Prof. Dr Ram Karan
Singh
Vice-Chancellor, ICFAI University, Dehradun,
Uttarakhand
About Member
Respected Prof. Dr Ram Karan Singh Vice-Chancellor of ICFAI University, Dehradun. He has done degrees, B.E. (Hons.) Civil
Engineering, M.E. in Civil Engineering (with specialisation in Hydraulics Engineering) and PhD in the area of Hydraulics &
Water Resources Engineering from a premier University, BITS-Pilani, Pilani, India.
He has over 30 years of teaching, research, administrative, and consultancy experience in top institutions & universities in India (17 years)
and abroad (13 years). He worked in various top academic & administrative positions during the tenure of his work. He is a fellow member
of various national and international educational, research and administrative professional societies.
Prof. Singh was awarded by JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) Post-Doctoral Fellowship from 2002 to 2004. He is the
recipient of over 15 top national and international academic and research awards. He has developed and taught over 50 different courses
in the graduate, postgraduate and pre-PhD classes and supervised 100 above Master's degree thesis and 15 PhD degree thesis. Presently,
there is five on-going PhD work under his supervision. He has over 150 research papers in reputed peer-reviewed journals and conference
proceedings.
Prof. Singh has authored five books to his credit. He has binational and international published patents. Out of that, four international
patents are granted in the latest thrust areas of engineering and technology. He has experience working for national and international
quality accreditations, including ABET accreditation in the USA. He has visited all significant continents, including the USA, Europe, Japan,
South Korea, Africa, and the Middle East countries on research, teaching and collaborative assignments as a research fellow and professor
for over a decade. He has organised five international conferences with national and international financial support. He also chaired various
sessions and did panel discussions in various national and international seminars, invited talks and guest lectures, FDP and Keynote
addresses.
Prof. Singh has completed several national and international research projects as a Principal investigator funded by DST Govt of India, GTZ
Germany, SNV Netherland, JSPS Japan, UNESCO, IUSSTF, UKIERI etc. His future commitment is to give the top leadership role through the
institutional building as an educationist, research and academic activities and academic policies at the national level through his vast
national and international, diverse experience and peer relations.
What you'll Learn
Higher Education, Research, Curriculum Design, Science, E-Learning etc.
Research Works
2020
Haploinsufficiency of the basic helix–loop–helix
transcription factor HAND2 causes congenital heart
defects
Experience
Vice-Chancellor
The ICFAI University, Dec 2021 - Present
Dehradun
2019
Indian consensus on the management of CRE infection
in critically ill patients (ICONIC)—India
2018
Effect of Hydrogel and Trichoderma on root growth and
water productivity in rice varieties under Rainfed
Conditions
2017
Maternal uniparental disomy of chromosome 15 and
concomitant STRC and CATSPER2 deletion-mediated
deafness-infertility syndrom
2016
Facility location selection using extent fuzzy AHP