Dr. K. Ajith Joseph Presently the Principal Scientist and Executive Director of Nansen Environmental Research Centre - India (NERCI), a non profit research centre accredited by DSIR, Ministry of Science and Technology for environment and climate research (http://www.nerci.in). Doctorate in Physical Oceanography from Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), India in 1998 with graduation in Mathematics and Masters in Oceanography. He joined NERCI as Scientist in 2000. He has more than eighteen years of research and ten years of project management experience with CUSAT and NERCI through various projects. He is also a member of the doctoral committee........ Read More...

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Dr. K. Ajith Joseph Presently the Principal Scientist and Executive Director of Nansen Environmental Research Centre - India (NERCI), a non profit research centre accredited by DSIR, Ministry of Science and Technology for environment and climate research (http://www.nerci.in). Doctorate in Physical Oceanography from Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), India in 1998 with graduation in Mathematics and Masters in Oceanography. He joined NERCI as Scientist in 2000. He has more than eighteen years of research and ten years of project management experience with CUSAT and NERCI through various projects. He is also a member of the doctoral committee of Institute of Remote Sensing, Anna University, Chennai, India. Serves as the expert committee member of the Curriculum structuring for Masters degree course in Oceanography and Ocean modeling, Ocean Remote sensing and GIS of Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Cochin. He has headed projects funded by UNEP-APFED and Space Application Centre, ISRO in his capacity as PI and Co-PI. He is the Co-investigator for the SARAL-Altika data Utilisation project being implemented jointly at CUSAT and NERCI funded by Space Application Centre of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and also Co-Investigator of two AO projects of Space Application Centre, India for international agencies for utilisation of Oceansat II data for Arctic ice monitoring and HAB monitoring in the Norwegian waters. He was the Indian coordinator for the Indo-Russian workshop on Regional Climate Change held at Cochin in October, 8-9,2009 under the DST-RFBR 2009 Call and the Nansen International Summer School held in India from Feb 6-12, 2010. Dr. Ajith is the Project manager for the INDO-MARECLIM, (http://www.indomareclim-nerci.in), an ongoing EU-FP7 international project (2012-2015) involving institutes from five EU countries-Norway, Netherlands, Italy, France and UK as well as the team leader in to strengthen the INDO-MARECLIM partnership and building network of cooperation between Europe and India. He also headed the Norwegian Research Council Project (2012-2015) to study the Decadal to multi-decadal variability in the Indian Monsoon Rainfall and teleconnection with Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) - a joint study of observed and modeled variations in Climate in India. His research interest is in satellite oceanography and implementation of ocean models for the Indian Ocean.

Research Interest:

Coastal oceanography ,Ocean colour and microwave Remote sensing, HAB monitoring, Climate change impact studies.

Key Publications

Jishnu E S, Ajith Joseph K, Sreenal Sreedhar and George Basil. 2017. Hazard Mapping of Landslide Vulnerable Zones in a Rainfed Region of Southern Peninsular India- A Geospatial Perspective. International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology. Volume: 04 Issue: 07 | July -1350-1357.

Ajith Joseph K, C Jayaram, Archana Nair, Mary Swapna George,A N Balchand, Lasse H.Pettersson. 2017. Remote Sensing of Upwelling in the Arabian Sea and adjacent near –coastal regions. In: Remote sensing of Asian seas, Vittorio Barali and Martin Gade (Eds). Springer pub.(under review).

George, M.S., Joseph, P.V., Ajith Joseph, K. Laurent Bertino and O. M. Johannessen. 2017. The Cold Pool of the Bay of Bengal and its association with the break phase of the Indian summer monsoon. Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters., http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16742834.2017.1294017.

Muhammad Shafeeque, Ajith Joseph, K. and A. N. Balchand. (2015).South Eastern Arabian Sea features based on Ka-Band Altimetry. Bulletin of the National Natural Resources Management System,NNRMS(B)-39, Dept.of Space, Govt.of India, 42-47.

