1. Contribution to Research/Academic Environment/ Corporate Life:
Impact
of
Operation
Flood
in
Madhya
Pradesh: A
Resurvey
RBI
Endowment
Unit
on
Rural
Economy at
IRMA
Findings are accepted by the
Operation
Evaluation
Department – An affiliate to
World Bank to review the
dairy development policies
and programmes.
Associated at every stage of
project including supervision
of data collection, tabulation
and analysis.
Findings
on
dairy
development in India is
reviewed & considered for
publication as a IRMA
Research Paper. The paper
has got appreciation from the
Chairman (Dr. V. Kurien –
Father of White Revolution in
India) to IRMA.
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Under Supervision
of
Ph.D. Guide
Initiation
Collaborative
Involved in supervision of
data collection, tabulation
and analysis.
Initiation
Collaborative
Initiation
&
Formulation
Individual/
Collaborative
Formulation
Collaborative
2 Years
Findings of project are
recommended by the SubCommittee
on
Agril.
Economics, Agril. Statistics
and Extension Education of
GAU for the Scientific
Community to conduct the
field experiments.
1 Year
Initiation/
Formulation
1 Year
Institutional
Accomplishment
Institutional
Land Surface
Processes
Experiment
in
the
Sabarmati
River Basin
Duration
(Approx.)
Institutional
Variability
Analysis in
Field
Experiments
Institutional
Type of
Project
Details such
as Title,
PI/Co-PI,
Allocation
etc.
1 Year
A. Research & Development
Besides, the Applicant has
got exposure to understand
real
life
situation,
administrative and financial
skills required necessarily to
an academician.
Initiation
&
Formulation
Collaborative
Associated
with
UP
State
Planning
Commission,
and
At this stage, the Applicant
has got practical exposure of
monitoring and evaluating
the
development
plans
towards the social progress
in UP.
3 Years
Institutional
Monitoring
& Evaluation
of
Programmes
on the UP
MLA Local
Area
Development
Programme,
6 Years
Initiation
&
Formulation
Collaborative
Received the administrative
and financial approval from
the GOI-MHRD to execute
the survey on census basis.
Initiation
&
Formulation
Collaborative
Eighth
All
India School
Education
Survey
At NCERT, the Applicant is
initially
involved
in
designing to address high
prority educational data
needs; provide consistent,
reliable,
complete
and
accurate
indicators
of
educational status and trends
in Indian schools; and report
timely useful and high
quality data to the data users
under finacial support of the
GOI-MHRD.
2 Years
Institutional
Seventh All
India School
Education
Survey
Institutional
Associated
with
UP
State Finance
Commission
on PRI and
Local Bodies.
B. Evaluation:
Appointed and involved as an External Examiner in the evaluation and vivavoce examination processes for the Post Graduate Theses leading to the Masters’
and Doctoral Degree Programmes in special area of Statistics.
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C. Extension:
Trainings Conducted
(Title)
Training
conducted
independently for the 7th
All
India
School
Education Survey (on
census basis) for the
Western States of India,
namely,
Rajasthan,
Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh,
Chhattisgarh,
Maharashtra,
Goa,
Daman & Diu, and Dadra
Nagar Haveli.
Year
Duration
2002
At Least Three
Days with a
flexibility
depending
upon the
demand of
States/UTs.
2003
2004
&
2005
To develop the capacity
building of the State
Government
Officers/Staff
involved
with the Statistics in
School Education Sector, a
training programme is
being
developed
in
sampling techniques for
conducting
the
educational surveys. The
training programme is
being conducted for the
different zones of the
country, namely,
North Zone consisting of
Jammu
&
Kashmir,
Punjab,
Chandigarh,
Haryana,
Himachal
Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh,
Uttarakhand – Held at
New Delhi,
2007
Seven Days
Western Zone consisting
of Rajasthan, Gujarat,
Madhya
Pradesh,
Chhattisgarh,
Maharashtra,
Goa,
Daman & Diu, and Dadra
Nagar Haveli – Held at
Bhopal,
2008
Seven Days
3
Number of
Beneficiaries
Coordinator/
Associated
All State Level and
District Level
Education Officers
associated with the
Survey.
As a
Coordinator
& Resource
Person for the
Western
States of India
Approx.
Total No. of
Beneficiaries shall be
nearly 3 times to
number of districts in
these States/UTs.
