Research Projects
Water Security Assessment and its association with Quality of Life in Chaliyar River Basin
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
2 Years
Development of automated vertical farming unit for sustainable vegetable production
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Bench marks for irrigation water efficiency in Neyyar irrigation project
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CWRDM Plan Funded
Degradation of coastal wetland habitats - a study with special emphasis on ecology and conservation of Smooth-coated otter (Lutra perspicillata),
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CWRDM Plan Funded
Stable isotope based assessment of food web structure and carbon sources delineation in a tropical river ecosystem
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CWRDM Plan Funded
Efficacy of Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) practices in the Iruvanhippuzha watershed of Chaliyar River Basin
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CWRDM Plan Funded
Spatiotemporal dynamics of microplastics in the Chaliyar River Basin, Kerala (MICHARB)
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CWRDM Plan Funded
Development and Demonstration of Nanotechnology Enabled Decentralized Wastewater Treatment via Constructed Wetlands; an Integrated Performance Model for Trivandrum Urban
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Funding Agency:
State Plan Fund, GoK
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CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
Jan 2023 – Jan 2026
Optimal scheduling of WDN for disinfectant booster dosage and water quality monitoring in a selected zone of Kozhikode city.
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CWRDM Plan Funded
Hydro environmental monitoring of Periyar, Karamana and Bharatapuzha Rivers in the context of Climate change and other anthropogenic pressures
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CWRDM Plan Funded
Water Quality Monitoring by Mobile Water Analysis Laboratory
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CWRDM Plan Funded
Assessment of Environmental Quality of Selected rivers of Kerala
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CWRDM Plan Funded
Feasibility Study on Artificial Recharge Structures for Improving water availability in and around CWRDM Campus
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CWRDM Plan Funded
Identification of suitable sites for SubSurface Dykes (SSD) in low groundwater reserve areas of Palakkad District
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CWRDM Plan Funded
Modeling approach for delineating Landslide prone areas of Kozhikode District
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CWRDM Plan Funded
Impacts of modernisation of Thanneermukkam barrage in the southern plains and coastal aquifers.
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CWRDM Plan Funded
Studies on hydrological and geomorphplogical impact of floods in the Alluvial and Floodplain region of Periyar and Chalakudy river basins
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CWRDM Plan Funded
Investigations of surface water Groundwater interactions of a perennial freshwater lake
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CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
3 years
Stable isotopic and geochemical characterization of groundwater from Kodungallur coast, Thrissur district
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CWRDM Plan Funded
Evaluation of rainout pattern of monsoon precipitation in Kerala using stable isotope signatures
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CWRDM Plan Funded
Budget:
Rs.22.74 lakhs
Impact of Kuttiyady Augmentation Scheme in the command areas of of Kuttiyady and Banasurasagar irrigation projects
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
3 years
Budget:
Rs. 14.95 lakhs
Assessment of Land use and Land cover dynamics in Agricultural Watersheds and developing Soil Erosion Hazard Index in Malapuram district
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
3 Years (2020-2023)
Spatial Mapping of Radon in Coastal groundwater of Kerala
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
3 Years
Regional Variability of Chemical and Isotopic Imprints of precipitation over Kerala
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
3 Years
Impact of Climate Change on Hydrology of Rivers Upstream of Thanneermukkom Barrage
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
3 Years (June 2020 – May 2023)
Regional variability of chemical and isotopic imprints of precipitation over Kerala- A high resolution spatial analysis
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
3 years
Assessment of Nutrient Bioavailability and trophic station of Beypore Estuary for a Integrated Management Plan
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CWRDM Plan Funded
Groundwater status and formulation of effective recharge strategies for Valapattanam River Basin
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
2 years
Studies on hydrological and geomorphplogical impact of floods in the Alluvial and Floodplain region of Periyar and Chalakudy river basins
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CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
3 years
Impacts of modernisation of Thanneermukkam barrage in the southern plains and coastal aquifers
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
3 years
Design and Development of CWRDM Library Website
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Self-sustainable wastewater treatment for houses/gated communities using microbial fuel cell (MFC): An innovative solution for treatment and resource recovery.
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
3Years
Assessing the effects of climate induced hydrological changes on the river water quality in urban stretch of Chaliyar River, Kerala.
