Dr. Vipin T Raj

Dr. Vipin T Raj

Research Associate-I, Environmental Hydrology Group (EHG)

Email : vipin.vipintraj[at]gmail[dot]com

Phone(Off) : 0471-2511606

Education:

PhD. : 2024, HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY AND WATER SUITABILITY OF BHAVANI AND THUTHAPUZHA RIVERS IN SOUTHERN WESTERN GHATS, INDIA, COCHIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.
Integrated BS-MS : : 2015, Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali

Area of Specialization & Interest:

  • Criticalzone studies, Biogeochemistry, Solute dynamics.

Honors/Awards/Fellowships/Recognitions :

  1. Recipient of the DST-INSPIRE Fellowship (2017-2022)
  2. Recipient of the DST-INSPIRE Fellowship (2010-2015)
  3. Participated in the 34th Kerala Science Congress during 10th to 12th February, 2022 and won Best poster award in Earth & Planetary Sciences category.

SCI Publications:

  1. Vipin T Raj, Gayathri J A., Vandana M., Sreelash K., Maya K., Padmalal D. & K Sajan. (2023). Rock–water interaction, chemical weathering and solute transport of two rivers draining contrasting climate gradients in Western Ghats, India. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 48(10), 1969-1989.
  2. Vipin T Raj, Gayathri, J. A., Sharma, R. K., Redkar, B. L., Sreelash, K., Padmalal, D., & Sajan, K. (2023). Tracing the Sources of River Waters Using Stable I H) in Two Mountainous Watersheds, Southern Western Ghats, India. Jour. Geosci. Res., 8, 89-99.
  3. Gayathri, J. A., Vipin T Raj, Sreelash, K., Maya, K., Vandana, M., & Padmalal, D. (2021). Spatiotemporal variability in groundwater chemistry of a mountainous catchment with complex geologic and climate gradients in south west India. Environmental Earth Sciences, 80(17), 1-18.
  4. Padmalal, D., K. Sreelash, Vipin T Raj and K. Sajan. (2018). River Discharge, Major Ion Chemistry and Sediment Transport of the Bharathapuzha River, Southwest India: Implications on Catchment Erosion. Journal of Geological Society of India, 92, 568-578.

Conferences/Seminars/Symposia:

  1. Vipin T Raj, Gayathri, J. A., Vandana, M., Sreelash, K., Sajan, K., & Padmalal, D. (2021). Major Element Chemistry of the Bhavani River, Kerala, SW India–Weathering Processes and Solute Transport. In Conference GSI (pp. 52-59).