BIODATA

Name in block letters : SURENDRA KUMAR SINGH

Father's Name : Late Sri Dangal Singh

Date of Birth : 12 June,1960

Date of entry into Central/State

Govts.

: 07.08.1989

Name of the Ministry / Dept. : ICAR, DARE, Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India

Mailing Address (with

telephone/mobile No. and

Email)

: DIRECTOR

ICAR-NATIONAL BUREAU OF SOIL SURVEY

AND LAND USE PLANNING, AMRAVATI

ROAD, NAGPUR- 440033

Mobile No. :07387109466

Tel. No. : 0712-2500386

Fax No. : 0712-2500534

E-mail ID : skcssri@gmail.com

Permanent Address

: Vill.+P.O.- Pindra

Distt.- Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

Educational qualification

S.

No.

Course

Subject

University /

Institution

Year of

Passing

Division/ Grade/GP

1. 10+2 Physics, Chemistry, Maths,

English & Gen. Hindi

U.P. Board

Allahabad

1979 Ist Division, 63%

2. Graduation B.Sc. (Ag.)

Agriculture

Gorakhpur

University

Gorakhpur

1983 Ist Division, 69.9%

3. Masters Soil Science and

Agricultural Chemistry,

Soil Fertility Management

Banaras

Hindu

University,

Varanasi

1986 3.77/4.0

4. Ph.D. Soil Science

Soil Survey, Land

Evaluation and Land Use

Planning

Rajasthan

Agriculture

University,

Bikaner

1999 3.7/4.0, with Gold

Medal

Senior, Research

fellowship of ICAR,

New Delhi

Work Experience

Organization /

Institute

Post held

in Central/

State

Govt.

Period Pay Scale/

Band/ Level

in pay matrix

Whether

regular/

deputation

Nature of duties work

From To

ICAR-NBSS&LUP, Nagpur

Director 01.02.2014

Till date

Pay band IV, 37,400-67,000, with RGP of 10000.

Regular Co-ordination and execution of research programme on land resource inventory for farm level planning

ICAR-NBSS&LUP, Regional Centre, Kolkata

Head 15.05.2009

31.01.2014

Pay band IV, 37,400-67,000, with RGP of 10000.

Regular Co-ordination and execution of research programme on land resource inventory for farm level planning

ICAR-CSSRI, Karnal

Principal Scientist

03.04.2008

14.05.2009

Pay band IV, 37,400-67,000, with RGP of 10000.

Regular Development of research project for amelioration of salt affected soils and its execution

ICAR-CAZRI, Jodhpur

Principal Scientist

24.08.2007

02.04.2008

Pay band IV, 37,400-67,000, with RGP of 10000

Regular Development of research project on land use planning for mitigating drought and desertification and its execution

ICAR-CAZRI,

Jodhpur

Sr.

Scientist

15.05.

2002

23.08.

2007

37,400-67,000

(RGP of

9000)

Regular Development of

research project on land

use planning for

mitigating drought and

desertification and its

execution

ICAR-

NBSS&LUP,

Regional

Centre, Udaipur

Sr.

Scientist

24.08.

1999

14.05.

2002

37,400-67,000

(RGP of

9000)

Regular Development of

research project on land

resource inventory and

its execution

ICAR-

NBSS&LUP,

Regional

Centre, Udaipur

Scientist

(Sr. Scale)

24.08.

1997

23.08.

1999

10,000-15,200 Regular Development of

research project on land

resource inventory and

its execution

ICAR-

NBSS&LUP,

Regional

Centre, Udaipur

Scientist 07.08.

1989

23.08.

1997

8,000-13,500 Regular Development of

research project on land

resource inventory and

its execution

Awards:

Awarded “Shriram Fertilizer Award 2012” by Fertilizer Association of India, New

Delhi for the outstanding work for Web and Mobile based Farmer‟s advisory for the state

of West Bengal.

Awarded Platinum Jubilee Lecture on „Land Resource Inventory on 1:10000 scale for

micro level planning’ in 102nd

Session of Indian Science Congress held at Mumbai

University, Mumbai during January 3-7, 2015.

Awarded Dr. S.N. Saxena Memorial Lecture on Land Resource Inventory (1:10000

scale) towards Land Use Planning for Arresting Land Degradation, Combating

Climate Change and Ensuring Food Security on 17th Sept. 2016 at CSSRI, Karnal.

ICAR-NBSS&LUP, Nagpur has been conferred with “Rajarshi Tondon Rajbhasha

Puraskar 2015” for the best official language implementation among the ICAR Institutes

in “B” Region.

Nagar Rajbhasaha Karyanvayan Samiti, Nagpur awarded Tritiya Puraskar for

publication of Hindi magazine Dharati during 2015-16.

Nagar Rajbhasaha Karyanvayan Samiti, New Delhi awarded Dwitiya Puraskar for

Outstanding work in Hindi during 2015-16.

Publications

Research papers : 86

Conference papers : 90

Books : 04

Book chapters : 20

Bulletins/Technical Reports : 43

Scientific Leadership

President, Indian Science Congress, Agriculture and Forestry Sciences Section (2017-2018)

President, Clay Minerals Society of India, New Delhi (2015& 2016)

President, Indian Society of Soil Science, Kolkata Chapter (2012-14)

President, Indian Society of Soil Science, Nagpur Chapter (2014-Onword)

Secretary, Indian Society of Soil Science, Jodhpur Chapter (2006-2008)

President, Indian Society of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, Kolkata Chapter (2010-

2012)

Reviewer of International Journals (5)

New Research programmes initiated: Land Resource Inventory of the country on 1:0000

scale, Development of dedicated Geoportal on Soil (BHUMI), Agricultural Land Use

Planning at farm level, Application of geo-spatial technique for developing soil health

cards

Leading multi-Institutional Projects

Expert from India for the development of SOC map of the world by Land and Water

Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Chairman, Soil Correlation Committee of the country (2014-onwards)

Chairman, Soil Correlation Committee for the Eastern-region of India (2009-13)

Nodal officer, National Monitoring Committee (NMC) to review and monitor the

implementation of rehabilitation and resettlement schemes or plans under Right to fair

compensation, and Transparency in Land Acquisition. Rehabilitation and Resettlement

Act 2013 and NRRP, 2007”

Member, Executive Committee, NSDI, Department of Science and Technology under

the Ministry of Science and Technology, New Delhi on constituted for developing

national spatial data infrastructure

Nodal officer, Committee on effective use of Space Technology tools in Central

Ministries, constituted by Secretary, Department of Space, Chairman, Space Commission

Member of team of experts constituted by Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare,

Department of Agriculture, Co-operation and Farmers Welfare (INM Division) Fertilizer

Use Cell, Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi for verify and validate results of soil testing through

mobile phone technique to that of conventional laboratory analysis

Member, Technical Committee constituted by Ministry of Environment, New Delhi for

Data Harmonization of Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought

Member, Expert committee constituted by Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation

to study and firm up the definition of Kandi areas (commonly identified as foothill region

in north and north western states), India

Expert Member, Monitoring Committee of the Task Force on Himalayan Agriculture

under the National Mission on Sustaining Himalayan Ecosystems

Nominated Member Representing NBSS&LUP on expert organization for undertaking

peer group review of the chapter on Environmental Sustainability; No.13033/1/2015-

E&F, Govt. India, National Institution for Transforming India, E&F Division, 352, NITI

Aayog, Parliament Street, New Delhi

Member Secretary, Drafting and finalizing committee of recommendation and

proceeding of “Regional Consultation Meeting on Strategies for Arresting Land

Degradation in South Asian Countries” organized by SAARC Agriculture Centre Dhaka,

Bangladesh” 21-23 June, 2010

Member Secretary, Committee constituted by DG, ICAR for Planning and Monitoring

of Land Resource Inventory and Agricultural land Use Planning, India

Member-Secretary of the committee constituted for Co-ordinating Land Resource

Inventory programme between NBSS&LUP and SLUSI

Invited Expert

Invited Speaker in 9th

International Symposium on Plant-Soil Interaction at low pH,

October 18-23, 2015, Dubrovnik, Croatia, Lecture delivered “Sub-soil acidity in red

and lateritic soils of India”

Invited speaker: High Level Policy Dialogue on Investment in Agriculture Research for

sustainable Development in the Asia-Pacific Region at Bangkok, organized by APAARI,

Bangkok; 8-9 December, 2015; Lecture delivered: Land Resource Inventory of the

Country for Development of Sustainable Agricultural Land Use Plans Using Geo-

spatial Techniques- Avenues for Investment

Invited speaker: International Conference on Natural Resource Management for Food

Security and Rural Livelihood, 10-13 February 2015, at NASC, New Delhi, India;

Lecture delivered: Land Resource Inventory using new techniques for Agricultural

Land Use Planning

Invited speaker: Regional consultation meeting on strategies for arresting land

degradation in South Asian Countries at Kolkata, 21-13 June, 2010; Lecture delivered:

Land Use Planning for Arresting Land degradation in South Asian Countries.

