Ph.D. : Physical Oceanography, Cochin University of Science And Technology (CUSAT)-Cochin, Kerala, India, 2024.

'Study on Coastal Hydrodynamics along the southwest coast of India through video monitoring techniques'.

Master of Technology : Geoinformatics and Surveying Technologies, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University-Hyderabad (JNTUH), India, 2014.

Bachelor of Technology : Electronics and Communication Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University-Hyderabad (JNTUH), India, 2009.

• 2023 - Present Scientist D, Marine Science Group, National Centre for Earth Science Studies.
• 2019 - 2023 Scientist C, Marine Science Group, National Centre for Earth Science Studies.
• 2016 - 2019 Scientist B, National Centre for Earth Science Studies.
• 2014 - 2015 Academic Assistant, Centre for Spatial Information Technology, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University-Hyderabad (JNTUH).

• Coastal Oceanography - Remote Sensing and Video Beach Monitoring Systems, Insitu observations and Modelling.
• Coastal Monitoring and Management - Disaster mitigation, performance monitoring of coastal protection structures, analysis of coastal erosion, flooding and rip currents, influences of extreme weather/ocean conditions on beach morphology etc.
• AI and ML for Coastal Oceanography and Digital twin of Coast.

1. MoES Grant for International Conference on Coastal zones and Oceanography, Singapore.
2. MoES Grant for CIRN Bootcamp, LEGOS lab, France and University of Lisbon, Portugal.
3. Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) Fellowship (2012-14) and qualified GATE for 5 times - 2011,2012,2013, 2014 and 2016.

• Life Member of Ocean Society of India
• Member of European Geosciences Union (EGU)

• Coastal Ocean Dynamics - Oceanography: 2020 - Present
• Study of Beach-Surf Zone Dynamics along southwest coast of India: 2016 - 2020

• Coastal Monitoring for Hazard Mitigation and Management: 2016 - 2020: Kerala State Disaster Management Authority, Govt. of Kerala
• Identification and Monitoring of Rip Currents at Rushikonda Beach, Visakhapatnam: 2022 - 2024: Space Application Centre, ISRO

1. Ramesh, M., Swathy Krishna, P.S., Amrutha Raj, V., Sheela Nair, L. 2023. Coupled coastal monitoring framework for the analysis of beach stability and nearshore hydrodynamics of a structure influenced medium energy coast in India, Ocean & Coastal Management, 239, 106619. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106619.
2. Ramesh, M., Nair, L.S., Anoop, T. R., Prakash, T. N., 2022. Nearshore wave analysis from coastal video monitoring techniques at high energy micro tidal beach under sunlight dominance conditions: a case study from Valiathura beach in southwest coast of India. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 51, 102205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2022.102205.
3. Ramesh, M., Sheela Nair, L., Ramachandran, K.K., Prakash, T.N., 2020. Development of video monitoring system for coastal applications. Journal of Coastal Research, 89(sp1), 118-125. https://doi.org/10.2112/SI89-020 .
4. Arun Kumar Surisetty, V.V., Venkateswarlu, Ch., Ramesh, M., Gireesh, B., Naidu, C.V., Sheela Nair, L., Rashmi Sharma. 2023. Practical use of smartphone cameras in rip current monitoring studies, Ocean & Coastal Management, 243, 106776, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106776.
5. Swathy Krishna, P.S., Tiju, I. V., Sheela Nair, L., Ramesh, M. 2023. Coastal flooding by wave, wind, tide interactions and related processes along the southern part of SW coast of India. Regional Studies in Marine Science. 102968, 62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2023.102968.
6. Swathy Krishna P.S., Aboobacker, V.M., Ramesh, M., Sheela Nair, L. 2023. Remotely induced storm effects on the coastal flooding along the southwest coast of India. Oceanologia. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceano.2023.03.003.
7. Sankar, S., Thondithala Ramachandran, A., Franck Eitel, K. G., Kondrik, D., Sen, R., Madipally, R., Pettersson, L. H., 2019. The influence of tropical Indian Ocean warming and Indian Ocean Dipole on the surface chlorophyll concentration in the eastern Arabian Sea, Biogeosciences Discuss. [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-2019-169

• K. ManjulaVani, Ramesh M, Prathyusha K. 2016. Soil Erosion and Sediment Yield Modeling using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques, International Journal of Management and Applied Science (IJMAS), vol-2, 10 (Spl Iss -1), ISSN: 2394-7926.

