Prajith

Dr. Prajith A

Scientist B, Marine Geoscience Group (MGG)

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

Phone(Off) : 0471-2511702

Fax : 0471-2442280

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).