jainet
Designation
Scientist (on working arrangement at EVP office, KSCSTE)
Research Group
Hydrology and Climatology
Email
jainet@cwrdm.org

  • Jainet P J

    jainet
    Designation
    Scientist (on working arrangement at EVP office, KSCSTE)
    Research Group
    Hydrology and Climatology
    Email
    jainet@cwrdm.org

  • EDUCATIONAL PROFILE

    • M.Tech.: 2009; Hydrology, IIT Roorkee
    • B.Tech.: 2007; Civil Engineering, University of Calicut

    CAREER DETAILS

    • 2018 - Present : Scientist, CWRDM
    • 2015 - 2018       : Scientist-B, CWRDM

    MEMBERSHIPS

    • Member International Association of Hydrological Sciences, UK
    • Member International Water Association  
    • Life Member Indian Association of Hydrologists

    RESEARCH INTERESTS

    • Hydrological modelling
    • Flood Risk Assessment 
    • Hydrology   River Rejuvenation
    • Lakes and Ecosystem Services
    • Forest Hydrology

Baseline data collection and modelling rejuvenation scenarios of Pulamonthodu, Kottarakkara
Principal Investigator:
Jainet P J
Co Principal Investigator/s:
Dr. Dipu S
Non-CWRDM Co-Principal Employee:
Dr. Dipu S, Dr. C P Priju
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
2 Years
Integrated Management of Surface Water and Groundwater in the Changing Climatic Scenario to Mitigate Water Scarcity in Valapattanam River Basin

Integrated Management of Surface Water and Groundwater in the Changing Climatic Scenario to Mitigate Water Scarcity in Valapattanam River Basin 

Principal Investigator:
Dr. Sharannya T M
Co Principal Investigator/s:
Dr. Drissia T K, Dr. C P Priju, Jainet P J, Dr. Sruthi K V
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
3 Years
Centre of Excellence for Water related Disaster Management in Kerala
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Manoj P. Samuel, Dr. Drissia T K
Co Principal Investigator/s:
Dr. Ambili G K, Jainet P J
Funding Agency:
KSCSTE
Project Type:
Externally Funded
Duration:
2 Years
Impact of Climate Change on Hydrology of Rivers Upstream of Thanneermukkom Barrage
Co Principal Investigator/s:
Jainet P J, Ihjas K
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
3 Years (June 2020 – May 2023)
Investigation on Ecosystem services of small lakes in Agro-Ecological zones of Western Ghats and the influence of regional factors.
Principal Investigator:
Vivek B
Co Principal Investigator/s:
Jainet P J
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
3Years
Early Adopter programme of SWOT mission by NASA, Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), United Kingdom Space Agency and Canadian Space Agency : Leveraging Citizen Science for the estimation of Lake Volumes using SWOT

The project featured in NASA website:
https://swot.jpl.nasa.gov/applications/early-adopters/

Project site appearing on LOCSS website
https://www.locss.org/gauge/pookode-lake

Principal Investigator:
Vivek B
Co Principal Investigator/s:
Jainet P J
Funding Agency:
NASA/University of Washington
Project Type:
Externally Funded
Duration:
2021-2023
Evaluation of discharge data of Pambar basin at Kovikadavu
Principal Investigator:
Jainet P J
Funding Agency:
KSEB
Project Type:
Externally Funded
Date of Completion:
Duration:
2 Years
Modelling of dam-break scenarios of the dams built in 1950’s. A case study of Mattupetty Dam
Principal Investigator:
Jainet P J
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Date of Completion:
Duration:
3 years
Application of an Integrated Surface Water – Ground Water Model in the Valapatanam River Basin.

Application of an Integrated Surface Water – Ground Water Model in the Valapatanam River Basin.

Principal Investigator:
Dr. Sharannya T M
Co Principal Investigator/s:
Dr. Drissia T K, Dr. C P Priju, Jainet P J
Non-CWRDM Co-Principal Employee:
Dawn Emil SebastianDawn Emil Sebastian
Funding Agency:
(SEED money program, KSCSTE-CWRDM
Date of Completion:
Feasibility report of waterbody development at Paropadi, Kozhikode

Feasibility report of waterbody development at Paropadi, Kozhikode

Co Principal Investigator/s:
Dr. Drissia T K, Dr. C P Priju, Dr. Arun P R, Dr. Dipu S, Jainet P J, Vivek B, Dr. Venu Prasad H D
Non-CWRDM Co-Principal Employee:
Harikumar P S, Madhavchandra, Sushanth C M
Date of Completion:
Duration:
3 Months
Baseline studies of estimation of Water Use Efficiency of 5 Irrigation Projects in Kerala

Baseline studies of estimation of Water Use Efficiency of 5 Irrigation Projects in Kerala

