Dr. Trilok Nath Singh
ProfessorIndian Institute of Technology, India
Highest Degree
Post Doctoral Fellow in Rock Mechanics and Blasting from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Highest Degree
Post Doctoral Fellow in Rock Mechanics and Blasting from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Prof. Singh is one of the forerunners in India to study rock mechanics and petro-physical properties of Indian rocks and their relation to carbon dioxide storage with a long experience of 22 years of teaching and research. He has correlated the genesis, porosity, permeability, depth and environmental stress to obtain the quantity and conditions required to optimize high yield as well as keeping a high extent of liquefied Co2 in the bed rocks. His ground breaking work has led to a directional shift in the government policies which are now focusing on the storage capacities of the igneous and metamorphic rocks. He has also aimed at bringing out simple and reliable tools and techniques which can be helpful in the field. The mathematical functions established by him, relating the critical petro-physical properties with the P-wave velocity, unit weight, compressive strength and shear strength are wide spread in use. He has also worked of soft rock deformation and shale gas recovery, which are the needs of the hour in the present energy scenario.
Dr Singh is one of the admired teachers, outstanding researchers and highly reputed human resource development personnel in the field of earth sciences. He has published his research papers in different journals of repute (more than 250 papers in Journals and 110 papers in proceedings). Dr Singh has also contributed 27 book chapters and edited a number of books.
His research work has been widely cited and referred across the world. His citation has reached up to 2479 till today which is very rare in this discipline.
Dr Singh has received number of national awards for his research contribution in various fields of science and technology like National Mineral Award, First PN Bose mineral Award, Dr Gopal Ranjan Rock Mechanics awards, GSI Sesquicentennial Commemorative Award by Geological Society of India, Professor (Dr.) H R Annireddy Memorial Award conferred upon by IM&EA, Institute of Engineers (India), Certificate of Merit Award etc. He is also member of various scientific committees of government of India like Department of science and Technology, Ministry of Information Technology, Ministry of Commerce, CSIR, Railway Ministry etc. He is member of editorial board of different journals like Indian Mining and Engineering Journals, Indian Landslide Journal, International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering, International Journal of Advanced Research in Geology, Journal of Himalayan Geology, Geo-material, International Journal of Powder Metallurgy and Mining, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Tunneling Technology etc. Dr. Singh is associated with various work related to infrastructural related development work in the area of power generation, national highway projects, railway infrastructures projects of national importance. He is deeply involved in strategic defense projects in different parts of India for its safe and sustainable development. Dr. Singh is also associated with various mining projects to develop zero waste discharge concepts by utilizing fly ash and other waste from power plants to reduce carbon load from the environment.
At present Professor Singh is an Institute Geosciences Chair professor.