It comes nearly 480
beneficiaries (3*158)
Approx.
Total No. of
Beneficiaries shall be
at most 3 to 4 persons
from each Sates/UTs.
As a
Coordinator
& Resource
Person
Eastern Zone consisting
of Bihar, Jharkhand, West
Bengal, Orissa, Andaman
& Nicobar Islands – Held
at Bhubneshwar, and
2008
Eight Days
North-East
Zone
consisting of Arunalchal
Pradesh,
Assam,
Manipur,
Meghalaya,,
Mizoram,
Nagaland,
Sikkim and Tripura –
Held at Gangtok and
Aizwal.
2007
&
2008
Eight Days
Training
course
in
quantitative
research
methods using MS Excel
and SPSS.
2007
Approx.
No. of Beneficiaries
was 15-20 Faculty
Members of NCERT,
New Delhi.
Ten Days
As a Resource
Person
D. Monitoring & Research Coordination:
Project Management and Coordination
Project Title
Impact of Operation Flood in Madhya
Pradesh: A Resurvey
Nature of Management/Coordination
Associated at every stage of project including
supervision of data collection, tabulation and
analysis.
The entire survey (on census basis) activities
pertaining to the States of Western Zone, viz.,
Rajasthan,
Gujarat,
Madhya
Pradesh,
Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Goa, Daman & Diu,
and Dadra Nagar Haveli.
7th All India School Education Survey
Project Monitoring
Project Title
Target vis-à-vis Achievements
Physical
Scientific
Fiscal
Impact of Operation
Flood
in
Madhya
Pradesh: A Resurvey
All
(100%)
All
(100%)
-
7th All India School
Education Survey
All
(100%)
All
(100%)
All
(100%)
E.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Nature of Management/
Coordination
Associated at every stage of
project including supervision of
data collection, tabulation and
analysis.
All types of Coordination in
States of Western Zone for
survey (on census basis) right
from data collection to data
processing.
Association with Academic Bodies/Societies:
Life Member of the Indian Statistical Association, Pune.
Life Member of the Gujarat Statistical Association, Ahmedabad.
Life Member of the Indian Society of Agricultural Statistics, New Delhi.
Life Member of the Association of Maharashtra Agricultural Universities, Pune.
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F. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops Attended & Papers Presented:
1.
Presented a paper titled “the class of unbiased dual to ratio estimators” at the
47th annual conference of the Indian Society of Agricultural Statistics, New
Delhi, held at Tirupati, (A.P.) in year 1993.
2.
Presented a paper titled “new modified product estimators using coefficient of
variation of auxiliary variable” at the 49th annual conference of the Indian
Society of Agricultural Statistics, New Delhi, held at Lucknow, (U.P.) in year
1996.
3.
Presented a paper titled “a general class of unbiased estimators of population
parameter in an infinite population, using a super population model” at the
22nd annual conference of the Gujarat Statistical Association, Ahmedabad, held
at Anand, (G.S.) in year 1996.
4.
Participated in an International Workshop on Impact of Operation Flood, jointly
organized by the OED-World Bank and IRMA, held at Anand, India in year
1997.
5.
Participated as a resource person in the “data users’ conference on seventh all
India school education survey”, organized by the National Council of
Educational Research and Training, New Delhi held at New Delhi in year 2002.
6.
Presented a paper titled “estimation of finite population mean using correlation
coefficient when variables are negatively correlated” at the International
Conference on Statistics and Information in Agricultural Research organized by
the Indian Society of Agricultural Statistics, New Delhi, held at New Delhi,
India in year 2006.
7.
Participated in an orientation programme to provide research support for
conducting research to the NCERT Faculty Members organized by the National
Council of Educational Research and Training, New Delhi, held at the RIE,
NCERT Constituent, Mysore in year 2007.
8.
Presented a paper titled “some regression-type chain estimators for population
product based on two auxiliary variables in double sampling scheme” at the 61st
annual conference of the Indian Society of Agricultural Statistics, New Delhi
held at Ranchi, Jharkhand in year 2007.
9.
Presented a paper titled “class of unbiased modified ratio and product
estimators for finite population mean using coefficient of variation of auxiliary
variable in sample surveys” at the 62nd annual conference of the Indian Society
of Agricultural Statistics, New Delhi held at Tirupati, (A.P.) in year 2008.
