Previous Experience/Positions held

Name of Organisation	Post held	Nature of duties
Government College of Engineering, Trivandrum	Lecturer Assistant Professor Associate Professor	Teaching B. Tech, B.Arch and M. Tech scholars in the field of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Environmental Engineering

Areas of Interest:

• Wetland Conservation
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Environmental Management
• Sustainable Development
• Solid Waste Management
• Water Treatment
• Air Quality Management
• Wastewater Treatment

Courses Handled

• Academic Writing
• Climate Change & Sustainable Development
• Environmental Impact Assessment & Risk Analysis
• Environmental Management and Audit
• Environmental Science and Management
• Solid and Hazardous Waste Management
• Environment and Pollution
• Air Quality Management
• Environmental Engineering
• Engineering Graphics

Publications:

JOURNAL PAPERS PUBLISHED

Sl.No.	Title of Paper/Publication	Name of Journal	Year of Journal	Page no(s) of the Journal proceedings in which the paper appears
1	Spatiotemporal Modelling Approach for Nutrient Export in Sasthamkotta Freshwater Wetland Watershed. http://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-024-01978-z	Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing ( Science Citation Index Expanded) (IF 2.20)	August2024	Published online: 27 th August 2024.
2	Sustainability Challenges of Sasthamkotta Freshwater Wetland - A Ramsar Site in South India.	Indian Journal of Technical Education (UGC-CARE List Group I) ISSN 0971-3034	June 2024	Vol.47,No.2, April-June 2024, pp198-210
3	Study on Microplastic Pollution in Lake Sediments of Ashtamudi Lake - A Case Study.	. Indian Journal of Technical Education (UGC-CARE List Group I) ISSN 0971-3034	June 2024	Vol.47,No.2, April-June 2024, 234-244
4	Determination of Land Use-Land Cover Changes in the adjoining Panchayats of Sasthamkotta Freshwater Wetland a Ramsar Site in South India	International Journal of Lakes and Rivers (UGC-CARE List Group II, Web of Science indexed)	May 2022,	Volume 16, Number 1, 17-33. ISSN 0973-4570
5	Water Quality Index as a tool to assess water quality of Sasthamkotta freshwater wetland a Ramsar Site in India	Pollution Research	June 2022	Volume 41, Issue 3, 166-176. ISSN 0257-8050
6	Determination of areal shrinkage of Sasthamkotta freshwater wetland a Ramsar Site in South India	Ecology, Environment and Conservation (UGC-CARE List Group II, Web of Science indexed)	March2022	Volume 28, Issue 1, 255-262. ISSN 0971-765X
7	Determination of Carlson's Trophic State Index of Sasthamkotta freshwater wetland a Ramsar Site in South India	International Journal of Lakes and Rivers (UGC-CARE List Group II, Web of Science indexed)	2021	Volume 14, Issue 2, 123-134. ISSN 0973-4570
8	Development of QGIS Plugin to Monitor the Health Condition of a Lake	International Journal of Engineering and Advanced Technology	2021	Volume 10, Issue 5, 28-32. ISSN 2249-8958
9	Development of a fuzzy logic model for predicting faecal coliforms in a freshwater lake	International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research	2021	Volume 12, Issue 5, 1-8. ISSN 2229-5518
10	Determination of Lethal Concentration of Cadmium by carrying out bioassay on Aplocheilus Panchax , a fresh water species	International Journal of Advanced Research in Engineering and Technology	2021	Volume 12, Issue 3,852-858 ISSN Print : 0976-6480
11	Water Quality Analysis of Vellayini Lake in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala - using National Sanitation Foundation Water Quality Index	Journal of Indian Water Works Association (UGC-CARE List Group I)	2021	Volume. LIII, No.1, 60-65. ISSN 0970-275X
12	Evaluation of thermal comfort of a Green Building - A case study	International Journal of Innovative Research in Science. Engineering and Technology	March 2017	Volume 6, Special Issue 4, 23 - 28 ISSN Print : 2347-6710
13	Suitability of Sludge as a Building Material	International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research (IJSER)	May 2013	Volume 4, Issue 5, 23 - 28 ISSN 2229-5518
14	Land Use Management of the adjoining areas of a freshwater Wetland using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System	Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries (University of Kerala)	2014	Volume 2, 645 - 650 ISSN 2321-340X

