Agriculture expert Satbir Singh Gosal appointed as VC of Punjab Agricultural University
Press Trust of India | August 19, 2022 | 11:13 PM IST | 1 min read
Punjab Agricultural University: Satbir Singh Gosal is a biotechnologist, and was the founder director of the School of Agricultural Biotechnology at PAU, Ludhiana.
CHANDIGARH: Noted agriculture exert Dr Satbir Singh Gosal has been appointed as the Vice Chancellor of the Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. Chief minister Bhagwant Mann approved Gosal's appointment as the vice-chancellor of PAU, a spokesperson of the chief minister's office said here on Friday.
Gosal had been a member of the Board of Management, PAU from 2015 to 2021. A noted biotechnologist, he was the Founder Director, School of Agricultural Biotechnology, PAU, Ludhiana.
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The renowned agriculture expert had also penned several books and was recipient of various awards and honours. He also has the distinction of developing tissue culture methods for more than 20 crops, based on which several commercial Tissue Culture Units have been established in Punjab, the spokesperson added.
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