10. Presented a paper titled “some statistical aspects on major operational incentive
schemes in Indian schools” during the 63rd annual conference of the Indian
Society of Agricultural Statistics, New Delhi, held at Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar in
year 2009.
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11. Presented a paper titled “secondary stage education in India: an analytical
overview” during the international seminar-cum annual conference of the All
India Association for Educational Research on Quality Concerns in Education,
held at the University of Lucknow, Lucknow, U.P. in year 2009.
12. Presented a paper titled “some basic infrastructural facilities and nonavailability thereof in secondary level schools in rural India” during the golden
jubilee national seminar on the “Universalisation of Secondary Education:
Issues, Challenges and Policy Perspectives in Rural Context” at the NCERT,
New Delhi in year 2011.
In addition, it is pertinent to mention that the Applicant’s duty at the NCERT is
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Address high prority educational school data needs;
Provide consistent, reliable, complete and accurate indicators of
educational status and trends in Indian schools; and
Report timely useful and high quality data to the educational
planners, researchers, administrators, data users and the general
public at the national and international level.
To achieve the above assigned duties, the All India School Education Surveys on
Census as well as sample basis on thematic issues are being conducted by the
NCERT under administrative and financial support of the Government of India. The
Applicant’s major responsibilities are confined to acheive the above aspirations in the
public interest through research, development, training and extension activities, and
other work assigned by the Department/NCERT/GOI-MHRD, New Delhi from time
to time.
The Applicant’s responsibilites mainly include –
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Designing and development of questionnares, and testing survey
questions;
Survey management - from initial planning to final data file
construction;
Report writing including the understanding mangement enviornment;
Use of project management tools as applied to survey management;
Tradeoffs with respect to costs, errors, time and personnel resources;
Understanding the world of contractual research;
Guidelines for the survey officers and personnel involved in the
educational survey processes;
Necessary supporting training programmes including the
organisation of workshops, conferences, seminars; and
Dissemination of reports in the public domain.
On the basis of survey data, various educational issues are covered through research
process by linking the school education data with other set of data to address the
quality of education vis-a-vis human development in the country.
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2. Published Work: Research Papers, Research (Survey) Reports & Occasional Publications
(Book Chapter, Manual, Guidelines, Training Aid Materials etc.):
(a) Research Papers
i.
Singh, H.P., Singh, H.P. & Singh, V.P. (1992). A generalized efficient class of
estimators of population mean in two phase and successive sampling. International
Journal of Management and System (ISSN 0970-7328), 8(2): 173-183.
ii.
Singh, H.P. & Singh, V.P. (1993). A general class of unbiased estimators of a
parameter. Calcutta Statistical Association Bulletin (REGD No. 30006/76), 43(169-170):
127-131.
iii.
Lakhera, M.L. & Singh, V.P. (1995). Growth analysis of linseed crop in
Chhattisgarh region. Current Agricultural Research (ISSN 0971-6947), 8(2): 44-48.
iv.
Lakhera, M.L., Singh, V.P., Sundar, R.M. & Patel, N.M. (1995). Optimum size and
shape of plot for field experiments on gram. GAU Research Journal (REGD No.
27552/75), 21(1): 142-148.
v.
Singh, H.P. & Singh, V.P. (1995). A class of unbiased dual to ratio estimators in
stratified sampling. Journal of Indian Society of Agricultural Statistics (ISSN 00196363), 47(2): 168-175.
vi.
Singh, V.P., Lakhera, M.L. & Patel, N.M. (1997). Frequency distribution of
biological measurements and harvest index of chickpea. GAU Research Journal
(REGD No. 27552/75), 23(1): 67-72.
vii.
Singh, V.P. & Singh, O.P. (1997). Spacio-temporal variation in production of
groundnut, rapeseed-mustard, sesamum and linseed crops: A decomposition
approach. Agricultural Situation in India (ISSN 0002-167), 54(5): 241-246.
viii.
Singh, K. & Singh, V.P. (1998). Dairy development in India: Retrospect and
Prospect. Research Paper No. 15, Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA),
Anand: 1-43.
ix.
Singh, V.P. (1998). Shape and size of plots and blocks on effective precision of
field experiments with maize (A multivariate approach). Current Agricultural
Research (ISSN 0971-6947), 11(1): Accepted for publication.
x.
