Ludhiana: Amandeep Kour, a PhD scholar in the department of microbiology at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), won two prestigious awards at the recently concluded 8th Global Agriculture Conference (NAARI-2026).Kour was conferred with the ‘Young Microbiologist Award’ and also secured the third best oral presentation under the subtheme ‘Crop Protection in Open Field and Protected Conditions’.Her research focused on exploring Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) for the mitigation of plant stress.The conference, themed “Nurturing Agricultural Advancement through Research and Innovation,” was jointly organied by the Agri Meet Foundation (Bharat) and the Agriculture Wali Research Foundation (AWRF), New Delhi.