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
2Years
Designated best use of selected quarry ponds in Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam and Pathanamthitta districts, Kerala
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
3Years
Monitoring of the occurrence, fate and risks of antibiotics in Muvattupuzha River, Central Kerala
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
3 Years
Role of Groundwater Dynamics in Major River Basins of Kottayam and Pathanamthitta districts in Kerala
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
2.5 years
13 C labelled carbon dots embedded silicabased nanocomposite particles as hydrogeological tracers for water resources management
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
2Years
Stable isotope based assessment of food web structure and carbon sources delineation in a tropical river ecosystem
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
3Years
Impact assessment of Soil and Water Conservation Measures on Hydrological Processes and Sediment Yield under changing Climatic Conditions of selected watersheds in Malappuram District
Impact assessment of Soil and Water Conservation Measures on Hydrological Processes and Sediment Yield under changing Climatic Conditions of selected watersheds in Malappuram District
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
3Years
Building Institutional Repositories in CWRDM Libray Using D-Space
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
3 Years
Microclimatic assessment of the water vapour flux in an urban ecosystem for identifying better climate change mitigation measures and scope for atmospheric water harvesting
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
2 Years
Assessment of the climate change impacts on water footprint of rice production in Malampuzha irrigation project, Kerala
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
2Years
Investigation on Ecosystem services of small lakes in Agro-Ecological zones of Western Ghats and the influence of regional factors.
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
3Years
A study on the assimilative capacity of Parvathy Puthanar and the scope of Bioremediation for pollution abatement
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
3 years
Development and Maintenance of Water Museum Complex with emphasis on establishing Science and Technology Display Centre on Water for mass awareness
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Budget:
Rs. 27.00 lakhs
Anthropogenic interactions in the Neyyar River System and its impacts on the groundwater environment
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Baseline data collection and modelling rejuvenation scenarios of Pulamonthodu, Kottarakkara
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Non-CWRDM Co-Principal Employee:
Dr. Dipu S, Dr. C P Priju
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
2 Years
Local Area Network (LAN) Administration and CWRDM Project Information System(CPIS)
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
Continous
Community-based Participatory water harvesting for irrigation in SC Communities in the Coastal District of Kerala, Kozhikode
Community-based Participatory water harvesting for irrigation in SC Communities in the Coastal District of Kerala, Kozhikode
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Funding Agency:
ICAR-CCARI
Project Type:
Externally Funded
Duration:
2 years
Budget:
Rs. 3 Lakhs
Carbon Footprint Assessment of Agriculture Farms of Kerala
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Funding Agency:
Department of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare, Government of Kerala
Project Type:
Externally Funded
Duration:
2 Years
Study of Carbon footprint in agricultural land use system from the temperate and tropical ecosystem Western Ghats under Climate Change scenario
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Funding Agency:
SERB- DST
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Externally Funded
Duration:
3 Years
Post-facto evaluation study of irrigation projects implemented in Kerala state
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Funding Agency:
IDRB, Department of Water Resources, Govt. of Kerala
Project Type:
Externally Funded
Duration:
1 Year
Exploring climate change perceptions and adaptation options in the marginalized Paniya tribal hamlet of Wayanad, Kerala for water and agricultural resilience
Exploring climate change perceptions and adaptation options in the marginalized Paniya tribal hamlet of Wayanad, Kerala for water and agricultural resilience
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Funding Agency:
ICSSR, Govt. of India
Project Type:
Externally Funded
Integrated Wetland Inventory, Assessment and Monitoring System (WIAMS) of Three Ramsar Sites of Kerala
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Funding Agency:
State Wetland Authority of Kerala
Project Type:
Externally Funded
Duration:
5 Years
An inventory of Greenhouse gases emission from Coastal Wetlands of Kerala and their impact on Regional climate change
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Funding Agency:
Science & Engineering Research Board (Core Research Grant)
Project Type:
Externally Funded
Duration:
3 Years
Exposure Visit of Engineers from Trichy Region of Water Resources Department
Project Type:
Externally Funded
Feasibility study for extending conservation activities on micro watershed basis to other constituencies
Project Type:
Externally Funded
Demonstration of protected cultivation of spices crop in naturally ventilated polyhouse with automated irrigation system
Funding Agency:
DASD
Project Type:
Externally Funded
Transformation to self Sustained Tribal Community Developing Technological Solutions for ensuring Water Quality, Quantity and Agro Value Addition
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Funding Agency:
Department of science and Technology, Govt. of India
