Dr Prafull Kumar Singh

• Water Resources, specially on groundwater recharge and potential targeting in hard and soft rock terrain.
• Landslide hazard zonation and vulnerability mapping of Himalayan terrains and flood vulnerability and prediction mapping
• Aquifer vulnerability and groundwater pollution modeling using statistical models, GIS and Machine learning approach.
• Urban Hydrology and urban environmental monitoring through estimation of Urban Heat Island (UHI) and its impact on human health and environment.
• River basin assessment and watershed modeling for natural resource evaluation and management (Water & Soil) using earth observation technology.
• Geo-heritage assessment and monitoring using space data.

• Research:    Total Citation: 2310                 H Index: 25                      I Index: 40

• Publications :
1. Prafull Singh, Ujjwal Sur, P. K. Rai and S.K Singh (2023) Landslide Susceptibility Prediction using Frequency Ratio Model: A Case Study of Uttarakhand, Himalaya (India). Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy. DOI : 10.1007/s43538-023-00171-z
2. Singh, R.P., Mahajan, M., Gandhi, K. Prafull Singh (2023) A holistic review on trend, occurrence, factors affecting pesticide concentration, and ecological risk assessment. Environ Monit Assess 195, 451 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-023-11005-2 (IF 3.307)
3. Srivastava A, Shukla S, Singh Prafull, Jha PK. (2023) Spatio-temporal dynamics of land use/cover and land surface temperature in Prayagraj city, India. Indoor and Built Environment. doi:10.1177/1420326X231159633 ( 3.067)
4. Prafull Singh, A. S Chaudhuri, Pradipika Verma and Vivek Singh (2022) Earth Observation data sets in Monitoring of Urbanization and Urban Heat Island of Delhi, India. Natural Hazards and Risk. 13:1, 1762-1779, DOI: 1080/19475705.2022.2097452. (IF. 4.156)
5. Sur, U., Prafull Singh* Meena, S.R.; Singh, T.N. (2022) Predicting Landslides Susceptible Zones in the Lesser Himalayas by Ensemble of Per Pixel and Object-Based Models. Remote Sens. 2022, 14, 1953. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14081953 ( IF. 5.349)
6. Aman Kakkar, P. KRai, V. N.Mishra, Prafull Singh (2022) Decadal trend analysis of rainfall patterns of past 115 years & its impact on Sikkim, India, Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2022.100738.  
7. K.Singh, Prafull Singh, Martin Drews (2021) A machine learning-based classification of LANDSAT images to map land use and land cover of India. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2021.100624
8. S. Prajapatia , P. K. Rai , V.N. Mishra , Prafull Singh (2021) Remote sensing-based assessment of waterlogging and soil salinity: A case study from Kerala, India. Results in Geophysical Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ringps.2021.100024
9. Anindita Sarkar Chaudhuri, Prafull Singh*, Pradipika verma3 S. C. Rai (2021) Computation of Groundwater Recharge prospect in urban environment for sustainable water security. Arabian Journal of Geoscience. 14:606, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-021-06904-y   (IF-827).
10. Ujjwal Sur and Prafull Singh* (2021) Landslide probability mapping by considering fuzzy numerical risk factor (FNRF) and landscape change for road corridor of Uttarakhand, India. Environment, Development and Sustainability https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-021-01226-1 (IF: 080).
11. Ujjwal Sur and Prafull Singh*, Sansar Raj Meena (2020) Landslide Susceptibility Assessment in a Lesser Himalayan Road Corridor (India) applying Fuzzy AHP technique and Earth-Observation data. Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk. 2020, VOL. 11, NO. 01, 2176–2209 , https://doi.org/10.1080/19475705.2020.1836038 . (IF. 4.156)).
12. Prafull Singh*, Ankit Sharma, Ujjwal Sur, P.K.Rai (2020) Comparative landslide susceptibility assessment using statistical information value and index of entropy model in Bhanupali-Beri region, Himachal Pradesh, India. Environment, Development and Sustainability DOI: 10.1007/s10668-020-00811-0 (IF: 4.080)
13. Ujjwal Sur and Prafull Singh*, (2020) assessment of landscape change of lesser Himalayan road corridor of Uttarakhand, India. Journal of Landscape Ecology. 13,1-22
14. Pradipika Verma, Prafull Singh*, S.K.Srivastva (2020) Development of Spatial Decision Making for Groundwater Recharge Suitability Assessment by Considering Geoinformatics and Field Data. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, DOI: 10.1007/s12517-020-05290-1(IF-827).
15. Sushma Shastri, Prafull Singh∗, Pradipika Verma, P K Rai and A.P.Singh (2020) Land cover change dynamics and their impacts on thermal environment of Dadri block, Gautam Budh Nagar, India. Journal of Landscape Ecology.13 (2), DOI: 10.2478/jlecol-2020-0007.
16. Sushma Shastri, Prafull Singh∗, Pradipika Verma, P K Rai and A.P.Singh (2020) Assessment of spatial changes of land use/land cover dynamics, using multi-temporal Landsat data in Dadri Block, Gautam Buddh Nagar, India. Forum Geographic. XIX, I, 72-77. http://dx.doi.org/10.5775/fg.2020.063.i
17. K.Rai, Prafull Singh (2020) Climate change effect on water resources in the Varanasi district, India.DOI: 10.1002/met.1863, Meteorological Applications. 1-16.(IF.2.451).
