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{{short description|Indian ecologist (born 1941)}}
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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Jamuna Sharan Singh
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1941|12|26}}
| birth_place = [[Allahabad]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India
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| nationality = [[Indian nationality|Indian]]
| fields = {{ublist | [[Ecology]] }}
| workplaces = {{ublist | [[Kurukshetra University]] | [[Colorado State University]] | [[School of Planning and Architecture]] | [[Kumaun University]] | [[Banaras Hindu University]] }}
| alma_mater = {{ublist | [[University of Allahabad]] | [[Banaras Hindu University]] }}
| doctoral_advisor = Ramdeo Mishra Kailsh C. Misra
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| known_for = {{ublist | [[Ecosystems]] analysis | [[Ecophysiology]] }}
| awards = 1999 [[Indian Botanical Society|IBS]] Dr. Birbal Sahni Gold Medal 1999 [[Indian National Science Academy|INSA]] Professor S. B. Saksena Memorial Medal 1980 [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] 1984 Pitamber Pant Award 1985 [[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]] Pranavanand Award 2005 AWA Life Time Achievement Award
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'''Jamuna Sharan Singh''' (born 1941) is an Indian ecologist, academic and a former professor of botany and ecological sciences at [[Banaras Hindu University]]. He is known for his studies on the grassland ecosystems which are reported to have assisted in the better management of [[tropical grasslands]].<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=58 | title=Brief Profile of the Awardee | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | access-date=19 September 2016}}</ref> He is an elected fellow of the [[Indian National Science Academy]], [[Indian Academy of Sciences]], [[The World Academy of Sciences]] and the [[National Academy of Sciences, India]].<ref name="Indian Fellow - J. S. Singh">{{cite web | url=http://insaindia.res.in/detail.php?id=N84-0770 | title=Indian Fellow - J. S. Singh | publisher=Indian National Science Academy | date=2016 | access-date=24 September 2016}}</ref> The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1980, for his contributions to biological sciences.<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/AwardeeList.aspx | title=View Bhatnagar Awardees | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | access-date=19 September 2016}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Born on the [[boxing day]] of 1941 in [[Allahabad]] in the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] to Vishwambher Sharan Singh -Chandrakali Devi couple, Jamuna Sharan Singh graduated in science from the [[University of Allahabad]] in 1957 and continued at the same institution to complete his master's degree in 1959, standing first in the university in both the examinations.<ref name="Biodata of Jamuna Sharan Singh">{{cite web | url=http://twas.org/sites/default/files/member/detailed_biodata_jss.pdf | title=Biodata of Jamuna Sharan Singh | publisher=The World Academy of Sciences | date=2016 | access-date=25 September 2016}}</ref> He would later secure a doctoral degree (PhD) in 1967 from [[Banaras Hindu University]] for his thesis, ''Dynamics of grassland vegetation '', under the guidance of noted ecologists, Ramdeo Misra and Kailash C. Misra.<ref name="Ecology in India">{{cite web | url=http://www.iisc.ernet.in/currsci/aug25/articles10.htm | title=Ecology in India | publisher=Indian Institute of Science | date=2016 | access-date=25 September 2016}}</ref> He started his career in 1968 by joining [[Kurukshetra University]] as a lecturer and continued at the university till 1975, but took a break to work as a visiting scientist at Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory of [[Colorado State University]] during 1971–74.<ref name="Indian Fellow - J. S. Singh" />

On his return from the US in 1974, Singh resumed his service at Kurukshetra University but moved, a year later, to [[School of Planning and Architecture]], New Delhi as a reader at the department of Landscape Architecture and after one year's service, he moved to [[Kumaon University]], [[Nainital]] as a reader in 1976.<ref name="About the Department; DSB Campus, Nainital">{{cite web | url=http://www.kunainital.ac.in/aboutus-Botany.html | title=About the Department; DSB Campus, Nainital | publisher=Kumaon University | date=2016 | access-date=25 September 2016}}</ref> His tenure at Nainital lasted till 1986 and during this period, he had a second stint at Colorado State University from 1981 to 1982. His move to [[Banaras Hindu University]] in 1984 was as a professor where he held such positions as Head of the Department from 1991 to 1993 and as the Coordinator of the Centre of Advanced Study in Botany from 1997 till his superannuation from service in 2003. In between, he had a third stint at Colorado State University at the Department of Rangeland Ecosystem Science during 1993–94 as Visiting Professor. Post his retirement, he continued his association with the university as an emeritus professor.<ref name="Biodata of Jamuna Sharan Singh" />

