Dr. Rajbir Singh possesses over 30 years of research experience in different fields of Agriculture, and has been holding the position of Deputy Director General (Agriculture Extension) at ICAR since February 2025. As the Assistant Director General (Agronomy, Agrofrestry & Climate Change), he steered the programmes of the NRM Division of ICAR for about last two year. Before that, he has served as the Director, ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Ludhiana, 2015-2023.
Dr. Rajbir sing has been conferred with several awards and recognition, including the Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award for Outstanding Research in Agrilutral Scineces, 2022 in the field of Natural Resource Management and Agriculutral Engineeering (2022); Nanaji Deshmukh ICAR Award for Outstanding Interdisciplinary Team Research Award in Agriculture and Allied Science (as Team Leader) in 2019; Swami Sahajanand Saraswati Outstanding Extension Scientist Award of ICAR in 2016; Chaudhary Devi Lal Outstanding All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) Award in 2011; Member of High Powered Team for suggesting remedy for whitefly in Haryana and Punjab constituted by Governor, Haryana in 2015; Chairperson of Working Group on `Promotion of straw management in Haryana’ constituted by The Chairman, Haryana Farmers Commission, Govt. of Haryana in 2018; Appreciation Certificate awarded by Secretary DARE & Secretary, DAC&FW in 2019 for effective contribution, dedication and commitment demonstrated for effective management of crop residue burning; Appreciation Plaque awarded by Chief Minister of Punjab in 2019 for strengthen the KVKs of Punjab, popularizing the resource conservation technologies at scale and developing nutri-gardens at KVKs for mitigating malnutrition in rural areas; Member, Indian Delegation at COP-28 in Dubai, UAE, 2023, UNFCCC Indian Delegation Member for SABSTA/SBI-60 at Bonn, Germany, 2024; Indian Delegation Member for developing District Contingent Plans for Zambia,2024, UNFCCC Indian Delegation Member – COP-29, Baku, Azerbejan. Member of Advisory Committee for UNEP-ILO-MoRD, Member of National Project Monitoring Committee for GEF-7 FOLUR Project, Member Secretary of HLMC of NICRA, Member Secretary of National Committee for Promotion of Natural Farming, Member of Working Group-Agriculture for National Adaptation Plan under MoEF&CC, Member of Working Group under WDC-PMKSY, MoRD,2023.