Invited speaker: International Conference on “Integrated Land Use Planning for

Smart Agriculture–An Agenda for Sustainable Land Management” from Nov.10-13,

2016. Lecture delivered: Land Resource Inventory for Agricultural Land Use

Planning

Chairman: Technical Session–IV on Climate change, land use/land cover dynamics and

land use planning, In the International Conference on “Integrated Land Use Planning

for Smart Agriculture–An Agenda for Sustainable Land Management“ from

Nov.,10- 13, 2016.

Chairman of technical session VII on Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

Strategies including Carbon Sequestration in Soils for different land Use Systems, Energy

management in the International Conference on Natural Resource Management for

Food Security and Rural Livelihood, 10-13 February 2015, at NASC, New Delhi, India

Participated as member of delegation in High Level Policy Dialogue on Investment in

Agriculture Research and Development in the Asia-Pacific Region at Bangkok, organized

by APAARI, Bangkok; 8-9 December, 2015.

Faulty and guiding M. Sc amd Ph.D. Students of

BCKV, Mohanpur, Nadia (2009-2014)

IGKV, Raipur (2014-Contine)

PDKV, Akola (2014-Continue)

MPUAT, Udaipur, Rajasthan (1990-2002)

TNAU, Coimbatore, HAU, Hissar, Haryana. (2014-2016)

As a member of academic council of Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (21.11.2016.- 20.11.2019) and

Member of executive committee of Board of Management, Dr. PDKV, Akola.

PUBLICATIONS

Research Paper

S.No Publications NASS

ratings

1. Pandey Chandra Bhusan, Singh, G.B., Singh, S.K. and Singh, R. K. 2010. Soil

nitrogen and microbial biomass carbon dynamics in native forest and derived

agriculture land uses in humid tropical climate of India. Plant and Soil 333:453-

467.

8.97

2. Vasu, D., Singh, S.K., Ray, S.K., Duraisami, V.P, Tiwary, P., Chandran, P.,

Nimkar, A.M., Anantwar, S.G. 2016. Soil Quality Index (SQI) as a tool to

evaluate crop productivity in semi-arid Deccan plateau, India. Geoderma

282:70-79.

8.86

3. Pandey, C. B., Singh, L. and Singh, S.K. 2011. Buttresses induced habitat

heterogeneity increases nitrogen availability in tropical rainforests. Forest

Ecology and Management 262:1679-1685.

8.83

4. Gupta Choudhury, S., Srivastava, S., Singh, R., Chaudhari, S.K., Sharma, D.K.,

Singh, S.K., and Sarkar, D. 2014. Tillage and residue management effects on

soil aggregation, organic carbon dynamics and yield attribute in rice-wheat

cropping system under reclaimed sodic soils. Soil and Tillage Research 36:76-

83.

8.71

5. Vasu, D, Singh, S.K., and Sahu, N. 2017. Assessment of spatial variability of

soil properties using geospatial techniques for farm level nutrient management.

Soil and Tillage Research. 169:25-34.

8.71

6. Singh, S.K., Pandey, C.B., Sidhu, G.S., Sarkar, D. and Sagar, R. 2011.

Concentration and stock of carbon in the soils affected by land uses and climates

in the western Himalaya, India. Catena 87:78-89

8.61

7. Singh, S. K., Pandey, C.B., Sidhu, G.S., Sarkar Dipak and Sagar, R. 2011.

Concentration and stock of carbon in the soils affected by land uses and climate

in the western Himalaya, India. Catena 87:78-89.

8.61

8. Singh, S.K., Singh, A.K., Sharma, B.K. and Tarafdar, J.C. 2007. Carbon stock

and organic carbon dynamics in soils of Rajasthan, India. Journal of Arid

Environment 68:408-421.

7.62

9. Vasu, D., Singh, S.K., Tiwary, P., Chandran, P., Ray, S.K., Duraisami, V.P.

2016. Pedogenic processes and soil – landform relationships for identification of

yield limiting soil properties. Soil Research. DOI: 10.1071/SR16111.

7.61

10. Patil, N. G. and Singh S.K. 2016. Pedotransfer Functions for Estimating Soil

Hydraulic Properties: A Review. Pedosphere 26(4):417–430. 7.54

11. Pandey, C.B., Mehmuna Begum, Singh, S.K. and Saha Dipankar. 2014.

Coconut-based homegardens: mechanisms of complementarity in sharing of

growth resources among homegarden trees in the South Andaman Islands of

India. Tropical Ecology 55(3): 339-348

7.17

12. Reza, S.K., Nayak, D.C., Chattopadhyay, T., Mukhopadhyay, S., Singh, S.K.

2016. Spatial distribution of soil physical properties of alluvial soils: a

geostatistical approach. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science 62:972-981.

7.12

13. Reza, S.K., Nayak, D.C., Mukhopadhyay, S., Chattopadhyay, T. and Singh,

S.K. 2017: Characterizing spatial variability of soil properties in alluvial soils of

India using geostatistics and geographical information system, Archives of

Agronomy and Soil Science, DOI: 10.1080/03650340.2017.1296134.

7.12

14. Moharana, P.C., Naitam, R.K., Verma, T.P., Meena, R.L., Sunil Kumar, Tailor,

B.L., Singh, R.S., Singh, S.K. and Samal, S.K. 2017. Effect of long term

cropping systems on soil organic carbon pools and soil quality in western plain

of hot arid India, Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, DOI:

10.1080/03650340.2017.1304637

7.12

15. Hegde, R., Natrajan, A., Meena, R.S., Niranjan, K.V.,Thayalan, S. and Singh,

S.K. 2015. Status of land degradation in the irrigated command area-A case

study of Chikkarasinakere Hobli Mandya district, Karnataka. Current Science,

108:1501-1511.

6.97

16. Velmourougane, K., Venugopalan, M.V., Bhattacharyya, T., Sarkar, D., Ray,

S.K., Chandran, P., Pal, D.K., Mandal, D.K., Prasad, J., Sidhu, G.S., Nair, K.M.,

Sahoo, A.K., Anil Kumar, K.S., Srivastava, A., Das, T.H., Singh, R.S., Mandal,

C., Srivastava, R.,Sen, T.K., Chatterji, S., Patil, N.G., Obireddy, G.P.,

Mahapatra, S.K., Das, K., Singh, S.K. 2014. Impacts of bio-climates, cropping

systems, land use and management on the cultural microbial population at

different soil depths in black soil regions of India. Current Science, 107: 1452-

1463.

6.97

17. Venugopalan, M.V., Tiwary, P., Ray, S.K., Chatterji, S., Velmourougane, K.,

Bhattacharyya, T., Bandhopadhyay, K.K., Sarkar, D., Chandran, P., Pal, D.K.,

Mandal, D.K., Prasad, J., Sidhu, G.S., Nair, K.M., Sahoo, A.K., Anil Kumar,

K.S., Srivastava, A., Das, T.H., Singh, R.S., Mandal, C., Srivastava, R., Sen,

T.K., Patil, N.G., Obireddy, G.P., Mahapatra, S.K., Das, K., Singh, S.K. et al.

2014. INFOCROP simulation model – its validation for Bt cotton and its

application for land quality assessment for cotton cultivation Current Science,

107: 1512-1518.

6.97

18. Singh, S.K. Mahesh Kumar, Pandey, C.B., Sarkar, D., Ghosh, A. and

Mukhpadhyay, S. 2012. Difference in soil properties between irrigation and

cropping sequences in the Thar desert of Rajasthan, India. Arid Land Research

and Management 27(1):17-31.

6.75

19. Singh, S.K., Mahesh Kumar, Sharma, B.K. and Tarfadar, J.C. 2007. Depletion

of organic carbon, phosphorus and potassium stock under pearl millet based

cropping sequence in arid environment of India. Arid Land Research and

Management 21:119-131.

6.75

20. Singh, S.K., Sidhu, G.S., Gupta Choudhury, S., Pandey, C.B., Banerjee, T., and

Sarkar, D. 2014. Soil organic carbon density in arable and non-arable lands

under varied soil moisture and temperature regimes in cold arid to subtropical

areas of Western Himalaya. Arid Land Research and Management 28:169-185

6.75

21. Singh, S.K., Mahesh Kumar, Pandey, C.B., Sarkar, Dipak, Ghosh, A. and

Mukhpadhyay, S. 2012. Difference in soil properties between irrigation and

cropping sequences in the Thar desert of Rajasthan, India. Arid Land Research

and Management27(1):17-31

6.75

22. Sahu, Nisha, Singh, S.K., Obi Reddy, G.P., Nirmal Kumar, Nagaraju, M.S.S.

and Srivastava, Rajeev. 2016. Large-Scale Soil Resource Mapping using IRS-P6

LISS-IV and Cartosat-1 DEM in Basaltic Terrain of Central India. J. Indian Soc.

