Ramadhar Singh
Distinguished University Professor
PhD (Purdue University)
+91.7490002156
singhr@ahduni.edu.in
http://ramadharsingh.wordpress.com
Research Interests: Organisational Behavior, Psychology, Public Policy, Research Methods.
Ramadhar Singh, an experimental social psychologist trained at Purdue University, served as a faculty member at Patna University (1968-73), Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (1973-79), and Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (1979-88). He moved to Singapore in 1988 and retired as a Professor of Psychology from the National University of Singapore in 2010. He spent his sabbaticals at the University of Rochester and the University of Oxford (2003-04) and at Purdue University (2008). During 2010-16, he was the Distinguished Professor of Management at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore.
Singh’s articles on diversity and fairness, impression formation, interpersonal attraction, intergroup relations, job satisfaction, judgment and decision making, leadership, models of humans, prediction of performance, and research productivity have appeared in prime journals of applied, developmental, and social psychology and of management. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, Association for Psychological Science, British Psychological Society, National Academy of Psychology (India), Singapore Psychological Society, and Society of Personality and Social Psychology. The Association for Psychological Science, Washington DC lists him among the Faces and Minds of Psychological Science. Singh is currently a Consulting Editor of the Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology and the Review of General Psychology.
Areas of Research:
Research Grants:
Doctoral Students Supervised -
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Gujarat University, Ahmedabad
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
National University of Singapore
Post Doctoral Research
Predoctoral Research
Chapters in Edited Volumes
Research Monograph
Book Reviews
Remembrances and Obituaries
Miscellaneous Publications
Interviews
Employment
2016- Distinguished University Professor Ahmedabad University, Ahmedabad
2010–2016 Distinguished Professor Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
1997–2010 Professor National University of Singapore
1990–1997 Associate Professor National University of Singapore
1988–1990 Senior Fellow National University of Singapore
1979–1990 Professor Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
1973–1979 Assistant Professor Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
1968–1973 Lecturer Patna University, Patna
Visiting Positions
2008–2008 Visiting Professor Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
2007–2008 Visiting Professor Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, India
2006–2006 Visiting Professor Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, India
2005–2006 Visiting Faculty Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad
2004–2004 Visiting Scholar University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
2003–2004 Visiting Professor University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
1984–1984 Visitor University of California, San Diego, USA
Administrative Positions
1997–2000 Deputy Head Department of Social Work and Psychology, National University of Singapore (NUS)
1982–1984 Chairman Organizational Behavior Area, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
1980–1982 Chairman Research & Publications, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Editorships
Editor
1994–1995 Asian Journal of Psychology
Associate Editor
2016–2018 Asian Journal of Social Psychology
2010– IIMB Management Review
Consulting Editor
2017- 2018 Review of General Psychology
2017- Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology
2014- 2016 Review of General Psychology
2011- South Asian Journal of Management
2011-2013 Advances in Applied Psychology (AA Society)
2000–2015 Psychological Studies
1998–2015 Asian Journal of Social Psychology
1995– The Social Engineer
1991–1997 Journal of Behavioral Decision Making
1991–1993 Singapore Psychologist
1989–2011 Psychology and Developing Societies
1989–1996 Indian Journal of Psychology
1986–1988 Vikalpa: The Journal of Decision Makers
Issue Consultant
2018 Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
2018 Basic and Applied Social Psychology
2016 Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology
2014 Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
2014 Review of General Psychology
2013 Basic and Applied Social Psychology
2012 Australian Journal of Psychology
2011 Psicológica: International Journal of Methodology and Experimental Psychology
2011 Journal of Cross Cultural Psychology
2010 British Journal of Developmental Psychology
2009 Social Psychological and Personality Science
2006 Developmental Psychology
2006 Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
1999 Research and Practice in Human Resource Management
1998 Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
1996 British Journal of Social Psychology
1994 Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
1994 Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
1991 Psychological Bulletin
1980 European Journal of Social Psychology
Advisory Panels
2015- Member, Kwok Leung Scholarship Fund, Asian Association of Social Psychology
2014- Member, Advisory Board, South East Asia CEO Association, Indonesia
2012–2014 Member, Academic Council, International Management Institute, New Delhi
2011–2014 Member, Doctoral and Research Committee, SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai
2010– Member, Centre of Social Development (Asia), National University of Singapore
2006– Member, International Advisory Panel, Asian Association of Educational and Developmental Psychology, Korea
2006– 2015 Member, International Advisory Panel, Foundation of Liberal and Management Education (FLAME), Pune, India
2007–2009 Member, International Advisory Board, Mudra Institute of Communication Research (MICORE), Ahmedabad, India
2002–2006 Chair, Psychology Cluster, East Asian University Press. Times Media Publications, Singapore
Consulting Assignments
2011–2012 Test Banks of the National Level Examinations, Aptech Limited, Mumbai
1996–1997 Volunteers' participation, Ministry of Community Development, Government of Singapore
1990–1991 Industrial Safety, Shell Eastern Petroleum (Pte) Ltd, P. Bukom, Singapore
1988–1989 Motivation and Communication, Singapore Airlines Limited, Singapore
1986–1988 Manpower Planning and Training Needs in Irrigation Management, Ministr of Irrigation, Government of Gujarat, Gandhinagar
1985–1986 Foreign Students in India, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
1983–1984 Team Building, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (Power Group), Vadodara
1982–1983 Image of ATIRA in Member Mills, Ahmedabad Textile Industry's Research Association, Ahmedabad
1981–1982 Human Resource Development, Petrofils Cooperative Ltd., Vadodara
1980–1981 Selection Tests, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd., New Delhi
Services to Committees
2018-2022 Member, Mentor Award Committee, Association of Psychological Science
2017-2018 Member, Liberal Arts Committee, NMIMS University, Mumbai
2015-2016 Member, Faculty Norms Committee, Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode
2015- Member, Kwok Leung Scholarship Committee, AASP
2005–2009 Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee, LKY School of Public Policy, NUS
2001–2009 Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee, School of Design & Environment, NUS
2002–2010 Member, University Disciplinary Board, NUS
2007–2008 Chair, Department Search Committee (Senior Hires), NUS
2005–2006 Chair, Department Search Committee, NUS
2002–2003 Member, University Scholarship Committee, Arts and Social Sciences, NUS
2002–2003 Member, International Advisory Panel, School of Management, NUS
2000– 2006 Member, NUS Research Review Panel: Humanities, Management, & Architecture
1998–2001 Member, NUS Board of Selection
1998–2001 Member, Faculty Review Committee, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, NUS
1986–1988 Member, Expert Committee, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi
1987–1988 Member, Task Force on Staff Motivation, Telecom Mission, Government of India, New Delhi
1985–1988 Member, UGC Standing Advisory Committee on Center of Advanced Study, Department under Special Assistance, and Departmental Research Support
1983–1987 Member, Psychology Panel, UGC, New Delhi
1982–1988 Reviewer Panel, National Council of Educational Research and Training, New Delhi
1980–1988 Reviewer Panel, Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi
Honors
Professional Affiliations