Dr. G. Bindu

Dr. Bindu G is presently scientist in Nansen Environmental Research Centre, India (NERCI). She has been awarded PhD in Meteorology from Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), India in 1998. She is an approved research guide of Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS). Presently principal Investigator of DST funded project on ‘Atmospheric carbon sequestration potential of trees in Kochi City under the changing environmental scenario’ and has completed one project on Assessment of carbon sequestration potential of different species of mangroves existing in Kunhimangalam area, a coastal district in the State of Kerala under CSR initiatives of Appollo Tyres. She has also completed projects related to air pollution studies and climate change issues, funded by various agencies like CSIR, DST, MoEF & USAID in her capacity as principal Investigator, Scientist fellow, Senior research Associate etc. in CUSAT, NEERI & KSSP. She joined NERCI in 2012. She is an Environmental Consultant for different Consultancies like ENTEC, KITCO & ENVIROTECH. She has more than twenty years of post doctoral research and teaching experience. She had worked as Assistant Professor in Arbaminch University, Ethiopia. She was also coordinator for MPhill Environmental Sciences in SB College and also worked as Guest faculty in CUSAT & MG University.

Research Interest:

Carbon Sequestration studies

Air pollution Modelling/ Monitoring

Noise pollution

Environmental Impact assessment

Recent Publications:

Estimating biomass and carbon stock of mangroves using remote sensing and geographic information system supported by field observations, 2017, Bindu.G, Poornima Rajan, Jishnu.E.S, Ajith Joseph K. (under review)

INDO-MARECLIM: Scientific network involving European and Indian institutions, 2016, Bindu. G.1, Nandini Menon. N1, Ajith J. K1., , N. R. Menon1, LassePettersson2, Shubha Sathyendranath3, Trevor Platt3 and Ola M Johannessen2Ocean Digest, Vol.3, Issue.3, pp. 11-13.

Syam Sankar, Lea Svendsen, Bindu G., P. V. Joseph, and Ola M. Johannessen, 2016, Teleconnections of Indian summer monsoon rainfall with the Atlantic multidecadal variability during 1400 to 2010, Tellus A 2016, 68, 31717, http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v68.31717.

Joseph P.V. , Bindu G. and Preethi B, 2016, Impact of the upper tropospheric cooling trend over central Asia on the Indian summer monsoon rainfall and the Bay of Bengal cyclone tracks, CURRENT SCIENCE, VOL. 110, NO. 11, 10 JUNE 2016, 2105-2113.

G Bindu, Prabha R Nair, S Aryasree, Prashant Hegde, Salu Jacob, 2016,Pattern of aerosol mass loading and chemical composition over the atmospheric environment of an urban coastal station. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 138-139, (2016), 121–135.

Porathur Vareed Joseph, Bindu Gokulapalan, Archana Nair, and Shinu Sheela Wilson, 2013, ‘Variability of Summer Monsoon Rainfall in India on Inter-Annual and Decadal Time Scales’ , Atmospheric and oceanic science letters, vol. 6, No. 5, 1-6.

Bindu.G, Ajo Abraham, 2014, ‘ The impact of PM10 on Acute Respiratory Illness in children: Results from a case study over an urban area’, Indian Journal of Environmental Pollution, Vol.34, No.2, pp 94-102.

Principal Scientist

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bindupeethu@gmail.com