Dr. Om Pal Singh is Ph.D. in Physics from I.I.T., Delhi. He joined Reactor Physics Division (RPD) of Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), then known as Reactor Research Centre, Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu in April 1973. He served as Group Leader of Safety Analysis Section of RPD upto 1986 and then Section Head. In 1998, he was entrusted with the responsibility of Head of RPD and served in this capacity till February 18, 2004 before joining AERB on February 19, 2004.

Dr. Singh has been responsible for mathematical modeling and computer code development in Reactor Kinetics, Stability Analysis, Inherent Safety Studies, Accident Analysis and Reliability Analysis and PSA Studies of fast reactors. He performed number of analyses for Fast Breeder Test Reactor (FBTR) which is operating in IGCAR and Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) which is in the initial stages of construction at Kalpakkam for operational studies and getting safety clearances from AERB. He has also carried out R&D in Reactor Noise Analysis and Signal Processing Techniques for malfunction detection and kinetic parameter estimation of Fast Breeder Reactors (FBR). He served as Chief Investigator from India on two Coordinated Research Programmes of IAEA during 1983 to 1993 on Signal Processing Techniques for Sodium Boiling Noise Detection in fast reactor cores and Leak Noise Detection in Steam Generator Units of FBRs. He also served as Chief Investigator from India on IAEA-European Commission project on Comparative Accident Calculations for Severe Accident in BN-800 Russian FBR and served several times as IAEA Expert in Indonesia during 1987 to 1991 and developed there expertise and programme in Reactor Kinetics and Reactor Noise Analysis in Research Centre for Nuclear Techniques in Bondung and Pushpiptek Research Centre, Sarpong.

He was awarded Alexander Von Humbold Research Fellowship in Germany from January 1976 to October 1977 and developed reactor noise analysis model for flow velocity and steam fraction determination in BWRs by analyzing the in-core detector noise signals.

After taking over as Head, RPD, he has been responsible for design and analysis of PFBR in Core Physics, Radiation Shielding and Safety Analysis. During this period, several design optimization studies of PFBR, PFBR shielding experiments in Apsara reactor and PFBR-PDSC related work were completed. While in IGCAR, he served in several Specialists and Working Groups of AERB.

He has to his credit 57 papers published in journals, 117 papers presented/published in International and National Conferences and released about 200 design notes on FBTR/PFBR, Design and Analysis.