Baldev Singh Dhillon


Baldev Singh Dhillon is an internationally renowned agricultural scientist and currently the Vice Chancellor of Punjab Agricultural University in India.
Earlier, he worked as Assistant Director General at ICAR, Director of NBPGR, and as Director of Research at Punjab Agricultural University and Guru Nanak Dev University. He worked at University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany from 1976–78, 1988–90 and 2007–11, the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Mexico from 1993–94, and at the University of Birmingham, UK in 1989 in Maize Breeding, Genetics and Biotechnology.
Dr. Dhillon has been working as Vice Chancellor of Punjab Agricultural University since July 2011. Under his dynamic leadership, PAU has earned a number of accolades:
Dhillon was born in Amritsar in 1947. He is known for scientific breakthroughs in plant breeding. Dhillon did his B.Sc in Agriculture from Khalsa College, Amritsar; Post graduation M.Sc. from Punjab Agricultural University and Doctorate from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. He has published 350 research publications and many books.

International awards