COCHIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL OF MARINE SCIENCES

Curriculum Vitae of

Dr. V. MADHU ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

DEPARTMENT OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES

LAKESIDE CAMPUS, NEAR FINE ARTS AVENUE, COCHIN-682016 Phone: +91 484-2863814 (Room), +91 484-2353662 (Office)

EMAIL: madhuv@cusat.ac.in

Mob: +91 9495424310

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DR. V. MADHU

Assistant Professor Department of Atmospheric Sciences

School of Marine Sciences

Cochin University of Science and Technology Cochin-16, INDIA, Mob: 91 9495424310, 914842863814

Email: madhuv@cusat.ac.in,

PERSONAL DETAILS

Present status : Assistant Professor (Grade II)

Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences,

(Eight and Half years of Service)

Date of Birth : 22-03-1968.

Nationality : INDIAN

Marital Status : Married.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Ph.D (Atmospheric Sciences) - (2005): School of Marine Sciences, CUSAT

Title of the thesis: “Characteristics of Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere in

Relation to Asian Summer Monsoon”

Degree awarded in 2005 by the Cochin University of Science and Technology. Cochin-22,

INDIA.

M. Tech (Atmospheric Sciences) - (1998) : Dept of Atmospheric Sciences, CUSAT

University : Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin-22,

KERALA, INDIA

Specialization : Numerical Weather Prediction

Title of Project Work :

M.Sc (Physics) - (1992) : U.C College , Aluva

University : Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, INDIA.

Specialization : Electronics and Computer Technology

B.Ed. (Bachelor of Education)- (1993) : Titus II Teachers Training College, Tiruvalla

University : Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, INDIA.

Specialization : Physical Sciences

B. Sc (Physics) - (1990) : U.C College , Aluva

University : Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, INDIA.

Subjects : Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics

Pre-Degree - (1987) : Al-Ameen College , Edathala

University : Gandhiji University

Place : Kottayam , Kerala, INDIA

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Subjects : Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology

OTHER EXAMINATIONS QUALIFIED

National Eligibility Test (NET) for Lectureship in Earth Sciences, jointly conducted by

University Grant Commission (UGC) and Council for Scientific and Industrial

Research(CSIR) , Government of India on December 1999.

State Eligibility Test (SET) in Physics for Lecturer in Physics conducted by

Government of Kerala on December 2002.

SUPERVISING Ph.D SCHOLARS

1. KARTHIKA G, Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, School of Marine Sciences, CUSAT

2. ASIFSHA TM, Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, School of Marine Sciences, CUSAT

Ph. D THESIS EVALUATED AND EXTERNAL EXAMINER FOR THE PH.D OPEN

DEFENSE

1. Indian Summer Monsoon wind characteristics over Gadanki using VHF, UHF radars and

High –Resolution balloon measurements- Doctoral Thesis submitted to Sri Venkateswara

University, Tirupati-517502, Andhra .Pradesh, India by M. Roja Raman (January 2010):- [

Thesis evaluated ]

2. Evaluation of Report of thesis entitled “The features of mesoscale (localized) convective

activity over south Rajasthan with reference to Jodhpur Airfield during Pre-Monsoon Season”-

Doctoral Thesis submitted to Bharathiar University, Coimbatore- 641 046, Tamil Nadu( State),

INDIA by Group Captain Rajeev Kumar Mehagen, India: - [Thesis evaluated and Chief

External Examiner for the Open Defense]

EXPERIENCES IN COMPUTING AND DATA ANALYSIS

Operating Systems : Linux, UNIX, Windows

Software used for data Analyses :GrADS , Matlab, R software and FOTRAN

Statistical Techniques used : Wavelet Analysis EOF analysis, Cluster analysis and Time

series analysis, for analyzing the various weather and Climate

Data Set

POSITIONS HELD

05-10-2010 to Present - Assistant Professor ( Grade II) - for Meteorology /Atmospheric

Sciences, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Cochin University of Science and

Technology, Cochin , Kerala, INDIA.