Remote Sens.DOI 10.1007/s12524-015-0540-7.

6.68

23. Srivastava, R., Sethi, M., Yadav, R.K., Bundela, D.S., Singh, M., Chattaraj, S.,

Singh, S.K., Nasre, R.A., Bishnoi, S.R., Dhale, S., Mohekar, D.S., Barthwal,

A.K. 2016. Visible-Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy for Rapid

Characterization of Salt-Affected Soil in the Indo-Gangetic Plains of Haryana,

India. J Indian Soc. Remote Sensingdoi:10.1007/s1252.

6.68

24. Dharumarajan S, Singh, S.K., Bannerjee, T. and Sarkar, D. 2013. Water

retention characteristics and available water capacity in three cropping systems

of lower Indo-Gangetic alluvial plains. Communication in Soil Science and Plant

Analysis 44(18):2734-2745.

6.53

25. Banerjee, T., Das, K., Singh, S.K. and Sarkar, D. 2013. Micro-watershed in

Chotanagpur Plateau, West Bengal, India-evaluation of Sabai Grass as alternate

farming options. Range Management and Agroforestry 34:122-126.

6.39

26. Reza, S.K., Singh, S., Dutta, S.C., Purakayasth, T.J. and Singh, S.K. 2016.

Phosphorus solubilization through organic acids production in press mud

composted with rock phosphate. National Academy Science Letter (DOI:

10.1007/s40009-016-0511-8).

6.35

27. Reza, S.K., Baruah, U., Sarkar, D. and Singh, S.K. 2016. Spatial variability of

soil properties using geostatistical method: a case study of lower Brahmaputra

plains, India. Arabian Journal of Geosciences (Springer publication, DOI

10.1007/s12517-016-2474-y).

6.00

28. Reza, S.K., Baruah, U., Singh, S.K. and Das, T.H. 2014. Geostatistical and

multivariate analysis of soil heavy metal contamination near coal mining area,

Northeastern India. Environmental Earth Science 73(9):5425-5433.

6.00

29. Reza, S.K., Baruah, U., Singh, S.K. and Srinivasan, R. 2016. Spatial

Heterogeneity of Soil Metal Cations in the Plains of Humid Subtropical North

eastern India. Agricultural Research 5(4):346-352.

5.90

30. Singh, S.K., Baser, B.L. and Shyampura, R.L. 2001. Variability in hydrological

properties of Vertisols derived from two parent materials. Journal of the Indian

Society of Soil Science 49:239-244.

5.23

31. Singh, S.K., Baser, B.L. and Shyampura, R.L. 2002. Chemical composition and

charge behavior of smectites in Vertisols of Rajasthan. Journal of the Indian

Society of Soil Science 50:106-111.

5.23

32. Singh, S.K., Baser, B.L., Shyampura, R.L. and Pratap Narain.2003. Genesis of

lime Nodules in Vertisols of Rajasthan. Journal of the Indian Society of Soil

Science 51:273-278.

5.23

33. Singh, S.K., Baser, B.L., Shyampura, R.L. and Pratap Narain. 2003. Phosphorus

fractions and their relationship to weathering indices in Vertisols of Rajasthan.

Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science 51:247-251.

5.23

34. Singh, S.K., Baser, B.L., Shyampura, R.L. and Pratap Narain. 2004. Variations

in morphometric properties of Vertisols in Rajasthan. Journal of the Indian

Society of Soil Science 52:114-119.

5.23

35. Gangopadhyay, S.K., Sarkar, D., Sahoo, A.K. and Singh, S.K.2012. Soils of the

rainfed region of West Bengal and their productivity potentials appraisal.

Journal of the Indian Society of Soils Science 60(2):83-91.

5.23

36. Mahesh Kumar, Singh, S.K. and Sharma, B.K. 2009. Characterization and

classification of soils of Churu district in Rajasthan. Journal of the Indian

Society of Soil Science 57:253-261.

5.23

37. Mahesh Kumar, Singh, S.K., Raina, P. and Sharma, B.K.2011. Status of available major and micronutrients in arid soils of Churu district of Western Rajasthan.Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science 59:188-192.

5.23

38. Qureshi, F.M., Singh, S.K., Choudhari, S.K. and Das, K. 1996. Pedogenesis and

taxonomy of typical soils of wastelands in Rajasthan. Journal of the Indian

Society of Soil Science 44:130-135.

5.23

39. Sharma, R.K., Swami, B.N., Shyampura, R.L., Giri, J.D. and Singh, S.K. 1999. Characterization of some soils of HaldiGhati region of Rajasthan in relation to physiography.Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science 47:329-333.

5.23

40. Shyampura, R.L., Giri J.D., Das, K. and Singh, S.K. 1994. Soil physiographic

relationship on a transect in southern Rajasthan. Journal of the Indian Society of

Soil Science 42:623-625.

5.23

41. Sidhu, G.S., Rana, K.P.C., Lal, Tarsem, Mahapatra, S.K., Verma, T.P., Rao,

R.V.S., Ram., J., Singh, S.K. and Singh, S.P. 2007. Soils of Himachal Pradesh

inventory for land use planning. Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science

55:203-208.

5.23

42. Singh, R.K., Singh, S.K., and Tarafdar, J.C. 2008. Influence of cropping

sequence and nutrient management on soil organic carbon and nutrient status of

Typic Rhodustalf. Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science 56:174-181.

5.23

43. Singh, R.S., Dubey, P.N., Singh, S.K. and Shyampura, R.L. 2008. Distribution

of chemical fractions of micronutrient cations in some Vertisols under the agro-

eco- sub region 4.2 of Eastern Rajasthan. Journal of the Indian Society of Soil

Science 56:192-197.

5.23

44. Singh, R.S., Singh, S.K., Jain, B.L. and Shyampura, R.L. 2001. Water retention

characteristics of some Vertisols of Rajasthan. Journal of the Indian Society of

Soil Science 49:245-249.

5.23

45. Singh, S.K., Qureshi, F.M., Shyampura, R.L. and Karan, F. 1999.Genesis of

some soils derived from limestone. Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science

47:130-135.

5.23

46. Singh, S.K., Shyampura, R.L., Singh, R.S. Harindranath, C.S. and Venugopal,

K.R. 1998.Genesis of some soils of Goa. Journal of the Indian Society of Soil

Science 46:651-656

5.23

47. Singh, S.K., Baser, B.L., Shyampura, R.L. and Narain Pratap. 2003.Genesis of

lime Nodules in Vertisols of Rajasthan Journal of the Indian Society of Soil

Science 51:273-278.

5.23

48. Singh, S.K.,Baser, B.L., Shyampura, R.L. and Narain Pratap. 2003. Phosphorus

fractions and their relationship to weathering indices in Vertisols of Rajasthan.

Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science 51:247-251.

5.23

49. Singh, S.K., Das, K., Singh, R.S. and Shyampura, R.L. 1996. Forms of

potassium in relation to soil moisture regime. Journal of the Indian Society of

Soil Science 44:229-233.

5.23

50. Singh, S.K., Das, K., Shyampura, R.L., Giri, J.D., Singh, R.S. and Sehgal, J.

1995. Genesis and taxonomy of black soils in Rajasthan. Journal of the Indian

Society of Soil Science 43:430-436.

5.23

51. Singh, S.K., Das, K., Singh, R.S. and Shyampura, R.L. 1996. Status and release

behavior of potassium as influenced by soil moisture regime. Journal of the

Indian Society of Soil Science 44:392-397.

5.23

52. Singh, S.K., Das, K., and Shyampura, R.L. 1994. Soil-physiographic

relationship in basaltic terrain. Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science

42:663-664.

5.23

53. Singh, S.K., Mahesh Kumar and Sharma, B.K. 2009. Change of soil properties

in hot arid region of India. Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science 57:24-

30.

5.23

54. Singh, S.K., Singh, R.S., Shyampura, R.L. and Narain Pratap. 2005. Organic

and inorganic carbon stock in soils of Rajasthan. Journal of the Indian Society of

Soil Science 53:281-287.

5.23

55. Reza, S.K., Baruah, U., Singh, S.K. 2015. Accumulation and Translocation of

Heavy Metals in Soil and Crop Irrigated with Paper Mill Effluents. Journal of

the Indian Society of Soil Science 63(2):242-244.