18. M. Nistor, P.K.Rai, I.A. Carebia, Prafull Singh (2020) Comparison of the effectiveness of two budyko-based methods for actual evapotranspiration in Uttar Pradesh, India. Geographia Technica, 15,1 – 15.
19. Pradipika Verma, Prafull Singh* and S.K. Srivastava (2020) Assessment of Land Use / Land Cover Change Dynamics and its Impact on Lucknow using Geospatial Techniques. Indian Journal for Environment Protection. 40 (4), 358-363.
20. K.Rai , Prafull Singh, V.N.Mishra , Anisha Singh(2019) Geospatial approach for quantitative drainage morphometric analysis of Varuna river basin, India. Journal of Landscape Ecology, 12, 1-25.
21. Gopal Krishna, R. N. Sahoo, Prafull Singh, Himesh Patra, Vaishangi Bajpai (2019) Application of thermal imaging and Hyperspectral remote sensing for crop water deficit stress monitoring. Geocarto International.DOI:(10.1080/10106049.2019.1618922) (3.450)
22. Pradipika Verma, Prafull Singh*, S.K.Srivastva (2019) Impact of Land use change dynamics on sustainability of groundwater resources using Earth Observation Data. Environment, Development and Sustainability.DOI:10.1007/s10668-019-00420-6. (IF: 4.080).
23. Gopal Krishnaa, R. N. Sahoo, Prafull Singh, Vaishangi Bajpai, Himesh Patra (2019) Comparison of Various Modeling Approaches for Water Deficit Stress Monitoring in Rice Crop through Hyperspectral Remote Sensing. Agriculture Water Management. 213, 231–244. (IF.6.611).
24. Anindita Sarkar Chaudhuri, Prafull Singh*, S. C. Rai (2018) Modeling LULC Change Dynamics and its Impact on Environment and Water Security: Geospatial Technology Based Assessment. Journal of Ecology, Environment and conservation .24, 300-306
25. Shivangi S. Somvanshi, Oshin Bhalla, P.Kunwar, Madhulika Singh, Prafull Singh* (2018) Monitoring spatial LULC changes and its growth prediction based on Statistical Models and Earth Observation Datasets of Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India. Environment, Development and Sustainability. DOI: 10.1007/s10668-018-0234-8. (IF: 4.080).
26. Ankit Sharma, Prafull Singh*, P. K.Rai (2018). Morphotectonic Analysis of Sheer Khadd River Basin Using Geo-spatial Tools. Spatial Information Research. 26, 4 , 405–414.
27. K.Rai, R.S.Chandel, V.N.Mishra, Prafull Singh (2018) Hydrological inferences through morphometric analysis of lower Kosi River basin of India for water resource management based on remote sensing data. Applied Water Science, DOI: 10.1007/s13201-018-0660-7. (IF: 5.411).
28. Prafull Singh, N. Kikon , P.Verma (2017) Impact of land use change and urbanization on urban heat island in Lucknow city, Central India. A remote sensing-based estimate. Sustainable Cities and Society. 32: 100-114. (IF-10.696)
29. KRai, P. K. Chaubey1, K. Mohan, Prafull Singh(2017) Geoinformatics for assessing the inferences of quantitative drainage morphometry of the Narmada Basin in India. Applied Geomatics. 9. 167–189
30. S.Chaudhary ,Prafull Singh*, S.C.Rai (2017) Assessment of impervious surface growth in urban environment through remote sensing estimates. Environmental Earth Science, 76:541-554. (IF.3.119)
31. Banarjee ,Pafull Singh*, K.Pratap (2017) Morphometric evaluation of Swarnrekha watershed, Madhya Pradesh, India: an integrated GIS-based approach. Applied Water Science. 7: 1807–1815. (IF: 5.411).
32. Kikon, N. Prafull Singh*, Singh, S.K., Vyas, A. (2016) Assessment of urban heat islands (UHI) of Noida City, India using multi-temporal satellite data. Sustainable Cities and Society. 32: 100-114. (IF-696)
33. Banarjee, Pafull Singh*, K. Pratap (2016) Hydrogeological Component Assessment for Water Resources Management of Semi-Arid Region: A Case Study of Gwalior, M.P., India. Aabian Journal of Geoscience. DOI: 10.1007/s12517-016-2736-8. (IF-1.827)
34. K. Singh, Prafull Singh*, S.K. Gautam (2016) Appraisal of Urban Lake Water Quality through Numerical Index, Multivariate Statistics and Earth Observation Datasets. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology. 445-456. (I.F. 3.519).
35. Prafull Singh, Ankit Sharma, M. Singh (2014) Hydrological Inferences from Watershed Analysis for Water Resource Management using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques. Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences. 17, 111–121. (I.F. 393).
36. Prafull Singh, J.K. Thakur and U.C. Singh (2013) Morphometric analysis of Morar River Basin, Madhya Pradesh, India, using remote sensing and GIS techniques. Environmental Earth Science (68:1967–1977). (IF.3.119)
37. Prafull Singh, J.K.Thakur , S.Kumar (2013) Assessment of Groundwater Prospect zones of a hard rock terrain using Geospatial tool. Hydrological Science Journal (58: 213-223). (IF.3.942)
38. K. Thakur, Prafull Singh, S.K. Singh, B.Baghel (2013) Geochemical modelling of fluoride concentration of hard rock terrain of Madhya Pradesh, India. Acta Geologica Sinica. 87: 1421-1433. (IF.3.282)
39. Prafull Singh, U.C.Singh , S. Kumar (2011) Groundwater resource evaluation in the Gwalior area, India, using satellite data: an integrated geomorphologic and geophysical approach. Hydrogeology Journal.19: 1421–1429. (3.191).

