Professor Anand Singh specializes in Buddhist history and archaeology, the origin of Buddhism, its expansion and sects, sacred spaces in the Ganga Valley, ecological consciousness in Buddhism, and studies related to sacred spaces of Sārnāth, and Nālandā. As a researcher, he has been involved in active field research for over twenty years. He served as Dean and Associate Professor, School of Buddhist Studies and Civilization, Gautam Buddha University for approximately seven years and made this School as a leading institution of Buddhist learning in India. He has done a Major Research Project awarded by University Grant Commission and has been fellow of SAARC. He was visiting Professor at the Sanchi University of Buddhist-Indic Studies, Madhya Pradesh and Dhammaduta Chekinda University, Yangon, Myanmar. He has authored Planet, Plants, and Animals: Ecological Paradigms in Buddhism (2018), Buddhism at Sārnāth (2014), Pracheen Bhartiya Dharma (2010), and Tourism in Ancient India (2005). He edited Dāna: Reciprocity and Patronage in Buddhism (2017). This book earned ‘Outstanding Academic book on Buddhism’ award by Dhammachai International Research Institute, New Zealand. He also received Dr. I.G. Khan Memorial Prize, given by Indian History Congress in 2008 and 2010. He has published 25 peer-reviewed research papers, articles and book chapters.