NCESS

National Centre for Earth Science Studies

Earth System Science Organization

Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India

राष्ट्रीय पृथ्वी विज्ञान अध्ययन केन्द्र

पृथ्वी प्रणाली विज्ञान संगठन

पृथ्वी विज्ञान मंत्रालय, भारत सरकार

Environmental Hydrology Group (EHG)

Dr. Vipin T Raj

Research Associate-I

Environmental Hydrology Group (EHG)

Email : vipin.vipintraj[at]gmail[dot]com

Phone(Off): 0471-2511606

Mobile :

Fax : 0471-2442280

Education

PhD. : 2024, HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY AND WATER SUITABILITY OF BHAVANI AND THUTHAPUZHA RIVERS IN SOUTHERN WESTERN GHATS, INDIA, COCHIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.

Integrated BS-MS : : 2015, Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali

Area of Specialization & Interest

  • Criticalzone studies, Biogeochemistry, Solute dynamics.

Honours/Awards/Fellowships

  1. Recipient of the DST-INSPIRE Fellowship (2017-2022)
  2. Recipient of the DST-INSPIRE Fellowship (2010-2015)
  3. Participated in the 34th Kerala Science Congress during 10th to 12th February, 2022 and won Best poster award in Earth & Planetary Sciences category.

SCI Publications

  1. Vipin T Raj, Gayathri J A., Vandana M., Sreelash K., Maya K., Padmalal D. & K Sajan. (2023). Rock–water interaction, chemical weathering and solute transport of two rivers draining contrasting climate gradients in Western Ghats, India. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 48(10), 1969-1989.
  2. Vipin T Raj, Gayathri, J. A., Sharma, R. K., Redkar, B. L., Sreelash, K., Padmalal, D., & Sajan, K. (2023). Tracing the Sources of River Waters Using Stable I H) in Two Mountainous Watersheds, Southern Western Ghats, India. Jour. Geosci. Res., 8, 89-99.
  3. Gayathri, J. A., Vipin T Raj, Sreelash, K., Maya, K., Vandana, M., & Padmalal, D. (2021). Spatiotemporal variability in groundwater chemistry of a mountainous catchment with complex geologic and climate gradients in south west India. Environmental Earth Sciences, 80(17), 1-18.
  4. Padmalal, D., K. Sreelash, Vipin T Raj and K. Sajan. (2018). River Discharge, Major Ion Chemistry and Sediment Transport of the Bharathapuzha River, Southwest India: Implications on Catchment Erosion. Journal of Geological Society of India, 92, 568-578.

Conferences/Seminars/Symposia

  1. Vipin T Raj, Gayathri, J. A., Vandana, M., Sreelash, K., Sajan, K., & Padmalal, D. (2021). Major Element Chemistry of the Bhavani River, Kerala, SW India–Weathering Processes and Solute Transport. In Conference GSI (pp. 52-59).