05-10-2006 (AF) – 05-10-2010 - Assistant Professor (Grade I) - for Meteorology

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/Atmospheric Sciences, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Cochin University of Science

and Technology

23.08.2006 – 05-10-2006, Higher Secondary Senior Teacher for Physics (HSST),

Government Higher Secondary School , Kumarakom , Kottayam Dist, Kerala, INDIA

01.12.2005 – 22-08-2006, Higher Secondary Senior Teacher (HSST) for Physics,

Government Higher Secondary School Mankara, Palakkad, Kerala, INDIA

17-02-20205 to 30-11-2005, Higher Secondary Senior Teacher (HSST) for Physics,

Government Higher Secondary School Mankara, Palakkad, INDIA

2000-2005, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, CUSAT,

Cochin, INDIA

1998-2000, Junior Research Fellow, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, CUSAT,

Cochin, INDIA.

1993-1995 - Physics Teacher, in the V.V.Central Public School, Khammam District,

Andharapradesh , INDIA.

FOREIGN UNIVERSITY / INSTITUTIONS VISITED

1. University of Bologna, Bologna , ITALY, during September, 2008

2. Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), at Trieste, ITALY

during May, 2011.

3. University of Toronto, Toronto, CANADA, August 2012

4. National University of Singapore (NSU) SINGAPORE, June 2013

5. Ottago University, Dunedin, NEW ZEALAND, January 2014

6. Bodeker Scientific, Alexandra, NEW ZEALAND, January 2014

7. National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research( NIWA) , Alexandra 9340

NEW ZEALAND, January 2014.

ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING /TRAINING ATTENDED

Participated in the Training programme on Moodle platform for e- teaching and learning programme

organized for the faculty by CIRM, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin-22 from

6-8 August 2015.

Participated in the Advanced Training and Tutorial on “Hurricane – WRF Modeling System of

Environmental Modeling Center, NCEP, USA” at IIT Delhi , INDIA from 01 - 12th January 2007.

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Hands on Training on Climate Modeling ( RegCM4) at the Abdus Salam International Centre for

Theoretical Physics (ICTP), at Trieste, ITALY during the period 16-20 May, 2011

Training programme on “ Regional Ocean Modeling Systems(ROMS) jointly organized by

Ocean Society of India(OSI) and Department of Physical Oceanography , Cochin University of

Science and Technology, Cochin, India during 22-23rd

November 2012.

PUBLISHED RESEARCH WORK

Madhu, V. (2014): Variation of Zonal Winds in the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere in

Association with Deficient and Excess Indian Summer Monsoon Scenario, Atmospheric and Climate

Sciences, (ISSN Print: 2160-0414, ISSN Online: 2160-0422), 4, 685-695.

Madhu, V. (2014): Spatial and Temporal Variability of Total Column Ozone over the Indian

Subcontinent: A Study Based on Nimbus-7 TOMS Satellite, Atmospheric and Climate Sciences,

(ISSN Print: 2160-0414, ISSN Online: 2160-0422), 4, 884-898.

Madhu V (2013): Impact of Sudden Stratospheric Warming events on Columnar Ozone over the

Polar Region, proceedings of 25th Kerala Science congress, @2013, Kerala State Council for

Science, Technology and Environment, Govt. of Kerala (KSCSTE) ISBN: 81-86366-83-0, Vol. 1, PP

543.

Shinto Roose and V. Madhu (2013): Temporal and spatial variability of column ozone over tropics,

, proceedings of 25th Kerala Science congress @2013, INDIA, , KSCSTE, ISBN: 81-86366-83-0,

Vol. 1, PP 543

Madhu V (2013): Essential oceanic condtions fro the intensification of Indian ocean cyclones: A

case study of Phailin, proceedings of 27th Kerala Science congress, @2015, held by Kerala State

Council for Science, Technology and Environment(KSCSTE), Govt. of Kerala, at Alappuzha (

District) during 27-29, January 2015

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Madhu, V and K. Mohan Kumar, Role of Stratosphere in Weather and Climate by the VDM

Verlag Dr. Muller Aktiengesellschaft & Co.KG Publishers with an ISNB: 978-3-639-26561-3, 236

pages ( Monograph), 2010

Madhu V : Intra-seasonal oscillations of total ozone over the Indian region during the dry monsoon

year 2002 - A study based on Morlet wavelet analysis (ready for communication to the Journal of

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics)

Madhu V: Impact of sudden stratospheric warming events on columnar ozone over the polar and

mid latitude regions, will be published in Journal of Quadrennial Ozone Symposium 2012 as a

Special Issue of ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN by Taylor & Francis publishers.

