Rana P.B. Singh

Background

Singh, Rana P.B. was born on December 15, 1950 in Majhanpura-Revelganj, Saran, India. Son of Bharat and Rupamati Singh.

Education

Bachelor, Gorakhpur (India) U., 1967; Master of Arts, Banaras Hindu U., Varanasi, India, 1971; Doctor of Philosophy, Banaras Hindu U., Varanasi, India, 1974; Diploma Computer, Datamation Institute, Varanasi, India, 1976.

Career

Landscape surveyor & heritage palnner, University grants commission fellow geography Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, 1975-1977, lecturer geography India, 1977-1980, 83-88, senior lecturer geography India, 1988-1990, reader, associate professor India, 1991—1998, professor India, since 1999. Director United Nations Organization, Center Housing, Building & Planning Project, New York City, Varanasi, India, 1976—1977. Ron Lister lecturer Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1995.

Scientist Poolship Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi, 1981—1982. Visiting professor University Karlstad, Karlstad, Sweden, 1989, Karlstad, 93, Karlstad, 96, Karlstad, 99, Karlstad, 2002—2003, Karlstad, 2005—2006, University Groningen, Netherlands, 1999, Gifu Women's University, Japan, 2005. Visiting scholar, lecturer numerous universities in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iran, Italy, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United States, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics.

Director project on cultural atlas of Banaras S.Asia Institute, Heidelberg, Germany, 1998—2003. Director London project on changing Peri-Urban land use in Banaras Imperial College, India, 1999—2003. Director Boulder project on religious landscape and cosmology of India's holy centers University Colorado, 1998—2000.

Visiting professor Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, 1980—1981.

Achievements

• Rana P.B. Singh has been listed as a noteworthy Cultural geographer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Sacred Geography of Goddesses in South Asia: Essays in Memory of David Kinsley (Planet Earth & Cultural Understanding)

    (This book consists of thirteen essays that deal with link...)

  • Cultural Landscapes and the Lifeworld Literary Images of Benares

    (This book expounds in a colourful way the diverse literar...)

  • Towards The Pilgrimage Archetype The Pancakrosi Yatra of Banaras (Pilgrimage & cosmology series)

    (Assuming itself as the centre of the cosmos, Kasi (Varana...)

  • Where the Buddha Walked: A Companion to Buddhist Places in India

    (This book is the first attempt to describe all the fiftee...)

  • Where the Buddha Walked

    (8.5 x 5.5 x .75 inches 320 pages)

  • Clan Settlements in the Saran Plain (Middle Ganga Valley): a Study in Cultural Geography
  • Where the Buddha Walked - A Companion to the Buddhist Places of India

Membership

Secretary commission rural habitat International Geography Union, Varanasi, India, 1976-1984. Member Commission on Correcting Indian History, New Delhi, 1989. Coordinator New York State Indiana Colleges Consortium for Study in India, Varanasi, India, since 1995.

Coordinator Village Lifeworld Project, University Karlstad, Sweden, 1996-2000. Member Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, since 2004. Intern Geog Un Committee Culture and Civilizations for Human Development, since 2005.

Member of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, Kautilya Society, National Association Geographers India, National Geography Society India, Society Heritage Planning & Environmental Health (president since 1995), Society Pilgrimage Studies (member society pilgrimage studies since 1989), Indian Society Environmental & Culture (life. Founding president since 1994).

Interests

• Avocations: guiding eco-tours and pilgrimages, wandering, lecturing slide shows. E-Mail: [email protected]. Fax: 091-542-317074.

Connections

Son of; married Manju Singh Usha. Children: Pratibha, Pravin, Prabha, Prashant.