palam Hara Soya 1 Him Palam Soya 1 |
|
Linseed |
Him Palam Alsi 1 Him Palam Alsi 2 |
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Chickpea |
Him Palam Channa 1 |
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Gobhi Sarson |
Him Palam Gobhi Sarson 1 |
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Indian mustard
|
Trombay Him Palam Mustard 1
|
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Fescue grass
|
Palam Fescue Grass 2
|
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White clover
|
Him Palam White Clover 1
|
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Rye grass
|
Him Palam Rye Grass 1
|
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Setaria grass
|
Him Palam Setaria Grass 2
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New Proposals Recommended by the REC
Crop |
Varieties |
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Maize
|
Him Palam Sankar Makka 3 |
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Rice
|
HPR 2865 HPR 3201 |
|
Fodder oat |
PLP-24 |
Registration of Crop Varieties through PPV & FRA
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S. No. |
Crop Varieties |
No. of Applications Filed |
No. of Registered Varieties |
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1. |
Extant Varieties |
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Wheat |
10 |
9 |
|
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Barley |
2 |
2 |
|
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Linseed |
2 |
2 |
|
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Maize |
6 |
4 |
|
|
Rice |
3 |
3 |
|
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Soybean |
1 |
1 |
|
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Gobhi Sarson |
2 |
2 |
|
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Brown Sarson |
1 |
1 |
|
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Indian Mustard |
1 |
1 |
|
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Lentil |
1 |
1 |
|
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Chickpea |
1 |
1 |
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2. |
Landraces (Farmer’s Varieties) |
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Rice |
6 |
1 |
|
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Kidney Bean |
2 |
In Process |
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Blackgram |
5 |
-do- |
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TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZED
MoU has been signed for the first time in the University for seed multiplication of rye grass variety ‘Him Palam Rye Grass 1’ with Durga Seeds Pvt. Ltd., Krishma Seed Farm & Nutranta Seeds Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad and for maize hybrid seed production of Palam Sankar Makka 2 with Nutranta Seeds Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad.
PLANT GENOME SAVIOUR COMMUNITY AWARD:
Chhohartu, a farmers’ variety of red rice grown in Chohara and Ransar valleys of Rohru, Distt. Shimla, three landraces of maize viz., Hachhi, Ratti and Chitku grown in Salooni block of distt. Chamba and Kala Zeera to Kala Zeera Utpadan Sangh of Kinnaur District of Himachal Pradesh have been registered and received Plant Genome Saviour Community Award under PPV&FRA
Innovations & Technologies Generated
Ø Developed an Innovative chromosome elimination- mediated approach of DH breeding following wheat x Imperata cylindrica system for the acceleration of wheat improvement programme (Being adopted globally)
Ø Established and refined protocols in respect of application of Molecular Cytogenetic approach for enhancing precision and efficiency of various crop improvement programmes
Awards conferred upon faculty
S. No. |
Name of the Teacher |
Award |
Year |
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1. |
Dr H.K. Chaudhary |
ICAR Young Scientist Award for Agricultural Research (Presently Lal Bahadur Shastri Outstanding Young Scientist Award) for the biennium 1995-96 by the ICAR, New Delhi |
1997 |
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2. |
Dr. Rajan Katoch |
Young Scientist Award for Paper Presentation in Agricultural Research from Punjab Science Congress. |
2001 |
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3. |
Prof. G.S. Sethi |
Rai Bahadur Dr Ramdhan Singh Memorial Trust Award for life term achievements in wheat and barley breeding & genetics during All India Wheat & Barley Workers Meet (ICAR)-2004 |
2004 |
|
4. |
Dr. Naval Kishore |
Crop Research Award by Agricultural Research Information Centre, HAU, Hisar |
2004 |
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5. |
Dr H.K. Chaudhary |
Himachal Kesari Award-2007 conferred by Sh. Virbhadra Singh, Hon'ble Chief Minister, Himachal Pradesh |
2007 |
|
6. |
Dr H.K. Chaudhary |
Prerna Strot Samman Puruskar-2008-09 conferred by Prof PK Dhumal, Hon'ble Chief Minister, Himachal Pradesh on 15th August,2009 for significant contributions in crop improvement and biotechnology |
2009 |
|
7. |
Dr. V. K. Sood |
Certificate of Appreciation for outstanding performance in the field of Forage Resources Development. 2017. AICRP on Forage Crops & Utilization, ICAR-IGFRI, Jhansi |
2017 |
|
8. |
Dr. Vedna Kumari |
Best Poster Presentation Award (2nd prize)’ during 3rd National Brassica Conference ‘Enhancing Oilseed Brassica Production through Climate-Smart Technologies’ (one of the author) |
2017 |
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9. |
Dr. Neelam Bhardwaj
|
Best poster award in National Conference on Organic and Natural Farming-A tool for sustainable Agriculture &Economic Development |
2019 |
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10. |
Dr. Neelam Bhardwaj
|
First prize in oral presentation on ‘Analysis of an applied core collection of adzuki bean’ in the International Conference on Recent Advances in Agricultural Sciences, ICRAAS-2021 w.e.f. 6th-17th March, 2021 |
2021 |
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11. |
Dr. Daisy Basandrai |
Dr. M S Swaminathan Women Scientist award |
2021 |
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12. |
Dr. Neelam Bhardwaj
|
Best Poster award on ‘Nutritional characterization and association studies in red rice germplasm of Himachal Pradesh’ under the Theme 1 ‘Cereal Diversity, Evolution, and Genetic Resources’ in three-day Ist International Symposium on ‘Cereals for Food Security and Climate Resilience’ held online during January 18-20, 2022 |
2022 |
|
13. |
Dr. Uttam Chand |
Best poster award on ‘Biochemical and molecular characterization of locally adapted maize inbreds for kernel provitamin-A and α- tocopherol’ during National conference on “Maize for Resource Sustainability, Industrial Growth and Farmer’s Prosperity” |
2022 |
Our Students' Recognition
Medals/Awards/Honours
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M.Sc. Gold Medals |
04 |
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Ph.D. Gold Medals |
03 |
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Himotkarsh Award |
02 |
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ICAR-NAAS Elocution Award |
03 |
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Overseas Fellowships to PG student |
02 |
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Monsanto's Beachell- Borlaug International Scholarship |
01 |
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Rajiv Gandhi National Scholarship |
01 |
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DST- INSPIRE |
08 |
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ICAR Junior/Senior Fellowship |
19 |
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NET |
61 |
|
ARS |
10 |
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ICAR International Fellowship |
03 |
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International Training/Exposure visit |
06 |
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National Training/Exposure visit |
05 |
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Public Sector Jobs |
19 |
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Private Sector Jobs |
10 |