Prof. Ramesh P. Singh
(Career Highlights)
Education M.Sc. 1976, Ph.D. 1980 from
Position held
1976-1977 National
Geophysical Res. Institute,
Selected as Institute Fellow
1997 Guest scientist,
1981-1986 Post-doctoral and
Physics,
1986-2007 Indian
Institute of
Technology,
Joined
as Faculty in 1986. Spent 22 years at
IIT Kanpur; since 1986 worked as Full Professor
2003-2005 worked
at CEOSR, GMU as Distinguished Visiting
Professor
2007-Tilldate In GMU
as Full Professor
Teaching and Research Experience
Taught 22 years
at IIT Kanpur, Under Graduate and Post Graduate
courses
Developed new courses at
Undergraduate and Post Graduate levels.
Developed Remote Sensingand GIS
Lab and also Geology and
Geophysics Lab
for undergraduate
and post graduate levels.
Teaching at GMU During
2003-2005, taught Undergraduate course, class of 92 students,
Participated
in teaching 3 Graduate level courses, GMU, 2004-2005
Presently
teaching Undergraduate level course at GMU in Fall
2008.
Ph.D. students Advisor of Ph.D. thesis of Five students
M.Tech. students Advisor of 35 M.Tech.
thesis and published papers based on these theses
in mostly International Refereed Journals.
B.Tech. Supervised B.Tech.
project of six students, based on project and
summer work, the under graduate students published papers in International
Journals with me.
Research Projects Handled
research grants from Indian Government Funding agencies and also from Indian Space Research
Organization, grant of more than Rs. 2000,0000.00.
Part of several projects submitted to
NASA by CEOSR Director.
One
proposal as PI is under pending with NASA under NASA ROSES A16.
Patents Two
patents submitted by GMU (under process)
International Had
international collaborations with
Reviewers Almost
all the leading Journals in Earth, Natural Hazards and Atmospheric sciences
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Reviewer of UNESCO
Publications
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Reviewer of EU and NASA research proposals
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Reviewers of Research proposals submitted to Indian Govt Funding agencies
Publications
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Edited 6 books (published by Pergamon
and Elsevier Sci. Press,
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Published 180
publications in almost in most of the leading journals of Earth sci., Natural hazards, Remote Sensing. These publications
are widely cited.
Editor
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Chief Editor, Indian
J. Remote Sensing during 2000 – 2007
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Editor of International J. Remote Sensing, Taylor and
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Indian J. Marine Sciences (Sci. publication), 2008 –
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Disaster, (Indian J.) (2008 -)
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Member, Editorial Board of the Journal "The Journal of Terrestrial Observation (JTO)"
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Editor – EOS American Geophysical
International Recognition
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Internationally known especially among NASA and Atmospheric
scientists as
PI of IIT Kanpur AERONET, this was started single
handedly by Prof. Singh. The data collected is used by International scientists
with due acknowledgment.
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Proposed SLHF as a Precursor in EMSEV meeting during IUGG
Sapporo, Japan 2003 meeting which is used by many groups throughout the world
citing his work.
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Proposed Chlorophyll blooming associated with Earthquakes
and Cyclone/.hurricanes; first time Prof.Singh shown
to the International scientific community about chlorophyll blooming associated
with Super cyclone of Orissa 1999 and with Guajrat earthquake of January 2001.
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Developed RAYPT (Ramesh- Yeshpal technique) for Cross hole
technique for making three dimensional image of subsurface used by Oil Company.
This paper is well cited by scientist from Oil Company
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Internationally known for Carrying out Magnetotelluric
Work over 150 stations in
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Multi sensor studies associated with Gujarat Earthquake
2001 known among Earthquake and Seismology community.
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His team work on aerosol pollution over
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Validation of AIRS satellite data work by CEOSR group in
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Nominated as one of the Three Directors to organize
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Proposed to hold
EMSEV Workshop in US during 2010 which is now accepted by EMSEV during
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His proposal is actively under process to start a New
International Journal on Remote Sensing of Natural Hazards by an International
Press.
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Some of his Indian students are working as tenured Faculty member in
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Brought out a special issue of the International J. Remote
Sensing on
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Bringing out a special issue on Wenchuan
earthquake (May 12, 2008) of the International J. Remote Sensing.
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Complementary behavior of multi parameters observed from
multi sensor data associated with Earthquakes, approach initiated by me.
International Committees
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COSPAR Associate
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Member of the Executive Committee of
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Vice Chair, International
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Chairman, IAF Committee on Natural Hazards (2002-2006)
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Member, International EMSEV Working Group
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Member, AGU Committee on International Participation (1998-2001)
Organizational Experience Organized
International Workshops and Symposia at IIT
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QIP course and two weeks Workshop on Magnetotelluric
Methods of Exploration, IIT Kanpur, Jan. 1988
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ILP Workshop on Three-dimensional mapping of the Lithosphere,
IIT Kanpur, March 1997. ISRS Annual Meeting and
Symposium on Natural Hazards, Oct. 2000.
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International Symposium on
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IASTA Annual meeting and International Symposium on
Aerosol, Cloud and Monsoon, Nov. 2004
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COSPAR Session on Use of Remote Sensing for Geological
Mapping,
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World Space Congress on Geological Exploration,
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COSPAR Session on Natural Hazards,
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COSPAR Session on Natural Hazards,
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COSPAR Session on Early Warning of Natural Hazards, July,
2004.
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Organized sessions during AGU meetings 2006, 2007 and 2008.
While at IIT Kanpur, Prof.Singh had developed
following International collaborations, under which number of students from
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Department of Geophysics,
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Department of Earth Sciences,
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Institute of
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UNEP, Sioux Falls,
USA
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NOAA, Maryland, USA
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