Principal Investigator:
Dr. Drissia T K
Co Principal Investigator/s:
Jainet P J, Dr. Ambili G K
Non-CWRDM Co-Principal Employee:
Dr. A B Anitha
Funding Agency:
NWM, MoWR
Project Type:
Externally Funded
Date of Completion:
Environmental Status of Selected Rivers of Kerala
Principal Investigator:
Vivek B
Co Principal Investigator/s:
Jainet P J, Dr. Renjith K R, Ihjas K
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Date of Completion:
Duration:
2020 - 2023
Assessment of impacts due to re locating the bund at Kozhichira to the upstream of proposed jetty of water metro at Kakkanad
Co Principal Investigator/s:
Dr. C P Priju, Dr. Arun P R, Vivek B, Jainet P J, Dr. Venu Prasad H D, Prajith V
Funding Agency:
KMRL
Project Type:
Externally Funded
Date of Completion:
Duration:
1 Year
Investigations on the Environmental Quality Deterioration of Pookode Lake in Wayanad District
Co Principal Investigator/s:
Jainet P J, Vivek B
Funding Agency:
DTPC Wayanad
Project Type:
Externally Funded
Date of Completion:
Duration:
1 Year
Feasibility Study for Identifying Surface Water Source for Kerala Minerals and Metals Ltd, Kollam
Co Principal Investigator/s:
Vivek B, Jainet P J
Funding Agency:
KMML, Kollam
Project Type:
Externally Funded
Date of Completion:
Duration:
1 Year
Technical feasibility of water body development at Paroppadi, Kozhikode
Co Principal Investigator/s:
Dr. C P Priju, Dr. Arun P R, Dr. Dipu S, Vivek B, Jainet P J, Dr. Venu Prasad H D
Funding Agency:
Tourism Department
Project Type:
Externally Funded
Date of Completion:
Duration:
6 Months
A study on the allowable pollution loads in Pamba river using Water Quality Models.
Principal Investigator:
Vivek B
Co Principal Investigator/s:
Jainet P J
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Date of Completion:
Duration:
2.5 Years

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As Co-author
Details

Nizar S., Thomas J., Jainet P. J., Sudheer K. P. (2025) A novel technique for nowcasting extreme rainfall events using early microphysical signatures of cloud
development. PLOS Clim 4(5): e0000497. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000497.

Jobin Thomas, A.N. Rohith, Dawn Emil Sebastian, Sinan Nizar, P.J. Jainet, Vamsi Krishna Vema, K.P. Sudheer (2025) Climate warming modifies hydrological responses in the southern Western Ghats and the western coastal plains (India): Insights from CMIP6-VIC simulations, Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 381, 2025, 125252, ISSN 0301-4797.

Das, P., Suresh, S., Hossain, F., Balakrishnan, V., Jainet, P. J., Lee, H., Laverde, M., Hosen, K., Meechaiya, C., and Towashiraporn, P. (2025). Forecast Informed Reservoir Operations within a Satellite-Based Framework for Mountainous and High- Precipitation Regions: Case of the 2018 Kerala Floods. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 30(2), 05025003.

Nizar, S., Thomas, J., Jainet, P. J., Sebastian, D. E., Surendran, U., Narasimhan, B., & Sudheer, K. P. (2024). Shifts in bioclimatic zones mirror climate change signals in a tropical agriculture-dominated Bharathapuzha River basin of southern Western
Ghats (India). International Journal of Climatology, 44(10), 3499–3513. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.8535

Silpa Senan, Jobin Thomas, Vamsi Krishna Vema, P. J. Jainet, Sinan Nizar, Shyama Sivan, K. P. Sudheer (2022) A study of the influence of rainfall datasets' spatial resolution on stream simulation in Chaliyar River Basin, India. Journal of Water and Climate Change 1 December 2022; 13 (12):4234–4254. https://doi.org/10.2166/wcc.2022.273

Jobin Thomas, P.J. Jainet, K.P. Sudheer (2020) Ambient air quality of a less industrialized region of India (Kerala) during the COVID-19 lockdown, Anthropocene, Volume 32, 2020, 100270, ISSN 2213-3054. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ancene.2020.100270.
Jainet P J and Vivek B, (2020). Integrated Hydrological Model for Pookode Lake, Wayanad using MIKE-SHE. Proceedings of the IIIrd Indian National Groundwater Conference (INGWC 2020), February 18-20, 2020, CWRDM, Kozhikode, Kerala, India. pp 203.

Management Action Plan for Rejuvenation of Pulamonthodu in Kottarakkara, Kollam District
Publication Year:
2017
First Author:
Jainet P J
Co Author:

Jobin Thomas, Sinan Nizar, A.N. Rohith, P.J. Jainet, Dawn Emil Sebastian, Vamsi Krishna Vema, K.P. Sudheer, (2025) Chapter 3 - Hydrological setting of Kerala, Editor(s): Salom Gnana Thanga Vincent, Tim C. Jennerjahn, Soman Kunjupillai, Srikumar Chattopadh
First Author:
Co Author:
Jainet P J
Publication Year:
2025

Jobin Thomas, Sinan Nizar, A.N. Rohith, P.J. Jainet, Dawn Emil Sebastian, Vamsi
Krishna Vema, K.P. Sudheer, (2025) Chapter 3 - Hydrological setting of Kerala,
Editor(s): Salom Gnana Thanga Vincent, Tim C. Jennerjahn, Soman Kunjupillai,
Srikumar Chattopadhyay, In Ecohydrology from Catchment to Coast, Ecohydrology
of Kerala, Elsevier, 2025, Pages 25-54, ISBN 9780323956062.

K.P. Sudheer, Jobin Thomas, P.J. Jainet, Sinan Nizar, Sahila Beegum, Dawn Emil Sebastian, Jesna, D.S. Pai, (2023) Chapter 8 - From science to policy—Toward an approach linking extreme rainfall events to climate resilience and policy development: A case st
First Author:
Co Author:
Jainet P J
Publication Year:
2023

K.P. Sudheer, Jobin Thomas, P.J. Jainet, Sinan Nizar, Sahila Beegum, Dawn Emil Sebastian, Jesna, D.S. Pai, (2023) Chapter 8 - From science to policy Toward an approach linking extreme rainfall events to climate resilience and policy development: A case study from Kerala, India, Editor(s): K.S. Kasiviswanathan, B. Soundharajan, Sandhya Patidar, Jianxun He, Chandra Shekhar Prasad Ojha, Developments in Environmental Science, Elsevier, Volume 14, 2023, Pages 143-172, ISSN 1474- 8177, ISBN 9780443186400. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-18640-0.00015-8.

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