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Externally Funded
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Duration:
3 Years
Budget:
Rs. 57,36,464/-
Investigation on Land subsidence and reconstruction on Geomorphological Evolution of Kallada Delta through Remote Sensing and Sediment Proxies
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
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Duration:
2 Years
Effect of Rubber Plantation on Water Balance Components – A Case Study
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
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Duration:
3 years (2020 – 2023)
Assessment of water use efficiency and crop water stress index for drought and high temperature tolerance in rice
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Date of Completion:
Duration:
3 Years
Spatio-temporal dynamics of Microplastics in the Chaliyar River Basin, Kerala (MICHARB)
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Date of Completion:
Duration:
1Year
Treatment of slaughterhouse wastewater by a hybrid Sequencing Batch Biofilm reactor (SBBR) for simultaneous removal of organics and nutrients
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
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Exposition and validation of soil and water conservation measures in selected watersheds of Kerala
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
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Duration:
2 Years
13 C labeled carbon dots embedded silica-based nanocomposite particles as hydrogeological tracers for water resource management (PP 66/21)
13 C labeled carbon dots embedded silica-based nanocomposite particles as hydrogeological tracers for water resource management (PP 66/21)
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Funding Agency:
State Plan Fund, GoK
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
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Duration:
Sep 2021 - Sep 2023
Assessment of Salinization Process and Urban Coastal Water Quality
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
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Duration:
01-09-2020 to 01-09-2023
Hydrological responses of forested and deforested catchments a case study
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
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Duration:
3 years
Analysis of factors influencing the productivity of banana under irrigated conditions in Kozhikode district
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Date of Completion:
Duration:
3 years (01-July-2020 to 01-July-2023)
Water for Change, Integrative and Fit for Purpose Water Sensitive Design Framework for Fast Growing Livable cities (India-Netherlands project)
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Funding Agency:
Department of Science and Technology (DST), GoI
Project Type:
Externally Funded
Date of Completion:
Duration:
5 Years (November 2019 to November 2024)
Water conservation measures to mitigate drought effects in Athikkadavu Colony at Sultan Bathery Taluk of Wayanad District
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Funding Agency:
Cochin Shipyard Ltd under CSR
Project Type:
Externally Funded
Date of Completion:
Duration:
1 Year
Socio-Economic Vulnerability Assessment of Coastal areas to Sea Level Rise (under climate change scenarios) a case of Kerala state, India
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Funding Agency:
ICSSR, Govt. of India
Project Type:
Externally Funded
Date of Completion:
Budget:
Rs. 15.30 Lakhs
Endline Evaluation of PMKSY-WDC Watershed Projects
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Funding Agency:
Department of Rural Development, GoK.
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Externally Funded
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Duration:
4 years
Effects of flooding on social and psychological well being of individuals
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Funding Agency:
Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi
Project Type:
Externally Funded
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Duration:
2 years
Pilot Study of In - season yield forecast for paddy combination of crop simulation model and remote sensing data
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Funding Agency:
Source Traces Systems India Pvt.Ltd, Tamilnadu
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Externally Funded
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Duration:
1 Year
Coastal Erosion and Risk Assessment along Kerala state using Geo-Spatial technologies
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Funding Agency:
Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India
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Externally Funded
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Duration:
2 Years (2020-2022)
Acquisition of Spectral Signatures and Bio-Physical Parameters for Forest Species Identification
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Funding Agency:
Space Applications Centre (SAC/ISRO), GoI
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Externally Funded
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Duration:
2 Years
Demonstration of Low cost Wick Irrigation Techniques
Funding Agency:
Dept. of Agri., GoK
Project Type:
Externally Funded
Date of Completion:
Budget:
Rs. 05.31 lakhs
Project on International Year of Water Co-operation
Funding Agency:
Environment Department, Govt. of Kerala
Project Type:
Externally Funded
Date of Completion:
Budget:
Rs.44.8 Lakhs
Contact
Centre for Water Resources Development and Management
Kunnamangalam, Kozhikode-673 571
Kerala , India
Phone: (91) 495 2351800,2351801, 2351803, 2351804
Fax: (91) 495 2351808
Email: ed@cwrdm.org
Kunnamangalam, Kozhikode-673 571
Kerala , India
Phone: (91) 495 2351800,2351801, 2351803, 2351804
Fax: (91) 495 2351808
Email: ed@cwrdm.org
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