OTHER AWARD AND FELLOWSHIPS RECEIVED

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Financial support from the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) for the Young

Researcher to present the Paper entitled” A possible UT/LS coupling during dry and wet

years of Indian Summer monsoon Circulation. 5th SPARC General Assembly(WCRP)

Conference at Queenstown, New Zealand during 12 -17th January, 2014

Selected for the BEST POSTER AWARD for the paper entitled” Impact of Sudden

Stratospheric Warming events on Columnar Ozone over the Polar Region, during the

25th

Kerala Science Congress, Organized by the Kerala State Council for Science,

Technology and Environment(KSCSTE), Government of Kerala, Techno park,

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala during 29th

January -1st February, 2013.

Selected for the Young Researcher Grant to Participate and the present the paper at the

Quadrennial Ozone symposium 2012, organized by the International Ozone

Commission hosted by Environment of Canada and the Canadian Meteorology and

Oceanographic Organization, at Sheraton Hotel , Toronto, Canada from 26-31st August

2013.

Partial travel grant awarded under the Department of Science and Technology-Purse

Grant, Government of India for to participate and the present the paper at the

Quadrennial Ozone symposium 2012, organized by the International Ozone

Commission hosted by Environment of Canada and the Canadian Meteorology and

Oceanographic Organization, at Sheraton Hotel , Toronto, Canada from 26-31st August

2013.

Partial travel grant awarded by the Indian National Science Academy(INSA) for to

participate and the present the paper at the Quadrennial Ozone symposium 2012,

organized by the International Ozone Commission hosted by Environment of Canada

and the Canadian Meteorology and Oceanographic Organization, at Sheraton Hotel ,

Toronto, Canada from 26-31st August 2013.

Young researcher grant received from the UNSCO and IAEA to participate and present

the paper entitled as “Intra-seasonal variability of column ozone over the coastal stations

of Kerala the gateway of Indian summer monsoon in the wet year 2010”at the

conference on e-infrastructure for climate change research”, organized by the UNSCO

and IAEA at the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), at

Trieste, ITALY during the period 16-20 May, 2011.

Awarded partial financial support from the University Grant Commission (UGC)

Unassigned Grant for the participation and presentation of of paper entitled” “Intra-

seasonal variability of column ozone over the coastal stations of Kerala the gateway of

Indian summer monsoon in the wet year 2010”at the conference on e-infrastructure for

climate change research”, organized by the UNSCO and IAEA at the Abdus Salam

International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), at Trieste, ITALY during the period

16-20 May, 2011.

Financial support from the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) for the Young

Researcher to present the Paper entitled” Intra-seasonal oscillations of total ozone over the

Indian region during the dry monsoon year 2002 - A study based on Morlet wavelet

analysis”. in the 4th SPARC General Assembly(WCRP) Conference at Bologna, ITALY

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during 31August -5th September, 2008.

Awarded partial financial support from the University Grant Commission Unassigned

Grant for the participation and presentation of of paper entitled” Intra-seasonal oscillations

of total ozone over the Indian region during the dry monsoon year 2002 - A study based on

Morlet wavelet analysis”. in the 4th SPARC General Assembly(WCRP) Conference at

Bologna, ITALY during 31August -5the September, 2008.

Junior and Senior Research Fellowship received from the Government of Kerala for

five years from 1999 to 2004

Workshops/Seminar/symposia coordinated

Convener of National Symposium on Preservation of Ozone layer: Achievements to Date and Challenges

Ahead, held in the Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, School of Marine Science, Cochin University of

Science and Technology, , Cochin-16, INDIA , on 24th September 2014

National Symposium on Preservation of Ozone Layer and Climate Change (in connection with

International day of Ozone Celebration (September 16th) , held in the Department of Atmospheric

Sciences, School of Marine Science of Cochin University of Science and Technology , Cochin-16, INDIA,

on 24th September, 2013.

