prabhakar

Prabhakar Singh

HOD & Associate Professor
Prabhakar.Singh@mahindrauniversity.edu.in

Dr. Prabhakar Singh is an Associate Professor and Head with Mahindra University École Centrale School of Engineering in the Civil Engineering Department. His research mainly focuses on understanding the runoff and erosion processes via modelling, lab and field experimental validation. His area of research is surface hydrology, vadose-zone hydrology and watershed modeling. He has expertise in various hydrological models i.e. WEPP, SHAW, etc. He has also worked on wind erosion and PM10 Emission from crop land in Columbia Plateau.

Washington State University (WSU), Pullman, USA.

Ph.D. in Land and Water Engineering
Dissertation title: Modeling Effects of Contrasting Tillage and Management on Hydrological Processes in Selected Soils of the Pacific Northwest USA

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.

M.Tech. in Water Resources Development and Management
Thesis Title: Decision Support System for Optimal Allocation of Land and Water Resources

Associate Professor and Head 2020 Jul - Present

Mahindra University, Ecole Centrale College of Engineering, Hyderabad

Associate Professor and Head 2014 Feb - 2020 Jul

Mahindra Ecole Centrale, Hyderabad

Associate Professor 2012 Jul – 2014 Feb

Galgotias University, Greater Noida

Postdoctoral Research Associate 2008 Aug – 2012 Feb

Washington State University (WSU), Pullman WA, USA

Research Assistant 2003 Aug – 2008 Aug

Washington State University (WSU), Pullman WA, USA

Research Assistant 2002 – 2003

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, WB, India.

International Journals

2021

Kumar, R.; Sharma, P.; Verma, A.; Jha, P.K.; Singh, P.; Gupta, P.K.; Chandra, R.; Prasad, P.V.V. Effect of Physical Characteristics and Hydrodynamic Conditions on Transport and Deposition of Microplastics in Riverine Ecosystem. Water 2021, 13, 2710. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13192710

2013

Singh. P., H.M. Ibrahim, M. Flury, W.F. Schillinger and T. Knappenberger. 2013. Critical water potentials for germination of wheat cultivars in the dryland Northwest USA. Seed Science Research. DOI: 10.1017/S0960258513000172

2012

Singh, P., B. Sharratt and W.F. Schillinger. 2012. Wind erosion and PM10 emission affected by tillage systems in the world’s driest rainfed wheat region. Soil Tillage Res. 124:219–225. DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2012.06.009 .

2011

Singh, P., M. Flury and W.F. Schillinger. 2011. Predicting seed-zone water content for summer fallow in the Inland Pacific Northwest, USA. Soil Tillage Res. 115–116:94–104. DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2011.07.005

2009

Singh, P., J.Q. Wu, D.K. McCool, S. Dun, C. Lin, and J.R. Morse. 2009. Winter Hydrologic and Erosion Processes in the U.S. Palouse Region: Field Experimentation and WEPP Simulation. Vadose Zone J. 8:426–436. DOI: 10.2136/vzj2008.0061

Al-Mulla, Y., J.Q. Wu, P. Singh, M. Flury, W.F. Schillinger, D.R. Huggins, and C.O. Stöckle. 2009. Soil water and temperature in chemical versus reduced tillage fallow in a Mediterranean climate. Appl. Eng. Agric. 25(1): 45–54.

2006

Greer, R.C., J.Q. Wu, P. Singh, and D.K. McCool. 2006. WEPP simulation of observed winter runoff and erosion in the U.S. Pacific Northwest. Vadose Zone J. 5:261–272. https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2005.0055
  • Surface hydrology
  • Soil-water interaction and redistribution
  • Watershed Modelling
  • Microplastics