National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Rajeev Pratap Singh
FELLOW, ELECTED 2020

Native of Village and Post Fatehpur, Via Karhan, District Maunath Bhanjan, Uttar Pradesh, born on 10 July 1977. Educate at Udai Pratap Autonomous College (Purvanchal University), B.Sc. 1997, M.Sc. (Environmental Science) in 1999 from Lucknow University, M.Phil. (Energy and Environment) in 2002 from School of Energy and Environmental Studies (SEES), Devi Ahilya University, Indore and Ph.D. (2008) from Botany Department, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.

Assistant Professor, Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 2011 to date.

Worked as Visiting Researcher at School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia from 7th May - 5th July, 2013. Worked as Post-Doctoral Fellow at School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia, 2009-2011.

Awards/Honours: Hadiah Sanjungan Award 2010 (Journal Publication Category), Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia. Green Talent – 2011 given by Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany on 16th December at Berlin, Germany. Prosper.Net Scopus Young Scientist award-2012, 1st Runner Up in area of Sustainable Consumption and Production- Award is jointly given by Prosper.Net (United Nations), Humboldt foundation Germany, Scopus and Elsevier. Young Scientist Award, Science & Engineering Research Board, Govt. of India, (2012-2015). Water Advanced Research and Innovation (WARI) Fellowship. The program is supported by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India, the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF), University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) and the Daugherty Water for Food Institute (DWFI), 2016-17.

Fellow: International Society for Tropical Ecology

Research Areas: Waste management, Sustainable agriculture, Ecotoxicology.

Address: Assistant Professor, Inst. of Environment and Sustainable Development, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221002, U.P.; [Tel: Cell: 9935912997; Email: rajeevprataps@gmail.com]