Singh is married to Tripura and the couple has two sons and two daughters. The family lives in [[Varanasi]].<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee" />

== Legacy ==
[[File:Rhinoceros unicornis chitwan national park nepal 2005 2.jpg|thumb|235px|[[Chitwan National Park]] - a tropical grassland]]
Singh's principal subject of study was [[grassland]] [[ecosystems]] and his studies included various types of grasslands including tropical and temperate grasslands, oak and pine forests, tropical dry forests and alpine grasslands with reference to their ''biomass relations, eco-physiology, energy flow, diversity and mathematical modelling''.<ref name="Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners">{{cite web | url=http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf | title=Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners | publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research | date=1999 | access-date=19 September 2016 | pages=36 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043957/http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> His studies are reported to have widened our understanding of the ''development, dynamics and disruption of natural ecosystems'' and assisted in developing scientific methodologies for their ''protection, management and conservation''. He is credited with the compilation of comprehensive data on different ecosystems and he is known to have proposed new eco-management strategies and resource study protocols.<ref name="Indian Fellow - J. S. Singh" /> His researches have been documented by way of 405 articles,<ref name="Biodata of Jamuna Sharan Singh" /> [[ResearchGate]], an online repository of scientific articles has listed 300 of them.<ref name="J. S. Singh on ResearchGate">{{cite web | url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/J_S_Singh | title=J. S. Singh on ResearchGate | date=2016 | access-date=25 September 2016}}</ref> Besides, he has published five books viz. ''Tropical Ecosystems: Ecology and Management'',<ref name="SinghSingh1992">{{cite book|author1=K. P. Singh|author2=Jamuna Sharan Singh|title=Tropical Ecosystems: Ecology and Management|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4uhGAAAAYAAJ|year=1992|publisher=Wiley Eastern|isbn=978-81-224-0365-7}}</ref> ''Grassland vegetation: its structure, function, utilization and management'',<ref name="YadavaSingh1977">{{cite book|author1=P. S. Yadava|author2=Jamuna Sharan Singh|title=Grassland vegetation: its structure, function, utilization and management|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wgY-AAAAYAAJ|year=1977|publisher=Today and Tomorrow's Printers & Publishers}}</ref> ''Forests of Himalaya: Structure, Functioning, and Impact of Man'',<ref name="SinghSingh1992-2">{{cite book|author1=Jamuna Sharan Singh|author2=Surendra P. Singh|title=Forests of Himalaya: Structure, Functioning, and Impact of Man|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FNYsAQAAMAAJ|year=1992|publisher=Gyanodaya Prakashan|isbn=978-81-85097-25-1}}</ref> ''Research Methods in Plant Ecology''.<ref name="PāṇḍeyaPuri1968">{{cite book|author1=Satish Chandra Pāṇḍeya|author2=Gopal Singh Puri|author3=Jamuna Sharan Singh|title=Research methods in plant ecology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zZvwAAAAMAAJ|year=1968|publisher=Asia Pub. House}}</ref> and ''Science and Rural Development in Mountains''.,<ref name="SinghSingh1981">{{cite book|author1=Jamuna Sharan Singh|author2=Surendra P. Singh|author3=Sampat Pal Singh, C. Shastri|title=Science and Rural Development in Mountains: Ecological, Socio- Economical, and Technological Aspects|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xpAiAAAAMAAJ|year=1981|publisher=Gyanodaya Prakashan}}</ref> Ecology, environmental Science and conservation (author1=J S Singh, author 2+S P Singh, author 3+ S R Gupta ( publisher= S. Chand and Co. Pvt Ltd