Singh, V.P., Lakhera, M.L., Upadhyaya, U.J. & Patel, N.M. (1998). Optimum plot
size in multivariate approach and relative precision of experimental designs in
chickpea. Journal of Maharashtra Agricultural Universities (ISSN 0378-2395), 23(2):
111-114.
xi.
Singh, V.P. & Patel, N.M. (1998). Variability analysis in field experiments on maize:
A case study of Godhra Farm. GAU Research Journal (REGD No. 27552/75), 23(2): 8186.
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xii.
Singh, V.P. & Singh, H.P. (1998). Some chain estimators for population ratio in
double sampling. The Aligarh Journal of Statistics (ISSN 0971-0388), (17-18): 85-100.
xiii.
Singh, V.P. & Singh, O.P. (1999). Changes in pattern of land utilization and
operational land holdings – A case study of Madhya Pradesh, India. Agricultural
Situation in India (ISSN 0002-167), 55(12): 743-748.
xiv.
Singh, V.P. & Singh, O.P. (1999). Land utilization pattern and distribution of
operational land holdings in India: An analytical view. Agricultural Situation in
India (ISSN 0002-167), 56(4): 191-197.
xv.
Singh, V.P. (2000). Changing profile of dairy development in Madhya Pradesh: A
Longitudinal Study. Agricultural Situation in India (ISSN 0002-167), 56(10): 603-614.
xvi.
Singh, V.P. (2000). Milk production during operation flood programme in India.
Agricultural Situation in India (ISSN 0002-167), 56(11): 669-675.
xvii.
Singh, V.P. (2002). Some conceptual issues on measures of educational
development in India. National Journal of Education (ISSN 0972-9569), 7(2): 79-87.
xviii.
Singh, V.P. (2002). Recent trends in operational holdings and their concentration
in major social groups in India. Agricultural Situation in India (ISSN 0002-167),
58(10): 473-478.
xix.
Singh, V.P. (2003). The class of unbiased dual to ratio estimators. Journal of Indian
Society of Agricultural Statistics (ISSN 0019-6363), 56(3): 211-221.
xx.
Singh, V.P. (2004). General school education in India and development thereof.
Journal of Indian Education (ISSN 0972-5628), 30(1): 59-75.
xxi.
Singh, V.P. & Kumar, M. (2006). Changing profile of rural elementary education
in Western States/UTs of India. National Journal of Education (ISSN 0972-9569),
10(1): 17-37.
xxii.
Singh, V.P. (2006). Rural elementary school education in North East States of
India: A report card. Journal of Indian Education (ISSN 0972-5628), 31(4): 87-103.
xxiii.
Sharma, S.K. & Singh, V.P. (2007). Seventh all India school education survey: A
statistical profile on selected parameters of school education. Journal of Indian
Education (ISSN 0972-5628), 32(4): 81-92.
xxiv.
Singh, V.P. & Sharma, S.K. (2007). Facilities in elementary level schools in rural
India: An Overview. Journal of Indian Education (ISSN 0972-5628), 34(1): 91-106.
xxv.
Singh, V.P. & Pajankar V.D. (2009). Class of unbiased modified ratio and product
estimators for finite population mean using coefficient of variation of auxiliary
variable in sample surveys. International Journal of Agricultural and Statistical
Sciences (ISSN 0973-1903), 5(2): 387-396.
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xxvi.
Singh, V.P. & Sharma, S.K. (2009). Basic facilities in secondary level schools in
rural India. Journal of Indian Education (ISSN 0972-5628), 36(3): 72-89.
xxvii.
Sharma, S.K., Singh, V.P., Chakraborty, D. & Tomar, R.K. (2010). Scientific
appraisal of inter-regional variation in agricultural development in Uttar
Pradesh. Agricultural Extension Review (ISSN 0971-5827), 22(1): 12-19.
xxviii.
Singh, V.P. and Pajankar, V.D. (2010). Some regression-type chain estimators for
population product based on two auxiliary variables in double sampling.
International Journal of Agricultural and Statistical Sciences (ISSN 0973-1903), 6(2):
505-516.
(b) Research (Survey) Reports
i.
