K. N. Singh

K. N. Singh was born in a small village of Uttar Pradesh in 1937. After completing Intermediate Science from Wesley School in Azamgarh, he proceeded to pursue his Master’s Degree in Geology at Banaras Hindu University. In 1961 became a Lecturer in the Department of Geology and Geophysics, Banaras Hindu University. He left teaching in 1964 to pursue the career of a professional Geologist in the Geological Survey of India. Major part of his service was dedicated as a Petrologist, engaged in research investigations, providing petrological support to ongoing projects of Northern Region, GSI. He also assisted guidance to the research scholars enrolled for Ph.D. He has attended several national and international Seminars. He has been instrumental in organizing several Geological exhibitions. He played a pivotal role in organizing exhibition at International Engineering Geology Conference in Delhi. He has contributed several research papers and edited Departmental publications. He retired as the Director of Petrology Division in 1995. He has been writing articles in the Daily Gulf and Khaleej Times of Bahrain and Dubai. He has written a book’ Geoscientific Perspective of Samudramanthan’. He has contributed articles in literary Journal Rhetorica of the Department of English and Modern European Languages, University of Lucknow.