• Chapters in Edited Books
Book Chapters in International / National Edited Books
1. Singh Prafull (2023) Groundwater Potential Assessment Using GIS-Based Weighted Linear Combination Technique: A Case Study of Hard Rock Terrain Around Bhopal, India. Impacts of Urbanization on Hydrological Systems in India , ISBN978-3-031-21617-6 : 1007/978-3-031-21618-3
2. Singh Prafull (2023) Remote sensing-based study of landslide hazard zonation in Namchi and its surrounding area of Sikkim, India. Atmosphric Remote sensing. Principles and Applications. ISBN: 978-0-323-99262-6. org/10.1016/B978-0-323-99262-6.00013-4.
3. Prafull Singh (2022). Mapping and Identification of Trees Using Semantic Segmentation Deep Learning Neural Network. In: Kumar, M., Dhyani, S., Kalra, N. (eds) Forest Dynamics and Conservation. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0071-6_18
4. Prafull Singh (2022). Using Remote Sensing Technique to Investigate Land Use/ Land Cover Changes in Varanasi District (UP), India. Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences. Springer, Singapore. ISBN .978-981-16-7731-1 , https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7731-1_21 ,
5. Prafull Singh (2020) Probabilistic Landslide Hazard Assessment using Statistical Information Value (SIV) and GIS Techniques: A Case Study of Himachal Pradesh, India. Techniques for Disaster Risk Management and Mitigation (Edited Book), Wiley & Sons. ISBN: 978-1-119-35919-7 . https://www.wiley.com/en-in/9781119359197.
6. Prafull Singh (2019) Land Resource Assessment and terrain evaluation for natural resource management: A case study of Shivpuri Madhya Pradesh Using geospatial technology. Importance and Utility of GIS. Avenel Press. ISBN No.778-81-939776-6-8
7. Prafull Singh (2019) A Comparative Study of Spatial Interpolation Technique (IDW and Kriging) for Determining the Ground Water Quality.GIS and Geostatistical Techniques for Groundwater Science, ISBN: 978-0-12-815413-7, Published by Elsevier. 43-56.
8. Prafull Singh et al. (2017) Spectral analysis of EO-1 Hyperion data for snow grain size mapping in a part of Himalayan region. 38th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing (ACRS 2017) October 23-27, 2017 New Delhi, India
9. Prafull Singh et al. (2017) Geoinformatics approach to delineate flood hazard zones of Murshidabad District, West Bengal, India. 38th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing (ACRS 2017) October 23-27, 2017 New Delhi, India
10. Prafull Singh (2017) Assessment of urban sprawl and land use change dynamics, using remote sensing technique. a study of Kolkata and surrounding periphery, WB, India. 38th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing (ACRS 2017) October 23-27, 2017 New Delhi, India
11. Prafull Singh (2016) Appraisal of surface and groundwater of the Suburnarekha River Basin, Jharkhand, India: Using remote sensing, Irrigation Indices and statistical techniques. Geospatial technology for Water Resource Application. CRC Press, Taylor Francis. ISBN: 978-1-4987-1968-1.
12. Prafull Singh (2015) Water Reuse Product in Urban Area. Urban Water Reuse Handbook. CRC Press, Taylor Francis. ISBN: 9781482229141.
13. Prafull Singh (2012) Assessment of Land Use/Land Cover Using Geospatial Techniques in a Semi-arid Region of Madhya Pradesh, India Geospatial Techniques for Managing Environmental Resources. Volume I , ISBN: 978-94-007-1857-9, Springer, Heidelberg, Germany.
14. Prafull Singh (2011) Water Resource Assessment and Management of Morar River Basin, Using GIS Advances in Earth Sciences. Volume-2,ISBN: 81-89304-92-5) Satish Serial Publishing House, New Delhi.
15. Prafull Singh (2009) Article in Spatial Data Infrastructure Asia & the Pacific Newsletter (SDI-AP) USA, October, 2009, Vol. 6, No.10 Page 8. 
Book :
1. Prafull Singh et al. (2022) Geospatial Technology for Landscape and Environmental management – Sustainable Assessment and Planning. Publisher Springer Nature Switzerland. ISBN : 978-981-16-7373-3. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-16-7373-3
2. Prafull Singh et al. (2021) Recent Technologies for Disaster Management and Risk Reduction -Sustainable Community Resilience & Responses. Publisher Springer NatureSwitzerland.ISBN.978-3-030-76116-5 . https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-76116-5
3. Prafull Singh et al. (2021) Geo-information Technology in Earth Resources Monitoring and Management. Publisher Nova Science Publishers (U.S.A.). ISBN: SBN: 978-1-53619-796-9. https://novapublishers.com/shop/geo-information-technology-in-earth-resources-monitoring-and-management

