Dr Prafull Kumar Singh

Worked on Aquifer Characterization and Modeling, and Groundwater Recharge Management using geological, geophysical and geospatial techniques. Landslide Susceptibility mapping in Himalayan terrain Urban Environmental Management and Geologic Remote Sensing application in earth and environmental mapping and monitoring.

• Publications:
1. 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-1.327).
2. 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 DOI: 10.1007/s10668-021-01226-1 (IF: 2.191).
3. 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 (IF: 3.333).https://doi.org/10.1080/19475705.2020.1836038.
4. 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: 2.191).
5. 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
6. 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-1.327).
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. P.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.1.685).
10. M.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.
11. 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.
12. P.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.
13. 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) (IF.3.789)
14. 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: 2.191).
15. 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.4.021).
16. 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
17. 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: 2.191).
18. 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.
19. P.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.
20. 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-5.268)
21. P.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
22. A.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.2.180)
23. A. 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.
24. 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-5.268))
25. A. 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-1.327).
26. S.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. (Impact Factor 2.540).
27. 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.
28. 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.2.180)
29. 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. 2.186)
30. J.K.Thakur , Prafull Singh, S.K.Singh, B.Bhaghel (2013) Geochemical modelling of fluoride concentration of hard rock terrain of Madhya Pradesh, India. Acta Geologica Sinica. 87: 1421-1433. (IF.1.973)
31. 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. (IF.2.641).
Chapters in Edited Books
32. 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
33. 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
34. 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.
35. 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
36. 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
37. 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.
38. 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.
39. Prafull Singh (2015) Water Reuse Product in Urban Area. Urban Water Reuse Handbook. CRC Press, Taylor Francis. ISBN: 9781482229141.
40. 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.
41. 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.
• Book
1. P.K.Rai, Prafull Singh, V.N.Mishra (2021) Recent Technologies for Disaster Management and Risk Reduction -Sustainable Community Resilience & Responses. (In Press), Publisher Springer Nature Switzerland.
2. V.N.Mishra P.K.Rai, Prafull Singh, (2021) Geo-information Technology in Earth Resources Monitoring and Management. Publisher Nova Science Publishers (U.S.A.). (In Press)
3. P.K.Rai, Prafull Singh, V.N.Mishra (2021) Geospatial Technology for Landscape and Environmental management – Sustainable Assessment and Planning. Publisher Springer Nature Switzerland. (Under Review Process)

• Awards:
1. Europian Union Fellowship to Visit University of Salzburg as Visiting Professor -2019.
2. Award Certificate in Shikshak Samman Samaroh-2018 Organized Rashtriya Shaikshik Mahasangh, U.P. ( 2018)
3. SERB DST Young Scientist Award (2014)
4. University Doctoral Research Fellowship ( 2004-2008).
• Projects / Grants Received:
1. Assessment of Aquifer Vulnerability to Pollution in Lucknow Area, using Integrated Approach(2014-17), Sponsored by Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB),Department of Science & Technology,Govt of India , India.
2. Received Erasmus Plus Grant EURO.2500/- under International grant to vist University of Salzburg , Austria as Visiting Professor , 2019.
3. Received Rs. 130000/- form National Institute of Disaster Management , Ministry of Home Affairs to Conduct 03 days online tranning Program on Disaster Management , 2021)

Serving as reviewer for many International journals in the field of water resources, urban environmental monitoring and Remote Sensing. He has the membership with many scientific journal and acting as editorial board member. Delivered many talk in National and International conferences , training program and workshop.