Gurdial S. Sidhu

Background

Sidhu, Gurdial S. Son of Asa S. and Sukhchain K. Sidhu.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India, 1971.

Career

Assistant rice breeder Punjab Agricultural University, Kapurthala, 1972—1978, rice breeder, 1978—1983, senior rice breeder Ludhiana, 1983—1993, senior plant breeder, head, plant breeding department, 2001—2002, associate director research Jalandhar, 1993—2001. Project scientist International Rice Research Institute, Phnom Penh, Phnom Penh Municipality, Cambodia, 1995—1998. Consultant, rice program leader Maharashtra Hybrid Seed Company, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, 2003—2004.

Adjunct professor University District of Columbia, Washington.

Achievements

• Achievements include research in genetics of resistance to diseases and insect pests, morphological and grain quality traits in rice and envelopment of improved varieties of rice for commercial cultivation. Development of released four varieties sugarcane for commercial cultivation in Punjab and adjoining states of India. Development of improved rice germplasm.

Connections

Married Joginder K. Sandhu, February 6, 1971. Children: Ramneek, Deepak Manjosh.

Father:

Asa S.

Mother:

Sukhchain K. Sidhu

Spouse:

Joginder K. Sandhu

child:

Ramneek Sidhu

child:

Deepak Manjosh Sidhu