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.

• 2024 - Present Scientist C, National Centre for Earth Science Studies.
• 2021 - 2024 Scientist-B, National Centre for Earth Science Studies, Thiruvananthapuram.
• 2016 - 2021 Project Scientist, National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, Goa.
• 2011 - 2016 JRF and SRF, CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Goa.
• 2010 - 2011 Project Fellow, Department of Marine Geology, Mangalore University.

• Life Member, Ocean Society of India

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.

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).

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

• 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 (ongoing)

1. Prajith, A., Ray, J.S., George B.G., Joshi, K.B., Bhushan, R., Bhutani, R., Singh, A., 2025 Effects of climate and sea level change on sedimentation in the eastern Bengal Fan during the late Quaternary. Quaternary Science Reviews, Elsevier 361, 109417.
2. Kotluri, S.K., Suresh Kumar, T., Prajith, A., K, E., S, S., Kaliraj, S., Nandakumar, V. and Chalapathi Rao, N.V., 2025. Geomorphological Evolution of the Multi-Chain Cascading Disaster of Wayanad (30 July 2024), Kerala, India. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 101(8), pp.1247-1260.
3. Srinivas, R., Sreeraj, M.K., Prajith, A., George B.G., Ray, J.S., 2024. Geochemical and Isotopic evidence for volcanism on the Alleppey Terrace, southwest Indian continental margin. Continental Shelf Research 280, 105301.
4. Babu, S.S., Prajith, A., Rao, V.P., Mohan, M.R., Ramana, R.V., Satyasree, N.S, 2024. Sources of rare earths and a viable REE deposits in river sediments of Kerala, southwest India. Current Science.
5. Babu, S.S., Prajith, A., Rao, V.P., Mohan, M.R., Ramana, R.V., Satyasree, N.S, 2023. Composition of river sediments from Kerala, southwest India: Inferences on lateritic weathering. Journal of Earth System Science 132, 150.
6. Prajith, A., Tyagi, A., Kurian, P.J., 2022. Influences of summer monsoon variations onthe terrigenous influx, bioproductivity and early diagenetic changes in the southwest Bay of Bengal during Late Quaternary. Marine Geology 449, 106825.
7. Prakash, L.S., Kurian, P.J., Resing, J.A., Tsunogai, U., Rao, A.S., Sen, K., Lupton,J.E., Baumberger, T., Prajith, A., Roy, P., 2022. Volatile-rich hydrothermal plumes over the southern Central Indian Ridge, 24o49': Evidence for a new hydrothermal field hosted by ultramafic rocks. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 23(10), 1-19.
8. Prajith, A., Tyagi, A., Kurian, P. J., 2021. Geochemistry of core sediments from the southeastern Bay of Bengal: inferences on weathering and early diagenetic changes. Geoscience Frontiers 12, 495-504.
9. Srivastava, J., Manjunatha, B.R., Balakrishna, K., Prajith, A., Manjunatha, H. V., Jose, J., Kumar, N., 2021. Quantitative pollen-based reconstruction of the vegetation diversity in response to the late-Holocene climate change near Karwar, south-west coast of India. Quaternary International 599-600, 95-106.
10. Prajith, A., Tyagi, A., Kurian, P.J., 2018. Changing sediment sources in the Bay of Bengal: evidences of summer monsoon intensification and ice melt over Himalaya during the Late Quaternary. Paleogeography, Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology 511, 309-318.
11. Prajith, A., Rao, V.P., Chakraboty, P., 2016 Distribution, provenance and early diagenesis of major and trace metals in sediment cores from the Mandovi estuary, western India. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 170, 173-183.
12. Prajith, A., Rao, V.P., Kessarkar, P.M., 2015. Magnetic properties of sediments in cores from the Mandovi estuary, western India: Inferences on provenance and pollution. Marine Pollution Bulletin 99, 338-345.
13. Prajith, A., Rao, V.P., Kessarkar, P.M., 2015. Controls on the distribution and fractionation of yttrium and rare earth elements in core sediments from the Mandovi estuary, western India. Continental Shelf Research 92, 59-71.

1. Prajith, A., 2024. 'Late Cretaceous and early Cenozoic hotspot plume tectonic activities in the Arabian Sea and Indian subcontinent: special reference to volcanic geochemistry' in a National Seminar conducted by Govt College Kasaragod 'Recent Trends in Geo-environmental Research', 16th February 2024.
2. Prajith, A., Kurian, P. J., 2019. Exploration of seafloor Hydrothermal sulphides: Indian initiatives. International Conference on Frontiers in Marine Science Challenges and Prospects MARICON 2019, CUSAT, Cochin, India. 16-20 December 2019.
3. Prajith, A., 2016. Distribution and enrichment of metals in estuarine sediments. National seminar on Emerging Trends in Sedimentological Research. Department of Post-Graduate studies & Research in Geology, Government College Kasaragod, Kerala, India., 3-4, February 2016.