5.23

56. Singh, S.K., Shyampura, R.L., Singh, R.S., Harindranath, C.S., Venugopal,

K.R. 1998. Genesis of some soils of Goa. Journal of the Indian Society of Soil

Science 46(4):651-656.

5.23

57. Obi Reddy, G.P., Kurothe, R.S., Sena, D.R., Harindranath, C.S., Niranjana,

K.V., Naidu, L.G.K., Singh, S.K., Sarkar, Dipak, Mishra, P.K. and Sharda,

V.N. 2016. Assessment of soil erosion in tropical ecosystem of Goa, India using

Universal Soil Loss Equation, geostatistics and GIS. Indian Journal of Soil

Conservation 44(1):1-7.

5.20

58. Sahu, Asha, Singh, S.K., Sahu, Nisha and Manna, M.C. 2016. Suitability of

extractants for predicting availability of cadmium in Inceptisol, Alfisol and

Vertisol. Ecology Environment & Conservation. 22(1):155-162.

4.89

59. Srinivas, S., Srinivas, C.V., Nair, K.M., Naidu, L.G.K., Sarkar, D. and Singh,

S.K. 2016. A climatic water balance model „WatBal‟ for bioclimatic

classification and agro-climatic analysis. Ecology Environment &

Conservation. 22: 177-184.

4.89

60. Sahu, Asha, Singh, S.K., Sahu, Nisha and Manna, M.C. 2016. Suitability of

extractants for predicting availability of cadmium in Inceptisol, Alfisol and

Vertisol. Ecology Environment & Conservation22:155-162.

4.89

61. Sharma, R.P., Singh, R.S., Verma, T.P., Tailor, B.L., Sharma, S.S., Singh, S.K.

2014. Coriander the taste of vegetables: Present and future prospectus for

coriander seed production in southeast Rajasthan. Economic Affairs 59(3):345.

4.82

62. Dharumarajan, S. and Singh, S.K. 2014. GIS based soil site suitability analysis

for potato-a case study in lower Indo-gangetic alluvial plain. Potato Journal

41(2).

4.74

63. Dharumarajan, S., Naidu, L.G.K., Lalitha, M., Vasundhara, R., Kumar, K.S.,

Hegde, Rajendra, Singh, S.K. 2016. Assessment of Suitability of Fallow Lands

for Major Medicinal Plants in Tamil Nadu. International Journal of Bio-

Resource & Stress Management 7(4).

4.65

64. Dharumarajan, S., Lalitha, M., Naidu, L.G.K. and Singh, S.K. 2015.

Characterisation of major forests in Tamil Nadu based on climate and soil-site

characteristics for identifying potential areas for afforestation. International

Journal of Bio-resource and Stress Management 6(6):656-666.

4.65

65. Giri, J.D., Singh, S.K., Singh, R.S. and Shyampura, R.L. 2008. Carbon stock

and its distribution in soils of Ajmer district and management strategies for

carbon sequestration. Agropedology 18:21-32.

4.16

66. Sharma, R.K., Swami, B.N., Giri, J.D., Singh, S.K. and Shyampura, R.L. 2001.

Soils of HaldiGhati region of Rajasthan and their suitability for different land

uses. Agropedology 11:23-28.

4.16

67. Singh, R.S., Singh, S.K. Dubey, P.N. and Shyampura, R.L. 2006. Pedogenic

distribution of iron and manganese in some Vertisols of Rajasthan.

Agropedology 16:77-85.

4.16

68. Sahu, N., Obireddy, G.P., Kumar, N., Nagaraju, M.S.S., Srivastava, R., Singh,

S.K. 2014. Characterization of landforms and land use/land cover in basaltic

terrain using IRS-P6 LISS-IV and Cartosat-1 DEM data: a case study.

Agropedology 24(2):166-178.

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69. Bhattacharyya, T., Chandran, P., Ray, S.K., Tiwary, P., Mandal, Dharmik, Ajit,

Chatterji, S., Pal, D.K., Obi Reddy, G.P., Sarkar, D., Singh, S.K. 2014. Web

GeoSIS as soil information technology: A conceptual framework Agropedology

24(2):222-233.

4.16

70. Patil, N.G., Chaturvedi, A. and Singh, S.K. 2015. Land Use Planning in India:

Past and Future. Agropedology 25(1):1-19

4.16

71. Mahajan, M.S., Patil, N.G., Chaturvedi, A., Bhaskar, B.P., Hajare, T.N.,

SarojDeshmukh, Dubey, P.N. and Singh, S.K. 2015. Development of efficient

farming systems through land use planning in Dhule district, Maharashtra, India.

Agropedology 25(1):110-124.

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72. Gangopadhyay, S.K., Obi Reddy, G.P. Mukhopadhyay, S. and Singh, S.K.

2015. Characterization of landforms and soils in complex toposequence of

Subarnarekha catchment, Chhotanagpur plateau using remote sensing and GIS.

Agropedology 25(1):95-109.

4.16

73. Meena, R.S., Natarajan, A., Hegde, R., Dhanorkar, B.A., Koyal, Arti, Naidu,

L.G.K. and Singh, S.K. 2015. Characterization and classification of upland soils

of Chikkarsinkere Hobli, Maddur Taluk, Mandya District of Karnataka.

Agropedology 25:154-160.

4.16

74. Sarkar, D. and Singh, S.K. 2011.State-wise distribution of soils under coastal

agro-ecosystem, land use planning under coastal ecosystem: Assess and way

forward. Journal of the Indian Society of Coastal Agricultural Research 29:19-

25.

4.00

75. Srinivas, S., Naidu, L.G.K., Venkatesh, D.H., Dharumarajan, S., Vasundhara,

R., Ramamurthy, V., Hegde, R., Nair, K.M. and Singh S.K. 2015. Development

of software “Cropsuit” for evaluating land suitability for different crops.

International Journal of Tropical Agriculture, 33:3063-3067.

3.49

76. Singh, A.K., Singh, R.S., Singh, S.K. and Shyampura, R.L. 2008. Interannual

variation in area and productivity of crops as influenced by rainfall, soil and land

holding in Changeri micro-watershed of Udaipur district of Rajasthan. Annals of

Arid Zone 47:19-23.

3.02

77. Singh, S.K.,Patil, N.G., Tiwary P. and Chatterji, S. 2013. Issues and strategies

of natural resource management and land use planning in semi-arid regions of

India. Annals of Arid Zone 52:211-223.

3.02

78. Sehgal, J.L., Shyampura, R.L., Singh, S.K. and Das, K.1992. Forms of

Potassium in Relation to Geology and Physiography in Black Soils in South

Eastern Rajasthan. Journal of Potassium Research 8:210-216.

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79. Sen, P., Singh, S.K., Sarkar, D. and Majumdar, A. 2012. Farmer‟s Advisory

Services for Fertilizer and Crop Planning in the State of West Bengal- a Novel

Approach to Reach out to the Farmers. Fertilizer Marketing News 43:1-7.

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80. Shyampura, R.L., Singh, S.K., Das, K. and Giri, J.D. 1994. Potassium reserve

and release behavior in Vertisols of Rajasthan. Journal of Potassium Research

10:263-270.

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81. Sharma, R.P., Singh, R.S., Singh, S.K.,Naik, P.S., Singh, B. 2016. Health of soil

supporting vegetable cultivation in peri-urban areas. International Journal of

Vegetable Science 22(1):35-47.

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82. Sharma, R.P., Singh, R.S., Singh, S.K. 2015. A review on agricultural land use

planning: A case study of Bhilwara district. Advances in Applied Science

Research 6(8):125-133.

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83. Sahu, N., Obi Reddy, G.P., Kumar, N., Nagaraju, M.S.S., Srivastava, R., Singh,

S.K. 2016. Morphometric analysis in basaltic Terrain of Central India using GIS

techniques: a case study. Applied Water Science, 1-7.

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84. Vasu, D., Singh, S.K., Duraisami, V.P., Tiwary, P., and Butte, P.S. 2015.

Evaluation of groundwater quality for irrigation suitability in Thimmajipet

mandal, Mahabubnagar district, Andhra Pradesh. Journal of Agricultural

Sciences 1:1-6.

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85. Dharumarajan, S. and Singh, S.K. 2014. Variation of soil properties and

phosphorous fractions in three cropping systems of lower indo-Gangetic alluvial

plain. African Journal of Agricultural Research 9(24):1878-1886.

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86. Banerjee, T., Singh, S.K., Dharumarajan, S. and Sarkar, D. 2014. Integration of

high resolution satellite data, DEM and GIS for large scale mapping–A case

study from lower Gangetic alluvial plain of India. International Journal of

Geomatics and Geosciences 5(2):345-356.