CONFERENCE/SEMINAR PAPERS PRESENTED

Sl.No.	Title of Paper/Publication	Name and Nature (National/International) of Conference	Date of Conference	Page no(s) of the conference proceedings in which the paper appears
1	Impact of Land Use-Land Cover Change for the Carbon Stock Dynamics in Sasthamkotta Freshwater Wetland	International Conference in Modern trends in Engineering, Technology & Management	May 4 th , 5 th & 6 th 2023 at SNIT Adoor	-------
2	Modelling Eutrophication status of Sasthamkotta Lake using Geographical Information System and Remote Sensing	AIP Conference Proceedings 2520 , 030019 ; https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0103761 , E - ISSN:1551 - 7616 (Proceedings of the International Conference on Research advances in Engineering and Technology) (SCOPUS indexed)	September 24 th & 25 th 2021at Musaliar College of Engineering & Technology, Pathanamthitta	01-13 (030019) (AIP Proceedings)
3	An investigation to the Eutrophication Status of a freshwater wetland in South India	CANE 2K-16 National Conference on Civil Advances in New Era	11 th March 2016	Bagged the best paper award
4	Determination of Pollution index for a wetland system - A case study	RACE -2016 Recent Advances in Civil and Sustainable Engineering in the National conference IDEAS-16	31 st March 2016	---------
5	Quantification and spatial analysis of Greenhouse gas emission within a local administrative body	RACE -2016 Recent Advances in Civil and Sustainable Engineering in the National conference IDEAS-16	31 st March 2016	----------
6	Estimation of Carbon Footprint of an Educational institution - A Case study	RACE -2016 Recent Advances in Civil and Sustainable Engineering in the National conference IDEAS-16	31 st March 2016	---------
7	An investigation on to the Eutrophication status of a freshwater wetland in South India	National Conference on Civil Advancements in New Era	11 th March 2016	---------
8	Water Quality modeling of freshwater wetland system using Artificial Neural Network	NCTT-2014 15 th National Conference on Technological Trends -2014	22 nd to 23 rd August 2014	189 -194
9	Groundwater deterioration due to clay mining- A Case study	NCTT - 2014 15th National Conference on Technological Trends -2014	22 nd to 23 rd August 2014	496 - 501
10	An investigation onto water quality status of a freshwater wetland system -A case study	NCTT -2014 15 th National Conference on Technological Trends -2014	22 nd to 23 rd August 2014	508 - 512
11	Effect of land use Land cover Change in the deterioration of a natural freshwater wetland system -A case study	NCTT -2014 15 th National Conference on Technological Trends -2014	22 nd to 23 rd August 2014	577 - 581
12	Nitrogen Removal from Eutrophic Water using Biological Reactors	ICEETS- 2013 International Conference on Energy Technologies for Sustainability	10 th to 12 th April 2013	------------
13	Bio-methanation of vegetable waste	ICGT 2012 International Conference on Green Technologies 2012	18 th to 20 th December 2012	25 -28
14	Scoping in EIA using Rapid Impact Assessment Matrix - A case study	ICGT 2012 International Conference on Green Technologies 2012	18 th to 20 th December 2012	111 -116
15	Bioremediation of oil contaminated soil	ICGT 2012 International Conference on Green Technologies 2012	18 th to 20 th December 2012	099 -102
16	Removal of Phosphorus from wastewater using alum sludge and fly ash as adsorbents	NCRIT 2010 National Conference on Recent Innovations in Technology	4 th to 6 th March 2010	28 -33
17	Application of microbial fuel cell in wastewater treatment	21 st Kerala Science Congress	28 th to 31 st January 2009	357 -359
18	Environmental Impact Assessment of a Solid Waste dumping site	National/International Seminar on EIA studies- Planning Perspectives	21 st to 22 nd January March 2005	------

Other Responsibilities held:

• Technical Expert in various committees constituted by government
• Technical Member in Kerala State Air and Water Appellate Authority
• Delivered expert lectures in Sustainable and Environmental Engineering in various engineering colleges and other institutes across State
• Lab-in-charge

