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Dr. AL. Ramanathan,

Professor,

Environmental Geology, HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY, BIOGEOCHEMISTRY  &
GLACIOLOGY LABORATORY
 

started his research career by focusing on various aspects of river basin geochemistry (water quality & quantity, river discharge, sediment load, sediment characteristics (physico-chemical) estimation of erosion rates and accumulation of sediments, pollution). Later, he started his research program on coastal ecosystem namely estuaries, mangroves and coral reefs Viz., Pichavaram, Bhitarkanika, Sundarban and Gulf of Mannar and Kutch focusing on   biogeochemical aspects. He has also worked on several projects of sheer importance such as :
 Hydro-geochemistry of ground waters (inland and coastal) addressing salinity, fluoride, SGD, Pollution etc. (Including De- fluoridation techniques (phyto, nano etc., )
Land use changes and over exploitation of ground water due to Neyveli lignite mining (EIA studies); Natural Hazards, Like Tsunami impacts on coastal ecosystem & ground water)

 

Surface and ground

water interaction (quality ) in coastal areas and flood plains  (Ganges and Yamuna)

 

The Effect of Climate Change on Indian Glaciers (case study from large glacier like Gangotri (Uttaranchal) and Small glaciers like Chhota Shigri, Patchio  (Himachal Pradesh)

 

The effect of landfills on the groundwater quality and GHGs emission  in Delhi
 

 

Arsenic problem and Fluoride remediation (Tamilnadu) and in various parts of India (UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Manipur)
 

Apart from Hydrogeochemistry and Biogeochemistry, Prof. Ramanathan has been working intensively on Dynamics of Himalayan Glaciers (such as mass balance, energy balance, hydrology and hydrogeochemistry ). His work is well recognized throughout the world.

 

Prof. Ramanathan has published more than seventy five papers in various peer reviewed  journals such as (Journal of Glaciology, J. Hydrology, Hydrological processes, Water resources, Estuarine coastal and shelf Sciences, Chemosphere, Bioresource Technology, Geoderma etc). He has published seven books (Springer, Balkema, etc., ) and a number of papers have been published as book chapters. Prof. Ramanathan has conducted eleven International /National workshop /training programme /conferences on various theme of sheer importance. His work has been well supported by various national (UGC, DST, MoEF, MoWR etc) and international funding organization (SIDA, IFS, FORMAS, JAMSTEC, Indo-Australia fund-AIMS). He has running/completed  collaborative projects with institutions from  France, Sweden, Australia and Russia. Fifteen PhDs and more than fifteen M.Phil. (have been completed under his supervision and are well placed in India and abroad.

Professor

Environmental Geology, HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY, BIOGEOCHEMISTRY
& GLACIOLOGY LABORATORY

School of Environmental Sciences,

Jawaharlal Nehru University,

INDIA

 

International collaborations  CIFIPRA, IRD  France, IFS-Sweden,  SIDA, FORMAS and   Lineaus-Palme  Sweden,  -Australian Institute of Marine Sciences, and Far Eastern Centre  Russian Academy of Science

Awards & Achievements

1995-1996                                           Indo-Russian Exchange  Fellow (UGC and Russian Acad. Sci.)

1997-1998                                          STA Fellow (DST and Japan Govt.)

1997,1998, 1999:                               SERC, Fellow:  INSA,  CSIR, and  UGC

1994-1998                                           Young Scientist Award ,DST Govt. of India

2001-2003, 2006-08 and 2009-2011   Young Scientist Award , IFS, Sweden

2003-2006                                           Lineaus-Palme Fellow,  Uppsala Univ. Sweden     

2003-2004                                          Indo-Australian Fellow (JNU and AIMS, Australia)

2006                                                     FORMAS Fellow (Stockholm Univ., Sweden) 

2007-2008 and 2008-2010:             SIDA Fellow, KTH, Sweden

2007-2009:                                          ILTP : Indo -Russian Fellow ( JNU-Far Eastern centre Russian Academy of Sciences)    

2008-2010:                                          CIFIPRA, IRD, France

MEMBERSHIP

UGC-SAP, Advisory Committee Member in Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Nanded, Maharastha

Member, American Geophysical Union

Member, Glaciological Society of India

Member, Sedimentological Society of India

Selection committee member, Madras University, Chennai

Selection committee member, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tiruunelveli, Delhi Technological University, Delhi

Secretary, International Society of Groundwater for Sustainable Development ISGSD, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) Sweden

Committee Member, ENVIS, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi ,

 Editorial board Member: Indian J Marine Sciences  NISCAIR, CSIR

Reviewer in International Journals: Journal of Hydrology, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Environmental Geology, Applied Geochemistry, Wetlands, Journal geophysical research, Limnology and Oceanography, J. Hazardous materials, Hydrological science journal, Hydrological process, Applied Hydrology, Estuarine Coastal Shelf Science, Current science, etc.,

 SIDA Visiting Faculty, Universities in Sweden and Finland.