Work shop on UNDERSTANDING THE MONSOON, organized jointly with Department of

Atmospheric Science and India Meteorological Society (IMS) Cochin Chapter at the School of Marine

Sciences, Cochin University of Science and Technology, on 11th June 2008

Co -ordinator for the University Grant Commission (UGC) funded Refresher Course for College and

University Teachers on the topic of “Atmospheric Physics & Climate Change” at the Department of

Atmospheric Science, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin-16, India during the period

19th Nov -10

th Dec, 2007 (22 days)

OTHER POSITIONS HELD

Secretary, Indian Meteorological Society, Cochin Chapter during 2007-2009.

Member, UGC-SC/ST Standing Council, UGC-SC/ST Cell, Cochin University of

Science and Technology Cochin, India, during 1998-1999

Hostel Secretary, Sarovar Hostel (for Men) for the graduate and post graduate students

Cochin University of Science and Technology, during 1999-2001.

OTHER ASSIGNEMENT TAKEN

Member in the panel of Examiner and setting Question paper for graduate and post graduate

degrees in the following universities

University of Calicut, Malappuram District, Kerala, India

Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam , Kerala

Agriculture University, Trissur District, Kerala, India

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Essay Completion held for the High School and Higher Secondary Students in the topics

“Natural Disasters and Climate Change respectively under the Co-operation Indian

Meteorological Society (IMS) Cochin Chapter and Department of Atmospheric Sciences on

31st January 2009.

SUBJECTS HANDLED AT THE M.SC AND M.TECH CLASSES

Dynamic Meteorology, Middle Atmosphere, Tropical Meteorology, Meteorological

Computation using Fortran Programming (Practical) and Meteorological Analysis (Practical),

Mesoscale meteorology, Synoptic meteorology, Atmospheric Physics

FUNDED PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN

“Integrated Atmospheric ozone variability over Lakshadweep and Cochin in the Present

climate Change scenario- observational and modeling studies” funded by the Science and

Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology (DST)

Government of India, for a Period of (2013-2017) with two research fellows.

Project Fund Rs. 51.7 Lakhs (Just implemented the project

“Spatial and Temporal variability of Total ozone over the Tropics- Spceial Reference to the Indian

Scenario during the Asian summer Monsoon Circulation” region-Special reference to Indian

Scenario” Funded by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) under the RESPOND Project Scheme

(Rs. 5.5 Lakhs, 3 year Project.

ANTARIKSH” Project – Establishment of Satellite based Automatic Weather Stations (AWS)

networks in the State of Kerala, funded by Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO) and

State Planning Board Government of Kerala for a period of five years from 2006-2011-Fund

Rs. 25.10 Lakhs ( Completed Projects)

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIA/ SEMINAR/WORKSHOPS ATTENNDED

Financial support from the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) for the Young Researcher

to present the Paper entitled” A possible UT/LS coupling during dry and wet years of Indian summer

monsoon Circulation. 5th SPARC General Assembly(WCRP) Conference at Queenstown, New

Zealand during 12 -17th January, 2014

Paper entitled” Impact of Sudden Stratospheric Warming events on Columnar Ozone over the

Polar and Middle Latitude Regions”, in the Quadrennial Ozone symposium 2012, organized by

the International Ozone Commission hosted by Environment of Canada and the Canadian

Meteorology and Oceanographic Organization, at Sheraton Hotel , Toronto, Canada from 26-

31st August 2013.

Presented a paper entitled Intra-seasonal variability of column ozone over the coastal stations of

Kerala the gateway of Indian summer monsoon in the wet year 2010” in the conference on e-

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infrastructure for climate change research”, organized by the UNSCO and IAEA at the Abus

Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) , at Trieste, ITALY during the

period 16-20 May, 2011.

Paper entitled” Intra-seasonal oscillations of total ozone over the Indian region during the dry

monsoon year 2002 - A study based on Morlet wavelet analysis” presented at the 4th SPARC

General Assembly(WCRP) Conference at Bologna, ITALY during 31August -5th September, 2008.

