Shri V.P. Singh joined ISS Cadre in the year 2008 and was associated with National Academy of Statistical Administration initially. He has an extensive experience in designing different types of survey & sampling structure due to his stint in National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) in Survey Design research Division (Kolkata), NSSO (FOD) Regional Office Bareilly, and NSSO (FOD) Central Zone, Lucknow. He holds widespread knowledge of designing of drug abuse survey, co-ordination and administration work, e-governance, Field Scrutiny Programme (FSP), and tabulation plan work, among others.

Shri V.P. Singh is presently working as Director and Head of Office at Coal Controllers Organization (CCO) which is a subordinate office of Ministry of Coal, Government of India based in Kolkata where he looks after the entire administration of CCO (Kolkata) and field offices across India. He overlooks the approvals of mining plan, mine opening permission, monitoring of mine closure activities for all coal and lignite mines, and tracks the security deposits of Escrow funds, among others. He chairs the Star rating Committee of public sector units and non public sector mines of India.