1. Advanced remote sensing methods for high-resolution, cost-effective monitoring of the coastal morphology using Video Beach Monitoring System (VBMS), CoastSnap, and CoastSat techniques. Published in Springer Book - Coasts, Estuaries and Lakes in January 2023. Authors: Ramesh, M., Sheela Nair, L., Amrutha Raj, V., Sarankumar, S.G., Akhildev, S., Arya, R.P. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21644-2_26.
2. Non-monsoonal coastal erosion due to the tropical cyclone (OCKHI) and its impacts along Thiruvananthapuram coast, southwest coast of India - A geospatial approach. Published in Springer Book - Coasts, Estuaries and Lakes in January 2023. Authors: Princy, J.R., Ramesh, M., Jyothi, J., Swathy Krishna, P.S., Sheela Nair, L. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21644-2_29.
3. Coastal flooding in India: An overview. Published in Springer Book - Coasts, Estuaries and Lakes in January 2023. Authors: Swathy Krishna, P.S., Sheela Nair, L., Ramesh, M., 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21644-2_2.

1. Ramesh, M. and Sheela Nair L. (2023) "Video Beach Monitoring System for complex coastal morpho hydrodynamic analysis", national seminar on Spatial Data Modelling: Emerging trends and Utilities, Kerala University.
2. Ramesh M., Sheela Nair L., and Taborda R., (2020), "PI-COSMOS: An Open-Source Python based High Speed Coastal Video Monitoring System", European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2020", 3-8 May, 2020, Veinna, Austria.
3. Ramesh M., Sheela Nair L. and Prakash T.N., (2019), "High-resolution observations of short term coastal morpho dynamics using Video Beach Monitoring System at Kozhikode Beach, India", OSICON-2019, CMLRE, Kochi, December 2019.
4. J.R. Princy, M. Ramesh, Jyothi Joseph, L. Sheela Nair and T.N. Prakash., Satellite (Sentinel 2) based Analysis of Coastal Erosion due to Cyclone OCKHI along Thiruvananthapuram, Southwest Coast of India, International Symposium on Advances in Coastal Research with Special Reference to Indo Pacific-2019, NIOT campus, Chennai in December 2019.
5. Ramesh M, Sheela Nair L., Ramachandran K.K. and Prakash T.N. (2018), "Indigenous development of Advanced Video Imagery Methods for High-Resolution Observations of Coastal Processes", Young Scientist Conference- India International Science Festival (IISF)- 2018, Lucknow.
6. Ramesh M, Sheela Nair L., Anoop T.R., Ramachandran K.K. and Prakash T.N. (2018), "Monitoring of Nearshore dynamics in southwest coast of India - A video imagery approach", 3rd International Conference on Coastal Zones and Oceanography-2018, Singapore.
7. M. Ramesh, L. Sheela Nair, K.K. Ramachandran and T.N. Prakash (2017), "Development of Video Monitoring System for Coastal Applications", OSICON-2017, NCESS, Thiruvananthapuram, India.

1. Ramesh, M., Swathy Krishna, P.S., Amrutha Raj, V., Sheela Nair, L. 2023. Coupled coastal monitoring framework for the analysis of beach stability and nearshore hydrodynamics of a structure influenced medium energy coast in India, Ocean & Coastal Management, 239, 106619. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106619.
2. Ramesh, M., Nair, L.S., Anoop, T. R., Prakash, T. N., 2022. Nearshore wave analysis from coastal video monitoring techniques at high energy micro tidal beach under sunlight dominance conditions: a case study from Valiathura beach in southwest coast of India. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 51, 102205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2022.102205.
3. Sankar, S., Thondithala Ramachandran, A., Franck Eitel, K. G., Kondrik, D., Sen, R., Madipally, R., Pettersson, L. H., 2019. The influence of tropical Indian Ocean warming and Indian Ocean Dipole on the surface chlorophyll concentration in the eastern Arabian Sea, Biogeosciences Discuss. [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-2019-169.
4. Advanced remote sensing methods for high-resolution, cost-effective monitoring of the coastal morphology using Video Beach Monitoring System (VBMS), CoastSnap, and CoastSat techniques. Published in Springer Book - Coasts, Estuaries and Lakes in January 2023. Authors: Ramesh, M., Sheela Nair, L., Amrutha Raj, V., Sarankumar, S.G., Akhildev, S., Arya, R.P. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21644-2_26.