N.Madhavan, D. Thirumalai Vasan K. Ajith Joseph and K.Sravani.,2015. Prediction of Mackerel Landings Using MODIS Chlorophyll-A,Pathfinder SST and Seawifs PAR, Indian Journal Of Natural Sciences Vol.5 / Issue 29/ April 2015 ISSN: 0976 – 0997,4858-4871.

N.Madhavan, D. Thirumalai Vasan K. Ajith Joseph.and K.Madhavi.2015. Neural network prediction on sardine landings using satellite derived ocean parameters Chlorophyll-a (SeaWiFS), SST and PAR Indian Journal Of Natural Sciences Vol.5 / Issue 29/ April 2015 ISSN: 0976 – 0997.5052-5063

vArchana Nair, Ajith Joseph, K and Nair, K.S. (2014). Spatio-temporal analysis of rainfall trends over a maritime state (Kerala) of India during the last 100years. Atmospheric Environment, Volume 88, 123-132 Elsevier., ., http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.01.061.

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Dr. N. Nandini Menon Doctorate in Marine Biology from Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), India. She joined NERCI as Senior Scientist in 2009 and has twenty years of post doctoral research experience and nineteen years of teaching experience. Before joining NERCI, she had been working at CUSAT in the capacity of Research Associate in projects funded by various national agencies like MoEF, DBT, CSIR, DST and MoES and as Ad-hoc lecturer in the Dept. of Marine Biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry, CUSAT. She had also implemented an independent project as PI under the DST –SERC young scientist scheme in CUSAT. At NERCI, she was the leader of 2 work packages in the European Commission FP7 project INDO-MARECLIM ( 2012 - 2015) and organised 2 international... Read More...

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Dr. N. Nandini MenonDoctorate in Marine Biology from Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), India. She joined NERCI as Senior Scientist in 2009 and has twenty years of post doctoral research experience and nineteen years of teaching experience. Before joining NERCI, she had been working at CUSAT in the capacity of Research Associate in projects funded by various national agencies like MoEF, DBT, CSIR, DST and MoES and as Ad-hoc lecturer in the Dept. of Marine Biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry, CUSAT. She had also implemented an independent project as PI under the DST –SERC young scientist scheme in CUSAT. At NERCI, she was the leader of 2 work packages in the European Commission FP7 project INDO-MARECLIM ( 2012 - 2015) and organised 2 international workshops and one winter school as part of the project. As an alumnus of NF-POGO (Nippon Foundation - Partnership for Observation of Global Oceans) and member of NANO (NF-POGO Alumni Network for Oceans), she headed two Indo-SriLankan projects funded by POGO-NANO. She is involved in the projects funded by Dept. of Environment and Climate Change, Kerala State, DST-SEED scheme, SAC-ISRO and DST-SPLICE scheme as PI /Co-investigator. She is also serving as Guest faculty for M. Tech programme in Marine Biotechnology of CUSAT.

Research Interest:

Marine ecosystem, marine optical and primary productivity studies.

Recent Publications:

Racault, M. F., Raitsos, D., Shubha Satyendranath, Nandini Menon & T. Platt 2017. Phenological responses to ENSO in the global oceans. Surveys in Geophysics. January 2017, Volume 38, Issue 1, pp 277–293.

Saleem Shalin, Annette Samuelsen , Anton Korosov , Nandini Menon , Björn C. Backeberg and Lasse H. Pettersson. 2017. Delineation of marine ecosystem zones in the northern Arabian Sea using an objective method. Journal of Biogeosciences Discuss., EGU., .

Nashad, M., Nandini Menon, N., Ajith Joseph , Lasse. H. Pettersson and N. R. Menon. (2017). First report of Leptocylindrus sp. bloom in the coastal waters of South Eastern Arabian Sea and coagulation of cells. Marine Biology Association of India – JMBAI J. Mar. Biol. Ass. India, vol 59 (1), 87-92. doi: 10.6024/jmbai.2017.59.1.1937-00

Nandini Menon, T. Singh & L. Pettersson 2014. Integrated Research Approaches to Coastal Zone Management, EOS (Transactions American Geophysical Union), 95 (49),463-464

Akram Alkershi and Nandini Menon, N., 2011. Phytoplankton in polluted waters of the Red sea coast of Yemen. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. India, 53 (2): 1-6

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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 Read More...