Seventh All India School Education Survey - Provisional Statistics (ISBN 81-7450-4605): Published by the Secretary to NCERT in year 2005 - Involved as a Team
Member in developing the research report.
ii.
Seventh All India School Education Survey - Schooling Facilities in Rural Area (ISBN
81-7450-641-1): Published by the Secretary to NCERT in year 2007 - Involved as a
Team Member in developing the research report.
iii.
Seventh All India School Education Survey - Media of Instructions and Languages
Taught (ISBN 81-7450-703-5): Published by the Secretary to NCERT in year 2007 Involved as a Team Member in developing the research report.
iv.
Seventh All India School Education Survey - Incentive Schemes (ISBN 81-7450-800-3):
Published by the Secretary to NCERT in year 2007 - Involved as a Team Member
in developing the research report.
v.
Seventh All India School Education Survey - Enrolment in Schools (ISBN 81-7450-690X): Published by the Secretary to NCERT in year 2007 - Involved as a Team
Member in developing the research report.
vi.
Seventh All India School Education Survey - Teachers and their Qualifications (ISBN 817450-773-6): Published by the Secretary to NCERT in year 2007 - Involved as a
Team Member in developing the research report.
vii.
Seventh All India School Education Survey - Specific Facilities in Secondary and Higher
Secondary Schools (ISBN 81-7450-803-4): Published by the Secretary to NCERT in
year 2007 – Involved as a Team Member in developing the research report.
viii.
Seventh All India School Education Survey - Pre-primary Classes and Alternative
System of Schooling (ISBN 81-7450-802-7): Published by the Secretary to NCERT in
year 2007 - Involved as a Team Member in developing the research report.
ix.
Seventh All India School Education Survey - Schools, Physical and Ancillary Facilities
(ISBN 81-7450-914-7): Published by the Secretary to NCERT in year 2008 Involved as a Team Member in developing the research report.
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Seventh All India School Education Survey - Schools for Physically Challenged Children
(ISBN 978-81-7450-915-4): Published by the Secretary to NCERT in year 2008 Involved as a Team Member in developing the research report.
(c) Occasional Publications (Book Chapter, Manual, Guidelines, Training Aid
Materials etc.):
Items of
Page
Year
Details
Publisher
Publications
No.
Contributed (jointly with Dr. Katar
Singh of IRMA and S.P. Mittal of
NDDB) a chapter titled “Changing
Anand Milk
Socio-economic Profile and Milk
Union Limited
Pp.
Production and Sale Patterns in
i. Book
Golden Jubilee
1996
41-49
Kheda District of Gujarat: A
Chapter
Committee,
Longitudinal Study” in a book on the
Anand.
“AMUL Golden Jubilee Souvenir”
published by the AMUL, Anand,
Gujarat.
Involved as a Team Member in
developing the guidelines titled
Secretary to
Pp.
NCERT,
ii. Guidelines 2002 “Seventh All India School Education
1-93
Survey: Guidelines for Survey
New Delhi.
Officers”.
Involved as a Team Member in
developing the guidelines titled
Secretary to
Pp.
All
Indian
School
NCERT,
iii. Guidelines 2003 “Seventh
1-18
Education Survey: Guidelines for
New Delhi.
Post-enumeration Survey”.
Secretary to
Jointly (with Dr. BMK Raju of ICAR,
NCERT, New
Pp.
ICRIDA, Hyderabad) developed a
Delhi on
iv. Manual
2006
1-65
manual
titled
“Statistics
and
NCERT
Indicators of School Education”.
Website
Contributed a chapter in a manual
DES&DP,
titled
“Training
Course
in
Pp.
NCERT
v. Manual
2007
Quantitative Research Method using
97-119
New Delhi
MS Excel and SPSS – A Manual”.
Coordinated and contributed two
vi. Training
chapters in developing a training aid
Pp.
DES&DP,
Aid
material
titled
“Sampling
1-17
2008
NCERT
Materials
Techniques
for
Conducting
&
New Delhi
Educational Surveys (Training Aid
107-113
Material)”.
Contributed a chapter titled “Some
JSS Mahavidya
Facilities
and
Non-Availability
Peeth Golden Pp. 175Thereof in Elementary Level Schools
vii. Book
Jubilee
198
2009
in Rural India” in a book on the
Chapter
Committee,
“Perspectives in Education: A Golden
Mysore
Jubilee Volume”.
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