Personal Profile

Name	:	T.N. Singh
Father’s Name	:	Late B.R. Singh
Current Position	:	Director, IIT Patna (Bihar)
Date of Birth	:	09.08.1962

Qualifications:

Degree/Subject	Year	University/Institute
Ph.D. (Rock Mechanics)	1991	IIT (BHU) Varanasi, (Erstwhile IT-BHU)
Postgraduate Diploma (spectroscopy)	1998	Science Faculty, BHU

Professional Experience:

Position	Period	Institution
Director	2021 (Sep) – Present	IIT Patna
Vice-Chancellor	2018 – 2021 (May)	M.G. Kashi Vidhyapith, Varanasi
Vice-Chancellor	(Short Period) 2020	V.B.S. University, Jaunpur (U.P.)
Institute Geo science Chair Professor	2015 – 2018 (Jan)	Department of Earth Sciences, IIT-B.
Professor	2007 – Present	Department of Earth Sciences, IIT-B.
Associate Prof.	2003 – 2006	Department of Earth Sciences, IIT-B.
Sr. Lecturer	1996 – 2003	Institute of Technology, B.H.U., Varanasi.
Lecturer	1992 – 1996	Institute of Technology, B.H.U., Varanasi.

Research Experience:

Post-Doctoral Research 27 Years (Slope Stability, Blasting, Rock Mechanics, Underground Design, Climate Changes) More than 25 years’ experience on working in Equivalent Material Modeling Technique on various aspects of Mining operation for optimum exploitation of Earth Resources, Slope Stability, Blasting, Rock Mechanics, Engineering Geology, Soft computing, Natural Disasters and climatic change.

Teaching Experience:

Undergraduate 27 years (Mining Geology, Rock Mechanics, Slope Stability and Blasting)

Postgraduate 24 years (Engineering Geology, Rock mechanics, Slope Stability, Tunneling and Blasting).

Research Supervision:

Post-Doctoral Research: 05 (Rock Mechanics and Blasting)

Doctoral Research: Ph.D. Awarded – 36

Ongoing –06

M.Ch – 03 (In collaboration with IMS, BHU)

Postgraduate Thesis: 65; Undergraduate: 68.