"..ഡോൾഫിനിലെ മുൻനിര അധികാരികളിലൊരാൾ ഒരു പ്രൊഫസറാണ്. അദ്ദേഹത്തിന്റെ പേര് ആർ.കെ. സിൻഹ, 'ഡോൾഫിൻ സിൻഹ' എന്നാണ്. ' അദ്ദേഹത്തെപ്പോലുള്ളവരുടെ സഹായത്തോടെ, ഇന്ത്യയുടെ അതുല്യമായ പൈതൃക വിഭവമായ ഗംഗാ ഡോൾഫിനെ തിരികെ കൊണ്ടുവരാൻ ഞങ്ങൾ ശ്രമിക്കുന്നു. 2011-ലും 2012-ലും പാറ്റ്‌നയിലെ ഡോൾഫിൻ വാച്ചുകളിൽ ഇന്ത്യൻ പ്ലാനിംഗ് കമ്മീഷൻ ഡെപ്യൂട്ടി ചെയർമാൻ മൊണ്ടേക് സിംഗ് അലുവാലിയ പങ്കെടുത്തിരുന്നു. സിൻഹയുടെ സംരക്ഷണ പ്രവർത്തനങ്ങളിലുള്ള അദ്ദേഹത്തിന്റെ ആവേശം പട്‌നയിൽ നാഷണൽ ഡോൾഫിൻ റിസർച്ച് സെന്റർ സ്ഥാപിക്കുന്നതിലേക്ക് നയിച്ചു. അവാർഡുകൾ Order of the Golden Ark by His Royal Highness Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands [1999] Golden Jubilee award of National Academy of Sciences, India [2000] Fourth Highest Civilian Award, Padma Shri by The President of India [2016] Farsh Se Arsh Tak by Outlook Magazine (2019) ഗവേഷണ അനുഭവം Principal Investigator, Impact of River Front Development Project on the Ganges dolphin in the River Ganges at Patna, funded by the Bihar Urban Infrastructure Development Corporation, Patna, started July 2014 for three years. Lead Scientist, in a "Concurrent Monitoring of Persistent Toxic Substances (PTS) in India, China, South Korea, Vietnam and Japan", for two years starting September 2012. It is an International Collaborative Project. Chairman, Dolphin Conservation Committee. A Research Project funded by State Government of Bihar for Survey of Gangetic dolphin and their habitats in River Ganga and Gandak, 2012. Principal Investigator, Collaborative Research Project with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Tsukuba, Japan to study Pharmaceutical wastes and drug resistant pathogens in sewage and rivers of Ganga system 2012-16. Principal Investigator, Collaborative Research Project with the National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow, ICAR to study Fish Diversity in the lower middle stretch of the Ganges River 2007-09 Principal Investigator, International collaborative research project on 'Monitoring of movement of Persistent Organic Pollutants through atmosphere with Dr. Tom Harner of 'Environment Canada' during 2005-2007. Principal Investigator, NRCD, Min. Env. Forests, Govt. of India sponsored project for Water Quality Monitoring of River Ganga in Bihar under Ganga Action Plan-II. October, 2003 -ongoing. Principal Investigator, Sandia National Laboratory, Department of State and Energy, Govt. of USA sponsored South Asian Trans boundary Water Quality Monitoring Project under SAWAN (South Asian Water Analysis Network), Nov., 2002-Oct., 2005. Principal Investigator, NRCD, Ministry of Env. Forests, Govt. of India sponsored project on "Monitoring of Heavy Metal load in the Ganga at Varanasi" January, 2001- September, 2002. Principal Investigator, WWF India sponsored Project on status of Ganges dolphins in the River Sone and Kosi in Bihar. 2001-02. Principal Investigator, Department of Wildlife, Ministry of Environment Forests, Govt. of India sponsored project "Habitat Preference, Population Dynamics, Behaviour, Reproduction, and Ecology of the Ganges River dolphin" April, 2000 – March, the Ganges River dolphin 2000-2007 Principal Investigator, Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, UK, sponsored Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary Project 1998 – 2000.