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DR. AJAI SINGH

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Department of Civil Engineering

Full Name
DR. AJAI SINGH
Email
ajai.singh@cuj.ac.in
Mobile
+91
Address
Department of Civil Engineering
Orcid Id :
0000-0002-7503-0461
Researcher Id:
Google Scholar Id:
68
Journal PUBLICATIONS
36
SPONSORED PROJECTS
12
Books and Book Chapters
Awarded : 5
Ongoing : 5
DOCTORAL STUDENTS

Brief Profile

Have more than 28 years of accomplished career spanning from teaching, research and extension. I have worked on modeling of hydrological processes of a catchment, application of artificial neural network in simulating hydrologic response and micro irrigation systems as evidenced by published research papers. Recently, Water Evaluation and Planning System model was taken up for proper allocation of available water resources and Storm Water Management Model for planning, analysis and design related to storm water runoff, combined and sanitary sewers, and other drainage systems in urban areas. I have also explored water policy issues of India, delineation of groundwater potential zone and has recently developed an electronic wetting front detector for irrigation scheduling. He has completed several consultancy assignment ranging from social impact assessment, DPR evaluation and DPR preparation of conventional water treatment plant, preparation of state specific action plan for water for Jharkhand and study of mining on carrying capacity of Damodar river in South Karanpura Coalfield of Jharkhand funded by CCL. Dr. Singh has guided more than 60 M.Tech students and has been supervising more than 5 doctoral students.

EDUCATION QUALIFICATION

Doctor of Philosophy :2011, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Sciences and Technology,Allahabad.

Master of Technology:

Bachelor of Technology:

COURSES TAUGHT

  • PhD: Hydrologic System Modelling
  • PG: Watershed Management, Groundwater Hydrology, Finite element Methods
  • UG-PG Integrated: Finite element Methods, Advance Hydrology

Additional roles/ responsibility

  1. Head, Department of Civil Engineering, Central University of Jharkhand
  2. Dean, School of Engineering and Technology, Central University of Jharkhand
  3. Dean Students Welfare of Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, Jharkhand from 29.03.2016 to 13.12.2017.
  4. Chief Proctor of Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, Jharkhand from 2015 to 13.12.2017.
  5. Head of Department of Water Engineering and Management, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, Jharkhand from 2013 to 2018.
  6. Coordinator, University Placement Cell (2015-2019).
  7. Chairperson – Proctorial Board of Central University of Jharkhand

PUBLICATIONS

Total Publications 54
List of Selected Papers :
  1. Renewable Energy : A New Paradigm Growth
  2. Singh Ajai, R.P.Singh, P.S.Mahar and K.K.Singh. 2000. Optimal design of tapered microirrigation submain manifolds. American Society of Civil Engineers, Jr. of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 126(6), pp. 371-374.
  3. Tiwari, K. N., Ajai Singh, P.K.Mal and A.Pandey. 2001. Effect of crop geometry on yield and economics of okra (Abelmoschus exculentus(L.) Moench) under drip irrigation. Jr. of the Institution of Engineers, Division of Agricultural Engineering, India, 82, 9-12
  4. Tiwari, K. N., Ajai Singh, P.K.Mal. 2003. Effect of drip irrigation on yield of cabbage (Brassica oleracea L. var. capitata) under mulch and non-mulch conditions. Jr. of Agricultural Water Management, The Netherlands, 58, pp. 19-28.
  5. Singh, Ajai. 2007. Yield response of drip irrigated tomato to different levels of irrigation. Jr. of Interacademicia, 11(2), pp. 200-207.
  6. Singh Ajai, 2007. Economic feasibility of drip irrigated tomato crop under rainfed condition. Agricultural Engineering Today, 31, pp.1-5.
  7. Singh Ajai. 2008. Economic feasibility of growing capsicum crop under drip irrigation in West Bengal, India. Jr. of Irrigation Drainage System, Springer Science, 22, pp.179-188.
  8. Singh Ajai, 2008. Short duration rainfall analysis for effective crop planning in rainfed agriculture. Jr. of Interacademicia,12(4), pp. 469-477.
  9. Ajai Singh, Mohd. Imtiyaz, R. K. Isaac, D. M. Denis. 2011. Application of multilayer perceptron (MLP) artificial neural network model in simulating rainfall-runoff processes. Jr. of Interacademicia, 15(2), 213-221
  10. Ajai Singh, A.C. Pandey, V.K. Pandey, S.S. Kumar. 2012. Probability analysis of rainfall for crop planning in Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal, India. Eco. Env. & Cons. 18 (1), pp. 61-64.
  11. Ajai Singh, Mohd. Imtiyaz, R. K. Isaac, D. M. Denis. 2012. Hydrological Process Modelling using RBNN - A Neural Network Computing Technique. Journal of Agricultural Engineering, 49(2), pp. 27-32.
  12. Ajai Singh, V. K. Jain. 2012. Modeling Daily Evaporation Using Multilayer Perceptron Artificial Neural Network Algorithm. Journal of Interacademicia, 16(3), 675-683.
  13. Singh, A., M. Imtiyaz, R.K.Isaac, D.M.Denis. 2012. Comparison of soil and water assessment tool (SWAT) and multilayer perceptron (MLP) artificial neural network for predicting sediment yield in the Nagwa agricultural watershed in Jharkhand, India. Agric. Water Mgt., 104, pp.113-120.
  14. Ajai Singh, V.K.Jain, JayantaDutta. 2012. Comparison of Artificial Neural Network Models and Regression Model for Prediction of Evaporation for Malwa Region of Madhya Pradesh, India. International Agricultural Engineering Journal, 21(3-4), 96-104.
  15. Singh, A., M. Imtiyaz, R.K.Isaac, D.M.Denis. 2013. Comparison of Artificial Neural Network Models for sediment yield prediction at single gauging station of watershed in Eastern India, Jr. of Hydrologic Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers. 18:1, 115-120
  16. Ajai Singh, V. K. Jain, SanjeebBandhopadhyaya. 2013. Impact Assessment of Rainfall and Soil Temperature on Simulation of Daily Pan Evaporation using Multilayer Perceptron Model, Jr. of Interacademicia, 17(30), 474-488.

