Prajith

Dr. Prajith A

Scientist C, Marine Geoscience Group (MGG)

Email : prajith[dot]a[at]ncess[dot]gov[dot]in

Phone(Off) : 0471-2511702

Fax : 0471-2442280

Education:

Ph.D : 2016. Marine Science, CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Goa/Goa University
M.Sc : 2009, Geology, Kannur University, Kerala
B.Sc : 2007, Geology, Kannur University, Kerala

Professional career:

  1. Scientist B, NCESS (2021 - Present)
  2. Project Scientist, National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, Goa, India (2016 – 2021)
  3. JRF and SRF, CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, India (2011 – 2016)
  4. Project Fellow, Department of Marine Geology, Mangalore University, Karnataka, India (2010 – 2011)

Areas of Specialization:

Sediment Geochemistry

Area of Interests:

Sedimentology, Paleoceanography, Paleoclimate, Marine mineral exploration, Diagenesis, Geochemistry, Isotope Geology, Environmental Magnetism

Memberships:

  1. Life Member, Ocean Society of India

Honors/Awards/Fellowships:

  1. CSIR Junior Research Fellowship in Earth, Atmospheric, Ocean and Planetary Sciences, Dec 2010.

  2. CSIR National Eligibility Test (NET) lectureship in Earth, Atmospheric, Ocean and Planetary Sciences, Dec 2008.

Ongoing Projects:

Origin, evolution and paleoclimatic implications of estuarine-continental margin sediments (MoES-Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India)

Paleo-vegetation changes and burial efficiency of organic carbon in different depositional conditions in the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea during Late Quaternary and their environmental implications. DST-SERB Project.

Scientific Cruise Expeditions:

  1. Participant, Dredging and Sediment core sampling in the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea (R.V. Sagar Kanya 373, 21.09.2021 – 15.10.2021.

  2. Chief Scientist, Geological sampling, and Mapping programme in the Andaman Region (R.V MGS Sagar 30, 30.09.2019 – 07.11.2019).

  3. Deputy chief scientist, Geoscientific studies in Indian EEZ area (R.V. Sagar Kanya 356, 22.02.2019 - 14.03.2019).

  4. Participant, Hydrothermal Exploration in CIR/SWIR Region (R.V. MGS Sagar 24, 19.02.2018 – 02.04.2018).

  5. Chief Scientist, Geological sampling, and Mapping programme in Bay of Bengal (R.V. MGS Sagar 20, 22.09.2017 – 23.10.2017).

  6. Chief Scientist, Geological sampling, and Mapping programme in Bay of Bengal (R.V. MGS Sagar 16, 06.05.2017 – 12.06.2017).

  7. Participant, Hydrothermal Exploration in CIR/SWIR Region (R.V. MGS Sagar 13, 12.01.2017 – 09.02.2017).

  8. Participant, Geological sampling, and Mapping programme in the east coast of India (MGS Sagar 11, 12.11.2016 - 15.12.2016).

  9. Participant, Geological sampling, and Mapping programme in Arabian Sea (R.V. MGS Sagar 08, 30.07.2016 – 23.08.2016).

  10. Participant, Multibeam data acquisition on the western coast of India (R.V Sindhu Sankalp- 82, 12.11.2015 – 26.11.2015).

  11. Seawater and sediments sampling in the Bay of Bengal (R.V. Sindhu Sadhana – 02, 23. 08.2014 – 03.09.2014).

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