Education:

Area of Specialization & Interest:

• Hydrochemistry, Stable isotope hydrology, GIS.

Professional Career:

Honors/Awards/Fellowships/Recognitions :

1. CSIR SRF.
2. Third Rank for Msc. Environmental Sciences, 2016

SCI Publications :

1. Aditya, S. K., Krishnakumar, A., & AnoopKrishnan, K. (2024). Analysis of seasonal spatio-temporal variations in the quality of river waters and its influencing factors in the Periyar River Basin, southern Western Ghats, India. Journal of Water and Climate Change, IWA,jwc2024136. https://doi.org/10.2166/wcc.2024.136
2. Aditya, S. K., Krishnakumar, A., & AnoopKrishnan, K. (2023). Influence of COVID-19 lock-down on river water quality and assessment of environmental health in an industrialized belt of southern Western Ghats, India. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Springer,30(28), 72284-72307. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-27397-0
3. Krishnakumar, A., Aditya, S. K., Krishnan, K. A., Vivekanandan, N., Kaliraj, S., & Jose, J. (2023). Establishment of Baseline Reference Geochemical Values in Tropical Soils of Western Ghats: Assessment of Periyar Basin with Special Reference to Contaminant Geochemistry. Clean–Soil, Air, Water,Wiley 51(2), 2200382. https://doi.org/10.1002/clen.202200382
4. Krishnakumar, A., Jose, J., Kaliraj, S., Aditya, S. K., & Krishnan, K. A. (2022). Assessment of the impact of flood on groundwater hydrochemistry and its suitability for drinking and irrigation in the River Periyar Lower Basin, India. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Springer, 29(19), 28267-28306. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-17596-y
5. Krishnakumar A. Revathy Das., Aditya, S.K., & Anoop Krishnan. (2021). Enrichment of poten-tial toxic elements and environmental health implications: A study of the tropical agricultural soils in southern Western Ghats, India. Environmental Quality Management, Wiley, 1, 10. https://doi: 10.1002/tqem.21792

Non-SCI Publications :

1. Krishnakumar, A., Aditya, S. K., & Kannan, N. (2021).Geochemistry and Environmental Impli-cations of Recent Sediments from a Tropical Urban Small Catchment River of Southern Western Ghats, India. Journal of Geosciences Research, 6(1), pp 57-67

Book/ Monographs /Chapters/Edited Volumes :

1. Krishnakumar, A., Aditya, S. K., AnoopKrishnan, K., Das, R., & Anju, K. (2022). Water quality management: Development of a fuzzy-based index in hydro informatics platform. In Current Di-rections in Water Scarcity Research (Vol. 7, pp. 265-284). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-91910-4.00016-9
2. Krishnakumar, A., Aditya, S. K., Seenipandi, K., Krishnan, K. A., & Jose, J. (2021). Evaluation of suspended sediment concentration and heavy metal distribution in Ashtamudi Lake, a Ramsar site in the southwest coast of India using remote sensing and GIS techniques. In Remote Sensing of Ocean and Coastal Environments (pp. 251-275). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819604-5.00015-9
3. Krishnakumar, A., Aditya, S.K., Kannan, K. (2024). Assessment of Heavy Metal Contamination Using Geochemical Indices and Multivariate Statistical Techniques: A Study of the Neyyar River, Originating from Southern Western Ghats, India. In: Satheeshkumar, S., Thirukumaran, V., Karunanidhi, D. (eds) Modern River Science for Watershed Management. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 128. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54704-1_26

Conferences/Seminars/Symposia :

1. Aditya, S.K., Krishnakumar, A., Sudhir Kumar., Anoop Krishnan,K., (2024) Stable Isotopic Vari-ability And Quality Assessment Of Periyar River, Southern Western Ghats, India. International Conference on Future of Water Resources (ICFWR) 2024 jointly oraganised by Indian Water Re-sources Society (IWRS) and Department of WRD&M, IIT, Roorkee from 18-20 Jan 2024.
2. Aditya, S.K., Krishnakumar, A., Sudhir Kumar., Anoop Krishnan,K., (2021). Hydrochemistry and Stable Isotope Characteristics of Groundwater in the Upper Reaches of Periyar River, Southern Western Ghats, India. Proceedings of the Fourth Indian National Groundwater Conference. pp 225-231.
3. Aditya S.K., A.Krishnakumar., Jeenu Jose., AnoopKrishnan.K .,(2019) “Assessment Of Global Environmental Change Impacts In Sahyadri: A Comparative Evaluation Of Nutrient Levels During The Pre And Post Flood Times In Periyar River Basin, Southern Western Ghats, India.” Interna-tional Conference on Climate change Impacts and Vulnerabilities organised by IIT-Kharagpur, February 2019.