Prof Harvinder Singh

Vice President Global and Postgraduate Program Director

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  • Professor Harvinder Singh has been an academic for nearly two decades with strong teaching and research expertise in Agri-Technology. He holds several patents in IoT-based agricultural innovations and drone systems for precision farming. His work in genetics, plant breeding, and bioinformatics has significantly advanced sustainable agricultural practices. With numerous peer-reviewed publications, Prof. Singh integrates AI and IoT to enhance agriculture, making a global impact on research and technology. He also serves as a reviewer for prestigious scientific journals, further contributing to advancements in his field.Prof Singh also has extensivea strong Research and Higher Degree supervision experience.

    QUALIFICATIONS

    • Doctor of Philosophy, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani, India, 2010
    • Master of Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, India,2002
    • Master of Science (Genetics and Plant Breeding), C.S. Azad University of Agriculture &Technology, Kanpur, India, 2000
    • Bachelor of Science (Ag and AH), C.S. Azad University of Agriculture &Technology, Kanpur, India, 1998

    ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP

    • Member, Executive Management Team, Leaders Institute, 2022-current
    • Deputy Chair of Academic Board, Leaders Institute, 2023-current
    • Chair, Leaders Institute Learning and Teaching Committee 2022-current
    • Member, Course Advisory Committee for Agribusiness, Leaders Institute, 2017-current
    • Distinguished Visiting Professor, Prestige Institute of Engineering Management and Research, India, 2022
    • Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research and Optimisation, Torrens University, 2022

    COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE

    • Australian Computer Society (ACS)
    • Member, International Food and Agribusiness Management Association (IFAMA)
    • Member, The Royal National Agricultural and Industrial Association of Queensland (RNA)
    • Member, Agribusiness Australia
    • Member, American Society of Plant Biology
    • Member: American Society of Agronomy
    • Member, Crop Science Society of America
    • Member, Soil Science Society of America

    EXTERNAL EXPERT REVIEWER FOR ACADEMIC JOURNALS

    • BMC Theoretical Biology and medical modeling
    • Bio Med Central
    • Journal of Biomedical Research
    • Elsevier
    • African Journal of Biotechnology
    • Academic Press
    • International Research Journals of Biochemistry and Bioinformatics
    • Turkish Journal of Botany

  • Collaborating Investigator on Research Grant with University of Essex, PIEMR India and Leaders Institute

  • PATENTS

    • Singh, H. et al (2024). An Electronic Bee Monitoring System (2024) (Patent No: G06 Q 50/02) Germany.
    • Singh, H. et al (2024). Multi-sensor-based drone system for plant monitoring (Patent No: B64U 10/13 Germany)
    • Singh, H. et al (2024). Automated guided schedule agriculture spraying machine – (publication number: US 2024/0074341 A1)-USA
    • Singh, H. et al (2023). Ecofly: A multisensory Based Drones for Crop Surveillance (United Kingdom)- Patent Number: 6315486
    • Singh, H. et al (2022). An IoT based automatic fish disease diagnosis system for Bio-floc. Patent Number: 2022/02605-South Africa
    • Singh, H. et al (2022). A self-guided unmanned aircraft system for agricultural application and beekeeping (Patent No: B64C 39/02-Germany)
    • Singh, H. et al (2022). A self-controlled unmanned aerial vehicle system for farming applications and its working method thereof, Innovation Patent (Commonwealth of Australia). Patent Number: 2021105033
    • Singh, H. et al (2021). Sustainable manufacturing of Organic Fertilizer. Innovation Patent (Commonwealth of Australia), Patent Number: 2021101628.

    SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS

    • Masih, J., Singh, H., & Masih, C. (2025). Post-pandemic organic food trends: sustainable eating explored through social media analysis. Academy of Marketing Studies Journal, 29(1), 1-14. (Best paper Award).
    • Singh, Y., & Singh, H. (2024). TraVel: Blockchain and TL-based secure data dissemination in IoT” Scientific Research, Nature Publishing Group (Under Review)
    • Manzoor, S. I., Jain, S., Singh, Y., & Singh, H. (2023). Federated Learning based Privacy Ensured Sensor Communication in IoT Networks: A Taxonomy, Threats and Attacks. IEEE Access.
    • Pattnaik, S., Mishra, M., Singh, H., & Naik, P. K. (2023). Novel perspectives on phytochemicals-based approaches for mitigation of biofilms in ESKAPE pathogens: Recent trends and future avenues. Recent Frontiers of Phytochemicals, 433-454.
    • Mishra, M., Pattnaik, S., Singh, H., & Naik, P. K. (2023). Exploring the role of Mahua as a functional food and its future perspectives. In Recent Frontiers of Phytochemicals, edited by dited by Siddhartha Pati, Tanmay Sarkar and Dibyajit Lahiri. (pp. 109-121). Elsevier.
    • Singh, H. et.al. (2022). SALT: transfer learning-based threat model for attack detection in smart home. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 1-19.
    • Masih. J., Deshpande, M., Singh, H., Deutcsh, J., (2022). Study of Consumer Behaviour Shift Paradigm Based On Social Media Driven Public Opinion For Organic Foods In Pre-Covid And Covid Scenarios, The British Journal of Administrative Management, 58(153), 1746 1278
    • Masih, J., Deshpande, M., Singh, H., & Deutsch, J. (2022). Study of Public Sentiment Using Social Media for Organic Foods in Pre-Covid and Post-Covid Times Worldwide. In From the Internet of Things to the Internet of Ideas: The Role of Artificial Intelligence: Proceedings of EAMMIS 2022 (pp. 125-134). Cham: Springer International Publishing. (Best Paper Award).
    • Singh, H., et.al. (2021). Onion genotypes Red Cereole, followed by Katarina Red 3 and Katarina Red 7 grown in agro climatic conditions of Cold desert, Leh India, are superior with respect to post harvest quality parameters. Australian Journal of Crop Science, Ms. No. AJCS- Singh-PNE3169 Singh, S., et.al. (2021). Metaheuristic Routing: A taxonomy and energy-efficient framework in Internet of Things. IEEE Access-Manuscript DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS. 2021.312
    • Singh, S., et.al. (2019). Hydroalcoholic extract of Swertia Chirata and Swertia Cordata Attenuates Hypoxia-Mediated Memory Dysfunction by improving neuronal survival in Wistar Rats. Asian Journal Pharmacy Clinical Research, 12(2): 356-362.

    RECENT CONFERENCES

    • Singh, H. (2024). Keynote Speaker: Automated System for defect discrimination and grading in citrus fruits. International Conference on Environmental Science and Green Energy, May 13-14, 2024, at the Mercure Paris Roissy Charles de Gaulle Hotel Paris, France.

    RESEARCH GRANTS

    • Consumer Behaviour Anaysis of Organic Foods in Europe And Asia Pacific In Pre COVID and Post COVID times via Social Media. Co-Investigator, University of Essex, Prestige Institute of Engineering Management & Research and Leaders Institute (2020-2022)

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