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Bulletins

87. Soil Series of Rajasthan 2002. NBSS & LUP Bulletin No. 95, National Bureau of Soil

Survey and Land Use Planning, Nagpur, 364p.

88. Soils of Ajmer Districtfor Optimizing Land use 2003. NBSS & LUP Bulletin No. 99,

National Bureau of Soil Survey and land Use Planning Nagpur, 188p.

89. Integrated Natural Resources and Environmental Impact Assessment for Sustainable

Development of Ganganagar District, Rajasthan 2003. Division of Natural Resource

and Environment, Central Arid Zone Research Institute Jodhpur, 111p.

90. Reflectance Libraries for Development of Soil Sensor for periodic Assessment of Soil

Resource 2004.Division of Natural Resource and Environment, Central Arid Zone

Research Institute Jodhpur, 45p. Contributed to bring out following publications

91. Soils of Goa for Optimizing Land use 1999. Soils of India series, NBSS & LUP Bulletin

No. 74, National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, Nagpur, pp131+2 sheets of

soil maps on 1:50,000 scale.

92. Soils of India 2002. Soil Series of India.NBSS& LUP Bulletin No.94, National Bureau of

Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, Nagpur, India, pp.130+11 sheets map.

93. Spectral Library of Indian Soils 2004. NBSS& LUP Report No.908, National Bureau of

Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, Nagpur, 152p

94. Reflectance Libraries for Development of Soil Sensor for periodic Assessment of State

of Soil Resources 2004. NBSS & LUP Report No.835, National Bureau of Soil Survey and

land Use Planning, Nagpur, 40p.

95. Soils of Uttar Pradesh for Optimizing Land Use 2004. Soils of India series.NBSS& LUP

Bulletin No.68, National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, Nagpur pp. 91+6

sheets maps.

96. Desertification status mapping of Pali district in Rajasthan state using IRS satellite

data 2004. Regional Remote Sensing Service Center Jodhpur, Central Arid zone Research

Institute and Space Application Center Ahemadabad sponsored by ministry of environment

and forest New Delhi under Ministry of Environment and forest New Delhi under TPN-1

UNCCD programme

97. Drought in Western Rajasthan 2005. Arid Ecosystem, Central Arid Zone research

Institute, Jodhpur, 104p 69.

98. Drought in Western Rajasthan 2005. Arid Ecosystem, Central Arid Zone research

Institute, Jodhpur, 104p .

99. Soil Series of Goa 2002. Soil Series of India. NBSS & LUP Bulletin No.92, National

Bureau of Soil Survey and land Use Planning, Nagpur pp. 112+ii sheets of maps.

100. Das, T.H., Dutta, D., Obi Reddy, G.P., Singh, S.K., Sarkar, D., Dhyani, B.L. and Mishra,

P.K. 2013. Soil Erosion of Sikkim NBSS Publ.164, NBSS&LUP, Nagpur, 42p.

101. Gangopadhyay, S.K., Mukhopadhyay, S., Singh, S.K. and Sarkar, D. 2013. Soil Resource

Inventory and Land Evaluation of Aurangabad district, Bihar (1:50,000 scale) for Land Use

Planning, NBSS Publ. No. 1058, ICAR-NBSS & LUP, Nagpur, 179 p.

102. Gangopadhyay, S.K., Nayak, D.C., Das, K., Sarkar, D. and Singh, S.K. 2013.

Characterisation of Simana Sub-watershed under Subarnarekha Catchment, West Bengal

for land use planning using IRS data. NBSS Publ. No.1044, ICAR-NBSS & LUP, Nagpur,

135 p.

103. Gangopadhyay, S.K., Singh, S.K. and Sarkar, D. 2013. Soil Resource Inventory of

Experimental Farm, Borlaug Institute of South Asia (BISA), Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar.

NBSS Publ. No. 1053, ICAR-NBSS & LUP, Nagpur, 68 p.

104. Mahapatra, S.K, Sarkar, Dipak, Yadav, R.P., Singh, S.P., Aggarwal, R.K. , Sharma, J.P.,

Tiwari, A.K., Sidhu, G.S., Singh, S.K., Sharda, V.N. and Mishra, P.K. 2014. Soil Erosion

in Delhi, ICAR-NBSS Publ. 166, NBSS&LUP, Nagpur India, 34p.

105. Nayak, D.C., Chattopadhyay, T., Mukhopadhyay, S., Singh, S.K. and Sarkar, D. 2014. Soil

Resource Inventory and Land Evaluation of Rohtas district, Bihar (1:50,000 scale) for Land

Use Planning, NBSS Publ. No. 1078, NBSS&LUP, Nagpur, 130p.

106. Ramamurthy, V. and Singh, S.K. 2015. Land Use Planning for important Medicinal and

Aromatic Plants in Karnataka. NBSS Publ. 1081, NBSS&LUP (ICAR), Nagpur, 22p.

107. Ramamurthy, V., Naidu, L.G.K., Nair, K.M. Ramesh Kumar, S.C., Srinivas, S., Thayalan,

S., Sarkar, D., Chaturvedi, A. and Singh, S.K. 2015. District Land Use Planning, Mysore,

Karnataka. NBSS Publ. No.169, 95pp.

108. Ramamurthy, V., Nalatwadmath, S.K., Srinivas, S., Rama Mohan Rao, M.S., Shivaprasad,

C.R. Adhikari, R.N., Naidu, L.G.K., Patil, S.L, Raizada, A., Sarkar, D., Singh, S.K. and

Mishra, P.K. 2014. Soil Erosion in Karnataka. NBSS Publ. 162, NBSS&LUP (ICAR),

Nagpur, 70p.

109. Ramamurthy, V., Singh, S.K., Ramesh Kumar, S.C., Nair, K.M., Patil, N.G. and Shivappa,

Angadi 2015. Integrated Land Use Planning for enhanced tribal livelihood in H.D.Kote

taluk of Mysore district, Karnataka. NBSS Publ. 1082, NBSS&LUP (ICAR), Nagpur, 34p.

110. Sahoo, A.K., Das, K., Das, A.L., Obi Reddy G.P., Singh, S.K., Sarkar, Dipak and Mishra,

P.K. 2014. Soil Erosion of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, NBSS Publ. No.165, NBSS&LUP

(ICAR), Nagpur, 30 p.

111. Sahoo, A.K., Sarkar, D., Singh, S.K., Obi Reddy, G.P., Dhyani, B.L., Mishra, P.K. and

Sharda, V.N. 2014. Soil Erosion in Jharkhand, NBSS Publ.159, NBSS&LUP (ICAR),

Nagpur, 39p.

112. Sahoo, A.K., Singh, S.K., Sarkar, Dipak, Sarkar, A.K., Agarwal, B.K., Shahi, D.K., Nayak,

D.C., Mukhopadhyay, S. and Banerjee, T. 2013. Mapping of Soil Acidity and Nutrient

Status at Block Level of Dumka District, Jharkhand, NBSS Report No.1052A, NBSS&LUP

(ICAR), Nagpur, 93 p.

113. Sahoo, A.K., Singh, S.K., Sarkar, Dipak, Sarkar, A.K., Agarwal, B.K., Das, T.H., Nayak,

D.C., Mukhopadhyay, S. and Banerjee, T. 2013. Mapping of Soil Acidity and Nutrient

Status at Block Level of Jamtara District, Jharkhand, NBSS Report No.1052B,

NBSS&LUP (ICAR), Nagpur, 67 p.

114. Sahoo, A.K., Singh, S.K., Sarkar, Dipak, Sarkar, A.K., Agarwal, B.K., Das, T.H., Nayak,

D.C., Mukhopadhyay, S. and Banerjee, T. 2013. Mapping of Soil Acidity and Nutrient

Status at Block Level of Hazaribagh District, Jharkhand, NBSS Report No.1052C,

NBSS&LUP (ICAR), Nagpur, 155 p.

115. Sahoo, A.K., Singh, S.K., Sarkar D., Sarkar, A.K., Agarwal, B.K., Shahi, D.K., Nayak,

D.C., Mukhopadhyay, S. and Banerjee, T. 2013. Mapping of Soil Acidity and Nutrient

Status at Block Level of Ramgarh District, Jharkhand, NBSS Report No.1052D, NBSS &

LUP (ICAR), Nagpur, 66 p.

116. Anil Kumar, K.S., Nair, K.M., Thayalan, S., Ramesh Kumar, S.C., Hegde, Rajendra,

Srinivas, S., Niranjana, K.V., Naidu, L.G.K., Sarkar, Dipak and Singh, S.K. 2014. Land

Resources of Malappuram District, Kerala for Land Use Planning, NBSS Publication 1083,

National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, Nagpur, India, 151p.

