Faculty Member
Umesh Kumar Singh
Lecturer
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Department
Integrated Science Education and Research Centre (ISERC)
Areas of Specialisation
Environmental Sciences
Hydrogeology
Water Pollution
Soil Pollution
Geochemistry
Solid Waste Management
| Date of Birth | 20th April 1975 | ||
| Qualification | |||
| Year | Degree | College/University | |
| 1997 | B.Sc. (Hons.) in Chemistry | BHU, Varanasi | |
| 2001 | M.Sc. (Environmental Sciences) | JNU, New Delhi | |
| 2003 | M.Phil. (Environmental Sciences) | JNU, New Delhi | |
| 2008 | Ph.D. (Environmental Sciences) | JNU, New Delhi | |
| Teaching/Research Experience | |||
 7 months in Visva-Bharati as LecturerOctober 2001 to April 2003, As Junior Research Fellow (JRF) in a project funded
by Ministry of Statistics and Programme implementation, Govt. of IndiaMay 2003 to May 2005, As Junior Research Fellow (JRF) in School of Environmental Sciences,
funded by University Grants Commission, Govt. of IndiaJune 2005 to June 2007, As Senior Research Fellow (SRF) in School of Environmental
Sciences, funded by University Grants Commission, Govt. of India
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| Other Academic Distinctions | |||
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Qualified UGC-JRF (NET) 2002, UGC (NET) 2001, ASRB (NET) 2001.Qualified for JAPAN GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIP to do research in Tokyo University for 2 years.Published 7 papers in reputed international journals. International conference papers 3. |
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| Selected Publications | |||
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Umesh Kumar Singh, Manish Kumar, Pawan K. Jha, Rita Chauhan, AL.Ramanathan and V. Subramanian
"Assessment of the impact of landfill on groundwater quality: A case study of the Pirana site in western India".
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (2008) 141:309–321.Manju Rawat, Umesh K. Singh, Amit K. Mishra, and V. Subramanian “Methane Emission and Heavy Metals
Quantification from Selected Landfill Areas in India” Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (2008) 137:67-74.Pawan Kumar Jha, Jaya Tewari, Umesh Kumar Singh, Manish Kumar and V. Subramanian (2009)
“Chemical Weathering and Associated CO2 consumption in Godavari River Basin, India”, Published online in Chemical Geology.
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.03.025 |
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