LUDHIANA
Dr T.S. Thind, Adjunct Professor and former Additional Director of Research, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), has been honoured with the “Life Time Achievement Award” by the Himalayan Phytopathological Society for his contributions to the discipline of plant pathology. The award was presented to Dr Thind during the National Symposium on “Biorational Approaches in Plant Disease Management,” held at Dr Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan, on October 27-28, 2017.

Dr Thind is a well known plant pathologist of the country and his research contributions in the area of epidemiology of plant diseases and their management are widely acclaimed at the national and international level. He is considered a pioneer in the work on fungicide resistance in India. He has alsodeveloped efficient technologies for economical and successful control of several economically important plant diseases, and decision support systems for their timely management. These technologies have been widely adopted by the farmers and have helped in getting economical yields. Dr Thind has executed a good number of research projects with national and international collaborations and participated in conferences on plant pathology in several countries. He has published more than 200 research papers and six books. His research achievements have been widely recognized through several awards and honours.

Dr Baldev Singh Dhillon, Vice-Chancellor, PAU and Dr Navtej Bains, Director of Research, congratulated Dr Thind for this achievement.