117. Bandyopadhyay, S., Baruah, U., Das, T.H., Dutta, D., Reza, S.K., Padua, S., Sarkar, D.,

Sah, K.D. and Singh, S.K. 2014. Assessment and mapping of some important soil

parameters including macro and micronutrients for the state of Nagaland towards optimum

utilization of land resources for integrated and sustainable development. NBSS Publ. 1080,

Nagpur, 287p.

118. D. K. Mandal, C. Mandal and S.K. Singh 2016. Agro-Ecological Regions of India

(Revised). NBSS&LUP Publ. No. 170, ICAR-NBSS&LUP, Nagpur, India, pp.89.

119. Singh, S.K., Chattaraj, S., Chatterji, S. And Butte, P. S. 2016. Land Resource Inventory

(LRI) on 1:10000 scale, Why and How? NBSS Publ. No. 172. ICAR-NBSS&LUP Nagpur,

India. 96P.

120. Das, T.H., Reza, S.K., Bandyopadhyay, S., Baruah, U., Nayak, D.C., Sahoo, A.K., Mukhopadhyay, S., Gangopadhyay, S.K., Chattopadhyay, T., Sah, K.D., Sarkar, D., Singh, S.K. and Ray, S.K. 2016. Soil Nutrient mapping of Sikkim. NBSS Publ. 1086, January 2016, p. 156.

121. Obi Reddy, G.P. and Singh, S.K. 2015. Geospatial Technologies in Mapping, Monitoring and Management of Natural Resources, Training Manual, NRDMS (DST) Sponsored Training Programme held during 5

th-25

th August, 2015 pp.231.

122. Obi Reddy, G.P., Singh, S.K., Mondal, C., Srivastava, R., Bhattacharyya, T., Naidu, L.G.K., Sidhu, G.S., Baruah, U., Singh, R.S., Kumar Nirmal and Sarkar Dipak. 2015. Development of District Soil Information System (DSIS) on 1:50,000 Scale (50 Districts), NBSS&LUP, Nagpur, Project Report, pp. 160.

123. Singh, S.K., Hegde, R., Anil Kumar, K.S., Ramamurthy, V., Srinivas, S., Nair, K.M., Das, B., Tiwari, G., Jhangir, A., Vasundhara, R., Niranjana, K.V., Dhanorkar, B.A., Koyal, A., Bache Gowda, C., Reddy, N.B.M., Venkatesh, D.H., Archana, K.V., Maddileti, N. and Parvathi, S. 2015. Land Resource Inventory of Erravally village, Jagadevpur Mandal, Medak district, Telangana for Agricultural Development. NBSS Publication 1094. National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, Nagpur, India 66 p.

124. Verma, T.P., Singh, R.S., Giri, J.D., Naitam, R.K., Tailor, B.L., Singh, R., Shyampura,

R.L., Sarkar, Dipak and Singh, S.K. 2015. Soil Resource Inventory and land evaluation of

Chittaurgarh district for land use planning). NBSS Publ. 1091, National Bureau of Soil

Survey and Land Use Planning, Nagpur, India.pp. 223.

125. Verma, T.P., Singh, R.S., Meena, R.L., Tailor, B.L., Singh, R., Dadhich, R., Yadav, H.S.,

Gulati, I.J., Sarkar, Dipak and Singh, S.K. 2016. Land Resource Inventory of Central State

Farm Jetsar, Sri Ganganagar district, Rajasthan. NBSS Publ. 1093, National Bureau of Soil

Survey and Land Use Planning, Nagpur, India.pp.106.

126. Verma, T.P., Singh, R.S., Meena, R.L., Tailor, B.L., Singh, R., Sarkar, Dipak and Singh,

S.K. 2016. Land Resource Inventory of KVK Farms in South Eastern Rajasthan-MPUAT,

Udaipur. NBSS Publ. 1092, National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning,

Nagpur, India. 180 pp.

127. Sarkar, D., Banerjee, T., Mukhopadhyay, S., Mukhopadhyay, J., Mandal, C. and Singh

S.K. 2013. Land Resource Atlas of West Bengal, NBSS Publication 154 pp. 164.

128. Singh, S.K., Ramamurthy, V., Chattaraj, S., Srinivas, S., Hegde, Rajendra 2016. Extent and

Distribution of Fallow Lands in Goa. NBSS Publ. No. 173, ICAR–NBSS&LUP, Regional

Centre, Bangalore. p. 264.

129. Bandyopadhyay, S., Reza, S. K., Baruah, U., Sarkar, D. And Singh, S. K. (2014). District

level land use plan for Jorhat district, Assam under rainfed eco system. NBSS Publication

1077.

Book Chapters

130. Shyampura, R.L., Singh R.S., Singh, S.K. and Jain, B.L. 1999. Soil resource appraisal of

arid eco-region of India. In: Management of Arid Ecosystem (A.S.Faroda, N.L.Joshi,

S.Kathju and AmalKar, Eds.), pp.21-26. Arid Zone Research Association of India and

Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur.

131. Singh, S.K., PratapNarain and Khandpal, B.K. 2004. Utilization of natural resource

information using GIS and DSS. In: Natural Resource Appraisal for Land Use Planning in

Arid Agro Eco-System (Balak Ram, Pratap Narain and D.C. Joshi, Eds.), pp 96-105.Central

Arid Zone Research Institute Jodhpur.

132. Singh, S.K. and Mahesh Kumar. 2006. Managing soil health in Arid Region. In: Organic

Agriculture (J.C. Tarafdar, K.P.Tripathi and Mahesh Kumar, Eds.), pp.92-109.Indian

Society of Soil Science, Jodhpur Chapter, Scientific Publisher Jodhpur

133. Amal Kar, Moharana, P.C., Singh, S.K., Goyal, R.K. and Rao, A.S. 2006. Barmer flood,

2006 cause and consequences. In: Flood of August 2006 in Arid Rajasthan: Causes,

Magnitude and Strategies (A.S. Faroda and D.C. Joshi, Eds.) pp.26-39.Indian National

Committee on Hydrology (INCOH) (IHP National Committee of India for UNESCO)

Scientific contribution No. INCOH/SAR-29/2007, National Institute of Hydrology,

Roorkee-247667, India

134. Singh, S.K., Amal Kar, Moharana, P.C. Goyal, R.K., Praveen Kumar and Singh, A.K.

2007. Flood induced soil erosion- A case study of Barmer district: In: Flood of August 2006

in Arid Rajasthan: Causes, Magnitude and Strategies (A. S. Faroda and D.C. Joshi, Eds.),

pp.48-51. Indian National Committee on Hydrology (INCOH) (IHP National Committee of

India for UNESCO) Scientific contribution No. INCOH/SAR-29/2007, National Institute of

Hydrology, Roorkee-247667, India.

135. Singh, S.K. and Tarafdar, J.C. 2007. Soil quality management in arid region of Rajasthan.

In: Fundamental of Soil Quality and Management (Ramesh Chandra and S.K.Singh, Eds.)

pp. 183-206. Westville, Publishing House New Delhi.

136. Amal Kar, Moharana, P.C. and Singh, S.K. 2007. Desertification in Arid western India-

current scenario. In: Dry land Indian Perspective (K.P.R. Vittal, R.L. Srivastava, N.L. Joshi,

Amal Kar, V.P. Tiwari and S. Katju Eds.) pp.1-22.Central Arid zone Research Institute

Jodhpur.

137. Singh, A.K. and Singh, S.K. 2011. Strategies for Arresting Land Degradation in South

Asian Countries. In: Strategies for Arresting Land Degradation in South Asian Countries.

(Dipak Sarkar, Abul Kalam Azad, S. K. Singh, and Nasrin Akter Eds.) pp.1-31. SAARC

Agricultural Centre, BARC Complex, Farmgate, Dhaka -1215, Bangladesh.

138. NarainPratap and Singh, S.K. 2005. Management of Natural Resources in Hot Arid Region

of India).In:Resource Conserving Technologies for Social Upliftment (Sharda et al. 2005),

pp.1-15 IASWC Dehradun, India, 883P

139. Narain Pratap, Wani, S.P. and Singh, S.K. 2006. Strategies for improving soil and water quality in Arid and rainfed Agro-ecosystem of India. In: Proceeding International Conference on Soil Water and Environmental Quality- Issues and Strategies pp.441-452. Indian Society of Soil Science, New Delhi.484P.

140. Narain Pratap and Singh, S.K. 2006. Drought Proofing and Management Strategies in Arid Rajasthan. In: Drought Management in India (J.S. Samra, Pratap Narain, R.K. Rattan, and S.K. Singh, Eds.) pp 44-62. Indian Society of Soil Science Bulletin, 24, 82p.

