Om Pal SinghDr. Om Pal Singh has been a scientist at the Reactor Physics Division of Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu, India for 31 years. At the time of transfer to Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB), Mumbai, India, he as Head of the Reactor Physics Division in IGCAR. In AERB, he was secretary of the Board and Director of one of the Divisions for 6.5 years. Dr. Singh then became Visiting Professor at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, Kanpur, UP, India for 5.5 years. He was recognized as a PhD guide by University of Madras and Bombay and co-guide at IIT-Kanpur and guided several PhD theses. He is specialized in theory and experimental work and is expert in reactor physics, deterministic safety analysis, Probabilistic Safety Analysis (PSA), Signal Processing Techniques and Regulatory Processes for nuclear and radiation facilities.

He served as member of the 'Steering Committee of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on HRD in member states with nuclear power plants'. He served as 'IAEA Expert' several times in Indonesia during 1987 to 1991 and as Chief Investigator in several of the IAEA's Coordinated Research Programs including the one jointly from IAEA and European commission on core disruptive accident analysis of fast reactors. He is also holder of an Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation, German research fellowship. He served as Guest Editor (jointly with Dr. Srikumar Banerjee, Chancellor, HBNI, Mumbai, India) for a Special Issue: 'Development of Advanced Nuclear Technologies' in India published in the Elsevier journal: Progress in Nuclear Energy. Read More Read Less