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Department of Horticulture


Dr. Omveer Singh


DESIGNATION: Professor, Horticulture (PHT)
QUALIFICATION:Ph.D. Horticulture, ICAR-NET (Fruit Science)
SPECIALISATION:Fruit Science & Post harvest Technology
EMAIL:ovspht[at]gmail[dot]com
CONTACT NO.:+91-9411741267
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Research Areas/Areas of interest

  • Postharvest Technology, Fruit Science
    • Research Projects

  • Generation of elite planting material of temperate fruit crops (PI), funded by HTM, MM-I, 2012.
  • Establishment of mother blocks for bud wood and rootstock banks (PI), funded by HTM MM-I 2012.
  • Apple Improvement Programmne (Co-PI), funded by FAO 2005 to 2007.
  • Development and promotion of Pleurotus based cottage industry using local natural resources in mid-hills of Pauri District’ (Co-PI), funded by funded by UCoST, Dehradun 2007 to 2010.
  • Development of Big Nursery-Public Sector’ at VCSGCH, Bharsar, (PI), funded by HMNEH, Dehradun 2012.
  • Promotion of Mushroom Cultivation as an Economically Viable Income Generation Activity for the People of Tribal Villages Bankatia and Debari of Khatima (USNagar), Uttarakhand’ (Co-PI), funded by DBT, New Delhi 2014 to 2017.
  • Training/skill development for unemployed SC youth/farmers of Uttarakhand” (PI), funded by ICAR-SCSP 2023 to 2024.
  • Training, demonstration and value addition on Mushroom cultivation for livelihood development of of ST people of Nainital district of Uttrarakhand, (Co-PI), funded by ICAR-TSP 2023 to 2024.
  • Popularization of low-cost protected technologies for enhanced quality vegetable production for sustainability and livelihood security of Uttarakhand farmers in ST dominated areas/villages, (Co-PI), funded by ICAR-TSP 2024 to 2025.
    • Award/Honour

  • SAAR (Society for Agriculture & Allied Research) Distinguished Teacher Award-2020
  • Faculty Excellence Award-2020, 2022, 2024 and 2025, College of Agriculture, GBPUAT, Pantnagar
    • Selected Research Publications

    Total no of Research Papers: 45

    Popular articles: 31

    Book Chapters: 06

    1. Ankit Kumar, Omveer Singh, Karishma Kohli and M.C. Dubey. 2017. Effect of edible surface coatings on postharvest quality and shelf life of guava (Psidium guajava L. cv. Pant Prabhat) fruits. The Bioscan. 12(2): 829-836.

    2. Ankit Kumar, Omveer Singh and Karishma Kohli. 2017. Post-harvest changes in functional and sensoryproperties of guava (Psidium guajava L. cv. PantPrabhat) fruitsas influenced by different edible coatingtreatments. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry. 6(6): 1109-1116.

    3. Singh, O.; Kumar, Ankit; Rai, Ratna and Kohli, K. 2016. Qulality evaluation of low chill peach cultivars for preparation of ready-to-serve “Nectar’ drink. Asian Journal of Dairy and Food Research, 35(4):327-330.

    4. Gupta, N.K., Misra, S.K., Singh, O. and Rai, Ratna. 2016. Correlation studies in bael (Aegle marmelos Correa). Progressive Horticulture, 48(1): 116-118.

    5. Singh, O and Misra, K. K. 2015. Correlation studies in Ber (Zizyphus mauritiana Lamk.). Progressive Horticulture, 47(2): 253-255.
    Other Information

    1. Patent granted - 04
    2. Production technologies developed:
      • Standardization of methodology of Rhododendron flower squash.
      • Standardization and value addition of Pleurotus mushroom into Pleurotus preserve and Pleurotus pickle.
      • Standardization of Surface Edible Coatings on Guava Cultivar Pant Prabhat