NATIONAL WORKSHOPS/SEMINAR/ TRAINING ATTENDED AND PRESENTED PAPERS

Science and Engineering research Board (SERB School) on “Fundamentals of Radars for

Atmospheric Research (FORFAR II), conducted at Cochin University of Science and

Technology , Space Physics Laboratory (SPL), VSSC , Trivandrum and National Atmospheric

Research Laboratory (NARL), Gadanki, Andhra Pradesh, INDIA, during 5- 28th

February,

2014.

European Roadshow 2014, Research, Innovation and Higher Education Cooperation &

Opportunities between the European Union and India Awareness Raising and Information

Session , on 30/01/2014 at Trivandrum, INDIA

Paper entitled “Impact of Sudden Stratospheric Warming events on Columnar Ozone over the

Polar Region” during the 25th

Kerala Science Congress, Organized by the Kerala State Council

for Science, Technology and Environment(KSCSTE), Government of Kerala, Techno park,

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, INDIA, during 29th

January -1st February, 2013.

Attended the 3 day National colloquium on research areas in Engineering Sciences jointly

organizedby Rajeev Gandhi Institute of Technology and Srinivasa Ramanujan Institute for

Basic Sciences (SRIBS) , at Kottayam , Kerala, INDIA during 07/03/2013 to 09/03/2013 .

Workshop on” Statistical Analysis of Time Series data with Applications” organized by the

Department of Statistics, cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin , INDIA during

January 14 - 16, 2013

Attended and presented the “Need of Observation and research to have the proper

understanding of Climate Change and its impacts” in the workshop on “State Action Plan on

Climate Change” at Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI) , Peechi, Thrissur, INDIA on 28th

September 2012.

Attended and given talk on “Need of observation and research for the proper understanding of

climate Change and its impacts” in the Public consultation Workshop on Kerala State Action Plan on

Climate Change” conducted by the Department of Environment & Climate Change, Government of

Kerala on 28th September 2012

Participated in the National Seminar on Climate Change , organised by the Department of

Atmospheric Sciences, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin , India during 26-

27 Mar 2012

International workshop on “Seamless Prediction System: Coupled Modeling and Assimilation,

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jointly organized by the National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecast(NCMRWF) and

Ministry of Earth Science, government of India, at the Prithivi Bhavan, MoES Building, Lodi

Road, New Delhi during 19-21 March 2012.

Participated in the “Workshop on R Statistical software training programme” conducted by the

Department of Statistics, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin , India during 14-

17th February 2012

Workshop cum Brain storming meeting on “Tropical Tropopause Dynamics (TTD)” Climate

and Weather of the Sun-Earth System (CAWSES)-India program of the Scientific Committee

on Solar-Terrestrial Physics( SCOSTEP) organized by the Space Physics Laboratory (SPL),

Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), ISRO, Trivandrum, Kerala, India during January 24-

25, 2012

Attended and presented a scientific proposal on “Intra-Seasonal variability of ozone during

Indian summer monsoon – an observational and Modeling appraoch in the Brain Storming

meeting is scheduled on the theme “Tropical Stratosphere-Troposphere: Implications on Indian

Monsoon and Climate” under I-SPARC is an approved Indian Scientific Programme of ISRO

on Stratospheric Processes and their Role in Climate (SPARC) a core project of World Climate

Research Programme (WCRP) at the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Hq,

Bangalore, India on 30 November, 2011.

National Symposium on “Nowcasting to Forecasting –Needs and Challenges for Naval Operations’

organized by School of Naval Oceanology & Meteorology Southern Naval Command , Indian Navy

and Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Cochin University of Science and Technology at Cochin

during 01-02 November 2010,

International Conference on Climate Change and Environment (ICCCE 2010) hosted by Cochin

University of Science and Technology, Kochi, Kerala, India during October 24-26, 2010.

National Symposium on Impact of Climate Change on Aquatic Ecosystems (NSICCAE 2010)

organised by School of Marine Sciences, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin-16

during 18-19 February, 2010.