141. Narain Pratap and Singh, S.K. 2006. Technological advancement in arid production system for productivity enhancement. In:Natural Resource Management for Sustainable Development in Western India (NRMSD-2006) pp. 1-25, Allies Publishers private limited, New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, New Delhi, Chennai, Nagpur, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ahmadabad

142. Obi Reddy, G.P., Sarkar, D., Mandal, C., Srivastava, R., Bhattacharyya, T., Naidu, L.G.K., Sidhu, G.S., Baruah, U., Singh, S.K., Singh, R.S., Nair, K.M., Sen, T.K., Chandran, P., Sahoo, A.K., Srinivas, S., Nirmal Kumar and Chavan, S. 2014. Soil Resource Database and Information System In: Geospatial Technology for Integrated Natural Resources Management (Eds. P.S. Roy and R.S. Dwivedi), Yes Dee Publishing Pvt. Ltd., Chennai, pp. 370-406.

143. Dharumarajan, S. Lalitha, M., Anil Kumar, K.S., Vasundhara, R., Ramurthy, V., Thayalan, S., Dhinwa. P. S. and Singh, S.K. 2015. Desertification Status Mapping of Andra Prdesh and Karnataka using Remote Sensing Data. In Advances in Soil and Water Resources Management for Food and Livelihood Security in Changing Climate. (Eds. Bhan, S. and Arora, S.). Soil Conservation Society of India, New Delhi. Pp.682/ISBN: 978-81-909228-5-2.

144. Sahoo, A.K., Sarkar, Dipak and Singh, S.K. 2015. Assessment and Evaluation of Land Resources for Agricultural Land Use Planning – A Case Study in Nadia district, West Bengal under Irrigated Agro-ecosystem, In: Integrated Land Use Planning for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development”. (Eds. M.V. Rao, V. Suresh Babu, Suman Chandra, G. Ravindra Chary). Apple Academic Press, New Jersey, USA, pp. 205-219.

145. Sahoo, A.K., Singh, S.K., Sarkar, Dipak and Sarkar, A.K. 2015. Soil Nutrient Mapping – A Case Study. In: Plant Nutrient Disorders – Diagnosis and Management (Editors: A.K. Sarkar and P. Mahapatra), New India Publishing Agency, New Delhi, p. 247-284.

146. Singh S.K., Chattaraj S., Patil N.G., Ray S.K., Chatterji S. 2016. Soils of India: Problems and Potentialities. Encyclopedia of Soil Science, Third Edition, DOI: 10.1081/E-ESS3-120053904.

147. Singh, S.K. and Chandran, P. 2015. Soil genesis and classification. In Soil Science: An Introduction, (Eds. R.K. Rattan, J.C. Katyal, B.S. Dwivedi, A.K. Sarkar, T. Bhattacharyya, J.C. Tarafdar and S.S. Kukal), Indian Society of Soil Science, New Delhi. pp 57-96.

148. Surya, J.N., Yadav, R.P., Sidhu, G.S. and Singh, S.K. 2016. Soils of Indo-Gangetic Plains : Constraints and Potentials in Relevance to Agro-Ecological Region. Encyclopedia of Soil Science Third Edition. DOI:10.1081/E-ESS3-120053783.

149. Obi Reddy, G.P. and Singh, S.K. 2016. Role of Remote Sensing and Geospatial Technologies in Climate Smart Agriculture. In Climate Resilient Agronomy (Eds. Venkateswaralu, B., G. Ravindra Chary, Gurbachan Singh, Y. S. Shivay). Indian Society of Agronomy, New Delhi. pp. 368-378.

Books

150. SAARC Agricultural Centre 2011. Strategies for Arresting Land Degradation in South Asian

Countries (Sarkar Dipak, Azad, Abul Kalam, Singh, S.K. and NasrinAkter Eds.), pp.257.

BARC Complex, Farmgate, Dhaka -1215, Bangladesh.

151. Drought Management in India (Samra, J.S., Narain Pratap, Rattan, R.K., and Singh, S.K.,

Eds.) pp 44-62. Indian Society of Soil Science Bulletin, 24, 82p.

152. Natural Resource Management in Backward Districts of India: Issues and Challenges

(Chaturvedi, Arun, Patil, N.G., Hazare, T.N. and Singh, S.K. Eds., 2014). National

Agricultural Innovation Project (Component-3), NBSS&LUP, Nagpur, 136 p.

153. Singh, S.K., Batta, R.K., Chatterji, S. 2016. Land Use Planning for Arresting Land Degradation, Climate Change and Ensuring food Security – A Training Manual, NBSS Publ. 171. ICAR-national Bureau of Soil Survey and land Use Planning, Nagpur, India, 135p.

Invited papers (Seminar / Symposia)

154. Singh, S.K. 2012. Soil fertility mapping needs and utility “Keynote addres s in seminar on

“Relevance of soil fertility mapping in framing fertilizer to ensure food security” Nov.24, 2012

organized by Fertilizer Association of India Easetern Region Kolkata.

155. Singh, S.K. 2012. GPS and GIS based soil nutrient mapping in the eastern region of India,

“Golden Jubilee Seminar on Advances in Agriculture Research towards Food Security and

Environment Sustenance” 2nd September at Santiniketan Bolpur Birbhum West Bengal.

156. Singh, S.K. 2012. Soil nutrient balance in the state of West Bengal, “Seminar on soil nutrient

management in crop for sustainable agriculture present status and future needs”, organized by

International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI) South Asia Programme, 24 August, 2012 at

NBSS&LUP Kolkata.

157. Singh, S.K. 2012. Knowledge based land use planning for mitigating the influence of soil

constraints in the eastern region of India, “Conference on Livelihood and Environmental

Security through Resource Conservation in Eastern Region of India (LESRC-2012)” 5th

– 7th

April, 2012,Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) Bhubaneswar.

158. Singh, S.K. 2012. Importance of GIS studies for soil fertility mapping in West Bengal with

special reference to potassium “Seminar on Improving Crop Yield for Ensuring Food Security

through Potassium Management” organized by IPNI India and Department of Agriculture,

Govt. of West Bengal on 12 th

Nov.2011 at Middleton Chamber, Kolkata.

159. Singh, S.K. 2011. Utility of soil fertility maps in site specific nutrient management, “Regional

Workshop Organized by Fertilizer Association of India” October 21, 2011, College of

Agriculture, Birsa Agriculture University Camps, Ranchi.

160. Singh, S.K. 2010. Role of Geomatics towards mitigating the influence of Global Warming on

Food Security with Special Reference to India, 43th Annual Convention of ACISAC, BHU,

Varanasi.

161. Sarkar, Dipak and Singh, S.K. 2010. Assessment of soils under Coastal Agro-ecosystem for

sustainable land use planning-A way forward “ 9th

National Seminar on Recent Outlook in

Sustainable Agriculture, Livelihood Security and Ecology of Coastal Region” organized by

Indian Society of Coastal Agriculture Research, CSSRI, RSS, Canning Town West Bengal at

Calangute Goa, 27 to 30 Nov. 2010.

162. Singh, S.K. 2010. Soil nutrient mapping as a tool for fertilizer management- Winter school

sponsored by ICAR at Institute of Agricultural Sciences, BHU, Varanasi.

163. Singh, S.K. 2008. Genesis of Saline and Sodic soils in canal irrigated area of desert

ecosystem, Winter school sponsored by ICAR at Central Soil Salinity Research Institute,

Karnal, Haryana.

164. Singh, S.K. 2008. Genesis Taxonomy and Behavior of SodicVertisols in India, Winter school

sponsored by ICAR at Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana.

165. Pratap Narain and Singh, S.K. 2006. Technological advancement in arid production system for productivity enhancement, “Conference on Natural Resource Management for Sustainable Development in Western India Pune, (NRMSD-2006)” Organized by IASWC Dehradun, Pune, Maharashtra.

166. Pratap Narain and Singh, S.K. 2005. Drought Proofing and Management Strategies in Arid Rajasthan, “Special session of Drought Management in India during 70

th Annual Convention

and National Symposium Indian Society of Soil Science”, New Delhi at TNAU Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.

167. Pratap Narain and Singh S.K. 2004. Management of Natural Resources in Hot Arid Region of India, “Annual convention and National Symposium on Resource Conserving Technologies for Social Upliftment organized by IASWC Dehradun, 7-9 December, NASC complex, New Delhi”.

168. Delivered invited paper on Land resource inventory on 1:10000 scale for micro level land use planning during International Conference on Natural Resource Management for Farming Systems and Rural Livelihood during February 10-13, 2015 at New Delhi.

