• EDUCATIONAL PROFILE

    • Ph.D: (2015), Environmental Sciences, Centre for Geotechnology, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India.
    • Thesis: A study on the spatial variability of water quality and land-use pattern in Tamiraparani sub-basin, South India
    • M.Sc. (2008): Environmental Sciences, Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences, Christ College, Irinjalakuda, Thrissur, Kerala, India.
    • Qualified National Eligibility Test (CBSE-UGC-NET) in Environmental Sciences (December 2015).

    CAREER DETAILS

    • 2022 – Present : Scientist B – CWRDM, Kozhikode, Kerala, India
    • 2018 – 2022     : Project Scientist – National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, Goa, India
    • 2015 – 2018     : UGC DS Kothari Post Doctoral Fellow – Department of Geology, Anna University, Chennai, India
    • 2015                 : Visiting Scientist – Coastal Specialists Ltd. – Quatre Bornes, Mauritius
    • 2010 – 2013     : Junior Research Fellow (DST Project), Centre for Geotechnology, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India.
    • 2009 – 2010     : Technical Fellow (SPC-TNSLUB Project), Centre for Geotechnology, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India.

    AWARDS

    • 2023  : Listed in the Top 2% of World Scientists (single year) by Stanford University, USA and Elsevier BV Netherlands 
    • 2022  : ESDA – Young Scientist Award, New Delhi
    • 2022  : Listed in the Top 2% of World Scientists (single year) by Stanford University, USA and Elsevier BV Netherlands
    • 2021  : Member, 41st Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica “Maitri Research Base” East Antarctica
    • 2021  : Listed in the Top 2% of World Scientists (single year) by Stanford University, USA and Elsevier BV Netherlands
    • 2019  : Member, 38th Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica “Maitri Research Base” East Antarctica
    • 2017  : Environmental Geotechnologist of the Year Award by the Scientific and Environmental Research Institute, New Delhi
    • 2016  : Young Scientist of the Year Award by International Foundation for Environment and Ecology, Kolkata
    • 2008  : University II Rank, Environmental Science - (University of Calicut)

    MEMBERSHIPS

    • International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) (No: 12353)
    • International Society for Agro-meteorology (INSAM)
    • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE member ID# 10249011)
    • The International Society for Environmental Information Sciences, (ISEIS)
    • International Engineering and Technology Institute (No. 2015081070)
    • International Society for Research and Development (No. SR4150900362)
    • Member - International Economics Development Research Center, (IEDRC) (No. 30080354)
    • Life member – Environment and Social Development Association (ESDA) No. L574

    RESEARCH INTERESTS

    • Microplastics
    • Pollution Monitoring
    • Water Quality Analysis
    • Heavy Metals in the Environment
    • Soil Assessment
    • Terrain Evaluation and Basin Morphometry
    • Remote sensing and GIS
    • Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
    • Coastal and Estuarine monitoring
    • Watershed management
    • Spatial modeling and Geostatistics