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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

List of Research Papers:

No of papers published in journals –14
No of papers presented in seminars –20

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.

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Dr. Ranith. R National Post-doctoral Fellowship awardee (2016-2018), sponsored by DST Science and Engineering Research Board. Doctorate in Ocean science and Technology from Centre of Advanced Studies in Marine Biology, Annamalai University (2015) on the topic “Spatial distribution of ecological stressors and SST as proxies for developing coral reef vulnerability model- a tool for site specific management of Lakshadweep atolls”. Have about 12 years of experience in multidisciplinary research studying the marine ecological interactions and climate change impact. Completed a short course on the implementation of statistical program R in modelling ecosystem interactions from the Cambridge University, United Kingdom during 2014. His research interests are largely directed towards understanding the response of marine ecosystem to climate change and anthropogenic interactions through ecosystem modelling using remote sensing and geo-statistical techniques. Read More...

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Dr. Ranith. R National Post-doctoral Fellowship awardee (2016-2018), sponsored by DST Science and Engineering Research Board. Doctorate in Ocean science and Technology from Centre of Advanced Studies in Marine Biology, Annamalai University (2015) on the topic “Spatial distribution of ecological stressors and SST as proxies for developing coral reef vulnerability model- a tool for site specific management of Lakshadweep atolls”. Have about 12 years of experience in multidisciplinary research studying the marine ecological interactions and climate change impact. Completed a short course on the implementation of statistical program R in modelling ecosystem interactions from the Cambridge University, United Kingdom during 2014. His research interests are largely directed towards understanding the response of marine ecosystem to climate change and anthropogenic interactions through ecosystem modelling using remote sensing and geo-statistical techniques. He is also interested in studying upper ocean processes and its interaction with biological productivity. He is experienced in planning and execution of marine Environmental Impact Assessment studies and assessment reports.

Research Interest:

Coral reefs and seagrass ecosystem studies, ecosystem modelling, coastal resource mapping, satellite oceanography, primary productivity, geo-statistical modelling, climate change impact studies

Recent Publications:

Menon, N., George, G., Ranith, R., Sajin, V., Murali, S., Abdulaziz, A., ... & Sathyendranath, S. (2021). Citizen science tools reveal changes in estuarine water quality following demolition of buildings. Remote Sensing, 13(9), 1683.

Sooria, P. M., Menon, N. N., Ranith, R., Nair, M., Anjusha, A., Shivaprasad, A., & Joseph, K. A. (2020). Occurrence of enhanced herbivory in the microbial food web of a tropical estuary during southwest monsoon. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 246, 107017.

Machendiranathan, M., Ranith, R., Senthilnathan, L., Saravanakumar, A., & Thangaradjou, T. (2020). Resilience of coral recruits in Gulf of Mannar Marine Biosphere Reserve (GOMMBR), India. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 101055.

Ranith, R., & Kripa, V. (2019). Post-bleaching benthic status on reef sites of Mandapam group of islands and Palk Bay, Indian Ocean following the 2016 bleaching events. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 27, 100525.

Ranith, R., Senthilnathan, L., Machendiranathan, M., Thangaradjou, T., Sasamal, S. K., & Choudhury, S. B. (2017). Mapping sites of reef vulnerability along lagoons of Lakshadweep archipelago, Indian Ocean. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 189(10), 494.

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Dr. K. Shadananan Nair Consultant Senior research scientist at NERCI, has doctorate in Hydrometeorology from Cochin University of Science and Technology. With a post doctoral research experience of over 20 years, Nair is a member of many national and international research societies and is a visiting faculty at M. G. University, Kerala. He has also undergone advanced training in hydrometeorology and coastal zone simulation. He is also the executive Secretary of Centre for Earth Research and Environment Management, Kochi. Read More...

