National Centre for Earth Science Studies

Education:

Training:

• Recent Advances in Differential SAR Interferometry and Applications 1999, CSRE, IIT, Mumbai sponsored by NRDMS, DST.
• Advanced course on SAR Interferometry and Applications, 1999 at CSRE, IIT, Mumbai sponsored by NRDMS, DST.
• Neo-tectonics Morphotectonic analysis for the assessment of earthquake hazards 1997 at Dehradun,  conducted by IIRS and ITC Netherlands
• Geo-information for Natural Disaster management in India. 2009,  IIRS and ITC Netherlands
• Innovative Approaches to Multiscale Landslide Hazard and Risk Managemenet organised by International Institute for Geo information science and Earth Observation (ITC) and PGIS, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

Professional career:

Memberships:

Expert committee member in:

• Stability of Mullaperiyar dam constituted by the Government of Kerala
• Study the causes of the failure occurred on 17 October,2007 of the water conducting systems of the Panniyar Hydro electric Project, Government of Kerala.
• Environmental impact assessment of the Athani quarry and rock crushing unit at Wayanad constituted by CESS
• Chairman of the Expert Committee constituted by the Government to study the natural Calamities occurred during Monsoon 2009
• Member, Chaliar River basin management Committee.(Inters state water-Irrigation department)

Journals:

1. Sinharoy.S, John Mathai & Narayanaswamy (1984). Structure and metamorphic characteristics of corderite bearing gneises of South Kerala. Journ. Geological Society of India, 25 (4): 231 – 234.
2. Raju. G.K, John Mathai, Ravindra Kumar. G.R. & Nair. N.G.K.(1986). Natural radio – activity distribution studies in Trivandrum District, Kerala, India. Indian Academy Of Sciences – Proceedings (Earth and Planetary Sciences), 95(3): 397 – 407.
3. Chattopadhyay.S, John Mathai, Varma.A.K, Sukumar.B, Sankar.G, Machado.T, Shravankumar.V, Samad.A, Edison.S, Narayanan.N.C, Gangadharan.T. & Sinha.S.(1996). Micro/village level resource survey with people’s participation fir sustainable development. In: R.B.Singh(Ed.). Research in Geography-Land use and Sustainable Development, 1 :47-78.
4. Sidharthan.S, Thampi.P.K, John Mathai & Sankar.G.(1998). Relevance of socio – economic investigations in landslide deligation – A case study in parts of the Western Ghats of Kerala. Indian Cartographer, 17 : 281-289.
5. John Mathai (2000) Diverse problems water problems in Kerala: an over view. Loyola Jour. Soc. Sci V. 14, pp 112-124
6. Thampi.P.K, Sidharthan.S, John Mathai And Sankar. G. (2001) Application of GIS in Landslide hazard zonation, Indian Cartographer, V.20, pp149-158
7. Thampi.P.K, Sankar. G, John Mathai, Sidharthan.S. & Dinakar.V.S.(1998). Contour bunding on high slopes of Western Ghats a catalyst to landslides Proceedings of X Kerala Science Congress, Kozhikode : 78-80.

Ongoing as PI:

1. Integrated watershed development programme (Hariyali) in Chadayamangalam block. Sponsored by Ministry of Land resources (2007-2012)
2. Geological Investigations for new Mullaperiyar dam. Sponsored byIrrigation Department, Govt. of Kerala. (2010)
3. Preparation of Natural Hazard zonation maps for Kerala state.Sponsored by CESS (2007-2010)

Education:

Research interest:

Trained in structural geology including the UNESCO training (Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun) and has interest in varied fields applying earth sciences to the society problems like, Environmental Impact Assessment of water related projects, terrain evaluation for landslides and slope stability problems, Micro level surveys for natural resource evaluation and regional planning, water prospecting and conservation techniques etc.

Present research interests are in Groundwater prospecting, Landslides, Terrain evaluation and slope stability, geomorphology and Neotectonics in relation to natural Hazards.

Memberships:

1. Consultant- KINFRA on water resource Evaluation
2. Member- State level Faculty on watershed development
3. Member- Expert committee on Stability
4. Member- Task group to monitor natural hazards