Focused on Revival of Sustainable Farming

Daljit is currently located in Boulder (Colorado) and serves as a Senior Data Scientist at Bayer Crop Science. In this role, he oversees the Strip Trial Experimentation program within the Climate Corporation, the company's digital agriculture arm. Daljit's academic background includes post-doctoral and doctoral research in Genomics and Phenomics at Kansas State University, and he has collaborated with various national and international organizations on data science and phenomics projects focused on wheat, corn, and soybean crops. 

Dr. Devinder Sandhu is a Research Geneticist and Lead Scientist at the USDA-ARS US Salinity Laboratory in Riverside, CA. He holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Plant Breeding from Punjab Agriculture University and a Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics from the University of Nebraska Lincoln. He has previously held positions as an Assistant Scientist at Iowa State University and Professor of Biology at the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point. Dr. Sandhu's research has been instrumental in advancing our understanding of the genetics of salinity tolerance in crop plants. His work has focused on developing and utilizing advanced molecular techniques to identify the genes responsible for salinity tolerance in crops, with the ultimate goal of improving crop yields in salinity-affected soils. His contributions to the field have been recognized through numerous awards and honors, and he continues to be a leading authority in this area of research. 

Gurbinder currently works as an Environmental Scientist with State of California. His work is focused on surface and groundwater quality protection/regulations, compliance, and outreach. He has previously worked on monitoring forf surface and groundwater, drinking water quality in public water systems in multiple public agencies. He has also worked on hydrogen evolution in legumes with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. In PAU, his work was focused on instrumentation, water quality, soil remediation, and carbon sequestration.  

In addition to his Plant and Soil Science training, Harjinder brings more than 20 years of executive-level experience in IT services, consulting, e-commerce, and Artificial Intelligence(AI) operations. He has a proven track record of helping organizations worldwide improve their technology readiness and efficiency in a way that aligns business processes and IT capabilities to realize cost savings, accelerate performance and sustain strategic flexibility. Harjinder holds a Ph.D. in Soil Chemistry and a Master’s in Computer Science from West Virginia University, USA and is a PAU alumni having obtained his BSc and Master's in Soil Sciences from PAU, Ludhiana.  Harjinder has won numerous national and international awards in the IT sector, and holds 13 patents from US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on his name.   

Harman is presently working as Water Resource Specialist with Govt. of British Columbia, Canada. Earlier I have worked on greenhouse gas emission, nutrient management, water pollution, water resource management, conservation agriculture at Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India and for land use planning and soil survey as Soil Conservation Office with Govt of  Punjab, India.  Harman is also a prolific speaker.   

Raj oversees a pesticide program at the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. Raj has extensive knowledge and experience about pesticides including fate and transport and potential impacts on the human health and the environment. He held a variety of positions before accepting his current role, including research scientist, postdoctoral research associate, and assistant professor of entomology. Raj holds a PhD degree in Entomology from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India.   

In addition to his Plant and Soil Science training, Swarn brings more than 20 years of executive-level experience in IT services, consulting, e-commerce, and Artificial Intelligence(AI) operations. He has a proven track record of helping organizations worldwide improve their technology readiness and efficiency in a way that aligns business processes and IT capabilities to realize cost savings, accelerate performance and sustain strategic flexibility. Swarn holds a Ph.D. in Soil Chemistry and a Master’s in Computer Science from West Virginia University, USA and is a PAU alumni having obtained his BSC and Master's in Soil Sciences from PAU, Ludhiana.  Swarn won numerous national and international awards in the IT sector, and holds 13 patents from US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on his name.