Nansen Winter School 2010 on “ Indian Ocean: Challenges in Meteorology and Oceanography

during 8-12 February 2010 organsied by Nansen Environmental Research Centre(India) and Norway

at Cherai, cochin, INDIA.

National Workshop on “Intellectual Property Rights and Economic Development in the knowledge

era” organised by Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE) ,

Sophisticated Test and Instrumentation Center (STIC), Patent Facilitating Center (PFC) , New

Delhi, Technology Information Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC), New Delhi on 11th

December, 2009 at CUSAT , Cochin.

Training on “ Effective Communication in Global world” organized by Association of British

Scholars, Kochi and School of Marine Sciences, Cochin University of Science and Technology,

Cochin on 7th December, 2009 at CUSAT, Cochin.

Indo-Russian Workshop on Regional Climate Change -2009, under the Bilateral Programme

between Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India and Russian Foundation for Basic

Research , Russian Federation organised by Nansen Environmental Research Centre-India &

Nansen International Environmental Remote Sensing Centre-Russia during October 8-9, 2009 at

Bolagatty Palace, Cochin , India.

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105th Orientation Programme (IT oriented) for College and University Teachers Sponsored by the

University Grants Commission conducted at UGC-Academic Staff College, at Thiruvananthapuram,

Kerala, India during 18th July – 14th August, 2009.

Participated in the National Seminar on “Spatial Technologies for Land Use Planning, conducted by

Kerala State Land Use Board Department of Planning & Economic Affairs Government of Kerala, at

Thiruvananthapuram ,Kerala, during April 28-29, 2008.

“GNU/Linux Training for LAN Managers” organized by the Center for Information and Resource

Management(CIRM), Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin-22, INDIA during 11-

16 June 2007.

National Workshop on “Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events’ ,jointly organized by Indian

Meteorological Society and Indian Meteorological Department at Delhi, INDIA during 18-20 April,

2007.

Paper entitled “Zonal wind Upper Troposphere / Lower Stratosphere region and its relation to

Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall” presented in the International Seminar on Scale Interaction

and Variability Of Monsoon (SIVOM) at Munnar, Kerala, INDIA , during 10- 12

October,2003.

Paper entitled “Tropical Cyclones and associated Ocean-atmospheric features over the North

Indian Ocean” presented in the National Symposium (TROPMET-99) on “Meteorology beyond

2000” conducted by Indian Meteorological Department and Indian Meteorological Society at

Chennai, INDIA, during 16-19 February 1999.

M. SC DISSERTATIONS SUPERVISED

1. Spatial and Temporal Variation of Total Column Ozone in Tropical Latitudinal

Belts”- [Krishnakumar E.K, Reg. No. 55812004, July 2014]

2. “The impact of Solar activity on the structure and dynamics of stratospheric Quasi-

Biennial Oscillation”- [Vrinda Sharma T.B, Reg. No.55811009, May 2013]

3. “Upper Tropospheric Cooling and its Relationship to the Indian Summer Monsoon”

– [Fathimathul Soubiya. O, Reg. No. 55811002, May 2013]

4. “Temporal and spatial variability of column Ozone over tropics”-[Shinto Roose, Reg.

No. 55990014, May 2012]

5. “ Temporal Variability of Column Ozone over Coastal Stations and Island Stations-A

case study, -[By VISHNU S NAIR, REG. NO:55890011, MAY 2011]

6. “Factors influencing the Variability of Summer Monsoon onset and its impacts on

summer monsoon rainfall over Kerala”-[BHAVYA P.S, REG. NO.55880002, APRIL

2010]

7. “A Comparative study of Temperature and its variability over the coastal stations of

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Kerala during the active/Break Cycles of Indian Summer Monsoon” [By FOUSIYA T

S, REG.NO.55880004, APRIL 2010]

8. “The Variation of Ozone over polar and mid-latitudes regions during Sudden

Stratospheric Warming events” –[BY PRIYA P, REG.NO.55870004, APRIL, 2009]

9. “Variation of precipitable water content in association with Quasi-Biennial

Oscillation”-[ By RAHUL P, REG.NO.55870005, APRIL, 2009]

10. “Simulation of very severe cyclonic storm ‘SIDR’ using ARW-WRF Modeling

system”- [By SOUMYA. R, REG. NO. 5586007, APRIL, 2008]

11. Temporal Variability of Total Ozone over Indian stations based on Earth Probe

TOMS Satellite Data using Morlet Wavelet Technique” – [By SABEER V, REG. NO.

