Monday, 1 June 2026
The Department of Fruit Science, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), has been granted the prestigious Department of Science and Technology (DST) funded project ‘DST STUTI’ ‘Synergistic Training Programme Utilizing the Scientific and Technological Infrastructure’ programme, by the Government of India, New Delhi.
Dr Sandeep Singh, Senior Entomologist (Fruits), is the Program Coordinator of this project in collaboration with Dr GR Chaudhary, Professor of Chemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh with hub and spoke arrangement. The special programme aims at human resources and its capacity building through open access to science and technology Infrastructure.
According to Dr Sandeep Singh, the objectives will be achieved by organising short-term courses/workshops on the awareness, use and application of various instruments and analytical techniques. Under the grant of this programme, PAU will be conducting training sessions and awareness programmes under the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.’
The main focus will be to popularise science and research among the budding science students by organising various activities like quizzes, declamation, poster making competition and visits to analytical instrumentation facility, he said. The lab tour will create awareness among the school students about the role and application of analytical instruments in scientific research, he added.
The PAU Vice-Chancellor DK Tiwari; Dean Postgraduate Studies Dr Sandeep Bains; Director of Research Dr AS Dhatt; Dean, College of Horticulture and Forestry Dr MIS Gill; Additional Director Communication Dr TS Riar; and Head, Department of Fruit Science Dr HS Dhaliwal congratulated Dr Sandeep Singh for this achievement and wished them success in their future endeavours.
