Academic Qualifications

Career Profile

Areas of Specialization

Environment degradation and management with particular emphasis on land, land use/land cover change, Geopolitics, Geography in warfare and Geographical Information System.

Recognitions and Awards

Selected for Post-Doctoral Fellowship offered by Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi.

Senior Research Fellowship (UGC-SRF) in Geography, 2008.

Junior Research Fellowship (UGC-JRF) in Geography, 2006.

National Eligibility Test for Lectureship (UGC-NET), June 2004, June 2005 and Dec 2005.

Recognition of ‘Academic Excellence’ by Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Funds, Teen Murti House, New Delhi, 2004.

Gold Medal for standing First in M.A. /M.Sc. Geography, Dept. of Geography, BHU-2002.

BHU Prize for standing First in Geography at the B.A. /B.Sc. (Hons.)  Part III Examinations-2000.

Sri Ram Sundar Singh Memorial Prize for securing First Position in Geography among the candidates of M.M.V. at the B.A. /B.Sc. (Hons.) Examination 2000.

BHU endowment scholarship for securing first position in B.A, /B.Sc. (Hons.)  2000.

Award of India National Scholarship in Year 2000.

Professional Trainings

ISRO sponsored training on "Application of Geoinformatics for Disaster Management" for four weeks from 15th April to 16th May, 2009 organized by Geological Survey of India Training Institute (GSITI), Hyderabad.

Training on “ERDAS Imagine, Leica Photogrammetry Suite and ArcGIS for Geographers & Geo-scientists” (24/11/08-28/11/08) organized by Department of Geography, School of Human & Environmental Sciences, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong.

Three Weeks DST Sponsored Training Course on “Land Use Planning, Management & Sustainable Development” Organized by Udai Pratap Autonomous College, Varanasi, U.P.

Workshop on “Rain Water Harvesting and Artificial Ground Water Recharge” organized by Central Ground Water Commission and BHU during 25th-26th march 2008.

National Workshop on “Writing Research Proposal” organized by the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, BHU during 11th -16th March, 2008.

National Workshop on “Global Climate Change and Sustainable environment” organized by the Department of Environmental Science, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, during 04th -05th March, 2008.

Publications

     Academic book

Kiran K Singh, 2010 “Assessment of Land Degradation: A Qualitative Approach” (VDM Verlag Dr. Muller Publishing House Ltd, Germany), ISBN-13: 978-3639305753.

     International Journal

Kiran K Singh, 2010 “Land Degradation Studies in Retrospect: A Review”, Journal of International Environmental Application & Science, Vol. 5 (4): pp 609-620.

Kiran K Singh and Raju, K.N.P., 2009 “Choice of Remote Sensing Data (IRS-1C LISS III) for Geomorphic Mapping”, Asian Journal of Geoinformatics (AJG) Vol.9 No.2 (June issue) pp 53-54.

     National Journal

Kiran K Singh and Londe,S.K., 2009 “Monitoring Wasteland in Part of East Singhbhum District Using LISS III Data” Indian Journal of Geomorphology, Vol. 13&14, pp 99-105.

Kiran K Singh, 2008 “Assessment of Rural Tourism Potential in Hamirpur District: A Geographical Analysis” North Indian Geography Journal (UBBP), Vol.38,

Kiran K Singh, 2007 “Environmental Protection: A way to achieve sustained economic development in Nepal”, Indian Journal of Nepalese Studies, Vol. XIII, pp 93- 103.

Software Expertise

Digital Image Processing and Visual image interpretation using ERDAS IMAGINE 9.1

Analysis in Geographical Information System domain using Arc GIS Desktop 9.1.

SPSS (Statistical package for Social Science), 16.0.

Membership

Member of the International Society for Environmental Information Sciences (ISEIS),            Canada.