Other Academic Activities

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

• Life Member of Indian Water Works Association (LM - 9243)
• Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education (LM - 34334)
• Life Member of National Solid Waste Management Association of India
• Member of The Institution of Engineers (India) (M- 1579937)

CONTRIBUTION TO THE FIELD OF SPECIALISATION

• TECHNICAL MEMBER of the Air & Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Appellate Authority (2017 - 2019)
• TECHNICAL MEMBER in the committee for the process of affiliation of technical institutions under APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, Kerala

TECHNICAL EXPERT in

• Kerala Public Service Commission Interview Board
• Suchitwa Mission, Committee of Approval for Service Providers, Govt. of Kerala
• Sports and Youth Affairs, Govt. of Kerala
• Institute of Land and Disaster Management
• Technical bid Evaluation of Bio-mining project in Kollam
• Centre for Management Development Interview Board
• Regional Cancer Centre Interview Board
• Institute of Land and Disaster Management
• Kerala State Film Development Corporation Limited Interview Board
• Department of Environment and Climate Change Interview Board
  
• CHAIRMAN OF BOARD OF EXAMINERS for combined I & II First Semester B. Tech (Civil Engineering) (2016-2017) (University of Kerala)
• CHAIRMAN OF BOARD OF EXAMINERS for Fifth and Sixth Semester B. Tech (Civil Engineering) (2016-2017) (University of Kerala)
• University Question paper setter and scrutiniser (University of Kerala, University of Calicut and APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, Kerala)
• External Examiner for conducting viva-voce for both B.Tech and M.Tech courses
• Chair/Technical member/Reviewer in various National/ International Conferences/Journals

BOOK AUTHORED

• Authored a book on INTRODUCTION TO SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERING for the 1 st Semester B.Tech students for all the Engineering branches coming under APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, Kerala. (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 REVISED 4 th Edition)

  FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES / REFRESHER COURSES CO-ORDINATED

Sl.No.	Course Name	Organized by	Period
1	Sustainable Engineering - The Road Ahead	Department of Civil Engineering,College of Engg., Trivandrum	10 th July 2017 to 15 th July 2017
2	Advances in Civil Engineering	Department of Civil Engineering,College of Engg., Trivandrum & School of Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Queens university, Belfast	22 nd July 2011
3	Environmental Impact Assessment	Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engg., Trivandrum	31 st March 2008 to 4 th April 2008

DETAILS OF SHORT TERM (FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME) / REFRESHER COURSES ATTENDED

Sl. No.	Course Name	Conducted by	Sponsoring Agency	Period		Duration (days)
				From	To
1	Recent advances in precast and prefabricated construction	Department of Civil engineering, Marian Engineering college, Trivandrum	APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University	20-02-2023	24-02-2023	5 Days
2	Online FDP on Renewable energy for sustainable development: Challenges, opportunities and research prospects	Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, GEC Idukki	DTE	30-01-2023	03-02-2023	5 Days
3	Online FDP on Recent Advancements in Waste to Energy Technologies	Department of Civil Engineering College of Engg., Trivandrum	DTE	09-01-2023	14-01-2023	6 Days
4	Data Analysis for Researchers	Centre for Faculty and Staff development, College of Engg., Trivandrum	DTE	21-10-2022	25-10-2022	5 Days
5	Data attainment techniques in topographical surveying	Department of Civil Engineering College of Engg., Trivandrum	DTE	26-09-2022	01-10-2022	6 Days
6	Climate Change Challenges- Mitigation and Adaptation	Department of Civil Engineering College of Engg., Trivandrum	DTE	15-03-2021	20-03-2021	6 Days
7	Environmental challenges and Engineering Solutions	Department of Civil Engineering College of Engg., Trivandrum	DTE	09-12-2019	14-12-2019	6 Days

