He is a Fulbright alumnus (2017-18) and Visiting Research Fellow affiliated with Duke University, USA (2018-till date). He has been doing practice, research, and teaching for the last fifteen years. His recent studies apply a data driven mixed-method approach to explore linkages between social capital, social networks, and public participation in the context of community development interventions. He has authored a couple of books with Emerald (Leeds, UK) in the field of community engagement and social capital.

Expertise: Community Development Interventions, Research Methodology, Climate Change and Energy Transition

The research profile can be seen on Google Scholar.

Courses Coordinated: Basics of Research and Analysis Using R

Personal website: https://muditsingh.netlify.app/

Grants:

1. Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, IIT Delhi, Ministry of Education 2024
2. Duke-India Initiative Working Group Grant 2018

Projects:

Coordinated more than 20 development projects sponsored by USAID, UNDP and government agencies while working with civil society organizations.

Books:

1. Singh, M.K. (2022). Community Participation and Civic Engagement in the Digital Era: Localizing Sustainable Development, Emerald Publications (UK). ISBN 978-1-80262-292-8, DOI:1108/9781802622911
2. Singh, M.K. (2024). Social Capital: Evolution, Contestation, Application and Digitization, Emerald Publications (UK). ISBN 978-1-83797-588-4, DOI:1108/9781837975877

Articles (WoS/SCOPUS/ABDC indexed):

1. Singh M.K. (2023).What is state capacity and how does it matter for energy transition? Energy Policy, Volume 183, 2023, Elsevier, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2023.113799.
2. Lee, J. and Singh M.K. (2023). Expansion, Cohesion and Diversity: The Network Advantages of Microfinance Groups in Indian Villages, The Journal of International Development, Wiley https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.3828.
3. Swarnakar, P. and Singh M.K. (2022). “Local Governance in Just Energy Transition: Towards a Community-Centric Framework” Sustainability14, no. 11: 6495, https://doi.org/10.3390/su14116495.
4. Singh, M.K. and Moody, J. (2021). Can Social Capital and Network Homophily Facilitate Community Participation? International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Vol. 42 No. 5/6, pp. 385-398. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSSP-01-2021-0022 .
5. Singh, M.K.and Lee, J. (2020), “Social inequality and access to social capital in microfinance interventions”, International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Vol. 40 No. 7/8, pp. 575-588. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSSP-01-2020-0024.
6. Singh, M.K. (2018). Gender and Women Empowerment Approaches: Interventions through PRIs and CSOs in Northern India, Women’s Studies International Forum, 71 (2018), 63-67, ISSN: 0277-5395. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2018.10.002.

Scholarships and Awards:

1. Visiting Scholar, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, 2017
2. Research Intern, IIT Kanpur 2016
3. Fulbright Nehru Doctoral Fellow, 2017-18