Lifetime achievement award for TS Thind

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, November 3

Dr TS 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 given to Dr Thind during the national symposium on ‘Biorational approaches in plant disease management’ held at the Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan, on October 27-28.

Thind is a well-known plant pathologist of the country and his research contributions in epidemiology of plant diseases and their management is widely acclaimed at the national and international level. 

He is considered a pioneer in the work on fungicide resistance in India. He has also developed efficient technologies for controlling several plant diseases and decision support systems for their timely management. These technologies have been widely adopted by 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 recognised through several awards and honours.

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