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Dr. J. P. Singh has 28 years of teaching, research, and extension experience in the field of Soil and Water Engineering and 5 years: 6 months of administrative experience as a Hostel Warden. He took over as Head (Additional Charge), Department of Soil & Water Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana from November 1, 2021, to January 16, 2023, and December 27, 2023 (about one year 4 months). He did B Tech (Agril Engg) from Allahabad Agricultural Institute (AAI), Allahabad, UP, M Tech (Soil & Water Engg) & Ph D (Soil & Water Engg) from the Department of Soil & Water Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering& Technology, PAU, Ludhiana. He was bestowed with prestigious Jawahar Lal Nehru Award for the best PhD thesis by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi, Young Scientist Award & Kunwar Saxena Bahadur Award by the Society of Recent Development in Agriculture, Fellowship Award by the Hi-Tech Horticultural Society, Agricultural Engineering Division Medal for best research paper by the Institution of Engineers, best Research Paper Award & Oral Research Paper Presentation Award by the Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (ISAE) & Research Foundation and Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) for pursuing Ph D by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi. He taught about 8 UG & 8 PG courses, developed a few PG courses & Remote Sensing & GIS lab too, and guided 3 Ph D students & 13 M Tech students as major advisor. He was instrumental in starting a new PG (M Tech) program in Remote Sensing & GIS in the department. Currently, handling FIST, DST funded project of Rs. 1.52Cr for the Establishment of a State of Art Geospatial Lab as PI and North India Center for Water Technology Research in Agriculture as CoPI and involved in several competitive & AICRP projects as PI & CoPI. He was a Technical Advisor to the Drainage Division of the Punjab Govt for the design and installation of a subsurface drainage system in south-western districts of Punjab under a drainage project funded by the World Bank. He has published about 70 research papers in National & International journals repute and presented more than 30 research papers in National/International seminars/conferences/symposia. One of the developed technologies “Filter for Canal Water Potability” is under patent. He has been a member/chairman of various committees at the State & National level on waterlogging & drainage and professional society.
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