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Dr. K. Shadananan Nair Consultant Senior research scientist at NERCI, has doctorate in Hydrometeorology from Cochin University of Science and Technology.With a post doctoral research experience of over 20 years,Nair is a member of many national and international research societies and is a visiting faculty at M. G. University, Kerala.He has also undergone advanced training in hydrometeorology and coastal zone simulation.He is also the executive Secretary of Centre for Earth Research and Environment Management,Kochi.

Research Interest:

Impact of monsoon and climate variability on total coastal livelihood.

Recent Publications:

K.S.Nair, 2009. Impact of climate change and human interference on the hydrology of small basins of Kerala, , IAHS Red Book Series, IAHS Publ. 33X, 2009.

K.S.Nair,2009. Inde Les mégapoles en première ligne, Courrier de la Planète n° 89|90, pp80-85, 2009 (in French).

K.S.Nair,2009. Impacts of Climate Change on Food Security in the Drier Zones of India, (accepted for publication by Springer).

K.S.Nair,2009. Contributed the chapter 'historical developments in transboundary water disputes' for the forthcoming UNESCO/IWHA book series.

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Jaini Sara Babu Postgraduate in Remote Sensing and Wireless Sensor Networks from Amrita University, TamilNadu. Currently doing PhD on “Monitoring and forecasting of coastal circulation using Remote Sensing and Hydrodynamic Modelling “in Dept. Of Remote Sensing and GIS, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS).

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Mr. Akash. S Postgraduate in Climate Change Adaptation from Academy of Climate Change Education and Research, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, Kerala. He currently pursuing his Ph.D in Physical Oceanography on the topic “Climate-induced variabilities of physical oceanography on the oxygen dynamics in the coastal and open waters of the Northern Indian Ocean” at Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS), Kochi. Read More...

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Mr. Akash. S Postgraduate in Climate Change Adaptation from Academy of Climate Change Education and Research, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, Kerala. He currently pursuing his Ph.D in Physical Oceanography on the topic “Climate-induced variabilities of physical oceanography on the oxygen dynamics in the coastal and open waters of the Northern Indian Ocean” at Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS), Kochi. He joined NERCI as Junior Research Fellow under Ministry of Earth Sciences sponsoring project entitled “COMFORT - Our common future ocean in the Earth system – quantifying coupled cycles of carbon, oxygen, and nutrients for determining and achieving safe operating spaces with respect to tipping points (2019 – 2022)”. COMFORT is a Horizon 2020 programme of the European Commission having 32 partners from different countries including India.

Research Interest:

Physical oceanography, Physical and biogeochemical interactions, climate change, climate variability

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Arunachalam M Post graduate in Geo-Technology & Geo-Informatics from Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli. He is working as Software Engineer in the GIS devision of NeST Information Technologies (NeSTIT), Cochin and also pursuing his part time PhD at NERCI and registered with Bharathidasan University.

Research Interest

Disaster Management & Mitigation, Tropical Cyclones, GIS & Remote Sensing

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Arunachalam M Post graduate in Geo-Technology & Geo-Informatics from Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli. He is working as Software Engineer in the GIS devision of NeST Information Technologies (NeSTIT), Cochin and also pursuing his part time PhD at NERCI and registered with Bharathidasan University.

Research Interest

Disaster Management & Mitigation, Tropical Cyclones, GIS & Remote Sensing

Recent Publications:

M. Arunachalam, A. D. Udhayaraj, A. Jacob, V. P. NarenPrabakaran, M. S. Vasanth & Dr. J. Saravanavel, November 2014, Hydrothermal Mineral Alteration Mapping in parts of Northwestern Tamil Nadu, India - using Geospatial Technology. Proceedings of ISPRS TC VIII International Symposium on “Operational Remote Sensing Applications: Opportunities, Progress and Challenges”, Hyderabad, India, December 9 – 12, 2014.

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