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Now at PAU campus, scan a tree and unlock a story: Agri varsity launches QR digital tree mapping initiative

May 13, 2026 10:14 am

The university plans to gradually expand the QR Treescape Initiative by adding more trees and plant species across the campus in the coming months, creating a comprehensive digital repository of PAU’s rich plant wealth.

Kisan Mela at PAU begins today, V-C urges farmers to attend amid inclement weather

March 20, 2026 7:23 am

The varsity will be selling high quality paddy seeds for the upcoming kharif season at the Mela. The Mela will reportedly be attended by thousands of farmers not just from Punjab but across the northern region.

Padma Shri-winning Punjabi poet Surjit Patar's final verses released posthumously

February 26, 2026 3:40 pm

Punjab’s literary and academic fraternity gathered in solemn remembrance at PAU for the posthumous release of his poetic work in a book titled ‘Rabb Roti Bhasha Te Raag’.

Yearender 2025: Ludhiana’s PAU reaffirms its status in rankings, farmer-focused extension, and global engagement

December 29, 2025 5:15 pm

Punjab Agricultural University secured the top position among state agricultural universities in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) for the third consecutive year.

PAU prof awarded for developing eco-friendly insect-pest management technologies

December 15, 2025 8:07 pm

Dr JP Singh, Plant Protection Advisor to the Government of India, and Dr CA Viraktamath, an octogenarian entomologist, conferred the award on Dr Sandeep Singh.

Sahir Ludhianvi immortalised in bloom: PAU names bright yellow chrysanthemum after Punjab's iconic poet

December 04, 2025 1:42 pm

The bright, yellow-coloured blooms of the variety were displayed for the first time at the two-day annual Chrysanthemum Show of the varsity, that concluded Wednesday at PAU.

They lost their mother, not hope: Blind sisters from Ludhiana sing of a shared Punjab

October 06, 2025 6:32 pm

Scripting a success story of tragedy to triumph, Bhavna, 15 and Palak, 13, left legendary Punjabi singer Gurdas Maan mesmerized. Their father, once "taunted" for having "two blind daughters", says today people know him due to them

'Spoke so much truth that govts could not bear': PAU remembers illustrious alumni, satirist Jaswinder Bhalla

August 23, 2025 2:05 pm

Dr K S Aulakh, former vice-chancellor, PAU, said he was asked to suspend Jaswinder Singh Bhalla in 2004 for insulting then CM Captain Amarinder Singh, but he refused.

Paddy transplantation dates advanced, Punjab to use water ‘twice the capacity of Bhakra Dam’

June 11, 2025 12:25 pm

An expert from Punjab Agricultural University has warned that the Bhagwant Mann government’s decision to advance paddy transplantation will cause ‘a colossal loss of groundwater’.

Why PAU is reassessing PR-126 variety nine years after introduction: 'timing holds the key'

June 03, 2025 10:34 am

Last year, millers refused to store this paddy, claiming its OTR did not meet the FCI specifications, set at a minimum of 67%, and a lower OTR means they will have to pay from their pockets

Hues of 'friendship' & 'well-wishes': PAU hosts chrysanthemum show to honour Bhai Vir Singh

December 06, 2022 10:02 pm

Inter-university youth festival in Ludhiana strengthens cultural bond

January 22, 2016 8:39 am

Ludhiana,Jan 22 (ANI): Punjab Agricultural University in Ludhiana comes alive with the lively performances by students from North India. "Goonj-2016", the four-day long 31st Inter-University North Zone Youth Festival was organised by the Ministry of Youth Affairs in collaboration with Association of Indian Universities (AIU). Some 1200 students from universities across North India participated in 26 events including folk and classical music, mimicry, theatre, quiz and literary activities. The best performers will represent the north zone in a national level youth festival to be held in Mysore city in Karnataka.