Singh, a former chairman of the Rerearch Council of G. B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment and Sustainable Development, chaired the Governing Body of [[Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany]] from 2003 to 2006.<ref name="Presidents/Chairmen">{{cite web | url=http://www.bsip.res.in/PresidentsChairmen.html | title=Presidents/Chairmen | publisher=Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany | date=2016 | access-date=26 September 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418220400/http://www.bsip.res.in/PresidentsChairmen.html | archive-date=18 April 2017 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He is a former member of the Special Committee for the [[International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme]], Interdisciplinary Committee of the [[World Cultural Council]], [[International Association for Vegetation Science]], [[International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development]] (ICIMOD), [[International Council for Science]] (ICSU) and the council of the [[Indian National Science Academy]].<ref name="Inderjit2013">{{cite book|author=Inderjit|title=Weed Biology and Management|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E5jpCAAAQBAJ&pg=PR6|date=11 November 2013|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-94-017-0552-3|pages=6–}}</ref> He served the National Institute of Ecology as its Secretary General from 1982 to 1984, as the Vice President from 1994 to 1996 and as its President from 1997 to 1999.<ref name="Past Office Bearers of Central Executive Council">{{cite web | url=http://www.nieindia.org/about-the-nie/past-office-bearers/ | title=Past Office Bearers of Central Executive Council | publisher=National Institute of Ecology | date=2016 | access-date=25 September 2016}}</ref> He is a former secretary of the International Society for Tropical Ecology and has held the post of the chief editor of its journal, ''Tropical Ecology''.<ref name="Chief Editor">{{cite web | url=http://www.tropecol.com/pdf/open/PDF_49_2/Cover.pdf | title=Chief Editor | publisher=Tropical Ecology | date=2016 | access-date=25 September 2016}}</ref> He was also associated with many other science journals such as ''Oecologia Montana'', ''Reclamation and Revegetation Research'' of [[Elsevier]], ''Journal of Vegetation Science'', ''Applied Vegetation Science'' and ''Journal of Plant Ecology'' and has guided 43 doctoral scholars in their researches.<ref name="Indian Fellow - J. S. Singh" />

== Awards and honors ==
Singh, who was elected as a fellow by the [[Indian National Science Academy]] in 1984, was elected by the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] as their fellow in 1985.<ref name="Fellow profile - J. S. Singh">{{cite web | url=http://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Singh,_Prof._Jamuna_Sharan | title=Fellow profile - J. S. Singh | publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences | date=2016 | access-date=25 September 2016}}</ref> The [[National Academy of Sciences, India]] followed suit in 1988<ref name="NASI Fellow - J. S. Singh">{{cite web|url=http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=S |title=NASI Fellow - J. S. Singh |publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India |date=2016 |access-date=26 September 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316043224/http://nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=S |archive-date=16 March 2016 }}</ref> and he became a fellow of [[The World Academy of Sciences]] in 2002.<ref name="TWAS fellow - Jamuna Sharan Singh">{{cite web | url=http://twas.org/member/singh-jamuna-sharan | title=TWAS fellow - Jamuna Sharan Singh | publisher=The World Academy of Sciences | date=2016 | access-date=26 September 2016}}</ref> He is also a fellow of the International Society for Tropical Ecology, National Institute of Ecology, Indian Range Management Society, Central Himalayan Environment Association and the Academy of Forest and Environmental Sciences and a member of the [[Ecological Society of America]], [[International Association for Vegetation Science]], Society for Scientific Values, Current Science Association, [[Indian Science Congress Association]] and [[Indian Botanical Society]].<ref name="Biodata of Jamuna Sharan Singh" /> He is a life member of the [[Indian Science Congress]]<ref name="ISC Life Members">{{cite web | url=http://www.sciencecongress.nic.in/html/pdf/life_members/life_member_2016-17.pdf | title=ISC Life Members | publisher=Indian Science Congress | date=2016 | access-date=26 September 2016 | pages=1444 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927203927/http://www.sciencecongress.nic.in/html/pdf/life_members/life_member_2016-17.pdf | archive-date=27 September 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and presided the environmental sciences section of the 2004 congress held in [[Chandigarh]].<ref name="Indian Fellow - J. S. Singh" />