• Awards:
• Best Oral Presentation Award in International Conference , ACEER 2022 on 7th July 2022
• Europian Union Fellowship to Visit University of Salzburg as Visiting Professor -2019.
• Award Certificate in Shikshak Samman Samaroh-2018 Organized Rashtriya Shaikshik Mahasangh, U.P. (2018)
• DST Young Scientist Award (2014)
• University Doctoral Research Fellowship ( 2004-2008).
• Projects / Grants Received:
• Assessment of Aquifer Vulnerability to Pollution in Lucknow Area, using Integrated Approach(2014-17),Sponsored byScience&EngineeringResearch Board (SERB),Department of Science & Technology,Govt of India , India. ( Rs. 19,40000).
• Received Erasmus Plus Grant EURO.2500/- under International grant to vist University of Salzburg , Austria as Visiting Professor , 2019.
• Received Rs. 130000/- form National Institute of Disaster Management , Ministry of Home Affairs to Conduct 03 days online tranning Program on Disaster Management , 2021).
• Research Supervision for Doctoral Students Ph.D.
  Awarded: (06)
1. Ujjawal Sur (2021) Geoinformatics in Landslide Risk Assessment an integrated approach towards Building Climate and Disaster Resilience in Communities.
2. Sushma Shastri (2021) Assessment of urban land-use change and its environmental impact using geospatial technology.
3. Pradipika Verma (2020) Assessment of spatio-temporal change in urbanization and its impact on water resources of Lucknow: An integrated modeling approach.
4. Gopal Krishna (2020) Crop water stress Monitoring through Hyperspectral Remote Sensing.
5. Anindita Sarkar (2018) Impact of Urbanization on Hydrological Regime in Noida City.
6. Abhishek Banerjee(2018) Water Resource Management of Swarnrekha Watershed: An Integrated GIS based Modelling Approach.
• Delivered Invited Talk in Conferences and Training Programs
1. Delivered Invited talk on Groundwater Recharge Potential Assessment for Sustainable Water Resource Management in Urban Environment in 4th International Conference on Advances in Civil and Ecological Engineering Research (ACEER 2022) on 7th July 2022.
2. Delivered lecture as Resource Person in UGC-HRDC, University of Delhi faculty development Program “Remote Sensing Applications for Skill Development in light of NEP-2020” on 27th June 2022.
3. Delivered invited talk in Tier-II training program of Central Groundwater Board (CGWB), Ministry of Jal Shakti, Govt of India dated 29th June 2022 on Remote Sensing application in Groundwater Exploration.
4. Aquifer Management: The Need of the Hour. One day Symposium on “Valuing Water: Emerging Paradigm of Water Security” World Water Day, 22 March, 2021, Amity University, Noida.
5. भूस्खलन की संवेदनशीलता का मानचित्रण भू-स्थानिक और हाइड्रो-मौसम संबंधी डेटा का उपयोग. "Hindi Vaigyanik Sangoshthi" "Azadi Ka Amrit Mahaotsav" 22 March, 2021, Organized by Ministry of Earth Science, Govt. of India.
6. Landslide Hazard Zonation mapping using Geospatial Technology. Online Training Programme on Basics of Disaster Management (27-29 January 2021) Department of Geology, Central University of South Bihar (CUSB), Gaya, National Institute of Disaster Management, Govt of India, New Delhi.
7. Five-Day International Webinar on Paradigm Shift in Geographical Research & Geospatial Technology (8-12 October 2020). KMCL University, Lucknow.
8. Application of Remote Sensing and Image Processing Techniques in Road Sector at CSIR-Central Road Research Institute, Noida.

