rajappan

Mr. Rajappan S

Junior Research Fellow, Crustal processes (CrP)

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Fax : 0471-2442280

Education:

M. Sc. : 2011, Applied Geology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India

Professional career:

2012 - 2014, Project Fellow, National Centre for Earth Science Studies, Kerala.
12-07-2014 to 02-01-2015, Project Scientist, Kerala State Landuse Board, Kerala.
2015 - Present, Junior Research Fellow, National Centre for Earth Science Studies, Kerala.

Training:

  • National workshop on Continental Crust and Cover Sequences in the Evolution of the Indian Sub-Continent held at ESSO-National Centre for Earth Science Studies, MoES, Trivandrum. (20-21th January 2015).
  • Attended international regional science meeting on "Land cover and landuse change dynamics and impacts in South Asia" and presented a poster on "Landuse change dynamics in selected locations of Southern Kerala" conducted by NASA Land cover land use change program, Centre for Water Resources Development and Management, International START Secretariat, Monsoon Asia Integrated Regional Study and the University of Maryland, 2013
  • Participated in a consultative workshop on River Policy and Management held at Institute of Management in Government (IMG), Thiruvananthapuram in 2013
  • Assisted in organizing 34th Institute of Indian Geographers Meet, "National Conference on Natural Resource Management and Decentralised Planning" held at Centre for Earth Science Studies,Thiruvananthapuram in 2012
  • Participated in a training programme at Institute of Land Disaster Management (ILDM) for river bank mapping in Cadastral Scale in 2012
  • Participated in two days erdas imagine software training programme held at Centre for Earth Science Studies (CESS), 2012.

Research Interest:

Landslide Studies, Natural Resource Management, Geochronology, Remote Sensing and GIS analysis

Achievements & Awards:

  1. Qualified NATIONAL ELIGIBILITY TEST (NET) conducted by Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Earth System Sciences, 2012

Conference Proceedings:

  1. Rajappan S., Lijith P.Nair and Mahamaya Chattopadhyay, Drainage discharge and its relation to catchment parameters- A case study of Achankovil river basin, Kerala": In 34th Indian Geography Congress on 'Hazards, Vulnerability and sustainable development Abstract Volume, organised by the Department of Geography, Patna University, Patna (Bihar), pp.114, 2012
  2. Rajappan S., Indu P.Nair and Raju K., Influence of watershed characteristics on annual discharge of Achankovil river basin, Kerala": In 34th Institute of Indian Geographers Meet Abstract Volume, organised by Centre for Earth Science Studies (CESS), pp.59, 2012.