Books and Book Chapters

Books and Book Chapters:8
  1. Ajai Singh, Ray, A. K., 2004. Rain Water Harvesting in North Bengal. Uttar BangaKrishiViswavidyalaya, Pundibari, Coocbehar.
  2. Ajai Singh. 2012. Biodiesel plantations for livelihoods improvement and environmental protection.(ed) S. Chakravarty, G. Shukla, A.N.Dey. In: Tree-borne Oilseeds Species, Lambert Academy Publishing, Germany, pp: 82-96.
  3. Ajai Singh, Mohd. Imtiyaz. 2013. Hydrological modelling using process based and data driven models. Lambert Academy Publishing, Germany, pp: 269
  4. Ajai Singh, R. P. Singh, 2013. Finite Element Analysis and Optimal Design of Drip Irrigation Sub-main. Lambert Academy Publishing, Germany, pp: 82
  5. Ajai Singh.2015. Economic Returns for Drip Irrigated Tomato. In ‘Research Advances in Sustainable Micro Irrigation: Applications of Furrow and Micro Irrigation in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions. Ed. Megh R. Goyal.
  6. Ajai Singh. 2016. Water and Sustainable Development. N.D. Publishers, New Delhi, India.
  7. Ajai Singh, Megh R. Goyal. 2017. Micro irrigation engineering in horticultural crops: policy option, scheduling and design. In Innovation and Challenges in Micro Irrigation, Vol. 6 (Edited Book). CRC Press Taylor and Francis Group, USA. Hard ISBN: 9781771885409, E-Book ISBN: 9781315207421
  8. Rajan Kumar Jha, A.K. Singh, L.R. Ranganath and Ajai Singh.2017. Study of Hydrodynamic and Sediment Transport in Gulf of Khambhat, Western Coast India—A Numerical Approach. In V. Garg et al. (eds.), Development of Water Resources in India, Water Science and Technology Library 75, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-55125-8_7. Springer International Publishing
  9. Ajai Singh. 2017. Maximizing profits by using different planting geometry under micro irrigation. In Megh R. Goyal (Ed.) Micro Irrigation Management – Technological advances and their applications. Vol. 5, pp 295-301.
  10. Ajai Singh. 2019.Wastewater Reuse and Watershed Management: Engineering Implications for Agriculture, Industry, and the Environment.Apple Academic Press.
  11. Ajai Singh. 2021. Microirrigation Systems – Principles and Practices, CBS Publishers and Distributors Pvt Ltd, New Delhi.

Seminar/ Workshop/ Conference Participation:

CONFERENCE PROCEESDINGS
  1. Tiwari, K. N., J. Panda, Ajai Singh, P.K.Mal and R.P.Singh. 2000. Conservation, Storage and Effective Utilization of Rainwater. Proc. National Workshop on Rainwater and Groundwater Management for Sustainable Rice Ecosystem. September25-26, AgFE Department, IIT, Kharagpur, India and Institute of Water Resources and Hydrology, University of Hannover, Germany.
  2. K.N. Tiwari, Ajai Singh and P.K. Mal. 2000. Economic Feasibility of Raising Seedlings and Vegetable Productions under Low Cost Plastic Greenhouse, American Society for Plasticulture. 29(12)-122 – 130, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
  3. Tiwari, K. N., Ajai Singh and P.K.Mal. 2001. Design and development of low cost filter system. XXXV Annual Convention, Indian Society of Agricultural Engineering, Jan 22-25. SWE-01-13, Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology, Bhubaneswar, India.
  4. Singh, Ajai. 2007. Economic analysis of capsicum crop under drip irrigation. Seminar on Drip and Sprinkler irrigation systems Development – Prospect, Technical Issues & Solution. Organised by Jalpaiguri Govt. Engineering College and The Institution of Engineers (India). 27th April.
  5. Singh Ajai. 2008. Application of gamma distribution for analysis of rainfall for crop planning in DakshinDinajpur, West Bengal. Published in One Day Conference on Agricultural Input for the Development of the NE Region at Assam University. 3rd December.
  6. Ajai Singh and T. K. Das. 2009. Probability analysis of rainfall for crop planning in DakshinDinajpur, West Bengal. . XLIII Annual Convention, Indian Society of Agricultural Engineering, February 15-17, Birsa Agriculture University, Ranchi, India.
  7. Ajai Singh, Mohd. Imtiyaz, R. K. Isaac, D. M. Denis. 2012. Performance evaluation and uncertainty analysis of SWAT model for simulating hydrological processes in an agricultural watershed in India. International SWAT Conference, Organized by IIT Delhi and Texas A & M University, USA, July 18-20, New Delhi, India.
  8. Jayanta Dutta and Ajai Singh. 2012. Rainfall variability and foodgrain production in Uttar Dinajpur, DakshinDinajpur and Malda districts of West Bengal. Published in National Seminar on Biodiversity and Sustainability vis-à-vis Economic Development in the Northern Parts of West Bengal. RSM Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal, India, August 26-27, 89.
  9. Ajai Singh. 2015. Quantification of uncertainty in ……neural network models’ in a National Workshop on ‘Challenges and Opportunities for management of Water Supplies in Rural Area’ during January 23-24, 2015 at ISM Dhanbad.
  10. Participated in World Irrigation Forum Meeting organized by International Commission on Irrigation & Drainage at Chiang Mai, Thailand during November 6-8, 2016.
  11. Rupesh Kumar, K.H Barve,Ajai Singh, Tasneem Ahsan, L.R Ranganath. 2018. Assessment of Wave Energy Potential using 3-years Offshore Wind & Wave Data near Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, INCHOE-2018, Indian Society for Hydraulics and Central Water & Power Research Station, Pune, India
  12. Presented a paper on ‘Assessment of supply – demand by using Water Evaluation and Planning model for Ur river watershed, Madhya Pradesh, India’ during May 8-10, 2019 at Workshop: Science and Innovation for Catchment Management at University of Warwick, UK.

AWARDS AND HONOURS

  1. Conferred Distinguished Services Certificate (2012) by Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers, New Delhi.
  2. Conferred Commendation Medal (2022) by Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers, New Delhi.

Any Other Information

Projects and Consultancy
1. State Nodal Officer for preparation of state-specific action on water Towards Water Security, Safety and Sustainability: 2050 for the Jharkhand state of India (continuing from 2021)
2. Leading a team as Nodal Officer of Social Impact Assessment team of CUJ. Completed 21 Social Impact Assessment studies of Infrastructural projects of Government of Jharkhand, India. The details are in Annex I (Completed)
3. Leading a team to evaluate the Detailed Project Report of Weirs/Check Dams constructed by Drinking Water and Sanitation Department, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi. The details are in Annex II (Completed)
4. Co-PI of a project ‘R&D Study to Conduct Mathematical and Physical Hydraulic Modelling Studies for Finalizing Desired Piano Key Weir Configurations for Asolamendha Dam Project’ sponsored by Water Resources Department, Nagpur, Maharashtra (Continuing from 2022).
5. Team member of a project ‘Assessment of the impact of mining operation in nearby eco-system of South Karanpura Coalfields, Damodar river Basin, Jharkhand’ sponsored by Central Coalfields Limited, Ranchi, Jharkhand
6. Team member of a project ‘Quantitative and qualitative assessment of mine water for the mines of CCL’ sponsored by Central Coalfields Limited, Ranchi, Jharkhand
7. Team member of a project ‘Preparation of Riverine/Riparian Eco-System Conservation and management plans for the listed mines of CCL situated in North Karanpura Coalfields’ sponsored by Central Coalfields Limited, Ranchi, Jharkhand
8. Team member of a project ‘Preparation of Detailed Project Report (DPR) for establishing the Coal Neer Plant at Ray-Bachra, Piparwar Area under Mission GREEN initiative’ sponsored by Central Coalfields Limited, Ranchi, Jharkhand.
9. Co-PI of a research project entitled ‘Standardisation of gravity based micro irrigation system for tribal farmers of Chota Nagpur plateau region, Jharkhand’ funded by HEFA under CSR Fund amounting 40 lacs.
10. Nodal Officer, Integrated Agromet Advisory Services, IMD, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India.
EDITORIAL
1. Editor, American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Bi-Monthly, ISSN: 1553-345X (Print), ISSN: 1558-3910 (Online)
2. Member of Editorial Board of Sustainable Agricultural Research, ISSN 1927-050X, Canadian Center of Science and Education.
3. Member of Editorial Board of Advances in Water Resource and Protection (ISSN Print: 2327-7319)
4. Associate Editor. International Journal of Hydrology. MedCrave Group, OK, ISSN: 2576-4454
5. Editor–in-chief, Journal of Water Engineering and Management, ISSN : 2582 6298, www.jweam.in
6. Review Editor in Hydrosphere, Frontiers in Earth Science, Switzerland
Professional Affiliations
1. Fellow of The Institution of Engineers (India)
2. Fellow of International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS)
3. Member of International Water Association (IWA)
4. Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers
5. Indian Water Resources Society
6. Indian Association of Hydrologist
7. Indian Meteorological Society
8. Crop and Weed Science Society

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