Dr J P Singh, Professor has 29.5 years of teaching, research, and extension experience and 5 years: 6 months of administrative experience as a Hostel Warden, one year: 4 months as Head (Additional Charge), and appointed regular Head on March 1, 2024, Department of Soil & Water Engineering, PAU, Ludhiana. Dr Singh was awarded Jawahar Lal Nehru Award for the best Ph D thesis by the ICAR, New Delhi. Young Scientist Award & Kunwar Saxena Bahadur Award, Fellowship Award, Agricultural Engineering Division Medal, Commendation Medal Award, best Research Paper Award & Oral Research Paper Presentation Award by the professional societies. He taught about 8 UG & 8 PG courses, and guided 3 Ph D students & 13 M Tech students, and was instrumental in starting a new PG (M Tech) program in Remote Sensing & GIS in the department. Dr Singh is handling the FIST, DST-funded project as PI and several competitive & AICRP projects as CoPI. He was a Technical Advisor to Pb Govt for the design and installation of a subsurface drainage system under a drainage project. He has published about 75 research papers in National & International journals and presented more than 30 papers at seminars/conferences. One of the developed technologies, “Filter for Canal Water Potability,” has a PAU recommendation. Dr Singh is a convenor of FAD 17/P3 “ Irrigation & Drainage”, BIS, India, and has been a member/chairman of various committees at the State & National levels on water management, waterlogging & drainage. 

Professional Accomplishments

Research Projects:

 Research Publication:

1. Singh J P and Shakya S K (2006). Drainage of ponded land through irrigation well in a leaky aquifer. J Hydrol 321: 377–389

2. Singh M C, Singh J P and Singh K G (2018). Development of a microclimate model for prediction of temperatures inside a naturally ventilated greenhouse under cucumber crop in soilless media. Comput Electron Agric 154: 227–238

3. Tiwari V, Singh J P, Sahota P, Singh N N and Singh K (2023). Development and evaluation of filter for canal water potability. Water Qual Res J 58(4): 264–277. https://doi.org/10.2166/wqrj.2023.009

4. Dhaloiya A and Singh J P (2024). Spatio-temporal patterns of groundwater level changes in the southwestern Indian Punjab. Water Supply 24(2): 497–516. https://doi.org/10.2166/ws.2024.020

5. Hansara GDS, Satpute S, Singh J P and Singh K (2023). Composite radial filter for recharging aquifer with runoff from paddy field. Paddy Water Environ 21: 539–549. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10333-023-00948-4

Awards and Recognitions:

1. Bestowed with prestigious Jawahar Lal Nehru Award by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi for the best Ph.D. Thesis in 1998.
2. Awarded Agricultural Engineering Division Medal by Institution of Engineers (India) for Best Research Paper in 1997.
3. Young Scientist Award, 2007 by The Society of Recent Development in Agriculture
4. Fellowship Award, 2009 by The Hi Tech Horticultural Society
5. Kunwar Saxena Bahadur Award, 2010 by The Society of Recent Development in Agriculture
6. Commendation Medal Award, 2024 by The Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (ISAE).
7. Best Research Paper Presentation Award, 2015 by the Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers( ISAE).
8. Best Oral Paper Presentation Award, 2021 by the Mahima Research Foundation and Social Welfare.
9. Best Research Paper Presentation Award, 2023 by the Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers ( ISAE).
10. Qualified National Eligibility Test (NET) of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) New Delhi, India in 1994
11. Qualified Agricultural Research Services Examination (ICAR), New Delhi, India in 1994
12. Senior Research Fellowship by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, India
13. Punjab Agricultural University Merit Scholarship for M.Tech. programme