Mr. Singh secured third rank in the State at the Bihar Secondary School Examination Board. He did his B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering and M. Tech in Industrial & Management Engineering from prestigious IIT Kanpur. He belongs to 1985 batch of Indian Administrative Service, borne in Odisha Cadre
After a distinguished service of more than 37 years in IAS, Shri Singh superannuated as Secretary to Government of India, Ministry of Textiles, on 31st October, 2022.

Prior to becoming Secretary Ministry of Textiles Shri Singh served as Secretary, Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of Jalshakti for more than three years. As Secretary, Ministry of Textiles, Mr Singh was responsible for formulation of policies and programmes and their implementation for overall development of Textile industry in the Country including export promotion. Major initiative as Secretary, Textiles included launch of PLI Scheme for Textiles and PM – MITRA park (Mega Textiles Park) scheme. Shri Singh is regarded as an expert of water sector.

He has spent above 6 years in water sector, both in the State and the Centre, including more than 03 years as Secretary to Govt of India. As Joint Secretary/Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Singh is credited with formulation of policies include Pricing Policy for Natural Gas, Uniform Licensing Policy, Open Acreage Licensing Policy, Small Margin Field Policy, Coal Bed Methane (CBM) Pricing Policy etc.