Other relevant information

Courses teaching in current Semesters 

Advance Remote Sensing & GIS and its application in Geosciences, Hydrogeology, Natural Hazards & Environmental Geology, Watershed Modeling, Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs) and Role of Geology.  

Administrative / Academic Responsibility 

• Head, Department of Geology, School of Earth, Biological and Environmental Sciences, Central University of South Bihar, Gaya, Bihar, INDIA since 2nd Feb, 2021
• Chairman, Board of Studies (BOS), Department of Geology, School of Earth, Biological and Environmental Sciences, Central University of South Bihar, Gaya, Bihar, INDIA since 2^nd Feb, 2021.
• Chairman, Departmental Research Committee (DRC), Department of Geology, Central University of South Bihar, Gaya, Bihar, INDIA
• Cognate Member, Board of Studies, Department of Geography, School of Earth, Biological and Environmental Sciences, Central University of South Bihar, Gaya, Bihar, INDIA since 23^rd August, 2022.
• Chairman , Board of Examiners ( BOE) , Department of Geology
• Chairman, Flying Squad of University End Term Examination 2022-23.
• Nodal Officer to Work on Disaster Management with National Institute of Disaster Management, Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt of India.
• Member Corporate Social responsibility (CSR), Committee, Central University of South Bihar, Gaya, Bihar, INDIA
• Convener, Frame rules & regulation for the allotment University Quarters
• Coordinator Innovation Cell (IIC), Central University of South Bihar
• Member, Academic Council, Central University of South Bihar, Gaya, Bihar, India
• Member, School Board of Earth, Biological and Environmental Sciences, CUSB
• External Member, Board of Studies, Department of Geology, Mizoram Central University.
• External Member, Board of Studies, Department of Geology, Sikkim University, Gangtok, Sikkim.

   Professional Membership in Scientific Society 

• Member IEEE Geosciences and Remote Sensing Society, Germany.
• Member International Association of Hydrological Sciences, U.K.
• International Association of Engineers, Hong Kong.
• Member Earth Science India   
• Life member (LM 2046) Indian Association of Hydrologists (IAH)

    Associate Editor / Member of Editorial Board of Research Journal.

• Associate Editor , Jouranl of Environment , Development & Sustainability , Springer , Imapct Factor (4.080) . https://www.springer.com/journal/10668/editors
• Review Editor , Hydrosphere , Frontiers in Earth Science. Impact Factor 3.661.https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/earthscience/sections/hydrosphere/editors
• Member Editorial Board, Journal of Water Engineering and Management, International Peer Reviewed Journal, Online ISSN 2582 6298 .Website : jweam.in
• Member Editorial Board, Journal of Remote Sensing of Land. Online ISSN : 2582-3019.   Gatha Cognition. https://gathacognition.com/site/editorialboard/1

Reviewers in International Journals SCI / SCOPUS Index

Journal of Geological Society of India, Current Science, Earth System Sciences, Environmental Earth Science, Science of Total Environment, Environmental Pollution, Water Resource Management, Hydrological Science Journal, Hydrogeology Journal, Sustainable City and Society, Applied Water Science, Scientific Report, Urban Climate, Groundwater for Sustainable Development, Sustainable Water Management. Regional Climate Change, GI & Science and Remote Sensing, Environment, Development & Sustainability.