55850007, MAY, 2007]

12. “Simulation of Tropical Cyclone, Mukda (04-A) using ARW-WRF Modeling System”-

[By PANKAJ KUMAR SINHA, REG. NO.5585004, MAY2007]

EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

Participated in the discussion at the Reporter TV Channel during the Land fall of

Phailin Cyclone which formed over Bay of Bengal on 12-10-2013

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K17Ya8oKODc&feature=youtu.be)

Talk on “ Protection of ozone layer : Achievements to Date and Challenges Ahead”

at the One day Seminar on “ Ozone Layer r Protection –The Challenges”, held the ,

Chemistry Department, Sree Sankara College, Kalady, Kerala, INDIA on 17th

September, 2014.

Talk on “Climate Change and Sea Level Rise” during one day seminar on “ Climate

Change Caused by Environmental pollution and Advanced Techniques for Pollutant

Treatment” at Sree Neelakanta Sanskrit College Pattambi, organized by the Dept. of

Chemistry in Association with the celebration of World Environmental Day on 5th

June 2014.

Talk on “Atmosphere and Weather “ at the Sree Narayana Lower Primary School,

Kakkad, Mamala, Ernakulam Dist, Kerala, INDIA in the “Science Study” programme

during the “Golden Jubilee celebrations of the School on 20-12-2013

Talk on “Ozone layer and Climate Change” in the First SERB School on

Fundamentals of Radars for Atmospheric Research (FORFAR) organized by the

Advance centre for Atmospheric Radar Research (ACARR), Cochin University of

Science and Technology, during 7-31st January 2013.

Talk on “Climate For you” in the World Meteorological Day celebration organized at

the Department of Atmospheric Sciences, School of Marine Sciences, cochin University

of Science and Technology on 23rd

March 2011.

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Talk on Ozone layer Protection during a one day workshop conducted for graduate and

post graduate students during the world ozone day celebration at the St. Thomas

College, Pala, Kottayam, Kerala, INDIA on 23rd

September, 2010.

Talk on Ozone Facts and Figures during two day workshop for School and Colleges

students of Kerala during the world ozone day celebrations at Balabhavan , Trichur,

Kerala, India organized by WWF and Pollution Control board of Kerala, on 16th

September, 2010

Talk on” Ozone Protection Unifies the World” during the Two day workshop for

School Children during he Ozone day Celebration organized by World Wild Front

(WWF) and pollution control board of Kerala at Ernakulum during 16-17, September,

2009.

Talk on Atmosphere, Weather and Climate during the National Symposium on

Environmental Physics at the Aquinas College, Edakochi on 24th

October, 2008

Talk on “Environmental Physics” at Union Christian College, Aluva 22nd

September,

2008

Talk on “Tropical Cyclone” at SRV Higher Secondary School , Ernakulum , Cochin ,

INDIA on 20th

February, 2008

REFERENCES

Prof. (Dr.). K Mohan Kumar ( Supervising teacher for Ph.D)

Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences , Dean Faculty of Environmental Sciences

Cochin University of Science and Technology

Mob: 91 9447157370, Email: kmk@cusat.ac.in

Dr.M. K. Ravi Varma , Associate Professor & Head

Associate Professor,

Applied Optics & Instrumentation Lab

Physics Department, National Institute of Technology Calicut

Calicut 673601, Kerala IndiaE-mail : r.varma@nitc.ac.in

Room : PH212 (B)

Office Phone : +91 495 2285105, 2285111 (lab)

Home Phone : +91 9544 106752

Prof. (Dr. ) Chethalan Antony Babu,

Head, Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, School of Marine Sciences, Cochin University of

Science and Technology, Near Fine Arts Hall, Cochin-16, INDIA

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Mobile: 91 9446021651, Email: babumet@gmail.com