169. Delivered Platinum Jubilee Lecture on „Land Resource Inventory on 1:10000 scale for micro level planning’ in Agriculture Section of the 102nd Session of Indian Science Congress held at Mumbai University, Mumbai during January 3-7, 2015.

170. Presented invited paper on Land Resource Inventory for Micro Level Land Use Planning during National Symposium on Natural Resource Management at BCKV, Kalyani, Mohanpur West Bengal organized by National Academy of Agricultural Science, New Delhi

171. Delivered the lecture “Land Resource Inventory for the Assessment and the Management of Soil Health” in Technical Session IV: Soil Degradation and Management”. At National Seminar on “Soil health management and food security: Role of Soil Science, Research and Education” held during 8-10 Oct. 2015 at Paribesh Bhawan, Building No. 10A, Block LA, Sector-III, Salt Lake City, Kolkata jointly organized by Indian Society by Soil Science and International Plant Nutrition Institute.

172. Invited Speaker in 9Th

International Symposium on Plant-Soil Interaction at low pH, October 18-23, 2015, Dubrovnik, Croatia, Lecture delivered “Sub-soil acidity in red and lateritic soils of India”

173. Invited speaker: High Level Policy Dialogue on Investment in Agriculture Research for sustainable Development in the Asia-Pacific Region at Bangkok, organized by APAARI, Bangkok; 8-9 December, 2015; Lecture delivered : Land Resource Inventory of the Country for Development of Sustainable Agricultural Land Use Plans Using Geo-spatial Techniques- Avenues for Investment.

174. Invited speaker: Regional consultation meeting on strategies for arresting land degradation in South Asian Countries at Kolkata, 21-13 June, 2010; Lecture delivered : Land Use Planning for Arresting Land degradation in South Asian Countries.

175. Invited speaker: International Conference on “Integrated Land Use Planning for Smart Agriculture–An Agenda for Sustainable Land Management” from Nov. 10-13, 2016. Lecture delivered: Land Resource Inventory for Agricultural Land Use Planning

Significant Achievements

Soil resource database and map of the country for Agricultural Land Use Planning at

National, state district, and farm level

Developed soil resource database and maps for the states of Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh,

Uttar Pradesh and Goa on 1:250000 scale.

Developed soil resource database and maps of Sriganganagar, Ajmer, Jodhpur (Rajasthan),

Aurangabad & Rohtas (Bihar), Bolangir (Odisha) and A&N Island on 1:50000 scale.

Developed soil resource database on 1:1 million scales for the country in GIS environment.

Developed Soil Erosion map of the country on 1:1 million scale.

Launched Land Resource Inventory (LRI) Programme on 1:10000 scales, developed

protocols for mapping and entered into the collaborations with NRSC Hyderabad and

BISAG Gujarat for mapping of 60 blocks of the country, representing different agro-

ecological sub-regions.

Developed Android based smart mobile phone for collecting and transmitting real time geo-

referenced data from field to data center.

Identified and mapped 56 million hectare area of the country as Prime agricultural lands.

Identified and mapped 64 million hectare as degraded land out of 142 million hectare

cultivated area.

Estimated organic and inorganic carbon stocks in cold and hot desert and in the Indian part

of the IGP.

Soil nutrient mapping in the eastern, north eastern states and southern states of the

country

Prepared soil nutrient status maps of Jharkhand, West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Nagaland,

Meghalaya; Karnataka, Telangana and Goa; and the rubber and coffee growing areas of

Kerala, Tamilnadu and Karnataka.

Developed more than 2.7 lacs Soil health cards for the states of Madhya Pradesh,

Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Telangana and developed fertilizer recommendations for

existing and promising land uses in the state of West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra

and Kerala.

Developed web and mobile based farmers advisory for choosing best combinations of land

uses and package of practices for a given soil type in the state of West Bengal

(www.wbagrisnet.gov.in )

Developed Rubber Soil Information System (RubSiS) for natural rubber plantations of

Kerala, Tamilnadu and Karnataka (http://rubsis.rubberboard.org.in ).

Identified and Characterized Benchmark spots for monitoring changes in soil fertility in

most agriculturally advanced districts namely Dumka, Jamtara and Hazaribagh of Jharkhand

state; and in the rubber and coffee growing areas of southern states.

Agro-ecological zoning

Revised Agro-Ecological Region map of the country (Published in 1992) in terms of aerial

extent and distribution. In AER map of 1992, a soil map of coarser resolution (1:7 M) was

used, whereas in the revised edition of AER map, soil resource database and maps of 1:1 m

scale (NBSS&LUP, 2002) is used.

The area under Bio-climate type (A component of AER map) namely hyper arid and sub-

humid moist revised from 9.9 to 6.6 mha; and from 72.4 to 13.2 mha respectively. The area

under semi-arid moist and sub-humid dry revised from 78.9 to 98.6 mha; and 42.8 to 78.9

mha respectively. The area under humid and per-humid is revised from 32.9 and 52.6 mha to

16.5 and 39.5 mha, respectively. The semi-arid (dry) areas have been revised from 26.3 mha

to 49.4 mha.

The area under LGP class of (Another component of AER map) <60 days is revised from

16.5 to 29.6 mha and the area under LGP class of 60-90 days belonging to the western

Rajasthan, arid part of Gujarat and Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir is corrected from

16.4 to 9.9 mha. The area under LGP class of 120-150 days, LGP class of 150-180 and 180-

210 days belonging to the states Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana

and Karnataka is also refined. Area under LGP class of 210-240 covering Western Ghats of

Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Uttaranchal state is revised from 6.6 to 26.3 mha. The

area in LGP class of 240-270 and LGP class of >270 days encompassing western part of

Assam and eastern part of West Bengal is also modified from 9.9 to 6.6 mha and from 13.2

to 23.0 mha, respectively.

Delineation of Land Management Units (LMU) and Agricultural Land Use Planning

Developed 610 Land Management units map of the country based on soils, rainfall, AER and

LGP. Out of the total, 202 fall in alluvial soils, 74 in black soils, 1 in the cold desert, 168 in

hilly region, 17 in laterite, 122 in red soils and 27 in sandy soils, respectively.

Developed potential crop zone based on the Relative yield index (RYI), Relative spread yield

index (RSI), and bio-physical suitability of LMUs for different crops.

Developed suggested land use plan consisting of crop and cropping systems, agro-techniques

together with animal husbandry, piggery and poultry for rainfed ecosystem (red soils, black

soils and north eastern Region), hill and mountain ecosystem, irrigated ecosystem and arid

ecosystem.

Developed soil land use models cotton and pulse based cropping sequences in command and

alternate land uses in non-command area of the desert ecosystem; conservation agriculture

with rice-maize and rice-wheat cropping system in northern plains of Bihar; pigeon pea-rice

in cycle of four years, rice and rice+sunhemp on the upland and low land, respectively in the

state of Jharkhand; agro-forestry cum fisheries in Chotanagpur region, West Bengal; tree and

crop based land use options in Andaman for increasing productivity and arresting land

degradation.

Developed framework of Agricultural Land use planning for crops and cropping systems and

for different farming system on 1:10000 scale; demonstrated effective Land use plan

consisting of field crops, horticultural crops and agro-techniques in a part of south Deccan

plateau, north Deccan plateau, coastal plains of West Bengal and Brahmaputra valley of

Assam.

Developed MS Access based Automated Land Potential Evaluation System (ALPES) to

assess the potentials of soils in a given Agro-climatic situation.

Developed soil test crop response based land use plan for the state of West Bengal,

Jharkhand, Assam, Sikkim and Nagaland.

Dedicated Geo-portal on soils “Bhoomi”- A Land resource information system

Developed Bhoomi Geo-portal with structured database on soil and site characteristics in

terms of polygon, line and point; administrative division of the country and with the open

structure to link cadastral boundary for the future. The portal has structured soil maps of

1:1M, 1:250000, 1:50000 and 1:10000 scale;

The portal has various thematic maps on natural resources depicting type, spatial distribution

and severity of degradation and desertification; degradation in crop land, prime agriculture

land, soil nutrient status map depicting area of sufficiency, deficiency and toxicity of

nutrients in the country; area vulnerability to drought and floods.

The portal depicts potential area for crops, cropping pattern and horticultural crops in the

country.

The Portal has framework for hosting Agro-ecological regions and sub-region maps and has

various applications like collecting geo-referenced samples (android based smart mobile

Mrida-sangrahak), apps for assessing soil and water conservation needs, water harvesting

potentiality and finally for developing land use plan (Automated Land Potential Evaluation

System-ALPES);

The portal has also the provision of connecting with Kisan call centers, Geo-portals on soil

health cards, Pradhanmantri Sichai Yojana and Fasal bima yojana.