DETAILS OF EXPERT TALKS DELIVERED

Sl.No.	Subject of Expert Talk	Conducted by	Date
1	Early Warning Signals of Climate Change in Kerala	CONFEST 2024(Premier Conclave for Construction Industry Professionals)	11 th May 2024
2	'Water for Peace' commemorating World Water Day 2024	St. Thomas Institute for Science and Technology, Trivandrum	22 nd March 2024
3	Waste To Energy - Decentralised Business models in Biomethanation	Suchitwa Mission, Local Self Government Department, Government of Kerala	4 th February 2023
4	Awareness on Pollution	St. Thomas Institute for Science and Technology, Trivandrum	22 nd December 2022
5	Climate Change Challenges- Mitigation and Adaptation	Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engg., Trivandrum	19 th March, 2021
6	Environmental Impact Assessment - The Road Ahead	Sree Narayana Institute of Technology, Adoor	16 th September 2020
7	Environmental Challenges and Engineering Solutions	Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engg., Trivandrum	14 th December 2019
8	Risk Assessment in EIA Studies	Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam	30 th October 2019
9	Pipe network analysis	College of Engineering, Kidangoor	12 th November 2019
10	Refresher course on Total Quality Management	Kerala Water Authority	8 th January 2019
11	Introduction to sustainable Engineering	Government Engineering College, Kozhikode	21 st & 22 nd November 2018
12	Technology for Sustainable Growth	Valia Konambaikulathamma College of Engineering & Technology, Parippally	19 th November 2018
13	Sustainable Development and the Construction Sector Road Ahead	Gurudeva Institute of Science and Technology, Kottayam	31 st October 2018
14	Sustainable Engineering - Green Buildings	College of Engineering,Muttathara	12 th October 2018
15	World Environmental Day	Fatima Mata National College, Kollam	26 th June 2018
16	National Science Day	S Sree Narayana Gurukulam College of Engineering, Kadayiruppu	27 th February 2018
17	Utilization of new generation technology for sustainable future	Marian Engineering College,Thiruvananthapuram	28 th February 2018
18	Sustainable Construction Environmental & Climate	MES Institute of Technology & Management	13 th January 2018
19	Sustainable Construction- Theory & Practice	Marian Engineering College & Nirmithi Kendra, Trivandrum	10 th January 2018
20	Research in Higher Education - Road Ahead	TKM College of Engineering, Kollam	9 th December 2017
21	Sustainable Development and Green Technology	Albertian Institute of Science and Technology, Kalamassery,	13 th December 2017
22	Advanced Technological trends in green buildings	Vimal Jyothi Engineering College, Chemperi	4 th November 2017
23	Technology for Sustainable Growth	Amal Jyothi College of Engineering	11 th May 2017
24	Green Technology for Design and Production	Kerala State Nirmithi Kendra	28 th December 2016
25	Solid Waste Management	Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Kerala, Kariyavattom	21 st and 22 nd July 2016
26	Introduction to Sustainable Engineering	College of Engineering,Perumon	5 th September 2016
27	Introduction to Sustainable Engineering	College of Engineering,Muttathara	23 rd September 2016
28	Introduction to Sustainable Engineering	Muslim Association College of Engineering	7 th October 2016
29	Applications of Basic Concepts of Sustainable Engineering in Society	College of Engineering, Kidangoor	4 th November 2016
30	Evolution of Environmental Laws and Legislations and Environmental Impact Assessment	College of Engineering, Kidangoor	10 September 2015
31	Biomimicking and Sustainable Development	College of Engineering, Kidangoor	10 th September 2015
32	Ozone layer depletion, Current Scenario	Government Engineering College, Bartonhill, Trivandrum	17 th September 2015
33	Environmental Engineering	UGC Academic Staff College, University of Kerala	16 th April, 2010
34	Environmental Impact Assessment	UGC Academic Staff College, University of Kerala	14 th May, 2009

SWAYAM COURSES ATTENDED

Sl.No.	Course Name	Organized by	Period
1	SWAYAM online course certification ( SWACHHATA CAMPUS -CLEAN GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY ) 8 week course- 3 credit ( secured consolidated score of 80% )	National Institute of Technical Teachers Training & Research (Instructor: Prof. Dr. E.S.M.Suresh )	January 2024 to May 2024

INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ATTENDED

Sl.No.	Training	Organized by	Period
1	Industrial Training	District Suchitwa Mission, Local Self Government Department, Government of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram	2 nd May 2024 to 20 th May 2024 ( 15 days )