The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]] awarded Singh the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]], one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1980.<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees" /> He was selected for the Pitamber Pant National Environment Fellowship of the [[Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change]] in 1984 and the [[University Grants Commission of India]] chose him for the Pranavanand Saraswati Award in 1985.<ref name="Inderjit2013" /> The [[Indian Botanical Society]] awarded him the Birbal Sahni Gold Medal in 1999 and he received Prof. S. B. Saksena Memorial Medal of the Indian National Science Academy the same year.<ref name="Profile">{{cite web | url=http://bsienvis.nic.in/writereaddata/Dr_J_S_%20Singh_3-11-13.pdf | title=Profile | publisher=Botanical Survey of India | date=2016 | access-date=25 September 2016}}</ref> He has won the ''Honor of Distinction'' of the Society for Protection of Environment and Sustainable Development (2003) and the Lifetime Achievement Award of the AWA (2005) and has delivered several award orations including the 2009 Biodiversity Lecture Award of the [[National Academy of Sciences, India]] and the 2010 Bishambher Nath Chopra Lecture of the [[Indian National Science Academy]].<ref name="Profile" /> His biography is included in a number of biographical reference publications including ''Who's Who in India'' of 1986. Business Press, Mumbai (1986), ''Marquis Who's Who in the World'' (9th Edition), ''Reference Asia: Asia's Who's Who of Men and Women of Achievement'' of Rifacimento International (1989), ''India Who's Who'' of INFA Publications, New Delhi (1990–91), and ''Who's Who in International Affairs'' of Europa Publications, London.<ref name="Biodata of Jamuna Sharan Singh" />

== Selected bibliography ==
* {{cite book|author1=Satish Chandra Pāṇḍeya|author2=Gopal Singh Puri|author3=Jamuna Sharan Singh|title=Research methods in plant ecology|year=1968|publisher=Asia Pub. House}}
* {{cite book|author1=P. S. Yadava|author2=Jamuna Sharan Singh|title=Grassland vegetation: its structure, function, utilization and management|year=1977|publisher=Today and Tomorrow's Printers & Publishers}}
* {{cite web | title=Grassland vegetation | publisher=Solarmia | date=1977 | author=P. S. Yadava, Jamuna Sharan Singh}}
* {{cite book|author1=Jamuna Sharan Singh|author2=Surendra P. Singh|author3=Sampat Pal Singh, C. Shastri|title=Science and Rural Development in Mountains: Ecological, Socio- Economical, and Technological Aspects|year=1981|publisher=Gyanodaya Prakashan}}
* {{cite book|author1=K. P. Singh|author2=Jamuna Sharan Singh|title=Tropical Ecosystems: Ecology and Management|year=1992|publisher=Wiley Eastern|isbn=978-81-224-0365-7}}
* {{cite book|author1=Jamuna Sharan Singh|author2=Surendra P. Singh|title=Forests of Himalaya: Structure, Functioning, and Impact of Man|year=1992|publisher=Gyanodaya Prakashan|isbn=978-81-85097-25-1}}
* {{cite journal | title=Contrasting pattern of methanotrophs in dry tropical forest soils: Effect of soil nitrogen, carbon and moisture | author=J. S. Singh, A. K. Kashyap | journal=Microbiological Research | date=July 2007 | volume=162 | issue=3 | pages=276–283 | doi=10.1016/j.micres.2006.06.008| pmid=16875809 | doi-access=free }}

== See also ==
* [[Ecosystem]]
* [[Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands]]
{{portal|India|Biology}}

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{cite web | url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81028418.html | title=Singh, Jamuna Sharan, 1941- | publisher=Library of Congress | work=Author profile | date=2016 | access-date=26 September 2016}}

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