Food for thought: Towards a Greener Revolution

We are a multi-disciplinary team of faculty members from Panjab University, Chandigarh.

We are partners in a University of Cambridge led project under Research Council U.K’s Global Challenges Research Fund.

` Transforming India’s Green Revolution by Research and Empowerment for Sustainable food Supplies‘ (Tigr2ess)

Hence our moniker PUTigr2ess!

Nutrition; Skill Development & Entrepreneurship

Organic Farming: Skill Development; Nutrition; Entrepreneurship

Media & Communication

Skill Development & Entrepreneurship

We are working with rural and peri-urban communities of Punjab, primarily women and youth, with the objective of effecting wellbeing through the following routes:

Prof. RajKumar, Vice Chancellor

Panjab University, Chandigarh

Our Team Leader

Prof. Ramanjit Kaur Johal

The Teams

Nutrition; Skill Development & Entrepreneurship

Prashant Gautam
Bharati Garg
Jaswinder Singh
Jaswinder Kaur PDRA

Organic Farming: Skill Development; Nutrition; Entrepreneurship

Suveera Gill Tilak Raj Amanjot Kaur( PDRA) Anupam( JRF)

Media & Communication

Archana R. Singh
Jayant N. Pethkar
Sumedha Singh

Skill Development & Entrepreneurship

Monika Aggarwal
Prabhdip Brar
Rita Kant
Amandeep Singh
Bhawna Gupta
Meenu Radha Kanwal Sharma (PDRA) Harpreet Kaur (JRF)

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BY Malika Kukreja Do you feel hesitant as a researcher before the start of field visit for primary data collection? Is there a fear of the unknown and unsettling questions about how you can gather maximum participation from the respondents?Continue reading “Immersing the researcher during Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA): learnings from the field”
Today’s Punjab: A Farmer’s Poetic ReflectionsFebruary 11, 2022
By Suveera Gill and Ramanjit Kaur Johal Punjab has been unable to break the vicious cycle of the green revolution resulting in the shrinking of agricultural output, degradation of the environment and mounting health crisis. The green revolution was initiatedContinue reading “Today’s Punjab: A Farmer’s Poetic Reflections”
Women in Agriculture: Marginalised or On the Margins?January 20, 2022
By Prof. Suveera Gill, Prof. Ramanjit K. Johal, and Malika Kukreja Have you ever witnessed a woman ploughing a field using a tractor, and that too in a traditional patriarchal society? Can you also imagine that a woman alone can runContinue reading “Women in Agriculture: Marginalised or On the Margins?”