Sr Singh

Biography

Sita Ram Singh earned BSc (Agricultural Engineering) (1962) from Allahabad University and MTech (Soil & Water Conservation Engineering) (1965) from IIT Kharagpur. He studied at The Ohio State University, USA and Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana and obtained PhD (1974) from PAU. After serving for a brief period as Assistant Professor at UP Agricultural University (now GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology), Pantnagar, he joined Faculty at PAU (1966) and worked there in different capacities till 1989. He worked as Visiting Fellow at the Hydrology Research Division, Environment Canada, Ottawa (1977-78). He served as first Director of Water Technology Centre for Eastern Region, Bhubaneswar (1989-97); Project Director, Directorate of Water Management Research, Patna (1997-2001); first Director of the ICAR Research Complex for Eastern Region, Patna (2001-02); Vice-Chancellor, Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar (2002-05); and continuing as INSA Senior Scientist at CSSRI Regional Research Station, Lucknow.

Research Interest

Soil and Water Engineering, Irrigation and Drainage Enggineering, Ground Water Modelling